The Catapult Effect

Summary: In Part 1, Katie sits down with her friend and colleague Kalyca Zarich, strategist, consultant and founder of High Impact, for a conversation about what it really takes to stop grinding and start growing exponentially. Kalyca introduces her framework of two trajectories: the linear path, where results are directly tied to effort, and the quantum or exponential path, where that correlation...

Summary : In Part 3, Barb and Katie wrap up with a conversation about time boundaries, why rest feels unsafe, and what is really happening in the nervous system when we cannot stop producing. Barb shares how she went from coaching seven days a week and recording her podcast on Sunday nights to protecting her weekends entirely, and how the Pomodoro technique and time blocking changed her ability to...

Summary : In Part 2, Barb and Katie continue the conversation by going deeper into what happens when you actually start building boundaries and why the transition period feels so uncomfortable. Barb shares her own journey from volunteering for 15 nonprofits to learning to pour from the overflow, and introduces the concept of picking your discomfort: the lifelong, never-ending discomfort of dysfunc...

Summary : In Part 1, Katie sits down with Barb Nangle, boundaries coach, speaker, author and podcast host of Fragmented to Whole, for one of the most grounding conversations this season. Barb's life transformed at age 52 through 12-step recovery, where she discovered that the antidote to decades of codependence, people-pleasing and self-neglect was learning to build healthy boundaries. She op...

Summary In this episode, Katie Wrigley demystifies nervous system regulation, clarifying what it truly means and how to achieve it. She shares practical tools, personal stories, and debunks common myths to help listeners understand and regulate their nervous systems effectively.  Takeaways Nervous system regulation is not about feeling calm all the time. Tools like cognomovement can help regulate...

Summary: In this special solo episode, Katie officially announces her upcoming book, From Crutches to Half Marathon: A Cognomovement Journey from Childhood Trauma to a Reclaimed Life. She shares the story behind why she wrote it, who she wrote it for, and what is inside. From the 18 months she spent mostly on crutches and the temporary disability that changed everything, to the forgiveness practic...

Summary: In this episode, Katie sits down with Jennifer DeMarco, WordPress web designer and SEO strategist with 14 years of experience helping service-based business owners turn their websites into consistent lead generators. Jennifer breaks down what SEO actually means beyond the surface-level advice most entrepreneurs receive, why the psychology of your website matters more than how it looks, an...

Summary: In this solo episode, Katie shares what she calls her biggest pet peeve and it is not aimed at the people doing it. It is aimed at the system that taught them. The habit? Making anxiety, depression, trauma and pain yours by saying "my anxiety," "my trauma," "my depression." Katie explains why this small language shift has a profound neurological and energetic...

Summary: In this solo episode, Katie introduces the concept of margin, the inner space and capacity we have available to handle whatever life throws at us and why building it might be the most important thing an entrepreneur can do. She shares a moving story from a client who was in a car accident and, for the first time in her life, did not spiral. She simply assessed the situation, checked on ot...

Summary: In this raw and deeply personal solo episode, Katie explores one of the most misunderstood patterns she sees in her clients and in herself: the way unresolved trauma creates behaviors that push people away, even when all we want is to pull them closer. She shares her own story of finally seeing a toxic belief system that had been running beneath the surface for most of her life, rooted in...

Summary: In Part 2, Laura and Katie get practical about self-regulation and building real resilience. Laura shares her favourite tools for clearing energy, staying grounded and managing the relentless stress of modern life from forest bathing and movement to showers, dimmer switches and the surprising truth about caffeine and alcohol. They also have a candid and refreshingly honest conversation ab...

Summary: In Part 1, Katie sits down with Laura Hoorweg, spiritual counselor, intuitive coach and psychic medium, for a conversation that blends science, spirituality and a whole lot of practical wisdom. Laura breaks down the three steps to activating your intuition, why signs from your guides are everywhere once you start looking, and how the reticular activating system in your brain actually help...

Summary: In this special solo episode, Katie shares a real client story with full permission and under a pseudonym. Her client Sharon doubled her business in just two months and Katie walks through exactly what they worked on to make that possible. It was not a new sales strategy or marketing overhaul. It was two Cognomovement sessions, one month apart, where they worked through a lifelong pattern...

Summary: In Part 2, Dr. Stephen Paul Edwards and Katie dive into what toxic relationship patterns actually do to your business, why entrepreneurs are especially vulnerable, and how the work you do on yourself directly determines the success you build. Stephen explores the connection between personal patterns and professional ones, the power of boundaries, and why everything that is happening to yo...

Summary: In this episode, Katie welcomes Dr. Stephen Paul Edwards, an English businessman turned spiritual counselor with a PhD in spiritual counseling. Known for his precision, discipline, and high-achieving career, Stephen spent decades building successful ventures, tearing them down, and rebuilding again, never quite understanding that the restlessness driving him was rooted in running away fro...

Summary: In Part 2, Josee and Katie continue their conversation by diving into the practical side of sustainable high performance. Josee explores what positive leadership really looks like both at work and at home, why toxic positivity is just as damaging as ignoring problems entirely, and how to have the difficult conversations that actually move things forward. They also get into what happens to...

Summary: In Part 1, Katie sits down with Josee Tremblay, professional engineer, Principal in Decision Sciences, board director and Amazon number one bestselling author of Us and Yet, to explore what it really takes to balance a high-achieving career with a full personal life. Josee challenges the myth of work-life balance right from the start, reframing it as one life with many moving parts that a...

Summary: In Part 2, Katie continues her conversation with Carol Enneking, diving deeper into the realities of entrepreneurship, resilience, and redefining success in a way that actually supports your life. Carol opens up about the pivotal life moments that shaped her journey, moving between corporate and entrepreneurship, navigating unexpected personal challenges, and ultimately finding her way ba...

Summary: In Part 1, Katie sits down with Carol Enneking, leadership advisor, keynote speaker and bestselling author of The Rebalancing Act, to explore what it really means to redefine success without burning out. Carol shares her remarkable journey from high-profile corporate roles to accidental entrepreneurship, back to corporate after a surprise divorce, and back to entrepreneurship again and ho...

Summary: Katie Wrigley and Hailey (psychic nervous system coach) reveal sneaky burnout signals high-achievers miss , like stomach flutters, unfinished sentences, and nervous system shock from positive change. Hailey shares instant grounding hacks (humming, armpit pressure points, eye palm pressing) plus why therapy alone often fails without in-the-moment regulation. Perfect for entrepreneurs hitti...

Summary : In Part 1, Katie sits down with Hailey Coleman, also known as the Psychic Nervous System Coach, to explore how our environment, relationships and unprocessed trauma silently drive our stress responses. Hailey opens up about her own experience leaving an emotionally abusive relationship and how full body panic attacks became the wake-up call that sent her on a path to healing. Together, K...

Summary : In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Katie sits down with Matthew Campbell, PhD, clinical psychologist and creator of the Primal Five framework, to explore why so many entrepreneurs feel chronically stressed, exhausted and overwhelmed despite living in the most convenient era in human history. Matthew explains that modern life has outpaced human evolution, and the five biological fou...

Summary : In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Katie sits down with Matthew Campbell, PhD, clinical psychologist and creator of the Primal Five framework, to explore why so many entrepreneurs feel chronically stressed, exhausted and overwhelmed despite living in the most convenient era in human history. Matthew explains that modern life has outpaced human evolution, and the five biological fou...

Summary In part two, Katie and Kate pick up the conversation by walking through Kate's 90-day Hire to Rise Roadmap — the exact process she uses to help solopreneurs find, vet, and onboard the right VA. They explore why rushing the hiring process always costs more in the long run, how conscious leadership creates a foundation of trust and collaboration, and how to handle VA mistakes with curio...

Summary In part one of this episode of the Catapult Effect podcast, host Katie Wrigley speaks with Kate Lenihan, founder of Rise Hire Consulting, about how overwhelmed solopreneurs can find and hire the right virtual assistant. They discuss why the first VA hire often goes wrong, the importance of thorough onboarding, and how to evaluate whether your VA is truly moving the needle in your business....