Treating OCD is not part of what coaches do, but successful treatment of the disorder helps us all understand more about how to manage dynamic stability in our lives and about the place of mindfulness in this process

Dissonance produces anxiety that moves us to change.

Achieving the zone—the right state of mind for peak performance

“The mind is an embodied and relational process that regulates the flow of energy and information” (Siegel, 2007b).

If, however, the coach asks, “What went well in your performance review?” the client has a much broader series of circuits to choose from:

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.

make sure the client is paying attention to what is positive—his

shoals

In contrast, our working memory, based in the prefrontal cortex and used for learning new activities, has quite limited resources.