The Art and Joy of Stuckness for Coaches and their Clients

This book offers an existential understanding of the process of stuckness, exploring how we can soften stuckness and become more fluid in our work and world.

Dr Julia Kukard is a well-seasoned leadership coach and Existential psychotherapist from Cape Town, South Africa, working with leaders across the world. She has a doctorate in Existential Psychotherapy, an MBA, MA, and BA Hons. Her passion for exploring stuckness grew from personal experience, as well as through partnering with leaders grappling with complex, volatile, and sometimes inhumane corporate and institutional worlds.

1. The World of Stuckness and Fluidity 2. Understanding Stuckness and Fluidity from a Human and a Coach Perspective 3. Understanding Stuckness and Fluidity from a Context Perspective 4. An Incomplete Wound finds a Salient Context and Hope Blossoms 5. Losing Self and Sedimentation 6. Experiencing Contextual Shifts (or not) 7. Losing Others and Isolation 8. Losing Meaning and Falling into the Void 9. Experiencing Stuckness 10. Growing Self 11. Growing Relationships with Others 12. Growing Meaning 13. Experiencing Fluidity 14. Growing in Spite of our Self