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Coaching the Breakthrough Mind: How Generative Questions and Positive Framing Spark Transformative Insight and Ignite Momentum

Coaching the Breakthrough Mind introduces two high-impact conversational practices--Generative Questions and Positive Framing--that help clients shift from stuck patterns into clarity, agency, and forward momentum. Grounded in Appreciative Inquiry and supported by neuroscience, this session gives coaches a practical framework for activating "breakthrough mindsets" that spark insight and expand possibility. Through demonstrations, partner practice, and a simple integration model, participants will learn how to use these practices in real coaching conversations and how to teach them to clients for self-coaching between sessions.

Coaches will walk away with repeatable, evidence-informed tools that elevate presence, deepen impact, and accelerate client transformation.

Learning Objectives:

1. Transform stuck patterns using Positive Framing shifting client attention toward desired outcomes and generative possibilities.
2. Develop Generative Questions that enhance awareness, insight, and strengths-based thinking.
3. Apply an integrated conversational model using both practices to support client breakthroughs.
4. Teach clients how to use basic forms of these tools for self-coaching and sustained growth between sessions.

Meet Your Presenter: Dr. Cheri Torres

Cheri Torres, CWH Institute, helps people unlock their ability to flourish. With decades of experience in education, healthcare, and business, she specializes in leadership development, team effectiveness, and culture change using Appreciative Inquiry--one of the most widely adopted approaches for positive transformation.

Cheri equips people with communication and self-management practices that build trust, foster engagement, spark insight, and ignite action. She holds a PhD in Collaborative Learning/Educational Psychology, an MBA, and Master's in Transpersonal Psychology. 

Of her publications, she considers Conversations Worth Having the "simple on the other side of complex"--a practical bridge from stuck to forward momentum.

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