The Integral Coaching® Method

What Makes This Method Different?

Unlike traditional coaching models that focus on short-term performance, Integral Coaching® looks at the full complexity of who you are. Using a multidimensional framework, we assess and develop six key aspects of your personal and professional growth:

1. The Four Quadrants – Your internal and external world, behaviors, relationships, and systems.
2. Lines of Development – Cognitive, emotional, somatic, interpersonal, spiritual, and moral intelligence.
3. Levels of Consciousness – How your worldview and sense of self evolve over time.
4. States of Consciousness – Your daily, peak, and altered states that shape your awareness.
5. Types & Structures – Your personality (Enneagram), masculine/feminine energy, and how you naturally show up.

By integrating these five lenses, we build a complete, dynamic picture of your growth and potential.

1. The Four Quadrants Lens: 

•  Mindset & Self-Awareness (Inner You – "I")
•  Skills & Behavior (Outer You – "It")
•  Relationships & Communication (Interpersonal – "We")
•  Systems & Environment (Culture & Context – "Its") 

2. Levels of Consciousness Lens:

According to Spiral Dynamics, human consciousness evolves through stages, from basic survival thinking to complex, interconnected awareness. Understanding where you are on this spectrum allows us to coach you in a way that aligns with your current worldview while helping you grow into new perspectives. This ensures you don’t just "change"—you evolve in a way that aligns with your whole life.

• Survival Consciousness (Instinctual Awareness)
• Tribal Consciousness (Magical Awareness)
• Power Consciousness (Impulsive Awareness)
• Achievement Consciousness (Rational Awareness)
• Community Consciousness (Relational Awareness)
• Integral Consciousness (Systemic Awareness)
• Global Consciousness (Holistic Awareness) 

3. Lines of Development Lens

In Integral Theory, Lines of Development refer to the multiple intelligences that evolve independently within a person. Unlike a single “IQ” measure, these lines represent different capacities for growth across various aspects of life. Some lines may be highly developed, while others remain underdeveloped, creating imbalances in personal and professional life.

Key Lines of Development

1. Cognitive Line – How we make sense of the world, solve problems, and expand our intellectual capacity.
2. Emotional Line – Our ability to understand, regulate, and express emotions effectively.
3. Moral Line – How we navigate ethics, justice, and integrity in our decisions.
4. Interpersonal Line – The quality of our relationships and social interactions.
5. Somatic Line – Awareness and mastery of the body, movement, and health.
6. Spiritual Line – Our connection to meaning, purpose, and higher states of consciousness.

4. The States Lens

At The Nautical Edge, we understand that your state of consciousness directly impacts your ability to lead, create, and evolve. Whether you're making critical decisions, navigating challenges, or striving for growth, your brainwave activity and emotional state determine how you show up in the world.

Through Integral Coaching®, we help you recognize, shift, and optimize your states so you can operate at peak awareness, creativity, and clarity.

The Four States of Consciousness

Your mind isn’t static—it cycles through different states of awareness, each linked to specific brainwave frequencies.

The Four States of Energy

Your emotional and energetic state determines how effectively you respond to situations. You are either in a resourceful or un-resourceful state, and shifting between them is a skill that can be developed.

5. The Types Lens

No two individuals experience growth in the same way. Your core personality patterns and energetic tendencies shape how you lead, relate, and evolve. The Types Lens in Integral Coaching® integrates two key frameworks—the Enneagram and Masculine/Feminine Energy Dynamics—to provide a tailored roadmap for your personal transformation.

By understanding how you naturally think, feel, and act, we can identify your strengths, blind spots, and areas for expansion, ensuring that your growth is aligned with who you truly are.

The Enneagram: Mapping Core Motivations & Growth Patterns

The Enneagram is a powerful personality system that reveals deep-rooted motivations, fears, and habitual responses. It helps us understand why we do what we do and how we can develop beyond our default patterns.

Masculine & Feminine Energy: Balancing Leadership & Presence

Beyond personality, we each have both masculine and feminine energies that influence how we approach decision-making, leadership, and relationships. These energies are not about gender—they are universal forces within everyone.

The 5 Stages of Transformation in Integral Coaching®

One of the most powerful aspects of Integral Coaching® is the metaphor process, which helps clients see, name, and shift their way of being in a deeply embodied way. This process is rooted in Robert Kegan’s Subject-Object Theory, which describes how human development occurs when what was once unconscious (subject) becomes something we can observe and work with (object).

Using metaphors, we map out a client’s Current Way of Being (CWOB) and New Way of Being (NWOB), providing a felt sense of their transformation process.

Subject-Object Theory & Transformation

Robert Kegan’s developmental model states that personal growth happens in five stages, but the key transformation process follows this structure:

1. We are fused with our current way of being (subject) → We gain perspective on it (object)
2. A new way of being emerges (object) → We integrate it fully (subject)

In Integral Coaching®, we move clients through five key transformation phases using metaphors to make the shift tangible and experiential.