As coaches, we often focus on the future, helping our clients envision what they want to be, do, and achieve.
We also look at the past, not to stay there, but to raise awareness around triggers, patterns of behaviour, beliefs, and the distinction between descriptive values (what we truly value) and inherited values (what we’ve taken on).
Because awareness is the first step toward any meaningful shift; to stop something, do it differently, or start something new.
If we look at a simple coaching framework like the GROW model, it guides the client through four key steps:
G – Goal: What do you want to be, do, achieve? And why is this important to you?
R – Reality: What is your current situation, and what resources do you already have?
O – Options: What possibilities exist? What else could you try?
W – Will / Way Forward: What specific actions will you take? When? How well does this action align with your values, mind, heart, gut, and soul?
While coaching is future oriented, I’ve been reflecting on something deeper.
When we focus on the future “Tomorrow”, we are simultaneously rewriting our past “Yesterday”. Our starting point is the now “Today”.
Each small shift, a new habit, a fresh mindset, a deeper connection with your body, an acknowledgment of your emotions, happens today.
And tomorrow, this “today” becomes yesterday, your new past filled with growth, courage, meaningful connections, and conscious choices.
So in essence, we’re not just helping clients create a better future.
We’re helping them create a beautiful past that becomes their Last Living Legacy.
Think of the great leaders and legends we admire. Even when they’re no longer with us, their presence is still felt. Their words, actions, and way of being continue to shape and inspire lives. They created a past worth remembering, and that’s what legacy truly is.
🤔 What kind of past are you creating today?
🤔 What stories will your actions tell tomorrow?
🤔 And when someone speaks your name one day, what do you hope they’ll remember?
🤔 What past do you want them to see and hold close?
Remember, today will soon be yesterday.
So make each day build a beautiful yesterday, one that can be told and retold, carried by hearts and voices for generations to come.
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Rehab Abbas – Leadership Coach | Somatic, Stress & Wellbeing Coach | Certified Value Facilitator
I help you pause, realign, and act from a place of wholeness, where your values guide your choices, your presence fuels your growth, and your actions become your legacy.