TT Coaching Academy

The Holistic Coaching Conversation Phrasebook

Practical Words and Questions for More Meaningful Coaching Conversations

By Tomislav Tomic | Founder of TT Coaching Academy

A free ebook for aspiring and practicing life coaches who want to learn how to guide meaningful coaching conversations with greater confidence, understanding, and a human touch.

Written by Tomislav Tomic, founder of TT Coaching Academy and a coaching educator with professional experience dating back to 2009, this practical guide brings together hundreds of coaching phrases, thoughtful questions, reflections, and examples from fictional coaching sessions.

The book explores a holistic approach to life coaching that looks beyond goals, limiting beliefs, and problem-solving. You’ll discover how to listen to the whole person, make room for emotions, explore values and deeper desires, and support clients in finding their own answers rather than providing answers for them.

Alongside practical coaching language, Tomislav shares his philosophy of holistic coaching, including the role of somatic presence, intuition, personal meaning, and the importance of helping people move toward what they genuinely want to experience in life.

The Holistic Coaching Conversation Phrasebook is also part of the educational materials for TT Coaching: Become a Certified Holistic Life Coach, a professional training program developed by Tomislav Tomic for people who want to begin their coaching journey without previous coaching education.

Whether you’re considering becoming a life coach or already working with clients, this book offers practical language and fresh perspectives to support more natural, thoughtful, and effective coaching conversations.

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What’s Inside the Book

Part One: The Conversation Behind the Words

  1. Beyond the Perfect Coaching Question
  2. Listening to the Whole Person
  3. The Gentle Art of Knowing When to Speak

Part Two: Through the Coaching Conversation

  1. Beginning with Connection
  2. Finding What Matters Today
  3. Helping the Client Tell Their Story
  4. Listening and Reflecting Without Taking Over
  5. Making Room for Emotions
  6. Bringing Attention to the Body
  7. Meeting Recurring Patterns With Curiosity
  8. Exploring Values, Desires and the Deeper Self
  9. Intuition, Energy and Spiritual Meaning
  10. Opening New Perspectives
  11. Meeting Uncertainty, Hesitation and Inner Conflict
  12. From Insight to Resonant Action
  13. Integration, Closure and the Next Conversation

Part Three: When Life Enters the Room

  1. Silence, Tears and Moments of Overwhelm
  2. When the Client Wants Answers From You
  3. Boundaries, Disagreement and Ethical Care

Part Four: Making the Language Your Own

  1. Six Coaching Conversations in Real Life
  2. Replace the Sentence, Change the Experience
  3. A Practical Phrase Library for the Moment You Are In
  4. Developing Your Own Voice