Emotion Coaching Scripts: 10 Evidence-Based Coaching Practices
Describe almost anything you are working through and IX Coach finds the practices whose real-world fit is closest. For Emotion Coaching Scripts, these are the strongest matches in the current practice library.
Practices that may help
- Practice emotion coaching during low-stakes moments
Build the skill in small moments so it’s available in the big ones.
Emotion Coaching (John Gottman) - Prepare "if-then" self-talk scripts for predictable pressure moments
Pre-script your self-talk response to the specific situations most likely to derail you.
Self-Talk Strategies, Made Practical - Prepare coping self-talk in advance
Script what you’ll say to yourself at each stage of an anger escalation before it happens.
Novaco Anger Management, Made Practical - Prepare coping self-talk in advance
Script what you will say to yourself at the trigger, during the peak, and afterward — before you need it.
Stress Inoculation Training - Develop personal cue words that have real meaning for you
Build self-talk cues from your own best performance experiences — not from a generic list.
Self-Talk Strategies, Made Practical - Mental rehearsal of outcomes
Vividly rehearse the result and the process, with emotion, before you act.
Tony Robbins’ Core Practices - Obstacle anticipation before close
Before ending, ask "what could get in the way?" and pre-plan the response.
The GROW Coaching Model, Made Practical - Apply EFT to specific performance anxiety triggers
EFT has the strongest self-guided evidence for test anxiety, public speaking, and sports performance stress.
EFT Tapping: What It Is, How to Do It, and What the Evidence Shows - Money Scripts, Made Practical
Money scripts are unconscious beliefs about money, typically formed in childhood, that drive adult financial behavior regardless of what we consciously know. Brad Klontz’s research identifies four clusters — money avoidance, money worship, money status, and money vigilance — each associated with distinct financial outcomes. Identifying and challenging your dominant scripts is the first step toward behavior change that actually sticks. - DEAR MAN for interpersonal effectiveness
A structured script — Describe, Express, Assert, Reinforce, Mindful, Appear confident, Negotiate — for asking and saying no.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills, Made Practical
Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I only ever try this stuff when my kid is already in full meltdown, and that’s exactly when it comes out stiff and scripted and falls apart
- I already know the exact situations that throw me
- When the anger actually hits, my mind goes blank and there’s no calm voice in there
- In the moment my mind goes blank and the only voice in my head is “you can’t handle this”
- The motivational words from the books and the other athletes fall flat for me
Related concerns
- When Self Talk Strategies If Then Self Talk
Pre-script your self-talk response to the specific situations most likely to derail you.
Prepare "if-then" self-talk scripts for predictable pressure moments
- Angst Coaching
EFT has the strongest self-guided evidence for test anxiety, public speaking, and sports performance stress.
Apply EFT to specific performance anxiety triggers
- Assertiveness Training When Overwhelmed
Assertiveness training is a set of learnable skills — using I-statements, the broken-record technique, fogging, and saying no without over-justifying — that let you express needs and limits directly without aggression or passivity. It comes out of behavior therapy and social-skills training and has a genuine clinical basis, taught for decades in therapeutic settings.
- Behavior Specific Self Talk
Pre-script your self-talk response to the specific situations most likely to derail you.
- Emotion Coaching Activities
Build the skill in small moments so it’s available in the big ones.
Practice emotion coaching during low-stakes moments
- Emotion Coaching Example
Build the skill in small moments so it’s available in the big ones.
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