Somatic & NLP Coaching Exercises.

Getting Started.

  • Intention Setting.

    At the start of each session, I will ask you to set an intention. Why do I do this? Your Reticular Activating System (RAS) is the automatic mechanism inside your brain that brings relevant information to your attention.

    Intention setting can be a life-changing practice. Becoming intentional is to become “on purpose.” By setting intentions daily, you start to become more aware of thoughts and behaviour patterns each day. 

  • Life Balance Wheel

    This exercise gives a really good initial overview and snapshot of your whole life and allows you to assess which are the areas of most importance as a starting point for our work together.

  • Universal Cycle of Change

    This is an awareness-raising exercise that supports you to zoom out and identify areas of your life objectively allowing you to see where you currently are (in the cycle) and be able to assess what actions you need to take to get to where you want to be.

Exploration.

  • Six Human Needs

    This exercise gives you a deeper understanding of what’s important to you and helps you to take an objective view about your needs and what drives you. We all have all of the six human needs and most of us have two primary driving needs and if they’re not met, we will feel disconnected or may feel something is not happening but will not know why. We have different needs in different areas of our life. For example, in our career it may be significance and contribution and in our intimate relationship it may be certainty and connection & love.

  • Four Elements.

    In this exercise, we experience the Four Elements (or energies): Air, Fire, Earth and Water.

    We can simply explore the elements to see which one/s resonate with you the most and how you can use the element to your advantage.

    In addition, we can explore a coaching topic by experiencing each element - gaining wisdom from all 4 states.

  • The Safety vs Risk Continuum.

    There exists a continuum between safety and risk. At one end, actions are completely safe, and very little learning and very few breakthroughs take place. At the other end, the most unsafe, stretching, daring actions take place that may be emotionally or physically challenging.

Creating change and shifts.

  • Four Levels of Consciousness.

    Einstein has a well-shared quote in our modern-day which says, “we cannot solve a problem with the same level of consciousness that created it.” This exercise supports you to shift your state to a more resourceful place.

  • Managing Your Emotional State.

    This exercise helps you to understand how you are consciously or unconsciously creating your emotional state and the impact that is having on your life.

  • Powerful States.

    This exercise helps you to leverage a resourceful state from one situation into another.

  • New Behaviour Generator.

    This exercise assists you to practise new behaviours that support the outcome you want. It’s like a mental dress rehearsal!

  • Defining your Values in a Specific Context

    This exercise helps you identify what’s important to you in a specific context.

  • Walt Disney Strategy.

    The purpose of the Walt Disney Strategy is to create behavioural strategies that support you to access and integrate creativity to help you achieve your desired outcome.

    Walt Disney was very successful at turning fantasies into reality!

  • Big Dream.

    Let’s discover your big dream! Our comfort zone is safe and easy. Moving beyond our comfort zone is where our interests and our challenges begin. The only way to grow and learn is to expand your comfort zone. By challenging yourself, your comfort zone will grow.

    In our session, we will expand your comfort zone until you reach your Big Dream! With each small challenge comes renewed accomplishment and confidence, proving your capability at each step and fulfilling the Big Dream!

Problem solving.

  • Assumptions of NLP.

    This exercise helps you to see an issue in new ways and from different perspectives so you can be more resourceful in addressing the issue in a more balanced way.

  • Perceptual Positions.

    In this exercise, you’ll be able to gain wisdom by stepping fully into someone else's shoes and by being an objective observer.

  • Accessing Mentors.

    This exercise helps you to gain input from mentors when you are having difficulty making decisions or experiencing doubt.

Belief exercises.

Children rarely question whether or not they are capable of doing something; they just try it. Consider a baby learning to walk. If they fail, they try again or try in a different way. But as we grow older, our tolerance for trial and error changes. We may try something several times, but when frustration sets in, we often conclude that we are not capable and give up. Albert Bandura at Stanford University studied learning and found that in order for adults to progress, we must believe we can change or improve. As we believe in our capabilities, our performance rises to meet the belief. As we question or doubt our ability, our performance falters. There is a lot of evidence of the power of beliefs!

  • Life Journey Map

    Prior to our session: draw out your life journey map or timeline, marking significant moments throughout your childhood, adolescence, young adult and adult life. This can be any way you like! Make it visual.

    During our session we will look for beliefs you took on during your life, both positive and beliefs you may have outgrown which are blocking you from creating new beliefs that will support you and what you want now.

    Knowledge is power and learning how and why you developed certain beliefs will help you to make new ones.

  • The Stories We Tell Ourselves

    The gap between where we are and where we want to be is the story we tell ourselves about why we can’t have what we want.

    An exercise to create self awareness, curiosity and open up to different possibilities.

  • Belief Clusters: identifying & exploring limiting beliefs.

    We will identify the limiting beliefs you have, and then explore limiting beliefs in more depth by identifying other beliefs, assumptions, and/or presuppositions that support them.

    We will identify beliefs that support and reinforce each other and identify behaviours that those beliefs drive. We will build the case for changing limiting beliefs and strengthen empowering beliefs.

  • Creating empowering beliefs & the belief change process.

    This process helps to release limiting beliefs and create new empowering ones.

Visualisations.

  • Magnet Visualisation to Clear Out Your Space.

    This is often a good way to start a coaching session if you’re not really ‘feeling it’. This visualisation exercise is helpful for feeling better after an unpleasant encounter with other people, reducing stress, helping you to feel more like yourself and for dealing with negativity.

  • Future Self Visualisation.

    A very powerful visualisation that will support you to access your inner wisdom.