The Catholic Coaching Podcast 12. Explaining "The Model" and It's Roots in Aquinas
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Sep 22, 2020 They unpack a simple coaching framework for inner life and how it maps to Aquinas’ ordering of senses, intellect, will, and action. They trace how thoughts shape feelings and lead to behaviors and results. Practical tips for noticing emotions and the thought-sentence are shared. The conversation explores integrating secular coaching tools with Catholic spiritual insights.
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Certification Sparked The Model Meeting Catholic Thought
- Erin celebrated becoming certified by the Life Coach School and credits it for mindset coaching tools.
- That certification led them to adopt The Model and then compare it with Catholic tradition.
Write The Exact Circumstance And One Concrete Thought
- When using the Model, start by writing the circumstance as facts (e.g., exact words of a text).
- Then write one clear thought that interprets that circumstance instead of jumping straight to emotion.
Emotions Are The Body Making Thoughts Visible
- Feelings are the conscious awareness of a chemical state caused by thoughts.
- Matt links thoughts becoming bodily (neurotransmitters/hormones) to John Paul II's idea that the body makes visible the interior life.
