About John Bullock

"I help Business teams suffering with overwhelm and unable to switch off for fear of losing control build tools to overcome limiting beliefs by using my 3-point plan."

Step 1: Get in touch with your body.

Start by becoming conscious of your body and the feelings in each limb. A few slow, deep breaths can help you relax completely. This is the REFLECTION element of the FLOW Learning Cycle.


Next, do non-intuitive exercises that force you to move differently, like martial-arts, yoga or Tai Chi. You can achieve FLOW if you can integrate your mind and body in this way.

This is the RESOLVE element of the FLOW Learning Cycle Learning to change things on the move.

Step 2: Confront your limitations.

Be aware of any limiting thoughts that surface while you do non-intuitive movement, such as “I can’t do this” or “I’m not good enough.” Recognise these feelings, but resist letting them hinder you.  This is the REFOCUS element of the FLOW Learning Cycle. Drop the bad but keep the good.


Instead, push them with encouraging words and a growth mentality. This is the RESET element of the FLOW Learning Cycle Learning to change things on the move.

Step 3: Accept the unknowable.

You must be willing to let go of control and welcome the uncertainty in order to find your FLOW. Practise letting go of the past and future to completely participate in the action at hand without worrying about the result. This is the EVOLVE element of the FLOW Learning Cycle. Repeat until you are happy with rhythm.


 This will enable you to access a state of total engrossment and involvement and profit from FLOW.

FLOW Learning Cycle.

Step1: Get in touch with your body.

Reflect – Think about what you are doing.
Resolve – Try to change things on the move.

Step2: Confront your limitations.
Refocus – Drop the things that do not work and keep those that do.
Reset – Walk it through in your head.

Accept the unknowable.
Evolve – Repeat until you are happy with the rhythm.
FLOW – Respond without consciously thinking.

Pain Point Coaching uses FLOW & sports programmes to firstly, train teams in how to deal with pressure, anxiety, stress & ultimately make better decisions. Secondly, our aim is to then create optimal performance in people and organisations. Feedback from our workshops has included the following positive outcomes:

  • Better decision making
  • Good energy leads to good decisions
  • Improved goal setting, focus, assertiveness and priority setting skills
  • Improved creative, strategic and analytical thinking under (time) pressure
  • Performing better as a team
  • Providing insight into behavioural patterns and improve self-awareness and personal leadership skills
  • Providing insight into behavioural patterns within team structures
  • Improved leadership skills

How we do what we do

Pain Point Coach uses FLOW & sport as a metaphor. Sport not only helps to reveal your limiting beliefs. It helps you to overcome them.

Alongside sport, Pain Point Coach courses use experiential learning to help people build behaviours that serve us better.

“We certainly never realised as a team that sport coupled with the mindfulness programme brilliantly delivered by Pain Point Coach could have such an impact on our people and business. Our leaders are having more impact than ever before having followed the Pain Point Coach programme to the letter.”