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

Why Your 3 Brains Matter: How To Create Long-Lasting Change In Coaching And Life? ICF Insights

2 Jun 2021 · 3 min

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In this presentation, Christoffel Sneijders introduces a "three‑brains" framework—head (cognitive), heart (emotional/limbic), and gut (instinctual) — as the missing link for achieving durable personal and coaching outcomes. He cites research indicating that less than 50 % of people achieve lasting results when decisions are driven solely by logical reasoning. Sneijders challenges the conventional notion of a "subconscious mind" and instead uses the sea cucumber, a creature without a heart or head, as a metaphor for the disconnect that occurs when one brain dominates while the others are silent. He explains that each brain can respond differently to a decision: one may block, another may support, and a third may stay silent. The core of his training is to help participants become aware of which brain is blocking or supporting a decision, thereby enabling them to align all three brains and create sustainable change. Audience feedback highlights the seminar’s impact.

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Welcome about 3 brains: head, heart, and gut, and how they connect, and how in my perception they're the missing link for long-lasting results. What is the research showing about how good we are or how much results we deliver? Then it's actually less than 50%. So then how do we make actually our decisions? Do you have those moments that you procrastinate? Now, does it make sense To do that. Now logically it doesn't make sense because you made the decision I'm going to do it now, and then then the now is there, and then I don't feel like it. And we have all excuses to to not do it. So just imagine we make a decision that's logical, and we're requesting it. So you're It's not logical, so your head cannot be in charge of that. So then the question is, who is inside you in charge of making that decision? Some people say that's your subconscious mind, and I right away challenge, what is your subconscious mind? Because where is that? There is no subconscious mind. This was the old idea: neocortex, limbic brain, reptilian brain. I'm going to introduce you to a living creature Still alive now. And I'm curious if you could put in the chat which creature is this. It is a sea cucumber. But do you know what's the most remarkable of this living creature? It is missing 2 things. What does it not have? It does not have a heart. It does not have a head. Happening— what is blocking long-lasting results which you now actually became aware of? Your 3 brains have different responses to a decision. So how do you analyze that? And that's what we do in the training. We help you to become aware, hey, which brain is blocking a decision, which brain is actually giving a solution, and which brain is silent. Because if you know that, you know, in this case, will there be long-lasting results? Nope, no change. And this is what happens to many of us. We make a decision and afterwards we regret it that we did not follow our gut instinct, we did not follow our heart, or we did not think this through.
A lot of seminars during this week and this was by far the best I have attended. So thank you so, so much.