Coaching practices for Heart Coherence David O Hare
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- The slow breathing has gone mechanical on me
- It’s not one crisis moment
- I have to bring people into a hard conversation, and I already know everyone’s going to walk in braced for a fight
- We’ve got nice-sounding values up on the wall and the website, but they do nothing in the room when a real hiring or judgment call is on the table
- I keep telling myself I’m basically living in line with what I care about, but if I’m brutally honest about my actual behavior the last couple of weeks, I suspect I’m way further from the center than I let myself admit
Practices that may help
- Evoke a positive emotion to deepen HRV coherence
Pair slow breathing with a felt sense of appreciation or gratitude to amplify coherence beyond breath alone.
Heart Rate Variability Training, Made Practical - The 3-6-5 daily coherence protocol
Three sessions, six breaths per minute, five minutes each — a minimum daily coherent-breathing dose.
Coherent Breathing, Made Practical - Coherent Breathing, Made Practical
Coherent breathing means pacing your breath at roughly five cycles per minute — five seconds in, five seconds out — a rate at which the cardiovascular system enters a state of smooth, large-amplitude oscillation called "coherence." At this pace, heart rate variability peaks, baroreflex sensitivity increases, and perceived stress decreases. The acute physiological effects are well documented; long-term benefits from sustained daily practice are plausible but less robustly studied. - Open every circle by naming shared values
Shared values create the psychological container that makes honest dialogue possible.
The Circle Process (Kay Pranis) - Make core values operational, not decorative
Use core values in hiring, recognition, and decision-making — not just on the website.
The Rockefeller Habits: Scaling Up with Rhythm and Focus - The Energy Audit
Loehr and Schwartz argue that high performance is fundamentally an energy management problem, not a time management problem: you have four energy reservoirs — physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual — and sustained performance requires both spending and renewing each. The framework is a compelling clinical synthesis; direct RCT evidence for the four-quadrant model itself is limited. - Rate your current position in each domain
Mark on each domain’s bullseye how closely your recent behavior has matched the value — honestly.
Values Bullseye, Made Practical - Map your three circles honestly
Separately answer each circle — passion, best-at, economic engine — before looking for the intersection.
The Hedgehog Concept - Ground ethics in love and compassion, not rule compliance
Let care for others — not fear of violation — be the engine of your moral conduct.
The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical - Use a purpose anchor to recharge spiritual energy
Reconnecting to your deepest "why" before demanding work regenerates the motivational fuel that tactics alone cannot replace.
The Energy Audit
Related concerns
- Cardiac Coherence
Pair slow breathing with a felt sense of appreciation or gratitude to amplify coherence beyond breath alone.
Evoke a positive emotion to deepen HRV coherence
- Cardiac Coherence 365
Pair slow breathing with a felt sense of appreciation or gratitude to amplify coherence beyond breath alone.
- Coherent Breathing
Coherent breathing means pacing your breath at roughly five cycles per minute — five seconds in, five seconds out — a rate at which the cardiovascular system enters a state of smooth, large-amplitude oscillation called "coherence." At this pace, heart rate variability peaks, baroreflex sensitivity increases, and perceived stress decreases. The acute physiological effects are well documented; long-term benefits from sustained daily practice are plausible but less robustly studied.
- Coherent Breathing 5 Bpm
Coherent breathing means pacing your breath at roughly five cycles per minute — five seconds in, five seconds out — a rate at which the cardiovascular system enters a state of smooth, large-amplitude oscillation called "coherence." At this pace, heart rate variability peaks, baroreflex sensitivity increases, and perceived stress decreases. The acute physiological effects are well documented; long-term benefits from sustained daily practice are plausible but less robustly studied.
- Coherent Breathing After A Setback
Use coherent breathing during recovery from exercise — not during intense effort — to accelerate HRV return.
Applying coherent breathing during and after physical activity
- Coherent Breathing As A Caregiver
Coherent breathing means pacing your breath at roughly five cycles per minute — five seconds in, five seconds out — a rate at which the cardiovascular system enters a state of smooth, large-amplitude oscillation called "coherence." At this pace, heart rate variability peaks, baroreflex sensitivity increases, and perceived stress decreases. The acute physiological effects are well documented; long-term benefits from sustained daily practice are plausible but less robustly studied.
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