Updating Narratives of Self. Neuroscience workshop in Paris, with tools you can take into your very next coaching session

Every client arrives in the coaching room carrying a story about who they are. That story — their narrative of self — quietly governs what they notice, what they believe is possible, and what they will and will not attempt. As a coach, your real work is often less about teaching new skills and more about helping clients update an outdated story about themselves.

This workshop gives coaches the neuroscience behind that work. It draws together episodic memory, prediction error, the brain regions that build and defend the self, and the neuroscience of courage, to show exactly how self-narratives are formed, why they persist, and how — practically — they can be updated. The session is interactive throughout: short inputs are paired with reflection, paired practice, and live application to clients you are working with right now.

You will leave with neuroscience-grounded tools you can use instantly — in your next session, with the next client, on the next call.

Key Takeaways

• How episodic memory shapes attention, emotion and action — and why clients keep recreating the same patterns.
• How to use positive and negative prediction errors as a coaching engine for genuine, lasting change.
• A clear map of the brain regions that represent, integrate, monitor and evaluate the self — and what each one means for your coaching questions.
• The neuroscience of courage: why some clients act and others freeze, and how to help them tip toward action.
• The four factors of a courageous mindset (traits, states, social forces, values and beliefs) and how to develop each one in clients.
• A practical framework for helping clients choose a courageous goal, define what success looks like, and gather evidence as they go.

What Makes This Workshop Different

• It is interactive, not a lecture — expect reflection, dialogue, and live coaching practice.
• Every concept is paired with a tool you can use the same week, not someday.
• The neuroscience is rigorous but translated into language clients can hear and use.

Who Should Attend

Coaches who want to deepen their practice with the science of how people actually change — and walk away with tools they can apply immediately to help clients rewrite the stories that are holding them back.

CCEUs will be delivered with this training.