The document describes the spiral up grind in technique used in coaching cycles. It has three stages - slow, ramp up, and joy. The slow stage negates the unreasonable expectation slowly to go deeper into the brain without triggering stress responses. The ramp up stage repeats this at a faster pace. The joy stage restates the reasonable expectation and brings feelings of joy. Using this technique with its three stages can help ease stress and lock in positive brain states through neuroplasticity principles like Hebb's law. Coaches are advised to trust the process and not worry about perfection when using this tool.

1. EBT Connect Basic Certification
Spiral Up Grind In
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2. Learning Objectives
• Describe the neuroscience basis of the spiral
up grind in.
• Identify the three stages of the spiral up
grind in and identify how they differ.

3. Trust the Tools!
Coaching a cycle is easy.
Use the simple lead ins of the tool.
Stay emotionally attuned to the
participant. Trust yourself.
You don’t have to do this perfectly to
get great results.

4. All Cycles are the Same*
• Just the Facts
• A+ Anger
• 1+ sadness, 1+ fear, 1 authentic guilt
• The unreasonable expectation
• The reasonable expectation
• Restate the reasonable expectation*
* Differs in restatement (grind in) only.

5. Quick and Easy Cycle Grind In *
What? Brief Grind In. Negate the
unreasonable expectation 3 to 5+
times. Have fun with it!
Why? A great way to ease stress and
feel great!

6. Neuroplasticity and
the Spiral Up Grind in *
Hebb’s Law – what fires together wires together
and gets stronger; what fires apart wires apart
and gets weaker.
Slow the pace of the grind in to go deeper into
the brain without triggering a Brain State 5.
Lock in with Brain State 1, as brain over-
remembers strong emotional states.

10. Survival Circuit
Spiral Up Grind In
SLOW: I cannot get my safety from Y
RAMP UP: I cannot get my safety from Y.
JOY: I get my safety from Z
Y = common excess or escape
Z = core connection to self

11. Core Circuit
Spiral Up
SLOW: I am not bad.
RAMP UP: I am not bad.
JOY: I am not bad
The words stay the same. As your skills
deepen, consider using the words of a core
grind in – if they “bubble up” during a cycle.

12. Spiral Up Grind In
All cycles are the same. Easy. Just use the
lead ins and trust your body messages.
The spiral up grind is very similar to the
grind in for a quick and easy cycle.
Consider all cycles quick and easy. Only use
the spiral up grind in when doing so sounds
like fun.

13. Pause and Reflect
• What is the benefit of using the spiral up
grind in?
• What are the three stages of the spiral up
grind in?