International Coaching Week 2026
with Dr. Zeina Ghossoub
Date: Tuesday, May 12, 2026 • 2:30 PM
Awaken Awareness, The Emotional Intelligence Advantage in Coaching
In today’s complex and fast-paced world, coaching conversations often risk staying at the surface, focused on goals, actions, and quick solutions. Yet true transformation happens at a deeper level, where awareness shifts identity, perception, and choice. This session explores how emotional intelligence becomes a powerful pathway to awaken that level of awareness, aligning directly with key coaching competencies such as Evokes Awareness, Listens Actively, and Maintains Presence.
The session blends neuroscience-informed insights with practical coaching applications. Participants will explore how emotional regulation, empathy, and self-awareness enhance coaching presence, creating a safe and generative space for clients. Rather than directing or advising, coaches will learn how to partner with emotions to unlock new perspectives and possibilities.
Through live demonstrations, reflective exercises, and interactive dialogue, attendees will experience how emotional intelligence deepens coaching impact. They will leave with practical tools to strengthen their presence, ask more powerful questions, and facilitate meaningful awareness shifts in their clients.
Ultimately, this session positions emotional intelligence not as an additional skill, but as a foundational capability that elevates coaching from transactional conversations to transformational experiences, where insight leads to lasting change.
About the Speaker: Dr. Zeina Ghossoub
Dr. Zeina Ghossoub El Aswad is an Executive and Wellness Coach, Master Certified Coach (MCC) with the International Coaching Federation, and an expert in emotional intelligence, leadership development, and transformational coaching. With over 25 years of coaching experience and more than 30 years in wellness, she supports leaders and organizations in navigating complexity, enhancing performance, and fostering sustainable wellbeing.
She is the Founder and Director of Vie Saine in Beirut and the Founder of Coach2Transform and Constellation Coaching Academy, both ICF-accredited programs developing professional coaches and coaching cultures globally. She also served as the Founding President of the ICF Lebanon Chapter.
Her work integrates emotional intelligence, neuroscience, and positive psychology to create lasting transformation. A global speaker and educator, she is passionate about empowering individuals to lead with purpose, authenticity, and impact.