Margaret Moore, MBA, aka Coach Meg

Founder & CEO, Wellcoaches CorporationCo-Director, Institute of Coaching, McLean Hospital

Member, National Board for Certifying Health & Wellness Coaches

Harvard Health Author: Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life

www.coachmeg.commargaret@wellcoaches.com

ICHWC partnered with the National Board of Medical Examiners and launched national standards and certification of health and wellness coaches in 2017.

www.ichwc.org

NBC-HWCNational Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach

getting unstuck

who are we coaching?

Coaching the Multiplicity of

Mind:A Strengths-

Based Approach

July 2013

nine life forces

needsdrivesvalues

strengthscapacities

Moore et al, Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life, Harvard Health Books, 2016

meet your inner family

Jung mental processes

Howard Gardner intelligences

Enneagram personality style

Inner Family needs & values

I introverted feeling intrapersonal 1 reformer Autonomy

F extraverted feeling interpersonal 2 helper Relational

N introverted intuition existential 9 peacemaker Meaning Maker

E extraverted intuition visual & musical 4 individualist Creative

S introverted sensing kinesthetic 6 loyalist Body Regulator

P extraverted sensing naturalist 7 enthusiast Adventurer

T introverted thinking logical 5 investigator Executive Manager

J extraverted thinking linguistic 3 achiever Standard Setter

memory? 8 challenger Confidence

ambivalence is normal…

from competing needs and

drives

Moore et al, Organize Your Emotions, Optimize Your Life, Harvard Health Books, 2016

Kross, E., Grossmann, I. (2012). Boosting Wisdom: Distance from the self enhances wise reasoning, attitudes, and behavior. Journal of Experimental Psychology. Vol. 141, No. 1, 43-48

talk to yourself in 3rd person

brain breaks

elude me

Coach Meg

inside out

Psychology Today: Brain Breaks Elude Me, Aug 2016

Coach Meg’s Inner Team

Shift Stress to Calm: An Inner Family Affair, Harvard Health, Sep 2016

brain breaksgo no go

unhappy unheard

body regulator introverted sensor

• vitality• health• balance• calm• stability• sustainability

I want to stretch more!

I promise we will have more energy at the end of the day with regular brain breaks!

I want to savor more moments

Creativeextraverted intuitive

• spontaneous• nonlinear thinking• generate ideas• invent• play• humor

I will be more creative if we have more brain breaks

standard setterextraverted thinker

• sets the bar• measures• achieves• compares• judges • fairness• self-worth

The reason we perform at a high level is because we have great stamina and we don’t take breaks.

Prove to me that we will get more done!

executive managerintroverted thinker

• figure things out• organize• bring order• focus• be productive• manage time• self-regulate

I’m not convinced that we will be more productive and creative by taking more brain breaks.

But I’m willing to experiment for 3 days.

adventurerextraverted sensor

• curiosity• novelty• risk• adventure• change• zest

I want to go online shopping in brain breaks.I need more adventures.

Let’s do something new on the weekend to satisfy my need for more adventures.

Autonomyintroverted feeler

• self interests first• self-determination• march to own drummer• authenticity• freedom to choose

comply defy

I rebel against the Apple Watch reminder. I want to design my own reminder system.

Relationalextraverted feeler

• others first• benevolence• compassion• connection• loyalty• trust

• The Performers have done a great job.

• I empathize with their needs to perform and get things done.

• And, I would like more inner harmony and collaboration.

• Let’s listen more to Body Regulator and Creative.

confidence

• strength• competence• confidence• power

I would be more confident if Standard Setter and Executive Manager would value brain breaks.

meaning makerintroverted intuition

• quest• higher purpose• gratitude• awe• wisdom• inner coach!

meaning of brain breaks?

• more energy• more creative• savor more• calmer• a better role model

wise advice?

• do a new adventure on the weekends

• design a creative reminder

• experiment for three days

go let’s experiment

ambivalence examples

Kegan, Lahey, Helsing, (2015). Right Mind, Right Weight

I want to go to the gym regularly I buy a gym membership.

I don’t go to the gym regularly.I’ll become a dumb jock.

Body Regulator Autonomy

I want to make better food choicesI buy healthy foods.

I buy unhealthy foods.I dislike following other people’s rules.

Healthy foods are boring.

Body Regulator Autonomy Adventurer

I want to eat healthier in social situations with unhealthy food

available.

I eat what my friends eat.They will think I don’t fit in.

Body Regulator Relational

four takeaways

1. Value nine perspectives2. Accept - inner conflict is

normal & natural3. Decode emotions, meet needs4. Inner coach - get quiet to get

wisdom

knowyourstrengths seekmorebalance seekmorewholeness

coaching demo1. Yes

reasons to adopt a healthy habit

2. Noreasons to not adopt a healthy habit

3. Strategies for moving forward