38: How Mindset and Performance Coach Transformed His Journey to Help High Performers Overcome Mental Blocks
Breaking Through: How Mindset and Performance Coach Paul Salter Transformed His Journey to Help High Performers Overcome Mental Blocks
On The Accidental CEO podcast, Nata Salvatori recently interviewed Paul Salter, a mindset and performance coach, to explore how high achievers can break through mental blocks and achieve their full potential. A former nutritionist and hypnotherapist, Salter has developed unique coaching techniques to address mental challenges that impact entrepreneurs, athletes, and other high performers.
From Dietitian to Mindset Coach
Paul’s journey began in the world of sports nutrition, where he spent years helping elite athletes improve performance through diet and fitness. However, after experiencing the limits of traditional corporate environments, he felt the need to take his expertise into his own hands. This journey eventually led him to explore mindset coaching, a field where he felt he could have an even deeper impact. In a pivotal career shift, Salter became a certified hypnotherapist, enabling him to help clients reprogram limiting beliefs on a subconscious level.
The Core of His Method: Hypnosis and Mindset Coaching
Paul uses a unique blend of hypnosis and mindset coaching to guide his clients toward self-discovery and growth. Unlike the stereotypical portrayal of hypnosis, Salter emphasizes that his practice involves deep relaxation, allowing clients to bypass critical mental blocks and reach their subconscious. This process helps uncover and reframe beliefs that may have formed as early as childhood, leading to greater resilience and a more empowered approach to decision-making.
Key Challenges for High Performers: Perfectionism and Self-Sabotage
One recurring obstacle Salter sees among high performers is perfectionism. Often, these individuals were raised with high expectations, leading to a fear of failure or fear of disappointing others. Perfectionism, as Salter explains, can quickly become a barrier to success, resulting in mental exhaustion and dissatisfaction. Self-sabotage also commonly emerges when people are afraid of failure or success, sometimes due to deep-seated beliefs formed in childhood.
Salter’s coaching strategy involves helping clients become aware of these subconscious fears, whether through hypnosis or in-depth mindset sessions, and guiding them to rewrite these narratives.
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Why Mindset Matters in Every Field
Paul’s clients range from business owners to athletes to professional poker players. Each of these high performers faces unique mental challenges, yet they share similar blocks that keep them from their goals. By addressing these challenges through mindset and hypnosis, Salter helps his clients break free from ingrained behaviors and finally achieve the success they’ve been striving for.
Final Thoughts
If you’re interested in a coaching approach that goes beyond surface-level motivation, consider exploring mindset coaching with Paul Salter. His methods help uncover the root causes of performance blocks and build confidence for sustained success.
Connect with Paul Salter
To learn more about Paul’s coaching or listen to more insights, follow him on Instagram at @PaulSalterCoaching or check out his podcast, The Unstuck Yourself Podcast.
Salter’s journey underscores the power of mindset work to unlock potential and help high performers reach new heights, providing valuable lessons for anyone looking to break through their own mental blocks.
