The Brain Tools Library
45 easy-to-use tools that give you rock-solid science, an easy metaphor to explain it, and a straightforward way to put it into practice. Pick a focus area and grab the one you need for your client to get better results.
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Brain Science Advantage Tools:
Habits by Design
4 tools
Foundational habit-building tools from the Brain Science Advantage program.
Productive by Design
4 tools
Tools for sharper focus and better decisions, from the Brain Science Advantage program.
Fearless by Design
4 tools
Tools for facing fear and building resilience, from the Brain Science Advantage program.
Happy by Design
4 tools
Tools for building happiness and flow into everyday life, from the Brain Science Advantage program.
Brain Science Masterclass for Coaches Tools:
Habits
5 tools
Behavior-change tools for building the habit that sticks — and breaking the one that doesn’t.
HABITS
HABITS
Elastic Habits
A Habit-Building Tool for When You Have Bad Days
HABITS
Forcing Functions
How to Make Good Habits Inevitable
HABITS
Behavioral Geo-Fencing
How to Break Any Bad Habit in 5 Easy Steps
HABITS
The Sub Swap
How to Swap Any Bad Habit for a Good One
Emotional Intelligence
5 tools
Tools for naming, shifting, and getting unstuck from big emotions in the moment.
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Leave the Loop
How to Get Unstuck from Big Emotions
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Fear Setting
How to Turn Your Fears Into Actions
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Shift the Sitch
Change Your Emotion by Changing Your Location
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Distanced Self Talk
Change How You Feel by Using Your Own Name
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
Feeling Follows Frame
Change How You Feel by Changing What You Think
Productivity
4 tools
Focus, flow, and fewer fires — tools for getting the right things done.
PRODUCTIVITY
Fortify Your Focus
How to Strengthen and Protect Your Focus
PRODUCTIVITY
The Priority Pivot
How to Say No to Fires and Yes to What Matters
PRODUCTIVITY
The All-Through List
How to Overcome Procrastination with an All-Through List
PRODUCTIVITY
The Flow Switch
How to Flip from Focus to Flow for Deep Work
Confidence
5 tools
Five for quieting self-doubt and building authentic, in-your-bones confidence.
CONFIDENCE
The Imperfection Injection
How to Beat Perfectionism for Good
CONFIDENCE
The Discomfort Quotient (DQ Game)
A Tool for Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone
CONFIDENCE
Gladiator Glasses
How to Stop Feeling Like an Impostor
CONFIDENCE
The Confidence Catalyst
How to Kickstart Your Confidence with a 30-Day Challenge
CONFIDENCE
You vs. Yesterday
How to Stop Comparing and Start Building Confidence
Leadership
5 tools
Tools for coaching leaders to have more inspiring meetings, make better decisions, and actually enjoy giving and receiving feedback.
LEADERSHIP
One Win, One Growth
How to Make Feedback Feel Easy
LEADERSHIP
Decision-Making Decoded
How The Best Leaders Make Better Decisions
LEADERSHIP
Psychological Safety
The Foundation of Thriving Teams
LEADERSHIP
Making Meetings Magnetic
How to Run Better Meetings
LEADERSHIP
Connecting Through Communication
How to Have The Right Conversations Every Time
Burnout & Self Care
5 tools
Tools for recharging your energy, overcoming burnout, building self-compassion, and getting better sleep.
BURNOUT & SELF CARE
Making it Match
Overcoming Burnout by Aligning the Six Dimensions of Person-Job Fit
BURNOUT & SELF CARE
Two-Fers
How to Squeeze Self-Care Into the Cracks of Your Busy Life
BURNOUT & SELF CARE
Self-Compassion
How Being Kind to Yourself Builds Resilience
BURNOUT & SELF CARE
Brain Breaks
How to Beat Burnout with Brain Breaks
BURNOUT & SELF CARE
The Seven Steps to Better Sleep
How to Master Your Sleep So You Stop Feeling So Tired
Tools that actually get used
Every tool in this tool shed is grounded in real brain science and distilled into something simple enough to bring into your very next session.
Backed by the Science
Built for the Real World
Simple, repeatable, and designed to work in the messy reality of an actual coaching relationship.
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