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    Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life

    Margaret Moore
    Founder & CEO
    Wellcoaches Corporation
    www.wellcoaches.com

    Co-Director
    Institute of Coaching
    McLean Hospital, affiliate of
    Harvard Medical School
    www.instituteofcoaching.org

    Coach Meg
    www.coachmeg.com

    1
    Rules of Order

    Sweep your brain clean

    ◘ Tame frenzy
    ◘ Sustain focus
    ◘ Manage distractions

    2
    Rules of Order

    Get above the forest to the big picture

    ◘ Harness working memory


    ◘ Generate leaps of insight
    ◘ Connect the dots

    3
    What is frenzy in the brain?

    ■ Negative emotions arising from the limbic


    system which intrude and impair functioning
    of the pre-frontal cortex
    Frenzy gets in the way of mindful attention
    Tame frenzy – NAME & APPRAISE

    ◘ Gently stop and name the emotion


    ◘ Like a child that cries, the emotion is asking
    for attention
    ◘ Naming an emotion enables the pre-frontal
    cortex to notice the emotion and let it go
    ◘ Appraise whether the emotional state is
    a valid one – are you over-reacting?
    ◘ Engage the thinking areas, the areas of
    cognitive control (e.g. pre-frontal cortex)

    6
    How to tame frenzy

    Build new habits which bring calm:

    ◘ Exercise
    ◘ Meditate
    ◘ Mindfulness practices
    ◘ Breathe

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    Organize Your Emotions, Organize Your Life

    1. Mindful Self: I am calm, open, mindful, accepting


    2. Autonomy: I am free and feel in control
    3. Body Regulator: I am fit, well fed, rested, healthy
    4. Confidence: I am confident, competent, strong
    5. Creative: I am creative and have fun
    6. Curious: I have new experiences and adventures
    7. Executive Manager: I am working toward goals,
    organized and on top of things
    8. Relational: I am loving, compassionate, accepting
    9. Standard-Setter: I am good enough, achieving
    enough, learning
    10. Spiritual Meaning-Maker: I find meaning and the
    big picture
    Margaret Moore © 2013
    How to Decode Emotions

    1. Mindful Noticing, Naming & Observing


    2. Acceptance
    3. Appreciation & Gratitude
    4. Connection
    5. Compassion for Negative Emotions
    6. Savor and Harvest Positive Emotions
    7. Curiosity
    8. Learning

    9
    Attention in the brain

    ◘ Key component to Executive Function


    ◘ Pre-frontal cortex, Anterior cingulate cortex
    ◘ Normal attention capacity ~ one hour
    ◘ ADHD ~ “minutes..seconds..what was the
    question?”

    10
    Thinking Brainset

    Consciously manipulate information in your working


    memory to solve a problem. State of purposeful planning
    that comprises much of our daily consciously-directed
    mental activity. You are “thinking” about something.

    11
    Flow Brainset

    Thoughts and actions begin to flow in a steady


    harmonious sequence, almost as if they were
    orchestrated by outside forces. The stream brainset is
    associated with the production of creative material,
    such as jazz improvisation, narrative writing, sculpting
    or painting, and the step-by-step revelation of scientific
    discovery.

    12
    Brain Breaks

    ◘ Everything in moderation – take a brain


    break
    ◘ Recharge your brain

    13
    Apply the brakes: Stop/go paths in the brain

    ◘ The brain has pathways for stop and go


    ◘ Effective inhibition is:
    • a key component to executive function
    • ? the fundamental deficit in ADHD

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    Apply the brakes (impulses, distractions)

    ◘ Stop the focus and go with the distraction


    ◘ Stop the focus and take a break
    ◘ Stop the distraction and go with the focus

    15
    Apply the brakes (impulses, distractions)

    ◘ ABC – Awareness, Breathe, Choose


    ◘ Consciously choose between
    Camp Spontaneity and Camp Sobriety

    16
    Short-term memory + attention

    ◘ The brain can hold a variety of things in


    short-term memory
    ◘ The brain uses short-term memory for
    analysis, problem-solving, and creativity

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    How to harness working memory

    ◘ Sleep and rest (sleep on it)


    ◘ Exercise
    ◘ Repetition

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    Harness working memory

    ◘ Write things down


    ◘ Have a reasoned debate
    ◘ Go back & forth between CNN and Fox
    News, or New York Times and Wall Street
    Journal

    19
    Harness working memory

    ◘ Two heads are better than one


    ◘ Get a coach!

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    The flexible brain

    ◘ No multi-tasking
    ◘ Deep focus, leaping to another deep focus

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    Set shifting – cognitive flexibility

    ◘ Get light on your cognitive feet


    ◘ Bust your silos

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    Set shift - Generate leaps of insight

    ◘ Shift from mental to physical

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    Set shift - Generate leaps of insight

    ◘ Welcome the opportunity to shift


    ◘ Make a beautiful decision to shift
    ◘ Jump with confidence

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    The brain – making connections

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    Connect the dots

    ◘ New ideas and perspectives emerge


    from the combination of sustained focus,
    working memory, and set shifting

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    Rise to the big picture

    ◘ The clouds clear and the big picture


    appears!

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    Rise to the big picture

    ◘ Frenzy is tamed just by knowing you


    have a path from the forest to the big
    picture

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    Connections to Wellness Coaching

    Margaret Moore
    Founder & CEO
    Wellcoaches Corporation
    www.wellcoaches.com

    Co-Director
    Institute of Coaching
    McLean Hospital, affiliate of
    Harvard Medical School
    www.instituteofcoaching.org

    Coach Meg
    www.coachmeg.com

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