Introduction

Welcome to Episode 5! I am your host, Dr. Moira. Welcome to a new month and a new series of podcasts. Episodes 5 through 9 will be all about mindset.

If you are new to the Coaching Hive Podcast, we take a month-long look at a single topic or concern that impacts health coaches along their business journey. We take this month-long approach to support the Coaching Hive mission of empowering coaches to be focused with their learning intentions while maintaining forward business momentum.

Here at the Coaching Hive, we want to be effective, efficient, and have fun so that work becomes a joy, and you have dedicated time for the important things in life like your family, friends, and hobbies.

This is a 5-week month, which means 5 entire conversations about mindset. I’ll keep today brief and just offer a review of the concept of mindset. In Episode 6, we will discuss the concept of overcoming doubts, in Episode 7 we will focus on the concept of modeling mindset for our clients. Then, because of that magical 5th week we will have time for a book discussion in week 4. We are going to discuss a book called She Means Business by Carrie Green. I think you will like her vibe, her mindset, and her approach to business. Then in that 5th week at the very end of the month we will wrap up the month with Episode 9 and a “Put It Into Action” challenge.

Keep sending me your ideas, challenges, and successes. I’m always here to offer ideas and encouragement on your journey.

Before we head into our main content for today, remember that these podcasts will always be child friendly, so go ahead and play it through your speaker while you tackle other small tasks.

Now let’s jump in!

The Topic

Mindset is a hot topic these days. Every time I turn around it is there, but what exactly is mindset? Well with a 4th grader in the house, we have a number of dictionaries so I decided to pull one out. I reached for the Merriam-Webster version because the Compact Oxford was not quite as easy to grab. I took a look at the actual definition in the Merriam-Webster dictionary and here is what I found. Mindset is a mental attitude or inclination. When thinking about the concept of mindset, it is most often paired with the terms “fixed” or “growth”. There is a huge body of research surrounding the concept of mindset and the seminal research was done by Carol Dweck. This body of research grows every year because mindset has such important implications in our everyday lives.

The Ideas

Now I promised to keep today’s podcast a short so let’s just take a quick overview of mindset. And I thought some examples might be a helpful way as we orient to this topic. Let’s explore the concepts of fixed mindset and growth mindset more specifically.

A fixed mindset is exactly what it sounds like. It is inflexible. A fixed mindset is one that does not change. A fixed mindset does not allow for the same possibilities and opportunities that a growth mindset will allow for.

For example, a coach with a fixed mindset may see a client who is struggling with what seem like simple goals and label that client as “impossible” or maybe they believe that the client is just unable to change. A coach who looks at their own skills and feels like they can never get better has a fixed mindset. The concept here is that you either have it or you don’t. It is not something that can be learned or changed. It is either there or it isn’t.

Now a coach, on the other hand, with a growth mindset is going to believe that they can change and learn and grow. With that same st