Coaching With the Brain in Mind

However admirable it may be to encourage adherents in this way, it does leave them vulnerable to blaming themselves for difficulties, even when those difficulties are out of their control as individuals.

the very process of change itself arouses powerful emotions for an individual.

When Fred became aware of his tendency to adjust his beliefs to fit his desire to be right, he redefined what it meant to “be right” according to the perspective of cognitive dissonance. He decided it was wrong to allow himself to be controlled by such a pattern, however “right” it might feel in the moment.

Cognitive Dissonance

in all Asian languages, the word that is translated into English as “mind” could also be translated as “heart.”

Coaches are trained to listen, to observe and to customize their approach to individual client needs. They seek to elicit solutions and strategies from the client; they believe the client is naturally creative and resourceful. The coach’s job is to provide support to enhance the skills, resources, and creativity that the client already has.

Coaches should help clients stretch themselves in order to produce more personal growth, but not so much that it leads to undue stress.

OCD could be changed by the application of what he calls “mental force,” one aspect of which is “veto power,”

the default process of our brains is to engage in an inner “narrative” mental process, much of it to do with imagined or remembered social interaction.