Coaching World Issue 11: August 2014 | Page 26

Margaret (aka Coach Meg) is a 17-year veteran of the biotechnology industry. In 2002 she founded the Wellcoaches School of Coaching. Margaret is co-founder and co-director of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate. She is co-author of the Harvard Health Book, Organize Your Mind, Organize Your Life (Harlequin, 2011). The Organize Your Mind model outlined in this article will soon be offered in a selfcoaching course for coaches and anyone else interested in a more organized mind. Learn more at www.organizeyourmind.com. Thinking? Mind Wandering? Narrow Awareness? Open Awareness? Experiencing Low Control Focus Margaret Moore, MBA High Control Focus Thinking Carson, Moore, Zilca 2014 Organize Your Mind for Coaching Where is your mind right now? Now you can find it. The graphic above is what you might call a mind locator, or even a GPS for the mind. It’s a two-dimensional map. From Shelley Carson, Ph.D. Shelley is a research psychologist and lecturer at Harvard University, where she focuses on the areas of psychopathology, resilience and creativity. Her work has been published widely in national and international scientific journals and featured on the Discovery Channel, CNN and NPR. She has won multiple teachi