The Catholic Coaching Podcast

Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In this milestone episode—Episode 318—we have some big news to share about the podcast. After over four years and hundreds of episodes since launching in July 2020, we are taking a intentional, tactical pause on the podcast as we enter a new season of discernment. We share why we feel invited into this discernment phase, what it mea...

Are your current circumstances or fear of making the "wrong" choice keeping you paralyzed in endless discernment? In Part 2 of this series on The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin break down the remaining 3 mindset rules to help you break free from indecision, steward your free will, and bring the fullness of your humanity into dialogue with the Lord. While indecision might feel s...

Are you stuck in endless discernment, waiting for 100% certainty or a sign from God before taking a step? In Part 1 of this two-part series on The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Aaron address the human mindset barriers and spiritual battles that keep us trapped in indecision. While St. Ignatius gives us incredible rules for discernment, the enemy often uses "holy-sounding" excuses—l...

Have you ever hit a dry patch in prayer where God feels silent and you start procrastinating or feeling disconnected? In this episode of The Catholic Coaching Podcast , Matt and Aaron dive into the experience of spiritual dryness—even when you're a spiritual director—and explore how self-sabotaging thoughts and rigid expectations can block intimacy with the Lord. Instead of measuring prayer b...

Ever feel a wave of resistance right before hitting "post" on social media? In this episode of The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Aaron dive into the messy, real-life process of starting a social media account from scratch—exposing the exact self-sabotage and mental friction that holds coaches back from sharing their message. Whether you're struggling with technical overwhelm,...

Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin Ingold! In this episode, we step into a live, unscripted coaching session! Matt puts on the coach's hat to coach Erin through the internal pressure, perfectionism, and "mind drama" surrounding an upcoming "Come & See" presentation and sales call. If you’ve ever found yourself over-preparing, changing your...

Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In this episode, we're continuing our live demonstration series! Erin steps into the coach's chair to walk Matt through an unscripted, live Causal Mindset Coaching session as he faces the internal resistance, fear, and "mind drama" surrounding creating a family and business budget. If you’ve ever avoided a hard c...

Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In this episode, we’re continuing our live demonstration series! Matt takes the coach's chair to walk Erin through a live, unscripted Causal Mindset Coaching session as she tackles the internal resistance, mental exhaustion, and "this isn't working" mindset while trying to reach a health goal (getting into ketosi...

Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin!  In this episode, we are continuing our live coaching demonstration series! Erin takes the coach's chair to walk Matt through a live, unscripted Causal Mindset Coaching session focused on overcoming procrastination, fear of failure, and imposter syndrome around launching a new project. If you’ve ever found yourself delaying act...

Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin!  In this episode, we’re continuing our live demonstration series on integrating temperaments with mindset coaching! Matt takes the coach’s chair to walk Erin through a live, unscripted Causal Temperament & Mindset Coaching session focused on her secondary temperament: the Phlegmatic. If you’ve ever struggled with sticking to hea...

Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin!  In this episode, we’re continuing our live demonstration series on integrating temperaments with mindset coaching! Erin takes the coach’s chair to walk Matt—our "token Melancholic" for the day—through a live, unscripted Causal Temperament & Mindset Coaching session. If you’ve ever found yourself paralyzed by perfectio...

Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin!  In this episode, we’re flipping the script! Matt takes the coach’s chair to walk Erin through a live, unscripted Causal Temperament & Mindset Coaching session.  If you’ve ever struggled with staying consistent with your health goals, giving into late-night indulgence, or feeling like your temperament’s "shadow side" i...

Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin!  In this episode, we are pulling back the curtain on an approach to coaching temperaments that we have been refining over the last five years: combining Temperament Insights with Mindset Coaching. Instead of staying on the "behavioral" line or boxing yourself into a temperament, we dive into Causal Temperament Coaching—unc...

Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In Episode 305, we are continuing our sub-series on how different temperaments navigate healthy, holy conflict resolution. Today, we are putting the "Peaceful Phlegmatic" in the hot seat.  Have you ever walked away from a difficult conversation feeling relieved that it's over, only to realize later that you never actu...

Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In Episode 304, we are continuing our sub-series on how different temperaments navigate healthy, holy conflict resolution using the PACE Framework (Pause, Assume Goodwill, Clarify, Engage). Today, we are shifting into the introverted temperaments to focus on the Melancholic. Melancholics have a beautiful, rich interior life, but whe...

Do you rush to "kiss and make up" after a fight just to keep the peace, only to find the same argument exploding a week later? If you hate the emotional heaviness of conflict and prefer to brush past the pain to get back to the good vibes, you might be dealing with the unique wiring of a Sanguine temperament. Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In Episode 30...

Do you step into an argument determined to win, only to leave the other person completely silent while the root problem remains entirely unresolved? If you find yourself winning imaginary arguments in your head before a hard conversation even begins, you might be dealing with the unique wiring of a Choleric temperament. Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In Episode 3...

Have you ever used the "Ostrich Approach" to a difficult relationship, hid from a hard conversation, and ended up winning 50 different imaginary arguments inside your own head? Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast! In Episode 301, Matt and Erin are diving deeper into our conflict resolution series. Last week, we introduced the PACE framework (Pause, Assume Goodwill, Clarify, Eng...

Have you ever walked away from a heated argument filled with regret, wishing you had handled things differently? Or maybe you’re someone who avoids conflict entirely, hoping it will just magically disappear? Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast! In this episode, Matt and Erin kick off an intensive series on healthy, holy conflict resolution. They introduce a powerful 4-part framework call...

Have you ever felt like your fitness goals are walking a tightrope between vanity on one side and neglecting your health on the other? In this episode of The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt sits down with Chase Crouse, co-founder of HiPurO Fit, to uncover a Theology of the Body-inspired approach to fitness and nutrition. Moving past secular fitness culture's obsession with endless "optim...

Why are 85% to 90% of Catholic kids walking away from the Church as adults—and what are the rare 15% of successful families doing differently?  In this episode of The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt sits down with Catholic psychologist, author, and EWTN radio host Dr. Greg Popcak to look at the groundbreaking research surrounding the "Liturgy of Domestic Church Life."  If you've eve...

Have you ever found yourself stuck in a loop—doing the exact things you want to stop doing, and failing to start the habits you actually want to build? In this final episode of our Discernment Series on the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin dive into the practical neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and Catholic theology (hello, St. Thomas Aquinas!) behind how to actually change and redire...

How do you know if a desire is really from God? In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin continue their discernment series by diving into one of the most important spiritual questions: how to discern your desires. After exploring the idea that desires themselves are not bad, this episode walks through practical ways to evaluate where your desires are coming from, what emotio...

Can you actually change your desires? In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin continue their discernment series by exploring the role of desire in the spiritual life. Many Catholics feel suspicious of desire, as if wanting something automatically means it is selfish, disordered, or opposed to God’s will. But desire itself is not the enemy. Unexplored desire is often what ke...

How do you know if something you receive in prayer is actually from God? In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin continue their discernment series by walking through how to test spiritual promptings, private revelations, interior movements, and words received in prayer. Building on the previous episode about prayer language, they explain how to bring what you receive back i...