(1).png)
The Coaching Lab: Evidence-Based High Performance & Wellbeing
Stop chasing fads and start mastering the science of change. The Coaching Lab is the premier destination for health coaches, wellness professionals, executive coaches, and high performers who demand more than "fluff." Hosted by Dr. Brad Cooper, this podcast bridges the gap between complex performance psychology and real-world application.
Whether you are a certified coach (ICF, NBHWC) looking to enhance client outcomes or a driven professional seeking a competitive edge, we provide the evidence-based tools you need to optimize human potential. We filter out the noise of headline-chasing trends to bring you deep-dive conversations with world-class researchers, elite athletes, and master clinicians.
What you’ll master in the Lab:
- Behavior Change Science: Beyond willpower—how to facilitate lasting transformation using evidence-based coaching protocols.
- Performance Psychology: Insights into flow state, mental toughness, and the "self beyond the self."
- Integrated Wellness: Practical strategies for metabolic health, stress resilience, and longevity.
- The Executive Edge: Leadership development and peak performance tactics for the modern workplace.
- Professional Growth: Best practices for clinicians and coaches to scale their impact and stay at the forefront of the industry.
If you’re looking for an entertaining yet rigorous format to help you—and those you lead—achieve the "Better Path," you’ve found it. Join a community dedicated to the evidence-based journey toward better.
Hit Follow to stay at the cutting edge of health, wellness, and high performance.
The Coaching Lab: Evidence-Based High Performance & Wellbeing
Listen in on LIVE Coaching Session w/ Nationally Board Certified Coach (no scripting or pre-planning)
Use Left/Right to seek, Home/End to jump to start or end. Hold shift to jump forward or backward.
Coaching can be described, analyzed, and diagrammed for hours on end, but the only way to really understand coaching is to experience it for yourself. The second best way is to hear it happening in real time. That is exactly what takes place in this episode. Nationally Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach Susan McGarry coaches our host, Brad Cooper in an unscripted, real life coaching session. There was no pre-planning that went into this session. They just turned on the microphone and got started. Every single coaching session is unique, and this one is no exception. However, if you're considering a career in coaching and would like to get a sense of a sample session, this episode provides that opportunity. If you're already coaching, you may garner a couple of new ideas or even be encouraged by the personal breakthrough that takes place within this relatively brief session.
Info re earning your health & wellness coaching certification, annual Rocky Mountain Coaching Retreat & Symposium & more via https://www.catalystcoachinginstitute.com/
Best-in-class coaching for Employers, EAPs & wellness providers https://catalystcoaching360.com/
Tap into the home of the (freely available) Not Done Yet! articles on unlocking life's 2nd half here.
YouTube Coaching Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/CoachingChannel
Contact us: Results@CatalystCoaching360.com
Twitter: @Catalyst2Thrive
Website: CatalystCoaching360.com
If you are a current or future health & wellness coach, please check out our Health & Wellness Coaching Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/278207545599218. This is a wonderful group if you are looking for encouragement, ideas, resources and more.
Welcome to the Catalyst Health and wellness coaching podcast. I'm your host, Brad Cooper, but today I'm actually going to be in a little different role that of someone being coached. We have nationally board certified, Susan mcgary, who's been willing to do this right in front of you so you can get a sense of how coaching actually works, a real coaching session, or if you're an experienced coach, maybe pick up a couple of new ideas. Now, a few items before we start. First of all, very importantly, this is not scripted. Susan and I did not talk this through. We did not plan it. We didn't even have the general topic we're going to discuss. She drew that out of me during the session. Secondly, please treat this as it's intended. It is not meant to be the perfect example of a perfect coaching session. It's meant to be a peak into a real coaching session with real people and we're grateful to Susan for her willingness to do this live. I'm also going to ask for your grace personally as you'll hear me share some things I normally wouldn't do publicly, but we thought it'd be helpful for you as our listeners and I'll tell you for me personally, as the person being coached, incredibly beneficial. I don't know if you sense that as you listen, but the transition that takes place in this very brief coaching session was powerful. Is gonna be incredibly beneficial as I move forward in this one area that we talk about. So with that, let's get started when the next episode of the catalyst health and wellness coaches.
Speaker 2Hi Brad. How are you doing today?
Speaker 3I'm good. I'm good. I'm ready for my coaching. Maybe a little bit nervous, but let's see how it goes.
Speaker 2Well, I'm excited. What would you like to talk about today? Wellness wise?
Speaker 3You know, I'm kind of a blank slate. I don't have a specific thing in mind. Yeah, just maybe guide me down a path and let's see what we, what we come up with.
Speaker 2Okay, wonderful. Well, before we do that, do you want me to share with you a little bit about some things that we could talk about?
Speaker 3Yeah, that'd be good though. I think it'd be helpful distance. I'm coming in without a preconceived notion of any sort.
Speaker 2Okay. Okay. Awesome. Um, so some different wellness topics could be, um, of course, you know, exercise and nutrition and weight management, which is physical, but we could also talk about things such as sleep. Um, we could talk about social interactions, relationships. We could talk about, um, medical preventative. We could talk about life balance. Anything that you've thought about recently that would improve your overall quality of life?
Speaker 3I think I could use help in all of those. I think, you know, one of the things I've noticed over the years is, is my, when I have a clear plan as far as training for something and on the physical side, so a race on the calendar, some specific goal and wanting to hit in a certain type of event that seems to be the catalyst that drives everything else. Not everything else, but a lot of other things. So my, my eating gets better, my sleeping gets more focused, my, my training sessions are clearly better. I'm not just punching the clock, I'm actually have some purpose for it. So. So maybe, I don't know. This is kind of a fun time of year that I was kind of look ahead to the next year. So maybe kind of thinking through a plan for 2019.
Speaker 2Okay. So you're saying that one thing that you really value is being in good shape in good health and one thing that helps to drive that is to have an event like for example, you know, a triathlon or a run or a swim or something that you can train for that helps to continue to motivate you to do all those things that you want to do to optimize your wellness.
Speaker 3Yes, that's accurate. If I've got that thing that I am in most cases really dialed in when I don't have that, that target, that goal, I still put in the time, but the energy around it and the focus of it and frankly the outcome is nowhere near where it is. When I've got that, that specific target in front of me.
Speaker 2Okay, good. And it sounds like that's really important to you to, to do your best at whatever you choose to do.
Speaker 3It is, it is. Um, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2Okay. Okay. Awesome. Okay. So you're, you're talking about 2019 and something that you want to look forward to, to help keep you on track. Um, and, and I believe what I'm hearing is that it's focused around exercise, is that what you're saying?
Speaker 3Yeah, that's probably a good route to kind of focus on today. I've got chunks of my life pre-committed committed, so obviously work is set. I, you know, it's very important to me. I enjoy what I'm doing and it's a large amount of time and then I've got about little less than two years left in the phd that I'm, I'm going through right now. And so that's a set amount of time and same thing, enjoy it, that kind of stuff. But those are important but almost preset. And so one of the areas I feel like I can work on identifying specifics around would be what I wanna do, like, like this year my goal was to run a 40, 50 mile and a half to 47 marathon in the same year and I had a foot injury and, and you know, maybe we can talk about that a little bit, that affected that, but it was still for most of the year, that was my driver and it was fun. And, and even though I wasn't able to hit, I peaked out at a 4:58 before I hurt my foot on the mile. And, and so even though I wasn't able to hit it, it was still fun. Looking back, I don't regret having that because it was really fun pursuing that and having that driver and it did keep me in shape and in focus on that kind of stuff. And so I'd like to, I don't have any, I don't have that for next year. Next year is almost a transition year where, uh, you know, long term, my hope is if my body responds appropriately in life, doesn't show any huge curve balls, I'd like to go back and competed the Hawaii Iron Man World Championship in 2021, which means I need to qualify the end of 20, 20. So next year I don't have anything knock on my door saying you got to get ready, you got to get ready to get it ready. But at the same time I do have some thoughts about kind of two years down the road and if I just kick back, put my feet and do almost nothing for the year then that I'm in big trouble because while I'm not going to really train for the Ironman for a year and a half, the bone structure needs to be prepped. The, you know, the ligaments, the training, you don't want to lose it. I've always said it's easier to stay in shape than to get in shape. So I don't want to totally lose it. I won't be an ironman shape, but I don't want to drop off the map and have to really start over, so, so I think I'm kind of looking long term, but I don't have any of those things for next year specific that, that kind of fill that gap in the meantime, if that makes sense.
Speaker 2Yeah. Okay. Wow. You are quite the competitor and it sounds like, you know, the other thing I'm hearing, and I love to hear this in your voice, is that you do love the journey even though you love the goal, you do enjoy the journey of getting to the goal as far as exercise is concerned, which is, which is so totally cool and exciting. So with that, I mean, what are, what types of things have you thought about, you know, making this fun prepping for a year and a half away that would be good for you and help you get to that mark while enjoying it.
Speaker 3Yeah, and that's probably where I'm looking for some help. I'm not sure. I mean, my original thought was since I did have the foot injury before I was able to get that marathon under my belt and a man I was feeling so good. I was pretty disappointing, but so my thought was, well, I could schedule a marathon for next year, but. But I don't. I don't know if that's the best route. My, I don't think you notice about my emo on the injury is I've got some mechanical things in my foot or, or lack of something. I've tried everything under the sun and if anybody's listening to this, please do not email me with your person. But I, I mean, it doesn't matter. It's like every year I hurt my foot in some way and I've tried. I'm a physical therapist for goodness sake. I know the right answer. Do they know who to call? You know all that stuff. But in spite of all that it keeps happening. And so in the back of my mind I'm thinking, I, I, yeah, I want to do something, but is there anything I could do that would I, I don't know. Susan? One of the things I've thought about is, is would a reasonable goal would be to make 2019 be like the injury for a year or no Indian reserve year or no forced rest or I, I dunno, but that, I don't know if that makes sense or not and that doesn't sound like a goal. That's an avoidance thing, so that, that's not motivating. Avoiding injury as like, it's just an, you know, who cares? It's, it's important, but there's gotta be something more. So that's what I'm trying to get my arms around.
Speaker 2Okay. So you don't like the word [inaudible]. Okay. So you, you've had an injury in the past and I think it's a pattern. It's, it happens over and over and over. And like you said, you're a physical therapist, you know, pretty. I mean it sounds like you're telling me that, you know, how, why this happens to a point do. I mean. Okay. So yeah. So, I mean, what, what are your thoughts about. So I'm hearing two things. I'm hearing one thing that you get the century every year, um, you know, in the back of your mind, it sounds like that there's something you can do to, to, to the word that you don't like is avoid it. Right. The other thing I'm hearing is that you, that's not something that motivates you, is to avoid something. What motivates you is to look forward to something to flip that around. So with that, thinking about the why, if you will, what is it that you think is happening? And it could be a myriad of different things that's causing this injury and this pattern to happen year after year after year.
Speaker 3Um. Oh Man. I think we need a counselor in with the coaching here. I'll just throw a few things out and maybe something will resonate or you can help me find something in here. I think part of it is I'm so I'm 52 years old. I don't think age is an excuse. I hate when people say, well, you know, yeah, I know. But most of the, if you look at the research on the top athletes, most of the dropoff is because we stopped doing intervals, we stopped lifting weights, we stopped doing the high intensity temple stuff and so I don't want to use as an excuse with that said a hundred miles a week is not realistic anymore as a runner. Eighty miles a week probably isn't. But I've got these preconceived notions from long ago and far away that I just run a lot better when I'm up at 70, 75, 80 miles a week. And so even though I've had those kinds of foot injuries, I. well I think part of the problem is I'm an eternal optimist. I always think, well, this year it's not gonna happen. And so I'll get up to 60 and I'll be like, okay, so good at 60, so let's just try 70. Let's just throw in that 18 mile temple, run on the cement and see what, you know. It's just, it's not the wisest of decisions based on my history. An outsider would look at it and say, maybe that's not the best thing to do. And then you're speaking of counseling, you add that to frankly, probably a lack of confidence. I think part of the reason that I insist on doing the high mileage and some of the psychotic workouts is I am not sure I'm ready to race the way I want to race. And so it's like I have to prove it to myself over and over and over and so it's probably a combination of those things have optimistic that is not gonna happen this year, even though it has for the past five and lack of confidence that in order to build my confidence I'll do this crazy thing and then I'll, then I'll be confident. Well I'm only gone for a week until I do the next one. And so it's a repeating issue. Okay.
Speaker 2So you're saying that, um, the more is better mentality has worked for you forever. You don't want to admit now that it may not be the best thing for you.
Speaker 3Yeah, and we probably need to put really big quote marks around the word works is that it's worked for me in the past. I mean, I look back, and this is unrelated, but completely related, I look back to when I was undergrad doing biology major and I would do stupid stuff like type out all my notes again. I mean it wasn't stupid like I should've been out partying instead, but it was stupid in terms of there are much smarter ways to study, much better. You waste to use my time than to sit and here's dating myself. This was an old school computer so I literally had a piece of paper, the little white white outrage erase race stuff and I would type out my notes. Well that's not the best use of time, but it made me feel better feeling like, well, but if I study 40 hours and everybody else in the class only studies 20 in the back of my mind, I should have said, but they're studying a lot smarter than you are. Maybe it'll make a difference and I think that's been a repeating process, whether it's school or athletics or running a business or anything that. And maybe it's again the confidence thing. If I work more it'll. It'll pay off. Well, fact is you were better, smarter, maybe you get better results and so I don't know if it's worked. I mean life is pretty good, but could, it, could I have been more effective? Could have been faster, could have been a better student, had been smarter versus simply put in more hours, which kind of is my traditional approach.
Speaker 2Okay. So smarter versus longer hours of prep. So with that, what do you think would happen if you use this different mentality in training? I'm moving forward because we talking about 2019. Um, what, what are your thoughts about that? Changing that up and thinking, Huh? Okay. Instead of working longer, working more, more hours, more miles, what, what are your thoughts about saying to yourself, okay, I'm going to figure out a way to work better and smarter this time and know that, huh, maybe this'll work. Maybe this one. It's something I'm going to try. But since over the past five years you've seen this injury crop up when you've been doing it the way you've always done it before, what are your thoughts about trying something a little different?
Speaker 3Yeah, it makes sense. Logically. I think where my struggle is would be. I like the word settling comes to mind for some reason. I hate the word settling, like tell me about that. Settle for this, settle for that.
Speaker 2Tell me a little bit more about that. What about. I mean it's so flipping it around. I mean, what about this not being settling? What about I'm not settling. I'm actually taking care of my body so that I can get better results versus being pushed back because I have an injury. What about, what about flipping it around again and saying instead of settling, this is going to be better so that maybe when I'm 80 years old I can compete in a half marathon or a marathon because I will not have overused injuries after overuse injuries. What are your thoughts about that?
Speaker 3It's tough one. Um, it's hard for me. I think the struggle I'm having because everything you say, I would agree with you on paper. I can see them having a logical discussion.
Speaker 2I like your honesty. By the way,
Speaker 3life is not very logical. We tend to be pretty emotional characters regardless of our background, but uh, I think my initial response is I could do that if I shut off the competitive piece if I just said, yeah, let's join a gym, Susan. I'll play racquetball once a week. We got to hit the tennis ball and almost like if I chose to take the competitive piece in just where the racing piece and just set it off to the side, I could probably do that. But then I haven't fixed that. How do I keep that dry? Because then the drive's gone. Then it's almost checking the box or treating it as just playtime versus training time. And I've always loved training time. I love the high intensity stuff.
Speaker 2Right. And I'm hearing that that's, that's who you are, that you're a competitor. I enjoy that part. Definitely. Yes. So with that though, how can you reframe shift perspective so that you can still compete but not create situations where you are getting over use injuries, which is what I'm hearing from the foot injury and the running. What is it that you want to accomplish as far as the running is concerned, and then how can you do it differently? So those are two questions. So yeah. So, so what is your overall goal? What do you want to accomplish? Um, exercise wise that uses your foot, you know, over the next year and a half.
Speaker 3So I know I want to prepare the body or allow the body's be ready to train seriously and you know, a year and a half, two years. So that's part a. and then I'd like to compete in, as you're asking those questions, I'm starting to think. So the mileage for me is closely tied to marathon training. So there's something about the marathon that I feel like I need to be in that 70 plus mile range with all the track workouts and temple runs, that kind of stuff worked in. I'm wondering if, if I could come with some alternatives, if I were to take the marathon off the table, then maybe there'd be some, I don't know, maybe maybe doing that and focusing on, I don't know, a series of half marathons or, or something like that would would then allow me to take the mileage and put some sort of cap on it and say, okay, these injuries seemed to happen when you're at 50 plus or 60 plus miles a week. So let's see what we can do under 60. I, let's put a cap on it. You're not allowed to go over 60, but it's, we're not training for a marathon or training for a half marathon. Maybe that, I don't know. Maybe there's something to that.
Speaker 2Okay. So you're saying you're willing to at possibly decreasing mileage, um, decreasing miles as far as your racist are concerned as far as a half marathon and, and willing to decrease that so that, so that possibly you could still be able to run the marathon well, but, but not have an injury or try it anyway, is what you're saying?
Speaker 3Well, I think almost what I need to do is take the marathon off the table. Okay. Barring my, like Daniel wants to do vegas at some point together and so if she decide next year's the year, then I'd probably not. I'd probably be like, okay, yeah, the coolest do it together. You know, Josh and I think at some point we'd like to do bas and or Tokyo or one of the big world marathons together. And so if he wanted to do that, I also would be like, okay, I know you don't get these chances with your kids very often. So. But barring that, I don't have a reason why I really strongly desire doing a marathon next year. So maybe as I'm talking this through with you, maybe I could make a goal of picking out, you know, two or three half marathons, but treat them really seriously. But because they're a half there, there's something about the marathon. There's like the sirens called, it pulls me up to 70, 80 and makes me say, oh no, this will be the year. But maybe if it's a half I could say, and we're not going over 60 miles so we're not going over 50 or some version of that. And then actually as I'm actually, this could be a double benefit because as I'm talking this through with you, I'm thinking if I could show myself that I could run really well, you know, maybe I won't, but let's, let's say best case scenario ended up going out and running a 1:18 half on 50 miles a week. Then that might provide extra confidence slash experience for when I get back into the iron man stuff to say maybe you don't need to train as many miles on the run. Maybe you can back it back down to 35. So you know, when I, when we first started conversation I was saying next year it's kind of a preparation year, kind of a getting ready for future stuff as, as a phd gets closer and closer to being done. And so maybe this could have a secondary benefit of not just staying healthy and not feeling like, not just feeling like I can really go after it. But then if that works, it's a good life lesson for future training, the Ironman hopes of Ge in Mecca, that, that, you know, what, maybe you could just run 35 miles a week with your, you know, more biking and swimming and instill, go nine and a half hours for the ironman at or something. So that could be, there could be some extra delivered to that if I'd get this teed up.
Speaker 2Well, and, and you know, I think too, what I'm hearing is that it's, it's a mindset for you. Um, it's that being uncomfortable and not as confident with switching up what you've done before and how you've done things before. With that, have you ever done anything else in any other area of your life where you have backed off a little bit and reap the benefits?
Speaker 3Oh, um, I mean, I don't know if it's totally answering your question, but um, when I started the phd it simply didn't fit into life the way life was. So I had to sit down and figure out where's this extra 20, 25 hours a week. And I come from. And the obvious answer was let's put iron man on the side for, you know, the four years that we're doing this. So maybe that's an example where, and it's been really nice because I haven't felt the pressure, I'm not, I'm not up at 4:30 or five every morning gotta be on the bike within 10 minutes of being out of the bed and getting into the pool and it's, it's, it's been a good thing. It's kind of filled up all the same hours, but I haven't tried to add further to what was already being scheduled. So work hasn't suffered, marriage hasn't suffered. We're empty nesters. So I did also have the advantage of the kids all being away at college or are living their lives in different areas where they're working. So I probably got a read a little bit of time benefit from not having gymnastics and cross country meets in that kind of thing. But. So yeah, I guess so a little bit in that where I said okay, let's just pull, pull back in this area, add over here but not try to add on top of adding. So. And, and it's been, there's been some stressful times because it's still a phd program, but overall it's been pretty good.
Speaker 2So it was uncomfortable. It's been uncomfortable here and there. However, it sounds like that they're still been similar success as to if you had pushed yourself further and maybe more success. You just don't know. Right?
Speaker 3Yeah. Maybe. Yeah, maybe. I think I've enjoyed the last year I've changed that up and it's almost been freeing. Well actually, maybe it's a really good question. So it's almost been freeing that, that were just automatically came to make that decision. I don't feel any, any zero pressure to be like, oh, but you got to qualify for Kona again, or you gotTa, you know, finished second in nationals or whatever. It's like off the table. Like I'm not even looking at it like I have. No. Yeah, every once in a while I'm like, Oh man, I wish I were doing that race next weekend. But most, almost 100 percent of the time like, Oh, this is really nice, you know, just taking four years off and good to go. And then I'm excited about jumping back in. Hopefully that works out. So. So yeah, it has been kind of freeing.
Speaker 2Freeing.
Speaker 4I like that word. So it's been freeing and it's been positive. Is, is? Yeah, the results. So what are your thoughts about know, because again, I hear the hesitancy to kind of change up what you've done in the past and it sounds like what you're contemplating is do I take the marathon off the table with my training for 2019 and really focus on what I love which is competing and competing the best I can and a half marathon.
Speaker 2Okay. So we've talked a lot about your mindset and the way you think about things and you really want to focus on how you can look at things a bit differently as far as your training is concerned with running regarding your injury moving forward through this year in 2019. So with that being said, you know, we've talked a little bit about the, you know, more's better Brad, where you are running the 70 to 80 miles a week for your marathons. And then we've been talking a little bit, you know, we've been talking just now about how maybe less is more, less is better as far as training is concerned and, and how that feels and what that would look like. So what are your thoughts about what you want to do?
Speaker 3No, that's always been a hard one for me. But as you were saying that it kind of thing. It might have sparked something. So my problem is this whole idea of settling. I, I hate that. I hate it when people use the word. I'm fine or it's fine. It's like, well why are kids growing up? If they said, you know, I'd say how you doing Ashley or Josh or Daniel or whatever. And if they said I'm fine, I'd be like, Oh, I'm sorry, did you break your arm? You have this wonderful life, how could you be fine? That's impossible. So I hate to do the same thing in my life. So when I think of like, well let's just settle for this, for the, you know, it's like, uh, that doesn't sound very good. But something you said sparked something in maybe just walk through this with me and see if this makes sense and then maybe I can figure out how to do it. But what if I stopped comparison? Almost did an experiment and I think that experiment might take the pressure off because instead of saying let's run the fastest possible marathon or half marathon or whatever that you can, let's do an experiment and see what's the fastest possible half marathon you can run on x and x being 50 miles or 55. But definitely a hard stop at 60 but somewhere under 60. And so then it's like it changes the discussion because instead of me being fine, well I guess I'll just do 50. I'll just, I'll just do it. It's a totally different conversation of no, it's not. What can we do on 55? It's what's the best we can do with 55 miles? What's best version of Brad at 55? And then if that works, it changes the conversation or the plan for if I do have an opportunity to go back and race ironman that may build some of that confidence and some of the other stuff that is lacking now that allows me to train for the Ironman at maybe 35 miles a week or 40 instead of that 50 or 55. So that's. That could be. That could be pretty cool, Susan.
Speaker 2Yeah. That's awesome. So you're saying you want to. It's, it's more shifting in and saying this is something to try. This is an experiment and it's still moving forward. Right. Because if this works awesome, then it might work
Speaker 3something outgoing for the difference between what I started when I started this conversation and thinking, well I guess I could just try not to run very much. It's a different conversation. It's. No, no, no, no, no. You can be the best version of Brad. You can possibly be at 50 miles or less a week or 55 or less a week, whatever that number is. Instead of just saying the best version of Brad possible. And it keeps resulting in an injury. So obviously that's not a great version of Brad. What could, how could you compete against the best? How could you reset the dial with this new, maybe even fun caveat of 50 miles, five miles. So that's super helpful. Thank you. Sure. Awesome.
Speaker 2Well it sounds like you're redefining it and, and I, I love your everything that you're thinking through and, and you know, and all that you're putting into understanding where you're coming from and what's best for you. And that's fantastic. Well, good. So it sounds like overall what you're saying is that you want to redefine a, your training and look at it in an exciting experiment so that you can try this 50 miles a week.
Speaker 3Yeah. Picking a different race distance. It's almost, instead of racing 13 point one, I'm racing 11 or 14 or so, you know, it's like a new event because instead of being unlimited mileage to run the half marathon and the marathon, it's, hey, instead of being this path or this trail instead, it's this limit. You're not, you're going to become the best. You can add this 55 or whatever it is, miles so, so yes. So thank you very much. Super helpful and really appreciate it.
Speaker 1So there's an example of a coaching session and I emphasize a coaching session because as those of you who are coaching now know very well, every session is unique because you have two unique individuals on each end of the conversation and the way that path develops as you progress. It's pretty fascinating. You heard what happened here. We started off talking about physical or or fitness or racing and they wrapped it up on that, but that wasn't what the conversation was about at all, was it? No, it is emotional. There's the mental is the the focal area, the things that drove other aspects. That's the conversation and that's what you're going to find is the magic of coaching. The client will come to you with a topic or you'll start down the path with one topic and as you continue to discuss it together, as you use the coaching skills that you've garnered, you're going to go dion fresh new pads. You're going to open up fresh new doors and that's what I felt like happened in this one. Like I said it, it was not scripted. We just jumped in and saw where it went, but that was a. That was a big breakthrough for me. We recorded this about a week ago and I've been the last several days. It's just opened up new ideas and kind of created some excitement for 2019 in this area that I hadn't frankly figured out yet. Now, little side note to this, the area we talked about may have been an absolutely no interest to you. In fact, you might have listened to it and said that's his issue. Really? Yeah. That is my issue. It's one of many, but the one that we went through and that's one of the things that's really important for coaches to keep in mind is it's the other person's journey. Susan didn't take me down the journey she thought I should pursue. She helped me develop, discover, and create my journey, so we hope this was helpful. Again, special, special thanks to Susan for her willingness to do this publicly. Thank you to you as always, say this every time, and I hope I always remember to say it for being a part of this thing. You're sending us ideas, you're sharing the podcast, you're listening, and we appreciate it. You can always access additional resources@catalystcoachinginstitute.com, or you can email us either questions or suggestions for future podcasts to results at catalyst coaching institute dot Com. We'll talk with you soon on the next episode of the Catalyst Health and wellness coaching podcast. In the meantime, keep optimizing reality and make it a great day.
