Not a Guru
Personal Development without the "self-helpiness". Welcome to Not a Guru, the podcast where leadership is real, growth is messy, and no one has all the answers. If you’re tired of the "guru" culture and want honest, unpolished conversations about leadership, personal growth & development this is for you.
Episodes
96 episodes
Season 2 Episode 22- Transitions/Preparation and Action
On today's episode of the podcast Heidi and Tyler take the concept of transitions in life and how structure plays such a significant role. As an athletic trainer Tyler has dealt with lots of athletes that transition from a structured routine to...
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Episode 22
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51:22
Season 2 Episode 21- Question and Answer Session #2
In this episode Heidi and Tyler went to the listener to and had them ask the question that they were dying to hear about their favorite podcast hosts. Heidi picked out 6 outstanding question and they answer them on the show today. If you are lo...
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Episode 21
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1:00:40
Season 2 Episode 20- The Work and Life Balance Equation
On today's episode of the podcast Heidi and Tyler tackle a topic that we all have thought about and tried to answer ourselves- "how do I balance my work life and my personal life"? Heidi takes a deep dive into being an entrepreneur and having a...
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Episode 20
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1:01:10
Season 2 Episode 19- Tips for having the difficult conversation
On this week's episode of the podcast Heidi and Tyler tackle an all too familiar topic for all of us- having difficult conversations. Every one of us has been through, had to have or is thinking about having one of these conversations. Heidi an...
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Episode 19
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1:04:47
Season 2 Episode 18- Define Your Own Journey
On today's episode Tyler and Heidi take on a topic inspired by one of their listeners- what if I don't have a destination, I am just on a journey. What if the journey is your why? They talk about challenges, doing things for their own sake and ...
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Episode 18
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49:00
Season 2 Episode 17- Grow and Stay Grounded
On this week's episode of the podcast Heidi and Tyler talk about the concept of growing yourself and looking into the future without sacrificing the present. We all have goals and probably a picture of what things are going to look like in the ...
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Episode 17
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56:59
Season 2 Episode 16 - HHQ- Hard Hitting Questions
On this week's episode of the podcast Tyler and Heidi tackle some of the toughest questions of the season! Okay so that isn't exactly what happened, on this episode Tyler and Heidi have fun asking each other random questions- and none of them a...
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Episode 16
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55:47
Season 2 Episode 15- Slump Busting
On this week's episode of the podcast Heidi and Tyler look at one of the most common issues we face in all aspects of our lives, the slump. Whether it's our health, our daily lives or the office- we have all felt the slump. On this episode we t...
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Episode 15
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48:32
Season 2 Episode 14- Buzzworthy- Are Buzz Words Worth the Hype?
On this week's episode of the podcast Heidi and Tyler have a fun time looking at various buzz words we hear throughout the day. Buzz words are meant to provide, inspiration, context and define areas of our lives, they are meant to direct us.......
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Episode 14
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1:08:00
Season 2 Episode 13- Addicted to Productivity
On this week's episode of the podcast Tyler and Heidi tackle an interesting topic- when people are addicted to productivity. There are many reasons and many ways that this appears in someone's life and the topic has more layers that will be cov...
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Episode 13
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55:18
Season 2 Episode 12- Resiliency over Perfection
On this weeks' episode of the podcast Heidi and Tyler talk about how to balance idea that perfection can be the greatest obstacle in moving forward in life. They help you build a strong infrastructure and be resilient to move forward. The conce...
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Episode 12
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49:01
Season 2 Episode 11- Actions are a language
On this week's episode of the podcast Tyler and Heidi jump into a deep discussion about a topic that most of us don't recognize each day, the idea that actions are a language. Our actions, the boss' actions and even our spouse's action is all a...
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Episode 11
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47:03
Season 2 Episode 10- The Season's 1st Question and Answer Session
On this week's episode of the podcast Tyler and Heidi do one of their first episodes a listener question and answer. They collect question from social media and answer them live on the podcast. Whatever is on your mind, whatever questions you m...
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Episode 10
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1:06:04
Season 2 Episode 9- A Less Stressful Conversation
On today's podcast Heidi and Tyler tackle the subject of stress. We all have stress in our lives, work, family, or any other place you can find it- it will show up. We have an in-depth conversation about ways to identify it and how to manage it...
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Episode 9
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1:00:28
Season 1 Episode 8- Fake it until you make it ?!?
On this week's version of the Not a Guru Podcast Tyler and Heidi tackle a topic that has top of mind in many ways lately, imposter syndrome! There are many ways imposter syndrome can take shape in our lives, and we tackle all of them. In ...
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Episode 8
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56:19
Season 2 Episode 7- Let's Take a Look Inside- Mental Health's Role in Allowing us to Move Forward
On this week's episode of the podcast Heidi and Tyler reach back into the vault of episodes and pull out a great topic for the new year- Mental Health. Kaylee Brooks Heath- MA, LMHCA is a mental health professional that works within Heidi's com...
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Episode 6
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1:03:08
Season 1 Episode 6- Why Delegation is a Double Edge Sword - Part 2
On this week's episode of the podcast Heidi and Tyler continue their conversation on the topic of delegation. Continuing from last week they explore idea such as being pushed outside your comfort zone, the concept of shifting versus delegation ...
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Episode 6
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34:24
Season 1 Episode 5- Why Delegating is a Double Edge Sword
On this week's episode of the podcast Tyler and Heidi talk about one the great tools in everyone's belt- delegation. But what most people don't realize is that delegation can be both a good thing, as well as a bad thing. In this 2-part series t...
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Episode 5
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49:09
S1:E4 Personality Test Obsessed
On this week's episode of the podcast Heidi and Tyler look at the concept of defining and looking into your own strengths as a person. There are numerous ways to learn and to be curious about what are your strengths, links are below. But even k...
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Episode 4
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1:09:33
S1:E3 Thriving Through a Plot Twist
On this week's episode of the Podcast Tyler and Heidi tackle a very important but very familiar topic to all of us, change. Whether it's your work changing, your life changing or maybe just anticipating change- this episode takes it all on. Lis...
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Episode 3
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59:02
S1:E2 - Deep Thoughts & Diapers: How Parenting Made Us Better-ish
On this week's episode of the Not A Guru podcast- Heidi and Tyler ask each other questions about how learning in life- specifically in parenting how changed and developed you into the person you are today. Everything in life gives us an opportu...
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Episode 2
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S1:E1 No Growth, No Glory....No Gurus
Welcome everyone to the new podcast! You are joined by Tyler Smith ATC/CSCS and Dr. Heidi Cooke! For years Tyler and Heidi have been helping people with health, fitness and personal growth! They have taken all those years of knowledge and have ...
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Episode 1
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Season 2 Episode 39- The Finale
And just like that- season 2 is all done! On this week's episode of the podcast Heidi and Tyler sign off on season 2 and do a recap of their favorite episodes of the season. They each give you a couple episodes that they felt had a lot of impac...
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Episode 39
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24:53
Season 2 Episode 38- Pride- Hurt us or Help us
Pride can be an incredible driver in our lives, but how do we know when it is hurting us as much as it is helping us? On this week's episode of the podcast Heidi and Tyler take a longer look at the entire subject of pride and beak it down in al...
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Episode 38
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38:56
Season 2 Episode 37- Tin Foil Hats on Everyone!!
Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory...or at least we do! The long awaited episode where Heidi and Tyler have fun and bring out their health and fitness conspiracy theories is here! All in good fun Heidi and Tyler speculate on who is plottin...
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Episode 37
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1:21:51