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[Client Name], we've identified the belief we're working with today: "[State the limiting belief in their exact words]."
I'm going to walk you through a process. All I need from you is to stay open and honest. There's no wrong answer here.
Step one: on a scale of 1 to 10, how strongly do you believe [The Limiting Belief] right now, today?
[Note the number — you'll return to it at the end.]
Step two: where did this belief come from? I'm not asking you to justify it — just to trace it. What experience, person, or message first planted this idea?
[Let them tell the story briefly. Don't linger — you're observing, not processing the origin right now.]
Step three: let's look for evidence on the other side. In your life — your whole life — has there been a single moment where [The Opposite of the Belief] was true, even briefly?
[Usually there is one. Help them find it. "Even partially" helps if they resist.]
Tell me about that moment. What does that moment tell you about what's possible for you?
Step four: if the old belief is [Limiting Belief], what's a new belief you're willing to consider? It doesn't have to feel 100% true yet. It just has to feel more true than before.
[Let them generate it.]
Say it out loud: "[New Belief]."
Step five: right now — how does it feel in your body when you say that?
[Pause.]
Good. I want you to make a physical gesture — anything — that feels like that new belief.
Now say it again, with the gesture: "[New Belief]."
Going back to the scale of 1 to 10 — where are you now with [The Limiting Belief]?
[Note the shift. Even a small move from 8 to 6 is significant.]
We're going to close with this: what's one action you'll take this week that's consistent with [The New Belief]?
What you'll need to fill in
This script has 7 details to fill in before you read it. Have these to hand — the customizer above updates the script as you type:
- Client Name
- State the limiting belief in their exact…
- The Limiting Belief
- The Opposite of the Belief
- Limiting Belief
- New Belief
- The New Belief
It also contains 6 stage directions in grey. Those are instructions to you, not lines to say out loud — they mark where to pause, listen, or wait for a response.
That timing assumes about 130 words a minute, which is a normal conversational pace. If you are presenting to a room you will likely go slower; if you are nervous you will go faster. Read it aloud once and time yourself before it matters.
When to use this script
Use this to prepare for the conversations you keep handling inconsistently. Discovery calls, first sessions, difficult feedback, and clients who want to quit all recur across a coaching practice, and improvising each one afresh produces wildly variable results. A script is a rehearsal of the structure, not a text to read to a client.
The value is mostly in preparation. Working through the wording in advance means you have already decided how to phrase the hard question, which frees you to actually listen when the session happens.
Making it sound like you
- Turn statements into questions wherever you can. Coaching works through the client's own realisations.
- Prepare the hard question exactly. Under the pressure of a real session, that is the one that gets softened into uselessness.
- Leave deliberate silence in the structure. The pause after a difficult question is doing the work.
- Adjust the language to your modality and your client. Borrowed frameworks sound borrowed.
Reading it out loud
Never read this to a client — use it to prepare, then keep at most a few prompts visible during the session. If the call is on video, keep any notes near the webcam so glancing at them does not read as disengagement, which in a coaching context is more damaging than in most.
More on the setup side: Teleprompter for Webcam, Teleprompter for Laptop, Moving Text for Scripts.
Questions about this script
How long does this mindset coach: belief reframe walkthrough script take to read?
The script runs to about 303 words, which is roughly 2 min 20 sec at a normal speaking pace of around 130 words a minute. Your own pace will vary, so time one read-through before you rely on the number.
What do I need to prepare before using this script?
There are 7 details to fill in: Client Name, State the limiting belief in their exact…, The Limiting Belief, The Opposite of the Belief, Limiting Belief, New Belief, and a few more. Enter them in the customizer and the script updates as you type, then opens straight in the teleprompter.
Should I read a coaching script to a client?
No. Use it to prepare and to settle the wording of the difficult questions in advance, then keep only a few prompts in view. A coaching session that sounds delivered rather than heard undermines the relationship.
How do I use notes without seeming distracted?
Keep them minimal and positioned near your camera if the session is remote. A few key prompts you glance at are invisible; a full script you track down the page is not.
