April 6,2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Eastern

Exploring How Discomfort Can Benefit Your OD Work & Coaching

Discomfort is something both new and seasoned OD Practitioners experience. Our response or reaction to it can impact our ability to stay present during work with co-workers and clients to varying degrees. In this experiential session, Holly Martinson will be guiding us through discussion about how we each define and experience discomfort as well as offering a few practices to help us discern our discomfort. Holly will offer concepts from mindfulness to support the process of identifying triggers for discomfort and for befriending it as a tool to inform and continue to develop self-awareness and presence as OD professionals. Through small group discussion, there will be an opportunity to discuss how discomfort has impacted your work and to use insight and understanding to reflect on what you might do differently in the future.

Bio:  Holly Martinson

Holly Martinson, M.Ed., E-RYT-200, is an Integrative Executive Function Coach. She has 20+ years of experience in the field of Coaching and Education. Holly combines coaching for Executive Functioning skills with tools for wellbeing and regaining balance from a holistic perspective. Holly presents and teaches on topics related to Coaching, Neurodiveristy, Stress Management, Mindfulness and Wellbeing.  She has worked as adjunct faculty at Marymount University. Holly is on the Board of Directors for The Heart Leaf Center, which provides mental health services for underserved children and families. Additionally, Holly is a Registered Yoga Instructor and possesses several hours of mindfulness training.