How Can You Begin Coaching with Neuroscience?

How Can You Begin Coaching with Neuroscience?

As a coach you are working with people’s minds and brains, so it follows that logically you ought to have a certain amount of knowledge about how these things actually work. You should already have a good awareness of the core coaching models – most coaches will...
Regret.  A Strategy for Change?

Regret. A Strategy for Change?

If you look back over your life, do you have any regrets? Although many people try to leave their regrets behind, they often have a tendency to linger on. Maybe a decision you made which caused your life to temporarily take a turn for the worse. Which caused you...
My Reality is Different to Your Reality

My Reality is Different to Your Reality

“It’s not denial. I’m just selective about the reality I accept.” This quote is attributed to Bill Watterson, the American cartoonist, and author of the famous Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. It’s not clear if he intended humor or philosophy, or perhaps...
Hijacked: When Reason Runs Away

Hijacked: When Reason Runs Away

In the last few articles, we’ve taken a little trip through time and space. Using the “Triune Brain” model first proposed in the 1950s and 60s as our guide, we’ve discussed how Paul D. MacLean pictured the brain evolving in response to increasingly sophisticated and...
Meet Your Limbic Brain: An Introduction for Coaches

Meet Your Limbic Brain: An Introduction for Coaches

This is part 3 of a series designed to give coaching professionals an overview of the structure and functions of the brain. By the end of the series, coaches will have developed a sufficient understanding of the complex processes occurring within the brain to enable...