Mindset Coaching
What this is
Mindset coaching works on the beliefs running underneath your decisions — the ones you did not consciously choose and rarely question.
Most people do not need more information about what to do. They need to understand why they keep not doing it. That gap is almost never laziness. It is usually an old belief doing its job: protecting you from a risk that mattered once and does not any more.
So we look at the story you tell yourself about what you are capable of, where it came from, and whether it is still true. We work on the voice that narrates your effort, the standards you hold yourself to that you would never impose on anyone else, and the fear of being seen trying.
It is practical and forward-looking. If what surfaces calls for therapy rather than coaching, I will say so and we change tack.
What it can help with
- A decision you have been postponing for months and can argue both sides of perfectly
- A business or a career move you keep almost starting
- Confidence that does not match your actual competence — you are good at the job and still waiting to be found out
- A goal you have restarted five times, each time with a better plan and the same ending
- Saying yes when you mean no, then resenting it for a week
- Working constantly and still feeling behind
- Comparing yourself to people whose lives you would not actually want
- Not being able to name what you want, because you were never asked
What a session is like
It is a conversation, and a slower one than you might expect. I ask a lot of questions. Some of them will be questions nobody has asked you before, which is usually why they are worth sitting with. You are allowed to say I don’t know. That answer is often the beginning of something.
You set the agenda. If you want to spend the whole session on one decision, we do that. If you arrive and something else has taken over your week, we deal with what is actually in the room.
I will not be shouting encouragement at you. This is not that. If you have tried motivational approaches and found they wore off by Wednesday, that is precisely the problem this work is aimed at — motivation is not the missing ingredient.
We usually finish by agreeing on something small and specific for the week. Small on purpose. The point is not to prove your discipline, it is to find out what happens when you act slightly outside the old rule.
Practical details
- Session length: Ask when you message — I’ll tell you before you book
- Fee: Ask when you message — I’ll tell you before you book
- How many sessions: It depends on what you come with. We review as we go, and you decide whether to continue
- Languages: Ask when you message — I’ll tell you before you book
- Where: In person at Center St. Elie in Antelias, or online
- Cancellations: Ask when you message — I’ll tell you before you book
- To book: Message me on WhatsApp or call 03-267-243
Common questions
How is this different from life coaching?
Life coaching looks at the shape of your life — direction, transitions, what you are spending your years on. This looks at one layer down: the beliefs that decide, in advance, what you think is available to you. In practice the two overlap, and we can start with either.
What if I don’t know what I want?
That is one of the more common reasons people come. Knowing what you want is not a prerequisite. It is often the work itself.
Do I have to do exercises between sessions?
Only what you have agreed to, and there is nothing to report back like a test. Most weeks it is one small thing, chosen because it fits the life you actually have.
How many sessions before something changes?
I will not give you a number to sound confident. Some people leave the first session with something loosened. For others it takes a while before the shift shows up in ordinary life. We review it honestly as we go, and if this is not helping you, I would rather we name that than keep booking.