Better coaching begins with noticing how people think.
Think DIfferent, Coach Better Mentor Coach Program
A 3 Month Neuro-informed Mentor Coach & CCE Program
A Simple Truth: Every client lives with shifting brain chemistry. Long COVID, menopause, chronic stress, autoimmune conditions, anxiety, sleep disruption, and more all shape how people think, feel, and perform day to day. Through neuro-informed coaching and PCC-level competencies, coaches learn to transform sessions into spaces of regulation, awareness, and choice.
A client shows up overwhelmed, not because they lack discipline, but because their brain is overloaded, stressed, or adapting. Modern coaching happens in complex human systems, where neurodiversity, stress, identity, and physiology intersect. Coaches can’t rely on disclosure.
They rely on attunement, presence, and nervous system awareness. Coaching is dynamic.
Neurodiversity is often invisible or undisclosed. Brain function shifts with stress, health, and hormones. Clients navigate cognitive load, emotional regulation, and identity.
Performance is shaped by many intersecting factors. Only 17% of people disclose neurodivergence.
Up to 80% of older adults remain undiagnosed. Nearly 1 in 3 adults manages conditions impacting brain function. Through neuro-informed coaching and PCC-level competencies, coaches learn to transform sessions into spaces of regulation, awareness, and choice.
What Coaches Learn in the Think Different, Coach Better Program:
- Neurodiversity literacy in real coaching moments
- Nervous system awareness and regulation strategies
- Replacing ableist coaching habits with inclusive, informed habits
- Working with saboteurs and energy patterns
- Coaching in complex, real-world human conditions
- Applying PCC-level competencies with depth and sensitivity
Integration with Mentor Coaching:
8 Group Sessions Include:
- 30 minutes: Neurodiversity + neuroscience practices
75 minutes: Mentor coaching and live application
Program Overview
Session Overview
Each group session contains 30 minutes of neurodiversity continuing education content and 60 minutes of integrated mentor coaching practice on the weekly topic.
Week 1: Foundations: Introductions, Scope, Ethics & Intersectionality
Coaches examine how neuroscience, identity, and regulation influence coaching presence, agreements, and psychological safety.
Week 2: Masking, Burnout & Capacity
Coaches strengthen trust, presence, and consent-based pacing practices to support regulation and reduce performance-driven coaching habits.
Week 3: Listening & Language
Coaches refine active listening and question design to evoke awareness using literal, clear, and regulation-supportive communication.
Week 4: Accountability & Autonomy
Coaches practice co-creating flexible agreements that facilitate growth while honoring fluctuating executive functioning and energy.
Week 5: Identity, Diagnosis & Boundaries
Addresses identity-first vs. person-first language, late diagnosis dynamics, and cultural differences in diagnosis access. Coaches strengthen ethical practice and scope boundaries while holding space for identity exploration without moving into therapy.
Week 6: Bias, Ableism & Self-Audit
Coaches develop cultural humility and implement consent-based, agency-building approaches aligned with ICF ethical practice and inclusive mindset principles.
Week 7: Edge Cases
Coaches apply somatic tools, pause language, and self-management strategies to maintain presence and facilitate client growth.
Week 8: Brave Conversations & Real-World Advocacy
Coaches strengthen their ability to support client self-advocacy, exploration of accommodations, and strengths-based identity integration while maintaining ethical boundaries.
Weeks 9-12: 1:1 Mentor Coaching Sessions
Coaches schedule their individual mentor coach feedback sessions with Denice & George. Coaches will submit recordings of their coaching to analyze and reflect on in these sessions. Coaches will receive written feedback after the session.
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About Us
Denice Hinden, PhD, MCC
Denice R. Hinden, Ph.D., MCC, is a Master Certified Coach with nearly 5,000 hours of executive coaching experience and over 25 years of expertise in organizational consulting. As a specialist in mentor coaching for credentialing, she integrates neuroscience-informed practices, emotional intelligence, and mental fitness tools to help leaders bridge the gap between intent and impact. Denice is particularly recognized for her work with senior leaders in high-pressure, mission-driven environments and traditionally male-dominated industries, bringing a systems-level perspective that balances mission with high-performance results.
George Thorman, PCC
George Thorman, PCC, is a professional coach and facilitator with over 15 years of experience specializing in emotional wellness. As a Professional Certified Coach with the ICF and a Senior Practitioner with the EMCC, she is dedicated to helping practitioners move beyond standard coaching modalities. Her commitment to neuro-inclusive mental health support was inspired by her lived experience as a parent and foster parent to neurodivergent children. This personal connection drives her mission to create greater awareness and inclusion of diverse processing styles for those working in the mental health and coaching professions. George integrates somatic and psychological techniques, including ThetaHealing, Emotional Freedom Techniques, and applied positive psychology, to support deep human centered growth.
