CSChristoffel SneijdersThree brains: head, heart and gut for decisions you keep deferring

The Science Of 3 Brains: How To Align Head, Heart, And Gut For Life-Changing Results

12 Apr 2021 · 1 min

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In this segment Christoffel Sneijders illustrates the 3‑brain coaching model using a client who feels intense pressure to succeed on a project. The client’s statements reveal three internal “brains”: the gut (fear of personal career failure), the heart (concern for colleagues), and the head (confidence in competence). Sneijders explains that when two brains block and one affirms, change stalls because the internal signals are misaligned. The core objective of 3‑brain coaching is to analyze how the head, heart, and gut are interacting—whether they are silent, in agreement, or in conflict—and then guide the client to bring all three into alignment so that decisive action and lasting change become possible.

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Just imagine your client comes in and says, I cannot fail for this project. I feel it will damage my career. And he says, on the other hand, also, I feel my colleagues depend on me for this project. I cannot let them down. I really have to succeed. And so Christy said, you know, but I know why they gave it to me, because I'm the most experienced I know the most of this topic. What happens on that moment is actually this: we have a heart, a head, and a gut. Two of the brains are blocking, and one says yes. Because I'm afraid for my career is the gut brain. I'm afraid for my colleagues is the heart brain. And the head brain says yes, I know we can. So what we do in 3-brain coaching is actually making an analysis. How are the 3 brains working actually? Or maybe they're silent, or maybe they disagree with each other. What happens? There will be no change. So what is our objective? Actually, to make them all agree. Now, how you can do it?