The Coaching Lab: Evidence-Based High Performance & Wellbeing

Today’s interview w/ authors and emergency room physicians Dr. Adaira Landry and Dr. Resa Lewiss focuses on the concept of Microskills, which are built on a singular principle: Every big goal, complicated task, healthy habit, and even what we think of as character traits can be broken down into small, learnable skills that can be practiced and incorporated in real-time. They’ll share why success d...

Isaac Newton might just have been the world's first health & wellness coach! Info re earning your health & wellness coaching certification , annual Rocky Mountain Coaching Retreat & Symposium & more via https://www.catalystcoachinginstitute.com/   Best-in-class coaching for Employers, EAPs & wellness providers https://catalystcoaching360.com/ Tap into the home of the (free...

5% of the US population will have a total hip replacement by age 80 and an additional 10% will have a total knee replacement. Those are big numbers that influence both athletes and non-athletes alike and creates natural curiosity on a number of fronts: Is it inevitable? Are there things we can do to reduce our odds? How quickly should we move forward when experiencing pain? How active can we be po...

David Goggins is an incredibly fascinating individual, with a life story that reads like the script from a Rocky film. The retired Navy Seal, best-selling author and YouTube no-nonsense motivator endured an abusive childhood and a learning disability early on. At age 19 he spent 4 years in the Air Force but struggled after being discharged, as his weight ballooned from 175 to 290 and he felt he wa...

3 Big Ideas from Dr. Carlson: Identifying with/as someone else (e.g., Batman) improves impulse control in children. Psychological distancing, either via time (e.g., delaying email response 24 hours) or space (considering what someone else might do - including Batman!) can minimize the negative effects of emotions in both our personal and professional lives. Reflection about our futures enhances ou...

In this, our latest Bite-sized Boost special episode, Dr. Cooper takes a closer look at a discovery that has changed his life across a multitude of fronts. If you'd like to take a deeper dive into the process of creating a clear, personal vision, you can access that special episode with details here . Info re earning your health & wellness coaching certification , annual Rocky Mountain Co...

 It wasn’t all that long ago – 2016 – when you and I could sit down over a cup of coffee, decided becoming a health & wellness coach sounded like a cool idea, and then walk out of the coffee shop calling ourselves exactly that. Or, organizations posing as “wellness coaching companies” could hire nice people, give them a script about eating kale and exercising 3x/week and market it as such. Tho...

Today’s guest is Dr. Brent Ruby, Director of the Montana Center for Work Physiology and Exercise Metabolism. What that really means is he specializes in studying free-range humans – not in the lab like most researchers – but in the wild, where real life is happening. This has involved chasing fire crews up and down mountains and trailing ultra-athletes through Badwater, along the Race Across Ameri...

How did we get “here” when it comes to our perspective on the mind, body and the evidence-based practices that – at least I hope – guide our daily choices and the guidance provided by physicians, coaches and others? How did healthcare and medicine grow from speculative and metaphysical practices to that of reason and empirical observation? Today’s guest, esteemed psychiatrist, and best-selling aut...

Ice baths, 4 AM wake-up calls, fasts and more are garnering big-time attention on social media and elsewhere as paths to mental toughness, personal success and more. Beyond the 15 minutes of fame garnered by the post, is there any legitimate science behind these and other less dramatic ways to step into and through discomfort? And why, in the midst of the growing popularity of these strategies, do...

Perfectionism. While it may be the obvious answer to the interview question about our “greatest weaknesses,” the potential negative influence it can have on our lives is palatable – and none of us are immune. Today we have the privilege of having Dr. Thomas Curran, best-selling author of the hugely popular book The Perfection Trap: Embracing the Power of Good Enough . He is also a professor of psy...

How does a real coaching session work? What goes into it? What results stem from it? We may hear about health & wellness coaching available through our employer or EAP, see people across various social media platforms claiming to be life coaches or wellness coaches and of course see athletic coaches taking front and center on a regular basis. But what’s the difference between someone who might...

None of us like rejection, but what happens when the rejection or perceived failure triggers severe emotional pain? According to the Cleveland Clinic, the condition of Rejection Sensitive Dsyphoria, often linked with ADHD, can be due to differences in brain structure, making it difficult for your brain to regulate rejection related emotions and behaviors, escalating their resultant impact. Today’s...

“In the meantime,” is an oft-used phrase describing the moments, weeks, or months between now and an important occurrence in the future (e.g., “We’re moving this fall, but in the meantime we need to get things organized”). The phrase dates to the 14th century referencing an intervening time, building on the assumption that nothing particularly important will occur during “the meantime” (mean as in...

When it comes to food and nutrition, our default is to think of it as a math problem. But what happens when the calculator doesn’t work? What happens when we plug in 2+2 and get 7? Or 3? Or any number of other variable outcomes? When the data collected is off by 20, 30 or even 50%, how can anyone utilize that data to improve their lives? That’s exactly what is happening in the world of food and nu...

In our latest special Bite-sized Boost, Dr. Cooper discusses how to turn information into application! Info re earning your health & wellness coaching certification , annual Rocky Mountain Coaching Retreat & Symposium & more via https://www.catalystcoachinginstitute.com/   Best-in-class coaching for Employers, EAPs & wellness providers https://catalystcoaching360.com/ Tap into the...

We lose approximately 1% of our muscle mass after the age of 40. Ahhh – 1% - what’s the big deal, right? Well – for the muscular athlete, the 3% lost from age 40-43 may be barely noticeable, but what about the 25% lost by age 65 in the unconditioned office worker who doesn’t have much extra muscle to begin with? It can dramatically reduce function and decrease both quality and years of life. But t...

Welcome to the kickoff of our regular new feature for 2024: the Bite-sized Boost! We'll be continuing our regular interviews with world-class authors, researchers, coaches and athletes. However, with 300+ episodes now available in our library, we thought you might appreciate the option to get a brief (generally ~3 min) boost of hope, encouragement or an insight to move toward a better tomorro...

There is a great deal of attention being devoted to extending the lifespan, but what about the “health span” – the period of our lives during which we are not simply continuing to have a pulse, but rather the period during which we are healthy and productive. THAT’s the period we’re most interested in extending – and today we have one of the foremost experts on the subject, the head of the Healths...

This is the perfect time to pause, reflect on another year gone by, and consider the gap between the vision we have of our lives and the reality in which we presently find ourselves living. We’re going to keep things short today, but in doing so I hope that together we can set the stage for a better tomorrow.  To kick things off, I’m going to suggest something that may catch you by surprise – espe...

Author John Maxwell is credited for providing the reminder that “Change is inevitable. Growth is optional.” But I have a feeling he hadn’t yet met today’s guest or realized the power of the Catalyst Community.  Welcome to 2024. The new year always brings a fresh hope of positive change and with that, we knew exactly who would be the perfect guest to kick off your new year – the Master of Change hi...

Are you a fan of the Catalyst 360 podcast, now in the 6th season with over 300 episodes? Or maybe you're looking for a new podcast covering engaging, evidence-based insights to enhance your health, wellbeing or high performance pursuits? Or perhaps you're a health & wellness coach, therapist or other clinician seeking trusted resources for your clients? Regardless of what brought you...

Money. It pervades every aspect of our lives. It influences relationships, directs our career choices, impacts our use of time, where we live and why we get up in the morning. It causes worry, creates artificial feelings of security – and insecurity, drives wedges between families and business partners and so much more. And today, the one and only Gordo Byrn joins us to dig into to everyday practi...

What is the potential connection between heat therapy, exercise, cognition and Alzheimer’s? Are hot tubs and saunas good for our health? And what is happening at the molecular level when it comes to chronic diseases and does that provide any additional clues about how to live our lives? Those questions and more are on the table today as Dr. Paige Geiger joins us here on the latest episode – our 30...

Special 300th episode features one of the original developers of Motivational Interviewing: Dr. Stephen Rollnick!!! It’s hard to believe this is our 300th episode of a podcast we started in an attempt to bring a more evidence-based approach back to the world of health & wellness, a world that too often chases $$$ by leaning in on fads and headlines. Frankly, I was already feeling overwhelmed w...