MINDFUL REFLECTION AND CHANGING HABITS OF PRACTICE
Psychotherapist Bonnie Badenoch (2008) offers a brain-based perspective on the effects of mindful reflection. There is a shift, she argues, from “top-down” to “bottom-up” processing. Top-down processing engages the layers of the brain, which contain ideas about what will happen next based on past experience. Bottom-up processing engages us in the sensory experiences of the moment, enabling us to insert additional information that may disrupt or challenge those ideas. A mindful and reflective stance in practice helps liberate us from learned patterns. As coaching practitioners, when we experience dissonance in the moment and reflect on that experience, we create the opportunity to develop more ...
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