Body Mind and Soul Connections
I joined Body Mind and Soul Connections for a conversation about Brainspotting, the connection between what we understand consciously and the patterns that can continue underneath that understanding, and why insight doesn't always create change by itself.
This is an older appearance from a time when Brainspotting was much more central to how I described my work. My business and methodology have evolved since then, but one of the questions underneath this conversation is still important in my work today: What do you do when you understand the problem but understanding it hasn't changed what happens?
What we explored
- What Brainspotting is and why I became interested in it
- The difference between consciously understanding something and actually changing a recurring response
- Why some patterns continue even after you've spent considerable time thinking, learning, or talking about them
- How Brainspotting may be used when there is an appropriate, clearly defined target for the work
Understanding the problem isn't always the same as changing it
Most of us have experienced some version of this.
You can explain why something happens. You can recognize the pattern while it's happening. You may even know exactly what you'd prefer to do differently.
And then the same response happens again.
That distinction was a major reason I became interested in Brainspotting, and it remains relevant to the work I do now.
What has changed is that I'm much more careful about determining what kind of problem we're actually looking at before deciding what tool belongs in the solution.
Not everything that feels stuck needs deeper block work
This is one of the biggest ways my work has evolved since this appearance.
When someone isn't doing what they intend to do, it can be tempting to immediately search for an internal reason. Maybe there's a limiting belief. Maybe they're afraid. Maybe something deeper is blocking them.
Sometimes that's true.
Sometimes the explanation is much more practical.
The strategy may not actually be a good one. The next step may be vague. The method may conflict with how the person realistically works. The workflow may create unnecessary friction. The expectations may not match the business or the situation.
Those aren't problems that automatically require Brainspotting. They require fixing the practical problem.
Where Brainspotting fits in my work now
I'm still a certified Brainspotting practitioner, and Brainspotting remains one of the tools available in my work when there's an appropriate target for it.
In my business work, though, I don't begin by assuming that difficulty taking action means there's a deeper underlying block.
I first look at the strategy, whether the path is clear enough to execute, whether the way of executing it fits the actual person and business, and what happens when they put it into practice.
If those practical pieces are workable and the same specific interruption remains, we have much better evidence that deeper block work may be useful.
Why I'm keeping this appearance available
This conversation represents an earlier stage of my work and gives useful context for how Brainspotting became one of the tools I use today. My terminology and methodology have changed, but the underlying curiosity hasn't: when something isn't changing, I want to know why before deciding what to do about it.
Explore Body Mind and Soul Connections
The original conversation reflects how I talked about Brainspotting and this work at that point in my business. You'll hear some terminology and positioning that I would describe differently today, and that's okay. I'd rather leave the historical conversation intact than quietly retrofit an older interview to match everything I've learned since.
What I do today
Today, I'm an Execution Block Specialist. I help coaches and service providers figure out why their strategy isn't turning into consistent action and results.
We look at whether the strategy makes sense, whether the execution path is actually clear, whether the approach fits the person and business, and what happens when they try to execute it. When those pieces are workable and something still repeatedly interrupts action, we can investigate what remains.
Brainspotting is one tool I may use when a deeper block is actually what we're dealing with. It isn't the automatic answer simply because something feels difficult.
You're not broken. You're blocked. The first step is figuring out where.
