Lean into Life Community Coach Training
The Big Happiness Experiment CIC are delighted to announce the launch of the Lean into Life Community Coach Training Programme. This innovative project has been designed specifically to support health inequalities within the Black Country Healthcare NHS..
Our mission is to train 60 Lean into Life Community Coaches over the next 12 months. This training will provide the skillsets, knowledge, and support to deliver the Lean into Life Mental & Emotional Health Education Programme to non-English speaking individuals within their own communities and cultures.
This extensive training programme will be available to staff from within NHS departments, existing community organisations, and charities. It will also offer individuals a rare opportunity to learn a skillset that can be shared within the community, to those people who cannot access existing services because of language and culture barriers. This training is being made available to individuals who are passionate about making a difference to the mental and emotional health of people within their own community, irrespective of language and culture.
Applications are now open for this Lean into Life Community Coach Programme and more information is listed below.
Applications are now open for this Lean into Life Community Coach Programme and more information on criteria is listed below.
Who is eligible to apply for this training?
This unique training is being offered to suitable candidates within the Black Country conurbation to empower them (once trained and certified) to deliver the Lean into Life Programme within their own community. This will greatly enhance the services currently available to all communities, irrespective of language and culture.
There are no strict criteria for applicants to this training, apart from the fact that they need to be bilingual; ie; fluent in English and the language of the community they are looking to support. Everyone who applies will be individually, and personally assessed. Don’t assume that certain qualifications are required in order to apply, it is in fact, the individual qualities and passion to make a difference to the mental and emotional health of the community that we are most interested in!
How do I apply?
Once your application has been received, you will then be sent a confirmation email to confirm that your application is ‘under review’.
This will be followed up within 48 hrs (usually before) with a further email that will either (a) request an informal telephone interview to proceed to the next stage or (b) confirm the reason why your application was not successful.
Why was this unique training opportunity created?
The Big Happiness Experiment CIC currently delivers a variety of community-based projects throughout the Midland’s region. One of these programmes is Project Me, which is a unique and highly successful programme delivering mental health coaching to residents of Walsall (and the surrounding areas), who are suffering from anxiety, depression, chronic stress, burnout, low levels of confidence, and a lack of self-esteem. Project Me provides a unique framework of education, practical tools, and strategies for those people struggling to cope with their current mental and emotional states. It equips participants with knowledge and tools in order that they can develop healthy attitudes towards mental health and greater emotional resilience, whilst strengthening their capacities to manage stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues. Project Me started in August 2021 with the support of the National Lottery Community Fund.
It was quickly identified that a barrier existed for non-English speaking individuals to access this unique programme, so as an organisation we (The Big Happiness Experiment) were passionate about finding a solution to this inequality, and started to look at ways in which we could offer a programme similar to Project Me that could be accessed by ALL communities. This would then offer an opportunity for non-English speaking community members to have access to this unique provision within their own area.
After consultations with various organisations within the area and a funding contract with the Black Country & West Birmingham NHS (as part of the Health Inequalities initiative), The Lean into Life Community Coach ‘train the trainer’ programme was born!
How will this programme help?
This initiative will ensure that a unique Mental & Emotional Health Education & Coaching programme can be integrated into the very heart of the community, and be available to ALL ethnicities, breaking down the barriers of language and culture. The training will ensure that all certified coaches, i.e.; registered Lean into Life Community Coaches will be equipped with the knowledge, resources, and an extensive toolkit, that will empower them to deliver a Six Week Lean into Life Group Programme. As well as this programme being delivered in the community’s language, it can also be adapted to be more culturally appropriate. All coaches will be encouraged to think outside the box, finding creative ways to expand the programme, such as offering mini workshops, talks, day events, etc. This will ensure that this life changing material can be delivered by bilingual coaches in a myriad of ways, in order to support local communities.
Ultimately, this training programme will help communities across the breadth of the Black Country to access an innovative and revolutionary mental & emotional health programme that is culturally appropriate and available in the very heart of their community.
How many Lean into Life Community Coaches will there be?
It is our aim to train 60 Lean into Life Coaches in the period between September 2022 and August 2023. The training is taking place in three ‘waves’ of 20 trainees.
On each cohort of training there will be 20 places available for bilingual trainers from ALL ethnic groups.
Enquiries are welcome via email.
If you would like to ask specific questions or find out more about Lean into Life before applying, then please contact our Business and Project Manager;
Lee Mitchell via email lee@bighappinesscic.com
The Ripple Effect
The knowledge, tools, and techniques taught within this comprehensive training package will provide all Lean into Life Community Coaches with a skillset that has the potential to make a huge difference to individuals within their community. From our many years of experience we know that this positive impact will naturally and organically be spread further afield. The community members who attend the six-week courses, day events, and workshops etc, can they themselves become ‘Community Champions’, passing this knowledge on to their family and friends, and providing ongoing peer to peer support.
How much does this training cost?
Lean into Life Community Coach training is completely free, the funds to cover this training have been provided by Black Country & West Birmingham NHS as part of the Health Inequalities initiative. However, once trained all Lean into Life Community Coaches will have to fund the delivery of their individual programmes using their own budget. Costs that might be incurred will include room hire, resource printing, workshop materials, etc. We envisage that many existing service providers and organisations will utilise this training to extend the current services that they provide.
What is the training schedule and where does the training take place?
All training will be provided by The Big Happiness Experiment. Please see HERE for more details.
The training will take place over eight weeks and will be a comprehensive blend of ‘in person’ training days, online zoom sessions, and a fully functional on-line training portal that is brimming with video lessons and resources. There will be three one day ‘in person’ training events alongside weekly 2-hour virtual group sessions, weekly assignments, a bespoke online portal, and 1:1 support via text and email. This support package will ensure that this unique Mental Health Coaching programme can be made available in the very heart of the community. During the eight-week training programme, these Lean into Life Coaches will be trained on all educational aspects of this project, alongside project development, in order that they can successfully deliver the programme within the community.
All in person training days (three in total over eight weeks) will be taking place at the conference room located at the rear of The Table coffee shop. The Table (formally The Vine) is located on 33, Lower Hall Lane, Walsall, WS1 1RR. Paid parking is available opposite on the Mountrath Street car park. (£2-50 all day).
Train the Trainer overview – Lean into Life
Certified Trainer – Lean into Life Coach
All trainers will receive an eight-week training package supported by an online training portal that contains videos, audios, transcripts, PDF printable documents, additional links, and meditation / technique ‘scripts’ that will enable coaches to record audios for their students in the relevant language.
Training schedule:
Week One – Full Day Event – 9-30am – 5pm
Week Two – Online Group zoom / teams training session 2 hours – 9am – 11am
Week Three – Online Group zoom / teams training session 2 hours – 9am – 11am
Week Four – Online Group zoom / teams training session 2 hours – 9am – 11am
Week Five – Full Day Event – 9-30am – 5pm
Week Six – Online Group zoom / teams training session 2 hours – 9am – 11am
Week Seven – Online Group zoom / teams training session 2 hours – 9am – 11am
Week Eight – Full Day Event – 9-30am – 5pm – including certification awards ceremony
A supporting WhatsApp group and forum (within the online portal) will also be available. This will allow access to the trainer; Jules Mitchell, who can also be contacted via email, text, and voicenotes.
All training is provided by The Big Happiness Experiment
Lean into Life: Six Week Mental & Emotional Health Education Programme
Once trained and certified, each Lean into Life Community Coach will be confident in teaching and sharing the Six Week Lean into Life Mental & Emotional Health Education Programme. The content of this programme is detailed below:
The ‘bottom up’ approach to healing versus the ‘top down’ way of dealing that includes the following:
The Learning Laboratory – Mental & emotional health education
The M.A.D. Toolkit- An extensive range of tangible tools to use in a variety of real-life situations.
The Life Lab – Experiments / challenges and exercises to embody the knowledge and toolkit
The Daily Bee’z – A framework for each day’s Presentism Practice; a route map for the day to ensure intention and attention is focused purposefully.
This is a model that is designed as a long-term solution for change.
All sessions should last for 2 hours
The M.A.D. (Making A Difference) Toolkit for Change – (Joyshots, Reframes & Experiments)
Module One – The Magnificent Seven Foundational Toolkit
Subjects covered in this module:
- The Top Ten Experiment
- The Ballroom Breath Joyshot
- The Healthy Selfie Joyshot
- The PLAY Practice Joyshot
- The Let’s Explore Practice Reframe
- The Right Here, Right Now Body Scan Experiment
- The Heart Presence Experiment
- Creating Your New Identity Experiment
In this module we also discuss the current system for DEALING with anxiety and depression and bring awareness to the current problems that BUSYING, AVOIDING, NUMBING & DISTRACTING are causing. This is where we introduce the ‘spin of leaning in’.
Module Two – Discombobulated; Understanding Trauma and the Brain
Subjects covered in this module:
- The brain-body system
- The window of tolerance and the stress bucket
- Nervous system dysregulation, the body’s ‘danger dial’, hyperarousal (high) and hypoarousal (low)
- Trauma is a mental injury, not a mental illness
- How trauma is perceived by the body and where it is stored
- Traumatic fallout- The long-lasting effects on the brain-body system including the body’s ‘safe mode’.
- Understanding the sympathetic and parasympathetic autonomic nervous systems
- The pros and cons of trauma sensitivity
- The ACE’s study
- The Four Factors for Trauma Encoding
Module Three – Navigating the Nervous System & Neuroception
Subjects covered in this module:
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The mis-match between the modern world and our human heritage
- The Programmed System & The Purposeful System
- Neuroception
- Brief introduction to Alarm Mode and Calm Mode
- The three elements of the nervous system; Harm & Disconnected, Alarm & Protected, Calm & Connected
- B.A.N.D. AID Behaviours
- The Golden Breath Joyshot
- The Touchstone Joyshot
- The Blast Off Joyshot
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The Pause Pebble Experiment
Module Four – Hello Human; The Brain-Body System in Alarm Mode
Subjects covered in this module:
- Alarm Mode 101
- The Busy Brain and the Battle Brain
- Busy Brain Hijack – getting ‘triggered’
- Amy the Amygdala – The emotional fear centre of the brain
- Gordon the Google – The reticular activating system
- The five ‘alarm modes’
- The three stages of human brain development
- The ten physiological responses to Alarm Mode
- The instinctive survival response
- The chemical cocktail of alarm activation; the three potent protectors
- Toxic stress is the direct result of the build-up of toxic chemicals
- The Sigh & Smile Joyshot
- The Delete Button Reframe
- The Level Headed Joyshot
- The I Can Handle This Joyshot
- The Butterfly Experiment
Module Five – It’s Time to be Big Headed; Understanding the Three Minds
Subjects covered in this module:
- How to be ‘big headed’ – gaining awareness of the three minds – the Superconscious Mind, The Subconscious Mind, the Conscious Mind
- Your mind is not your brain
- Lifting the lid on the Subconscious Mind – the automations of physiology, beliefs, and habits
- The Protection Partition separating the Conscious and Subconscious Mind
- The three methods of subconscious programming; the absorption method, the repetition method, the trauma loophole
- Emotional bullets
- The subtleties of your minds perception and how to work with these
- I Notice the Thought Reframe
- Second Person Conversation Reframe
- The Post It Note Experiment
Module Six – Negativity is a Ninja & The Big Belief Inventory
Subjects covered in this module:
- The Negativity Bias
- The Negativity Ninjas – cognitive distortions
- ANTS – Automatic Negative Thoughts
- The Six Scripts that stick
- Breaks in belonging – the origins of self-worth issues and the four levels of self-worth
- How to stop asking the wrong questions
- Self-limiting beliefs – questioning their origins
- Is That an Iffy Thought Reframe
- The Butterfly Beats Joyshot
- The Simple Switch Joyshot
- The Choice Point Reframe
- The Power Pose Joyshot
- What Other People Think of Me is None of My Business Reframe
- The Sshhh No CCJ’s Reframe
- Next Steps – Setting up the Lean In to Life Lab – peer to peer study group
When does the Lean into Life Coach training take place?
The first ‘wave’ of training took place last year creating ten new Lean into Life Community Coaches.
*Please note that bookings are being taken NOW for remains training waves.
(All dates are listed below)
The training plan is scheduled to run as follows:
Wave Two
02-02-23 – Session One – Full day in person group training
09-02-23 – Session Two – 2 hours online training via zoom 9am – 11am
16-02-23 Session Three – 2 hours online training via zoom 9am – 11am
No training during half term
02-03-23 – Session Four – 2 hours online training via zoom 9am – 11am
09-03-23– Session Five – Full day in person group training
16-03-23 – Session Six – 2 -5 hours online training via zoom 9am – 11am
23-03-23 – Session Seven – 2 -5 hours online training via zoom 9am – 11am
30-03-23 – Full day in person group training – Certification Day
Wave Three
11-05-23 – Session One – Full day in person group training
18-05-23 – Session Two – 2 hours online training via zoom 9am – 11am
25-05-23 – Session Three – 2 hours online training via zoom 9am – 11am
No training during half term
08-06-23 – Session Four – 2 hours online training via zoom 9am – 11am
15-06-23 – Session Five – Full day in person group training
22-06-23 – Session Six – 2 hours online training via zoom 9am – 11am
29-06-23 – Session Seven – 2 hours online training via zoom 9am – 11am
06-07-23 – Full day in person group training – Certification Day
Applications are now open for May 2023. Please complete the ‘initial enquiry form’ by clicking the button below to ensure a place is reserved for you on this revolutionary programme.
Questions and enquiries will be happily received via email lee@bighappinesscic.com or text message to 07565958601.