Week 10 - Mind-Body Skills in Coaching

Question 1

How can mind-body skills be valuable in the coaching environment?

Answer 1

ALL APPLY

They can provide a way for a client to let go of whatever happened in their day before the coaching session begins

They can provide a way for clients to get in touch with their bodies and honor them

They can recalibrate a client session that has gotten stuck in thinking and re-ground in the body

They can provide the client with tools to get in touch with and help shift their energy, motivations, desires and values

They can help clients envision positive outcomes in their health

Question 2

Soft Belly Breathing may help our coaching practice by enabling relaxation, and heightening self-awareness and more thoughtful decision-making. True or False?

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What is the main function of mind-body dialoguing in coaching?

Answer 3

It helps clients begin dialoguing with their bodies and honoring their needs rather than ignoring them

Question 4

When is a great time to introduce guided imagery to a client?

Answer 4

When a client is feeling stuck and can’t envision a desired outcome

Question 5

What is the practice where tapping is used to reduce pain, and manage emotions or troubling thoughts?

Answer 5

EFT

Question 6

What is Neuroplasticity?

Answer 6

The brain’s lifelong ability to form new connections and pathways and change wiring when it recognizes the need for adapting so it’s in a continuous process of modifying existing neural networks

Question 7

What is Neurogenesis?

Answer 7

The ability of the brain to regrow or replenish brain cells & the birth of new neurons

Question 8

In addition to many of the mind-body tools you learned this week, what are some other neuroplasticity techniques that have been proven to help rewire the brain?

Answer 8

ALL APPLY (rewiring brain)

Dancing

Sleeping

Creating Artwork

Memory tasks

Reading fiction

Traveling

Question 9

What are the five main areas that come into play when we consider a fixed mindset vs a growth mindset?

Answer 9

Challenges, obstacles, effort, criticism, success of others

Question 10

Why is it so important to share the concept of a fixed mindset vs a growth mindset with clients?

Answer 10

It gives coaches an understanding of how and in what direction we can orient a client’s mindset that would be most conducive to their individual success; sharing this with clients helps them identify areas where they can explore change. AND It helps a client decide which goals to set