My Coach Kate

When a child comes to you and tells you what they accomplished: they scored a goal, they wrote their name, they shared with a friend, how do you respond? Sometimes we don't think much about exactly what we say, but is there a best way to do this? If we want to create the best possible soil for children to grow, how do we do that in a practical way? This podcast will give you the exact words t...

Have you ever been in a situation, in which you can begin to feel angry towards someone, or something, but you weren't quite sure why? We are going to talk about anger and about how we might use that as a security blanket. What are we protecting ourself from, really? Let's jump in and take a look with some examples. 

Who are your friends? Your true friends, your life-long friends? Let's have a real discussion about my friends and about why I might keep a friend and why I might not keep a friend. How do you make that decision and what is the right decision for you? Let's dive in and talk 'all things friends'. 

What are other people thinking? Do we really know? I think that most of the time, we THINK that we know. And what we make someone else's thoughts mean, determines what we think, how we feel, and how we act. What happens when we become aware that we truly don't know what someone else is really thinking? Let's talk about one really fun way to handle this. One way that can completely c...

What have you heard about manifesting? Maybe you are an expert and you easily call the things that you want to you. Or maybe you have heard a little bit, but it all sounds very woo-woo. Or, maybe it's all new to you and you are curious about what it is all about. Either way, come on in and listen to some tips and tricks to start manifesting at the highest level, whether or not you have ever t...

We all have a closet full of self-care strategies. But some of our closets are quite messy. We forget what is in there. Some things in there may no longer fit us or are just not what we really want anymore. We are going to do a closet clean-out together. Let's start by pulling everything out and finding out what is really in there. Once we are done, you will have an organized beautiful space...

Have you ever told yourself, when you make a choice to stick to your goal or to take actions against your goal, that those small little choices didn't matter? That it was easier to take the comfortable, familiar actions that you were used to choosing every day? Here's an analogy that might be able to help you. We all want to become that version of ourself that achieves that goal and move...

We all grow up with some ideas of what is supposed to happen in our lives. And some ideas of what things are not supposed to happen. We just accept it as truth. But let's take a look at what invisible filter or layer that it creates in our life and how it can change our perception and our expectations. We probably aren't even aware that this filter is there, or that we have the power to...

If you asked all of your friends, family, acquaintances what the ONE word was that described you, what would it be? Would they all come up with the same word? What would you WANT the word to be? Let's talk about what you consistently put at the forefront of how you live your life and see if it is something that you do deliberately. 

What are the tiny moments of connection that you have with other people, or with yourself, that add a lot of richness and meaning to your life? Let's break them down and see what those moments have in common, so that we can add them to our life. Adding more of these moments in can bring a fullness and a lot of meaning to your existence, and we will look at how they actually take very little e...

This week we talk about our brain. Specifically our brain, when it is focusing on the past, when it is focusing on the future, and what we can do to get that darn thing to focus on the present moment. Why do we want to look at the present? How does it benefit us? And how can we get that energy- conserving brain to learn that skill and form the habit of being in the moment. 

Let's talk about diet. We all try to eat pretty healthy, most of the time. Right? Maybe some of us more than others. There is one thing that we might be missing. A connection between what we are eating and how we are feeling every day. I am going to give you examples of when this is obvious and, in what ways, we might totally miss the boat on this. I will share with you what I am doing to res...

When things don't go as planned, what is your reaction? Is it hard? Is there blame? Who do you blame? We tend to thing that when things are not our fault, it makes us feel better. Listen to this episode to learn the secret benefit of taking on that responsibility for our part in things. You might be surprised!

Have you ever sat at the beach and watched the surfers ride the waves? It is so fun to see them, both, succeed and ride a wave all the way in, and to see them fall, but get right back up again, paddle back out and take on another wave. Let's dive in and see what we can learn from this analogy that can help us to build our problem-solving skills and become a great surfer in the game of life. 

To round up our series on temper tantrums, let's look at when adults have those same big feelings. We should know what to do, right? I mean, after all, we are adults. But sometimes our nervous system gets high-jacked. And we find ourselves in a trauma response: fight, flight, freeze, or fawn. How do we un-high-jack that system and learn to do something new?

Do you have an infant in your life? At some point in time, we are around a crying baby. If you do have an infant in your life and you are in a position to help that child learn the important skill of self-soothing, then this is the episode for you. If you have an infant yourself and that baby wants to be held all the time? Then drop what is in your hands, get comfortable, and listen immediately. T...

This is part 2 in our Temper Tantrum mini-series. What are the things that you can be pro-active about, so that you can ward off those inevitable melt-downs before they happen? Is it possible to tantrum-proof your child? We will talk about what kind of expectations that you should have and what the practical steps are that you can take to teach a child about boundaries. As they learn to better abl...

Let's do a little mini-series on temper tantrums! In part one, we are going to look at a simple 5-step approach of what to do in the moment that your child, or a child in your classroom, decides that it's all too much and it's time to scream, kick, hit, or throw themself to the floor. These can be frustrating moments for the adult, who just wants it to stop! There is so much advice...

How 'many of us have made a decision, in our head, and then have begun to question that decision? Sometimes, we think the decision and then we don't voice it. Sometimes, we make the decision and then we don't do it. Sometimes, we think of what our decision 'would be', but we don't fully make it. Let's take a look at a moment this week, in which I was second-guess...

Most of us want a little more fun in our lives. At least sometimes. But we will get to that, when we can. When we have time. After the work; the chores; the bills. If we have more fun, more play-time it would be great. A little something extra. Let's change this thinking right now and consider a better way. Take a little stroll with me back to when you were a child today. Let's go. 

This is an amazing episode for those of you who would like to make one simple change to the way that you think that can make hard things easier. I am going to share with you my recent change in the function of a simple machine, aka my brain, that is having a huge impact on my life. If it is working for me, it just might work for you too. This is a great episode for those that have been really stru...

How do you work on your goals? I am going to bet that you have a goal that you work on, in quite the same way that I have in the past. You think that you have a good routine, some good discipline in place, and you look at others who are sticking to their plan a bit more, and you judge a bit. We don't want to follow some strict routine perfectly. That is no fun. I agree. But, what is the mista...

What do you do when you are frustrated? Does it ever feel like you are banging your head against the wall? And what does that even mean? Maybe you keep trying the same solutions to a problem that you are having, over and over, but it just doesn't work? Let's look at why, as we talk about what is happening in your brain when you do this. 

You are invited to a wedding! But it's not about any brides or any grooms. We are going to talk about your long term goals and 'marrying' them to your short term goals and to your daily actions. Let's dive into this analogy to see why coming to this wedding will make your every-day life happier!

Tis the season.... for colds and flu. Everyone that I know is sick right now. How can we take this and really turn it into a lesson for us? One that we can use to make our life better? Let's talk about the idea that 'both things can be true'. What does it have to do with being sick? And how can we use it in our life?