Kingstown College Coaching Magazine vol.5 2019/2020

20 Coaching Magazine Vol.5
This awareness is a
huge step towards
becoming the best
version of herself
she can be as it
The Tree of Life and Core
Concept
Isabelle Gillespie puts forward the analagy of the
Tree of Life to help individuals to identify outward
roles they are fulfilling (branches) and the true
(Core) inner self, which as she explains, are not
always known or aligned.
brings peace with
the understanding
of who she is in her
core.
Each one of us is a unique special person.
Like a Tree which presents one trunk and
many branches, we are made up of a core
which represents the essence of who we
are as an individual. Our core expands in
many branches with each representing a
facet of us, an aspect of who we are: the
wife, the husband, the son, the daughter,
the mom, the dad, the grandma , the
grandpa, the cousin, the aunt, the uncle....
the friend, the individual at work with
his/her title.... depending on which stage
of our lives we are in and our social
circumstances. We can call these facets
“likenesses”.