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The "Going Beyond Mindset" section looks at how much your coaching relies on thoughts, beliefs and conscious mind motivation to create change, rather than deeper, identity-level tools.
Here are the video resources from this section:
- Is Mindset Coaching Stuck In A 17th Century Misunderstanding?
- The Thinking Mind Isn't Making Your Client's Biggest Decisions
- Cognitive Insights Don't Always Lead To Change
- The Role of Secondary Gain & Client Self-Identity
Mindset tools are useful, and for some clients they're enough. But many coaches have experience of clients who understand what to do, yet still subconsciously self-sabotage, stall or even ghost the coaching process entirely.
This category explores whether mindset work is still enough for the challenges you’re seeing in your clients, and the breakthroughs you know they could achieve, or whether you're hitting a ceiling that requires moving on to identity-level and nervous system-led strategies.
Is Mindset Coaching Stuck In A 17th Century Misunderstanding?
Before we dive in, here's a video that might annoy a few people, but we really need to talk about this.
In it, we explore why the coaching industry needs an upgrade to shift it out of a 17th century misunderstanding that risks keeping clients stuck.
But this myth is the basis for most coaching work out there.
Find out why it's a problem, and how we can move into mastery by redefining what coaching means, without becoming accidental therapists.
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The Thinking Mind Isn't Making Your Client's Biggest Decisions
The mind and body are linked. But classic coaching assumes they aren't. The major coaching models are designed for clients who want help with getting clarity over their goals, overcoming minor obstacles, and having accountability to take action.
The models assume the client feels safe to make the changes they say they want. Unfortunately, this often isn't the case. Change can feel scary.
When that happens, neuroscience shows us that the thinking mind goes to the back of the queue in decision making. Instead, the primal part of the brain is prioritised, and this is what gets clients self-sabotaging, subconsciously.
This video explains why this is so important in your coaching conversations. It explains the biology behind why mindset can fall short when clients are secretly scared of change.
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Why Cognitive Insights Don't Always Create Coaching Change
Clients can understand the pattern, name the belief, and articulate the plan, yet still fail to act.
When insight doesn’t translate into action, it’s usually because the nervous system is prioritising safety over intention.
So whilst insights can create breakthroughs, they don't guarantee it.
Watch this video to find out more about the key here: that unless the insight creates safety, change is unlikely to follow.
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The Role of Secondary Gain
Secondary gain is the hidden need met by the current client situation, often linked to who they believe they are or what they need to be to feel safe. Until identity and safety shift, secondary gain is likely to lead to self-sabotage.
Watch this video to explore how secondary gain can unlock deeper-level, client-aligned transformation, without crossing the line into therapy.
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