My Coach Kate

We have talked before about the dos and don'ts of manifesting those things that you really want in your life. But what if you are feeling skeptical about manifestation? What if you think of it is something that is just fairy magic pretend stuff? Or that you think that it could be real but it's something that only mystical people know how to do? This episode is for the dis-believers. You...

Sometimes we can't control our circumstances. Sometimes we can control our circumstances but we just don't want to change them at the moment. It might not seem worth the effort. Or maybe it's just not the right time. We are going to look at an idea about, not just making the best of a bad situation, but are going to go one step farther to explore who it is that we want to be in the...

Have you ever heard a song that caught you off guard? One that you didn't know but that you just instantly fell in love with? I am going to share a few times that this happened to me and 3 lessons that we can learn from these little surprise moments. 

Last week we talked about how to put whatever problem that you are encountering in your life into a coaching tool that is called The Model. The Model allows you to take a look at the thought that you are having about your situation and to see what emotions and actions it is bringing and how that is tied to the results that you are getting in your life This week, we are going to explore what to do...

We all know that when we are unhappy with something in our life, we can make a change. Change is not usually easy and sometimes we just don't want to. Maybe we are afraid, maybe we are tired, maybe the change just doesn't feel worth the effort. I am going to give you a way to get out of that funk and actually be able to turn up the happiness meter when you DON'T want to make a chang...

Come and join me for some reflection on the WILDFIT program that I have been following for the last 7 weeks. It's been an educational journey and I am going to specifically talk about emotional eating: why we do it, how we learned it, and how to recognize when you are doing it too. This is such an important episode if you have a desire to be healthy, to lose any weight, or if you are just int...

We are at the final part of our 4-episode series. We have explored the GROW model for attaining a goal, one letter at a time. In this last segment we explore the W for "Way Forward" (or some prefer to use the word 'will'). It's time to make a map for yourself that you can follow step-by-step and have that goal achieved before you know it. We will also talk about how to foo...

In part 3 of our series, we will take a look at the obstacles that you identified last week that might get in the way of you accomplishing this particular goal that you have chosen for yourself. We will take a look at the particular ways that your brain might try and get you to believe that you have only 2 choices available to you: succeed flawlessly or give up and fail. We will explore all of the...

In Part 2 of this series, we will explore the R in the GROW model. R stands for Reality and we will take an honest look at where you are right now, before you start the journey towards your goal. In any good journey, you must plan for the obstacles that you might encounter so that you can be prepared to handle them. Then those challenges will not stop you and you will not feel stuck. 

Welcome to a 4-part series this month on how to achieve any goal that you set. Once you listen to the entire series and do the work that goes along with each episode, you will be on your way to following a step-by-step plan that is personalized for you and will result in becoming the person who has that specific accomplishment that you want. In part 1, we will choose and fine-tune the first goal t...

This week we are celebrating Episode #150 together. Let's take a look at the different ways that we tend to celebrate the accomplishments in our lives. Are we helping ourselves or hurting ourselves with the rewards that we choose to mark the moments that we want to pat ourselves on the back to say 'great job'? After listening to this episode, you just might have a whole new outlook...

We all know that couples are supposed to compromise to make decisions. But let's talk about a positive way and a negative way to do this. Settling and Acceptance are very similar ideas. But we all know that settling has a negative connotation to it and acceptance a positive one. But do you understand what the difference is and why one is positive and one is negative? Understanding the differe...

We've all seen that depiction in movies and cartoons when the little angel on your right shoulder whispers in your ear, telling you to do the things that will keep you on the path that you want to follow. And the little devil on your other shoulder will whisper into your other ear, giving you directions that will give you some pleasure in the moment and lead you astray, off of the path that y...

Do you ever feel stuck in your thinking? Or, let me ask you this: do you ever think about what someone else should or shouldn't do? And it makes you feel bad for someone else? Or judgmental about that person? You know that it doesn't change the circumstances and it doesn't make you feel good either. It just makes you feel helpless. And maybe even a little bit on a 'higher level...

We all know that we react when things happen in our lives. We interpret what it means when someone doesn't text back or when someone's words or tone is not what we expect or when their actions don't make sense to us. But how much of our interpretations come from our own stories? The ones that lie underneath and come from the stories that we heard and learned growing up: from our fam...

'And' can be one of those powerful little words that can change the way that you talk to others, talk to yourself, and enable true understanding, validation, and set and hold boundaries. That's a big promise for such a little word! This is an episode that is packed with specific examples so that you can walk away and begin using this little trick right away. It's one of my favo...

Have you ever found yourself in a situation in which you are in a crowd? Maybe it's not even a crowd of strangers, but people that you like or love, but it's either too loud, too angry, too chaotic for you to feel calm, safe, and comfortable? If you are ever around anyone else's negative energy, then listen to this episode to begin to think about the practical steps that you would n...

Everyone needs a balance of things in their life to make sure that you feel good, that you are taking care of yourself, and that you are creating an environment for yourself in which you can thrive. We are each so individual and we are going to look at why your personal pie chart of categories cannot be copied from someone else. One size does not fit all and you will learn how to create the person...

When you have wanted to drop a few pounds in the past, how have you gone about putting together your own personal plan? My guess is that you might have done what a lot of us have done. We started out by looking at all of the choices of diets that are out there so that we know what to do. I am going to tell you this week why that strategy never seems to really work for us. There is a much better wa...

Active Listening has been around for a very long time. We have all heard of it and you might even know the steps. But have you ever spent a significant amount of time practicing them? Practiced them until it feel more natural? If you have, then you have gotten to the other side of this to be able to witness and feel the magic that is there. Let's talk through how a practice, as simple as Acti...

You have heard the saying "Show me your friends, and I will show you your future", or "I will tell you who you are". We are going to take a look at your closest friendships and do some reflections on them and on the influence that they have on you. What do your friends show others about your core values? And if this isn't the area of your life that is really clicking for y...

Have you ever heard of the terms Carb Cycling, Metabolic Confusion, or Macro-nutrients? If you have but you aren't really sure what they are all about or how they relate to each other, then we are going to take a little crash course into the basics. It won't be a deep dive into every concept but just enough to give you what you need to know in case you want to try this out for yourself....

Let's talk about what is left on your list of brand-new habits that you want to start. Or you are working on starting them. Maybe you even do them once in a while, but not yet regularly. Let's consider why using accountability and raising the importance of starting those to an emergency in your life just might be the ticket to living a satisfying and fulfilling life. Once you listen to t...

Have you heard of Gretchen Rubin's Book, The Four Tendencies ? If you haven't, I will give you a quick re-cap and this week we will talk about what it is like to be the tendency that is the MOST common- that of The Obliger. If you are an Obliger like I am, you will hear about the number one tip that you can put into your life to embrace this tendency and to make it work for you, rather t...

I know- you've heard it... fruits and vegetables are good for the diet. Plant-based eating is good for your gut health. Good gut health is the key to lots of all-around health. But what do we do when we don't want to completely change the way that we are eating? How can we make it feel easier? You have come to the right place if you want to know how to 'sneak it in' and not rea...