I can have all kinds of ideas in my head, but it's not until I voice them that I begin to make sense of them.
I then need time to step back and reflect, though I'm quite good at avoiding that part of self reflection!
And that is where, for me, a blend of coaching, with high challenge (really good questions that help me interrogate my own thinking, and distil the core of what I'm reflecting on) followed with quiet space for processing, where my hands are busy but my brain is on light duties (here I am in my hammock, doing some "weaving to think" focussed on the motion and colours, not technique or pattern!)
I wonder how you process your thinking? What makes it easy for you, and what makes it harder?
My time being coached is a tiny fraction of the time I need to process something, but without it I often get tangled in a blend of assuming I am right, and assuming I am utterly wrong, so my thinking doesn't progress.
One of my commitments to myself, to my practice and to my performance is regular quiet processing space. It's amazing how much admin I get done, how many dishes are washed and "urgent tasks" completed in my effort to avoid it. But when I finally allow myself to stop, to breathe, to let my brain run, it's almost always worth it.
New insights and ideas begun with my coach become crystallised, and integrated. It's worth the time, for me, for my work, for my life!