Coaching practices for The Inner Game Quieting Self 1 Under Stress
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- While I’m actually performing there’s this running commentary telling me I’m blowing it, and I take every word of it as fact in the moment
- In the moment my mind goes blank and the only voice in my head is “you can’t handle this”
- The instant my mind has nothing to hold onto it floods with instructions and second-guessing
- When I practice the same thing at the same level it gets boring, and the boredom is exactly when my mind wanders off and starts criticizing
- Right before the thing that matters
Practices that may help
- The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1
Timothy Gallwey’s Inner Game framework distinguishes Self 1 — the critical, instructing voice that interferes with performance — from Self 2, the body’s natural learning intelligence. Performance improves not by trying harder but by reducing Self 1’s interference so Self 2 can perform. The model is widely applied in coaching, athletics, and business; controlled-trial evidence is limited but the underlying mechanisms align with research on choking, explicit monitoring, and attentional redirection. - Identify your Self 1 interference in real time
Notice when your inner critic is instructing, judging, or catastrophizing — and name it as Self 1.
The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1 - 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 - Give Self 2 a concrete focus anchor
Occupy Self 1 with a specific sensory observation task so it stops issuing unhelpful instructions.
The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1 - Find the challenge that produces full engagement
Match the difficulty of what you are practicing to what fully engages your attention without overwhelming it.
The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1 - Practice the "see it, own it, use it" reappraisal
Crum’s framework: notice the stress (see it), acknowledge why it matters (own it), and channel it (use it).
The Stress-Is-Enhancing Mindset - Replace judgment with non-judgmental awareness
Observe what is actually happening with curious interest rather than approval or disapproval.
The Inner Game: Quieting Self 1 - Working with Multiple Selves (Chair Work in CFT)
Give voice to different internal parts — the critic, the anxious self, the compassionate self — to understand and change the dialogue.
Compassion-Focused Therapy: Calming the Inner Critic - Stress Inoculation: Pre-Exposure to Prepare for Future Stress
Deliberately practice under conditions that simulate the stress of future high-stakes performance.
Deliberate Discomfort: Using Voluntary Challenge to Build Resilience - Use the prayer as a real-time triage tool in high-stress moments
In acute stress, running the three-part sequence interrupts reactivity and restores the capacity to respond.
The Serenity Prayer as a Practice Framework
Related concerns
- Self 1 Self 2 Inner Game
Timothy Gallwey’s Inner Game framework distinguishes Self 1 — the critical, instructing voice that interferes with performance — from Self 2, the body’s natural learning intelligence. Performance improves not by trying harder but by reducing Self 1’s interference so Self 2 can perform. The model is widely applied in coaching, athletics, and business; controlled-trial evidence is limited but the underlying mechanisms align with research on choking, explicit monitoring, and attentional redirection.
- The Inner Game Quieting Self 1 After A Loss
Timothy Gallwey’s Inner Game framework distinguishes Self 1 — the critical, instructing voice that interferes with performance — from Self 2, the body’s natural learning intelligence. Performance improves not by trying harder but by reducing Self 1’s interference so Self 2 can perform. The model is widely applied in coaching, athletics, and business; controlled-trial evidence is limited but the underlying mechanisms align with research on choking, explicit monitoring, and attentional redirection.
- The Inner Game Quieting Self 1 When Starting Out
Timothy Gallwey’s Inner Game framework distinguishes Self 1 — the critical, instructing voice that interferes with performance — from Self 2, the body’s natural learning intelligence. Performance improves not by trying harder but by reducing Self 1’s interference so Self 2 can perform. The model is widely applied in coaching, athletics, and business; controlled-trial evidence is limited but the underlying mechanisms align with research on choking, explicit monitoring, and attentional redirection.
- The Inner Game Quieting Self 1 After A Setback
Timothy Gallwey’s Inner Game framework distinguishes Self 1 — the critical, instructing voice that interferes with performance — from Self 2, the body’s natural learning intelligence. Performance improves not by trying harder but by reducing Self 1’s interference so Self 2 can perform. The model is widely applied in coaching, athletics, and business; controlled-trial evidence is limited but the underlying mechanisms align with research on choking, explicit monitoring, and attentional redirection.
- The Inner Game Quieting Self 1 At Work
Timothy Gallwey’s Inner Game framework distinguishes Self 1 — the critical, instructing voice that interferes with performance — from Self 2, the body’s natural learning intelligence. Performance improves not by trying harder but by reducing Self 1’s interference so Self 2 can perform. The model is widely applied in coaching, athletics, and business; controlled-trial evidence is limited but the underlying mechanisms align with research on choking, explicit monitoring, and attentional redirection.
- The Inner Game Quieting Self 1 During A Big Change
Timothy Gallwey’s Inner Game framework distinguishes Self 1 — the critical, instructing voice that interferes with performance — from Self 2, the body’s natural learning intelligence. Performance improves not by trying harder but by reducing Self 1’s interference so Self 2 can perform. The model is widely applied in coaching, athletics, and business; controlled-trial evidence is limited but the underlying mechanisms align with research on choking, explicit monitoring, and attentional redirection.
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