The Coaching Lab: Evidence-Based High Performance & Wellbeing

Are you looking to give your life a turbo boost? Do you need clarity around the direction you're heading, the goals you're setting, the adventures you're pursuing? It all starts with a vision and this episode will help you dial in a powerful, clear, personal vision for your life heading into 2022. If you'd like to see specific examples of from Dr. Cooper, they are available via...

What is it like to be one of the most successful coaches in history? How does that coach respond to a cancer diagnosis not once but 3 different times? What emotions accompany being named NBA Coach of the Year and then being fired weeks later?  Welcome to the Health, Wellness & Performance Podcast. Today’s guest is Coach George Karl, the 3x cancer survivor who sits #6 on the all-time winningest...

Do our muscles automatically get weaker as we age? Is it just a fact of life that we’ll become slow and wimpy over time? What magical supplements are available that can make us a decade younger?  Welcome to the latest episode of the Catalyst Health, Wellness and Performance Coaching Podcast. Today’s guest is Dr. Vita Sonyak. She has done some fascinating research on aging muscle and the difference...

Are you ready to join me in a stretching routine? Now I’m not talking about stretching our muscles – I’m talking our minds. Look around your gym, your running club and cycling friends, or your social media connections – does everyone look and sound like you? And hey – I’ll be the first to admit as a middle-age, middle-class white guy that I’m the LAST person in the world to provide any insights ab...

As of this recording, almost precisely 2/3rds of the eligible US population has had at least 1 dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. This interview with Dr. Michelle Barron, the Senior Medical Director and Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) of UC Health, will address all the questions you submitted to us. If you still have questions about the vaccine and are looking for credible answers, Dr. Barr...

What if you could work less but get more done? Seriously – less hours – better results. I don’t know about you – but I’m all in – and when today’s guest agreed to join us to share his insights on this topic, I could hardly wait to tap his brain. Welcome to the latest episode of the Catalyst Health, Wellness & Performance Coaching Podcast. Today’s guest is Dr. Alex Pang, best-selling author of...

Creatine – it’s the go-to supplement for professional and college athletes or muscleheads pumping iron in the gym, right? Yes – that was the thought back in the 1990s. However, as we approach 2022, the evidence clearly shows there are benefits for ALL of us relative to brain health, sarcopenia, balance and more. Welcome to the latest episode of the Catalyst Health, Wellness & Performance Coach...

Do you believe in magic? I do – the magic of a good sleep. While much of my PhD work looked at the influence of sleep on performance, I continue to be stunned by the difference a solid night of sleep can make. It’s truly incredible – but as we’ll learn today, it might not require magic to optimize our sleep. Our guest is Dr. Chris Winter, Sleep medicine specialist, neurologist and best-selling aut...

As we approach our 200th episode of this podcast, it’s still not unusual for me to think “do the listeners know how often I question my role as the host? Yes – we’re getting a lot of downloads now, but surely at some point they’re going to say ‘why am I listening to Brad? What makes him special?’ You get the idea. In spite of having 4 college degrees, being CEO of a company for 15 years and having...

Do health & wellness programs work? What is the connection between health & productivity? Is there a way to objectively demonstrate the answer to these and other, related questions? Welcome to the latest episode of the Catalyst Health, Wellness & Performance Coaching Podcast. Today’s guest is Dr. Ron Goetzel, Senior Scientist and Director of the Institute for Health and Productivity St...

What would it be like to be a fly on the wall for a real, live coaching session with a nationally board certified health & wellness coach? This hidden gem episode with NBC-HWC Tami Duncan and NBC-HWC Susan McGarry won't be hidden for long, as it is one of your all-time favorites for good reason. So insightful to hear a live coaching session taking place (and the way in which we, as the li...

What if you could sit down with a physician and best-selling author who specialized in all of the health and wellness aspects of running and ask any question you'd like? Well, we don't literally take audience questions for this one, but Dr. Juliet McGrattan was willing to take on every single question we threw her way. You'll love her insights and appreciate the value she brings to...

What does it take to enhance performance with athletes, employee team members, teenagers, coaching clients or in your own life? This week's guest, Hugh Gilmore brings the answer to life, sharing how Motivational Interviewing and other scientifically-derived knowledge can help take us and others to another level. You can connect with Hugh in various ways here: https://linktr.ee/PodiumPsycholog...

Revitalize – the word means to imbue with new life and vitality. Is there any more important area to emphasize than that right now? But how do we tap into it? How do we help others in this area? What are the practical steps involved in making it a reality? Welcome to the latest episode of the Catalyst Health, Wellness & Performance Coaching Podcast - today’s guest is Dr. Raquel Garzon, Preside...

What if your orthopedic surgeon suggested you skip the MRI? Or if she suggested that knee scope probably isn’t worth pursuing? Or pointed out your arthritis is not due to your activity? Would you look back at the sign on the door to make sure you were actually in a surgeon’s office? Welcome to the latest episode of the Catalyst Health, Wellness & Performance Coaching podcast – one of our class...

What if you could peek into a crystal ball and see the future of health care? Would you do it? Well, we can’t offer you a crystal ball but our guest is the next best thing when it comes to health and health care design. Welcome to the latest episode of the Health, Wellness & Performance Coaching Podcast (Episode #184 - available via any podcast outlet). Today’s guest is Professor Moyez Jiwa. D...

What if everything we thought we knew about goals was wrong? What if the traditional "SMART" goals work in some situations but are exactly the opposite approach that works for the majority of us (and our coaching clients, employees, students and kids)? In episode #183 of the Health, Wellness & Performance Coaching Podcast, Dr. Trish Jackman discusses the evidence behind something cal...

Breathing. It’s so simple that unless we’re struggling to do so due to something like an asthma attack or drowning, it never even crosses our minds. But what if we’re doing it wrong? Seriously – what if developing some simple changes to the way in which we breath could improve our health, our energy levels and our outcomes in life?  Today’s guest is James Nestor, popular journalist and best-sellin...

Intermittent fasting is a term that has become popularized in recent years, but the evidence often gets lost in the headline-chasing videos, blogs and posts. If you're a health coach, wellness coach or performance coach, you're likely getting a lot of questions about this topic but it's of interest to seemingly everyone. To cut through all the baloney, we sought out one of the world...

Did you know that in 2016, you and I could be visiting over a cup of coffee and decide we wanted to be health & wellness coaches... then walk out the door and start calling ourselves a health & wellness coach? Or – a wellness company could hire nice people, put them in a call center with a script and then tell employers they offered health & wellness coaching. There were no standards....

Amy Stanton is the co-author of the best-selling book The Feminine Revolution , which will open your eyes to the opportunities we all have to tap into our natural strengths (rather than being convinced those natural traits are weaknesses). She shares tips, guidelines and more from her book and from her extensive experience as the founder of a top level national marketing firm.  Feminine traits tha...

Seeing may be believing, but is the way we see the world accurate in the first place? In this intriguing interview with best-selling author and researcher Dr. Dennis Proffitt, we are talking about his book, Perception .  You learn why the things we DO influence what we KNOW. You'll understand how our bodies change the way we perceive the world, and what it means for us on a day-to-day basis....

Our most popular guest of ALL TIME is the focus of this special Hidden Gem episode. Best-selling author Morgan Housel (The Psychology of Money) joins us this week to explain why it's not what you know about money that makes the difference but rather what's happening between the ears that has the biggest impact on our success. For more information about the Catalyst Community, earning you...

Anxiety, depression, PTSD and so many other aspects of mental health have been shown to benefit from an enhanced microbiome. But what does that even mean?!? And what practical steps do we take to enhance something we don't even understand in the first place? In this fascinating interview, Dr. Christopher Lowry, who has spent his entire career researching the answers to these questions, brings...

 In the world of health and wellness and performance, there are so much logical fallacies all around us.  In this podcast popular author Peg Tittle will talk with us about critical thinking and how to navigate the increasing dependence on logical fallacies.  Peg shares how to come back to what is the actual evidence and how to think it through starting with the building blocks of a good argument....