Pivot the coaching subject

Use mid-flow when they realize “wait — that’s not the thing,” or energy leaves the subject you thought was locked.

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Pivot the coaching subject

Mid-session, they realize the locked subject was wrong. Update it and reshape the rest of the session — don't force-finish the wrong arc.

Do

  • Acknowledge the shift without drama.
  • Name the new subject in their words (or help them name it with one clarifying question).
  • Reshape around the new subject — back to Half 1 in Coaching session (Map + Understand weave). Don't stay in Options/Will on the abandoned subject.
  • If they were amending a plan, Amend is first-class.

Don't

  • Keep finishing Options/Will on the abandoned subject.
  • Treat this as ordinary unfinished-line work — that's Stay with (or Broaden / Make distinct if Map was incomplete).
  • Re-run full open quiet-space unless they're truly lost again; if the subject was never locked, use Choose the coaching subject.

Stop

New subject is locked and you're back in Half 1 on it.

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