Stamina Lab Blog
Insights on solution-focused coaching, communication, and the science behind lasting patient and client outcomes.
How to Handle Problem Narratives
When a client is stuck in a problem narrative, the trained instinct is to fix it. Dr. Deborah Teplow on the three small moves that work instead: acknowledge, ask coping questions, and look forward.
The 24-Hour Win: Why Your Sessions Should End with Visibility, Not Just Commitment
Close the “follow-through gap” in health coaching by learning how to anchor every session to a visible sign of progress and an immediate next step.
When Strategy Becomes the Destination
When a client names a strategy, that is not the destination. It is the door. Here is how the Solution-Focused approach uses strategy talk as a starting point for building a real preferred future.
Beyond SMART Goals: Why Your Clients Need a “Preferred Future” to Achieve Real Change
Discover why traditional goal-setting often fails and how helping clients build a “preferred future” activates the neural pathways needed for lasting behavior change.
Two Respected Institutions Just Recognized What Our Graduates Already Know
Foundations in Solution-Focused Health Coaching Certification is now approved by ACE for 0.70 continuing education credits and recognized by Indiana University School of Medicine. CE credits that change what happens in your next session.
Coaching the “Uncoachable”: How a Solution-Focused Stance Reaches Reluctant Clients
Discover why traditional motivation-building can stall with reluctant or mandated clients — and how a Solution-Focused approach creates genuine engagement from the very first question.