My Coach Kate

How is your New Year going? Many of us have begun some new habits and already by week 3 of January, it is not as exciting and fun as it felt on Week 1. Sometimes we already feel like we are juggling too much and that familiar feeling of overwhelm creeps in. What's a girl to do? Tune in for some practical tips that you can put into place today. 

Did you realize that MOST of what we do in a day, in a week, throughout the year are our established habit actions? We do have some variety in our lives, but even when an event comes up that we attend, or we go on a date, or see family, our behavior is largely based on our habitual behavior in those situations. When we begin a new habit, when is it actually considered to be a habit? We are going t...

There are so many sayings around telling us to live a big life and to chase our dreams and never to give up until we get to exactly what it is that we want. After all, we don't want to have any regrets, right? This week we are going to explore the idea of what it means to actually live a smaller version of that life and a way that we can do that and end up with more satisfaction, gratitude an...

It's that time again. Many of us will be sitting down to write our New Year's Resolutions. I have a different approach for you this year. Before you begin making yourself promises that will be abandoned within the first few weeks, consider making some goals that are sure to work for you. I will talk about the key factor that you should think about so that you can start the New Year off i...

What are the songs and the bands and the artists that really get your blood pumping? We all have favorite types of music and this week we will dive in to why your favorites are your favorites. And more importantly, how can you use your favorite music, both the old favorites and new ones that you can discover, to help you to create new habits and routines in your life? We will take a look at the sc...

As we develop new skills in ourselves, how often do we begin by sitting and relaxing, closing our eyes and taking some breaths. We do it with meditating, with praying, with thinking or calming down. Let's take a look at the two books that I am currently reading to see how slowing down helps with developing two new skills: one from each book. And we will talk about how you can relate this to y...

What are your thoughts on hypnosis? What about self-hypnosis? Some may by more familiar with this than others, but I bet that most people do not currently have this tool as a part of their daily life. But, what if there is something there that you might be missing out on? Come along with me as I share my thoughts from the book that I am reading, The Self-Hypnosis Diet by Steven and Joy Gurgevich....

What are the things that you do consistently in your life? I bet that you have other things that you wish that you did more consistently. Have you ever started some new habits and then had them fall off when you didn't keep them up perfectly? Let's take a look at the difference between consistency and perfection and get a big clue to what is holding you back from starting some of those n...

Have you ever thought about the things that we do to make ourselves feel better? How do you get through a stressful day? Can we find any lessons in taking a look at the way that babies learn to self-soothe themselves? How do they do it and what is at the root of what we do? Let's talk about this so that we can find the ways that are most effective and healthy for our lives. 

How do you decide what it is that you fit into your morning routine? Have you had the same morning routine for years and years? Or does it change over time? Or is it completely different every day? What are your morning tasks tied to? Is it the short-term goals that you have for the day? Or do any of your tasks get you a little bit closer to your long-term goals? Let's jump in and look at how...

Sometimes you find yourself in a difficult decision. Maybe it's even a small decision, but it feels like a little tug of war between what you want in the moment and what you wish that you would decide to give yourself what it is that you like in the long run. When this happens, I have a tool for you that you can use to make it feel easier. Learning the art of practice is one way to kick perfe...

Do you ever wish that you could have more control over things in your life? What about over other people or even over things like our country's election? It can feel terrible wrestling with the fact that we just don't have control over things. Let's take a look at how shifting your mindset just a little bit can help you let go a little bit. Can help you focus on something else. Can...

Think about the way that you live your every-day life. How many days seem the same? How many days are filled with activities that are closely aligned with your core values? We have all established some habits that we WANT to keep. They are habits that help us stay close to those values. Or they propel us towards our goals. And then we have other habits. That feel comforting but are not as aligned...

What are you doing right now? Right this very minute? Now I know that you are looking at the description on this episode, but what else is going on in your life today? Can you picture others who are having the same kind of day as you today? What about the exact opposite kind of day? Let's take a look at another tool for your toolbox that can help to put your life into perspective very quickly...

Have you ever had a See and Say wheel when you were little? If not, are you familiar with that old toy where you pull down the lever or pull the string to see which farm animal it will land on and make that noise? We are going to talk about what that old vintage toy has to do with choosing the thoughts in your head, the feelings that you have and the actions that you choose. After listening to thi...

We all want things and we all like things. What is the difference, really? Very often it is easy to identify the things that we want. It requires an action to give something to ourselves right away, in the moment. It takes a little bit more considering to figure out what the things are that we like. Usually it's a good feeling that we get after something happens. Or when we are proud of ourse...

We all get stressed sometimes. We all find ourselves in situations when we reach for a tried and true strategy to help us to calm down. To help us to decide something. To help us to be accepting, to be kind, to stop judging someone else or ourselves. We tend to use the same strategies over and over again. Some of them work well. Sometimes we try a strategy that does not work well enough. And we th...

When was the last time that you made a big decision? How did it affect or change your life? Did you stick to it? Come with me this week and learn the definition of decision that changed the way that I think about my decisions. It was an AHA moment this week that I want to share with you. It was something that I used to motivate me and change the view that I have about the decisions that I make. I...

When you have a big block of time in front of you, how do you handle it? Do you have a to-do list a mile long? Do you spend more time than you should relaxing? How productive is your day? Is it hit-or-miss if it will be a super-productive day or a wash? Here is a tried-and-true strategy that you can use to make sure that you will always hit it out of the park AND have your time to rest and rejuven...

What are the big milestones that you have achieved in your life? What are the ones that you have coming up? Think about your biggest goals. Today we are going to talk about what ACTUALLY makes up the important stuff of your life. You will be surprised that it just might not be those big goals. This is a practical episode that can help you to start enjoying your life a little bit more, right now: t...

Why is it that we look at other people who have accomplished big goals, or the goals that WE want to accomplish, and somehow believe that they have gotten to that point all by themselves? Why do we stop and start and struggle, by trying to figure things out by ourselves? We know that there are people who would be happy to help us, but something is getting in our way from getting that help- what is...

What is the goal that you have kept in the back of your mind for a while now? The one that you keep delaying starting on? Guess what? It's time to stop putting that one on the back burner. We are getting started with this goal THIS WEEK and I will do it right along with you! Let's have a chat about why you haven't gotten started yet and find out what is involved on stepping aboard t...

Think about the current goals that you have for yourself. Especially the goals that have been goals for a while. What are you doing to obtain those? Have you outlined all of the steps to get there? Are you following those steps most of the time? I bet that if someone asked you how committed you feel towards this goal, you might say that you are fully committed. Let's take a look at why your b...

Have you done something recently that had you questioning why you did it after the fact? And how did you ask yourself that question? Was it with judgement and shame? Did you feel upset with yourself, or angry, or ashamed? Let's take a look at what element could be much more useful when you find yourself asking that question of yourself. There is a way to make that a powerful question that can...

What is that you really get out of a coaching session? If we don't go to a coach for expert advice, and we don't go to a coach to tell us what it is that we should do, then what is it that coaching can offer to us? It is a chance to have someone to help us to examine our own minds and our own thinking. There are tiny, little perspective shifts that we can make that will change a lot. Her...