Conversations with Members: Alicja Nocon

Conversations with Members: Alicja Nocon

From The EMCC UK Podcast by EMCC UK

August 18, 2025 · 55 min · Season 1 · Episode 55

About this episode

Alicja Nocon discusses her approach to blending coaching and mentoring, emphasizing experiential learning and the importance of relationships.

Alicja Nocon talks to host Beth Clare McManus about how she blends coaching and mentoring in her practice, underpinned by her key principles of experiential learning, paying attention to the relationship, and considering the role of the environment on our work. They explore how Alicja is learning to take up more space, with consideration of how everyone is different and how wonderful and rich the 'garden' of our practice really is. Conversations with Members is a series of personal, community-driven conversations, celebrating the expertise, values and lived experience of the EMCC UK coaching, mentoring, and supervision community. The series aims to inspire, inform, and connect our members by sharing insights into real-world practice and the evolving nature of the field. Each conversation balances storytelling with practical reflections, offering a unique window into the diverse perspectives of our membership. Alicja Nocon is an autistic coach and mentor. She helps late-discovered autistic and AuDHD adults make sense of who they are and work and live more authentically. As a woman and first-generation economic immigrant with coal-mining heritage, Alicja is conscious of…

People in this episode

Host: Beth Clare McManus

Guest: Alicja Nocon

Topics covered

  • coaching
  • mentoring
  • experiential learning
  • autism
  • intersectionality
  • community

Keywords

  • coaching
  • mentoring
  • autism
  • experiential learning
  • intersectionality
  • community-driven conversations

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Organizations: EMCC UK

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