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Do you have career aspirations or personal goals you want to achieve, but feel like something is holding you back?
It may be your mindset. Our thoughts hold significant power over what we experience. If you feel discouraged or uncertain about how to create the life you want, a mindset coach might be what you need to help unpack the beliefs and thought patterns getting in your way.
What Is a Mindset Coach?
A mindset coach helps clients discover, practice, and master new ways to intentionally shape their mindset and focus. In mindset coaching, clients take stock of their beliefs, behaviors, and thought patterns to identify what helps and what hurts.
From there, a mindset coach supports the client in mapping out strategic ways to change or adopt new thoughts and beliefs to promote a healthier and more productive outlook on life. This work typically involves reflection, habit change, behavioral intentionality, and accountability—areas where the coach is trained and qualified to help.
At a)plan, mindset coaching represents a key pillar of our whole-person coaching approach. This proprietary mindset coaching practice has helped hundreds of clients unlock their full potential by improving their outlook, attitude, and confidence.
How Is Mindset Coaching Different from Traditional Life Coaching?
While both mindset and life coaching share a foundation in personal development, their focus differs. Traditional life coaching takes a broad approach, addressing career, relationships, and general life goals. Meanwhile, a mindset coach focuses exclusively on your cognitive framework, helping you identify and reframe beliefs and thought patterns that hold you back.
For example, a mindset coach might guide you to:
- Transition from a fixed to a growth mindset
- Build self-awareness to overcome fears of failure
- Develop empowering, action-oriented beliefs
The result? A laser-focused mindset coaching process that accelerates growth and amplifies success in every area of your life.
The Need for Mindset Coaching Today
There’s an urgent need for mindset coaching in today’s world. Each day, the internet, the news, and society predispose us toward negative thinking about ourselves, others, and the world around us. What we read online and see on social media subconsciously conditions us into a “compare and despair” mindset. We benchmark ourselves against others and find all the ways we fall short. We ingest depressing realities about our local or world news and feel powerless.
When our default is negative, we operate from a place of pessimism, skepticism, deficiency, and defeat. Our metaphorical “cup” stays empty. We don’t have what we need to perform well at work or show up presently and mindfully with family and friends. As a result, we feel like we’re running on fumes.
While we can’t change what’s happening around us, we can set our intentions and practice strategies to break these patterns of negative thinking. Coaching can help create mental breakthroughs that positively impact every area of our lives.
The Life-Changing Power of a Mindset Coach
What we focus on, we attract. When we focus on positive things, we experience more positive outcomes.
Just ask Gabriele Oettingen, a professor of psychology at New York University, who reminds us that mindset is a predictor of success. According to this CNBC article, she says, “Optimistic people are more likely to invest, act, and put effort into achieving whatever it is that they want to get done.”
So, how do you change your attitude when you feel steamrolled by all that life throws your way? A coach gives you hands-on strategies to raise the bar for your baseline mindset. They help you become more mindful of your subconscious thoughts. They also hold you accountable as you develop and stick to a self-improvement plan. This simple but important work gives you a significant leg up in your personal and professional life.
What Do Mindset Coaches Do?
More than merely a cheerleader, a coach helps you gain insight into the potential implications of your thoughts and behaviors and replace them with positive beliefs. This experience creates new possibilities for creativity, problem-solving, and success.
What does it look like to work with a mindset coach? At a)plan, we work with coaching clients using our proprietary approach. Some highlights of the coaching journey include:
- Completing our launch exercises that encourage the client to get in the “coaching mindset” and think deeply about where they are now versus where they want to be.
- Using the a)plan coaching app, where clients can set intentions and goals, track progress, and communicate with their coaches.
- Attending virtual one-to-one weekly sessions with coaches via the a)plan app to set goals, create action plans, and review progress on a consistent basis.
- Identifying roadblocks or challenges that might be impacting your mindset and creating strategies to address and adjust them.
- Adopting new practices, strategies, breathwork, etc., depending on the client’s specific needs or desires.
Mindset coaching provides clients with the tools to make lasting, meaningful, positive changes. With a coach’s guidance, clients have the potential to exceed even their own expectations and discover a new outlook that impacts every area of their lives. Typical areas of growth include productivity, career development, creativity, job performance, self-confidence, and more.
Find a coach to help improve your mindset today. Our free coach-matching tool enables you to find the perfect coach in minutes.
Mindset Coaches at a)plan coaching
A coach is a powerful ally in helping you take charge of your thought process to ultimately achieve higher levels of mental well-being. Mindset coaching works its way into nearly every a)plan engagement because mindset is such a critical component of coaching. In fact, you’ll often hear us use the term “coaching mindset” to describe a client who is fully immersed in the coaching experience.
At a)plan, we’re dedicated to supporting clients through whole-person coaching, because we understand that mindset impacts every area of your life. Our 50+ highly-skilled coaches are closely vetted and trained to help clients experience lasting transformation that starts from within.
Start Your Successful Mindset Transformation
If you’re ready to transform your thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors, a great place to start is with our coach-matching survey.
Through this matching tool, we carefully consider your coaching preferences to provide tailored recommendations based on your responses to the survey. Then, if a coach looks like a great match, you can meet them over a free “fit call” to determine if you’d like to move forward. Finding a mindset coach has never been easier—give it a try!
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FAQs
Can Mindset Coaching Help with Anxiety?
Yes, successful coaching can provide effective strategies to manage and reduce anxiety. Coaching can increase your sense of control and mental well-being by building self-awareness, practicing mindfulness, and reframing negative thought patterns.
How Can I Integrate Mindset Coaching Techniques into My Daily Routine?
Techniques like journaling, breathwork, visualization, and affirmations are common starting points. Working with a certified mindset coach ensures these practices align with your goals, making it easier to turn them into sustainable habits.
Do You Need a Certification to Be a Mindset Coach?
While anyone can call themselves a “coach,” working with someone who holds certifications from the International Coach Federation (ICF) or a mindset coach certification program ensures they possess proper coach training, coaching skills, and ethical standards.
How Can Coaching Help You Develop a Growth Mindset and Overcome Limiting Beliefs?
Through goal-setting and intentional mindset work, a professional coach encourages you to challenge and reframe beliefs that hinder you. A personal growth mindset allows you to view challenges as opportunities, which is vital for personal and professional development.
What Tools Does a Mindset Coach Use?
Mindset coaches often incorporate tools like journaling, neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), weekly coaching sessions, and tech-powered apps to track progress, hold you accountable, and take you to that next level.