Coaching practices for Someone on My Team is Clearly Going Through Something Heavy and I've Just Been Carrying on Talking Deliverables Like Nothing's Wrong I Don't Want to Pry but Pretending I Don't Notice is Starting to Feel Colder Than Anything I Could Say

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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?

• Someone on my team is clearly going through something heavy and I’ve just been carrying on talking deliverables like nothing’s wrong
• When a friend is hurting, I jump in with "the exact same thing happened to me" thinking it shows I get it
• Someone I love opens up about something hard and I’m already three solutions deep before they finish
• My team is looking to me to read how bad things really are, and I’m stuck
• I’m carrying something heavy and there’s a person I could tell, but I keep swallowing it

Practices that may help

1. Show up for the person, not just the deliverable
   Acknowledge what is happening in someone’s life when it is clearly affecting them — before addressing the work.
   Caring Personally: The Foundation of Radical Candor
2. Don’t make it about you
   Resist the reflex to relate by topping their story with your own.
   Holding Space
3. Resist the urge to fix
   When someone shares pain, default to presence, not problem-solving.
   Holding Space
4. Apply the Stockdale Paradox to teams and leadership
   As a leader or team member under pressure, model the simultaneous holding of faith and brutal facts — it is contagious in both directions.
   The Stockdale Paradox, Made Practical
5. Sharing emotions appropriately with others
   Disclose what you feel to a trusted person — matched in depth and context to the relationship.
   Radical Honesty About Emotions, Made Practical
6. Respond non-punitively to mistakes
   When someone brings you a problem or mistake, make your first move curiosity, not blame.
   Psychological Safety in Teams
7. Frame the work as a learning problem, not an execution problem
   Name the uncertainty and interdependence out loud so people expect to learn, not just deliver.
   Psychological Safety, Made Practical
8. Coping Questions
   When things seem terrible, ask how the person is managing at all — acknowledging and excavating their resilience.
   Solution-Focused Brief Therapy: Building On What Works
9. Mirror the emotional register before problem-solving
   Name or match the other person’s emotional state before offering analysis or advice.
   Mirroring and Matching, Made Practical
10. Easy Manner: bring a light touch when appropriate
    Use humor, lightness, and warmth to remind both of you that the relationship is bigger than this conflict.
    GIVE: DBT’s Skill for Preserving Relationships During Difficult Conversations

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