"Welcome back. Two weeks ago you saw your frame. You can't unsee it now. Today we go deeper. We're exploring what arrives BEFORE the frame — your stance. The ecosystem you bring before any skill activates."

"This is called the Disruption phase because you're going to see patterns in yourself that you've been performing as competence. That's uncomfortable. Stay with it."

"Today you'll meet the Seven Inner Stances. They're not good or bad. They're patterns. Some protect you. Some limit you. All of them operate before your competence does."

"By the end of today, you'll know which stance shows up first for you. That's the work."

Overview (5 min): Introduce all seven stances by name. "These are the patterns that operate before competence. You'll recognize yourself in at least one. Most coaches have a primary stance and a backup."

Full teaching (30 min): Next slides walk through each stance in detail with examples. Don't rush this. It's the core of Workshop 2.

Individual reflection (5 min): At end of teaching, silent reflection: "Which stance do you recognize in yourself? Which one got there first in your last session?"

KEY VISUAL: Reference Stance_Decoder_RecognitionBeforeNaming.png if helpful for recognition patterns.

Walk through each stance slowly (15 min total): Read the pull, sounds like, protects, and question for each. Give concrete coaching examples for each one.

Example for The Fixer: "Client says 'I don't know what to do about my boss.' Fixer stance immediately offers strategies. The client hasn't even finished describing the situation yet."

Key teaching point: "These stances aren't failures. They're patterns. They protected you once. The question is: Are they still serving you, or are they limiting what you can see?"

Continue walking through stances 5-7 (15 min): Same approach as Part 1. Concrete examples for each.

Example for The Withdrawer: "Session feels stuck. Coach goes silent, waiting for client to break the tension. It looks like holding space. It's actually disengagement."

Key point: "The stance that protects you is also the stance that limits you. The Fixer gets results quickly — but can't hold complexity. The Rescuer builds safety — but can't let the client struggle. Every stance has a cost."

Transition: "Now that you've met all seven stances, which one do you recognize in yourself? Silent reflection, 5 minutes."

Silent writing (5 min): Let them sit with this. Some will resist naming their stance. That's the developmental edge.

Pair share (5 min): Breakout rooms. "Name your primary stance. When does it show up? What does it protect you from?"

No whole-group harvest. This is too personal to share publicly yet. They'll integrate it privately over the next weeks.

Transition: "Now that you know your stance, we can work with it. That's what the 3 R's are for. They create space between your stance and your response."

KEY VISUAL: Display trigger_belief_3rs_diagram.svg showing the flow from trigger through belief to 3 R's intervention.

Teaching (15 min): Walk through each R with examples. "Client says something that triggers you. Your stance activates (Reflex). Before you respond, you Reflect: 'What just happened in me?' Then you choose a Response that serves them, not your stance."

Example: "Client cancels third session in a row. Fixer stance wants to solve their scheduling problem. Reflect: 'I'm uncomfortable with their apparent lack of commitment.' Reflex: 'My stance wants to fix this.' Respond: 'What's actually happening for you with these cancellations?'"

Individual practice (15 min): "Think of a recent moment when your stance activated. Walk it through the 3 R's. What would have been different if you'd created that space?"

Pair debrief (10 min): Share one example. "Where did the 3 R's create space for a different choice?"

KEY VISUAL: Show FractalGrowth.png — the 3 R's operate at all scales (moment, session, practice).

Teaching (10 min): "Agreements drift because clients are discovering what they actually need in real time. When you force them back to the original agreement, you're protecting your need for structure — not serving their discovery."

Example: "Client says 'I want to work on my presentation skills.' Ten minutes in, they're talking about imposter syndrome. That's not drift from the agreement — that's the real agreement emerging."

Individual reflection (15 min): "Think of a session where the agreement drifted. What did you do? Did you bring them back to the original agreement, or did you follow the drift? What was your stance protecting?"

Pair share (5 min): "Share one drift moment. What did the drift tell you? What did you learn about your stance?"

Teaching (5 min): "The agreement with the client is explicit. The agreement with yourself is invisible. It shapes what you notice, what you push for, and when you feel satisfied."

Silent reflection (10 min): "What hidden agreement do you make with yourself? What do you need from a session to feel like you've coached well? Write honestly. No one else will see this."

Pair share (5 min): "If you're willing, share your hidden agreement. Most coaches have one. Naming it reduces its power."

Key point: "The hidden agreement isn't bad. It's just operating you instead of you operating it. Now you see it. That's the work."

Popcorn commitments (10 min): "Name ONE thing you're taking from today. 1-2 words. 'Fixer stance.' '3 R's.' 'Drift as information.'"

Closing (10 min): "Today you met your stance. You cannot unsee it now. Workshop 3 (May 4) is Capacity. We'll build your nervous-system ability to hold complexity without fixing, rescuing, or performing. Stance awareness is Step 1. Capacity building is Step 2."

"Thank you for the developmental honesty today. Seeing your stance is uncomfortable. You did it anyway."

Transition to Peer Practice: "We're moving directly into Peer Practice 1. Instructions on next slide."