The Coaching Lab: Health, Wellness & Performance! (Brad Cooper, PhD)
Welcome to The Coaching Lab podcast, your trusted source for engaging, evidence-based, thought-provoking health, wellness & high-performance insights for those looking to improve their lives (or coaches/clinicians looking to enhance client outcomes). The Coaching Lab is the evidence-based journey toward better! If you've been looking for a health & wellness podcast that avoids the fluff and the headline-chasing fads while providing practical, real-world guidance, you just found it. We bring together the world's foremost experts, from world-class researchers and best-selling authors to elite athletes and coaches, sharing their insights about how to make the most of your personal and professional life. If you're looking for an entertaining format to help optimize your own health, wellness and performance through such evidence-based practices, this is the place for you! The Coaching Lab podcast is hosted by Dr. Brad Cooper, who brings a uniquely expansive background to the table. He has a PhD in performance psychology along with Masters degrees in both physical therapy (MSPT) and business (MBA) and a Bachelors degree in biology. He is CEO/Co-founder of Catalyst Coaching, an internationally recognized speaker, and elite masters endurance athlete (11 time Ironman, including 4 times at the Hawaii Ironman World Championship, winner of the 2-person 3,000 cycling Race Across America and 2:47 marathoner). Most importantly, he's husband to Suzanna (celebrating 30 years of marriage) and Dad to three amazing kids, now ages 30, 28 and 25. You can tap into Dr. Cooper's "NOT DONE YET!" (Fitness & Life After 50) publication free of charge at https://betterpath.substack.com/
Latest episodes
Sep 16, 2018 • 29min
Employee Wellness Strategy Keys (Steve Percival, HR Executive)
38 year veteran of Human Resources and Benefits guru Steve Percival sits down with Catalyst to discuss the ins and outs of providing health and wellness coaching within an organizational setting. If you're a health coach, wellness coach, employee wellness program manager or coordinator, broker, consultant who is involved in an organizational wellness program, this episode is a great place to start!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 (freely available) Not Done Yet! articles on unlocking life's 2nd half here. YouTube Coaching Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/CoachingChannel Contact us: Results@CatalystCoaching360.comTwitter: @Catalyst2ThriveWebsite: CatalystCoaching360.comIf you are a current or future health & wellness coach, please check out our Health & Wellness Coaching Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/278207545599218. This is a wonderful group if you are looking for encouragement, ideas, resources and more.
Aug 24, 2018 • 32min
What it's REALLY Like to Be a Health and Wellness Coach
Are you considering pursuing a career as a health and wellness coach? Or maybe you're a current coach but you've lost your original energy and passion? This revealing interview with two experienced and nationally board certified coaches pulls back the curtain and allows you the opportunity to look behind the scenes. You'll learn why they became coaches, strategies they've taken to help their clients make positive changes, how it's influenced their lives, hear some intriguing stories about their approaches and much, much more in this engaging episode!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 (freely available) Not Done Yet! articles on unlocking life's 2nd half here. YouTube Coaching Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/CoachingChannel Contact us: Results@CatalystCoaching360.comTwitter: @Catalyst2ThriveWebsite: CatalystCoaching360.comIf you are a current or future health & wellness coach, please check out our Health & Wellness Coaching Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/278207545599218. This is a wonderful group if you are looking for encouragement, ideas, resources and more.
Aug 20, 2018 • 21min
Evidence Based Health Coach: Sleep, Exercise and Mental Health
The world of health and wellness is filled with fads and deceptive headlines. You're better than that - and we're going to do our best to help support you in digging through the "fake wellness news" and focus on peer reviewed research that can be effectively integrated directly into your coaching practice. In this episode, we'll review two key research articles (one on sleep and one on mental health and exercise) for the highlights you can bring to your clients and your own life. If you thought research was boring - you haven't tuned into our special Applied Coaching Research episode! 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 (freely available) Not Done Yet! articles on unlocking life's 2nd half here. YouTube Coaching Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/CoachingChannel Contact us: Results@CatalystCoaching360.comTwitter: @Catalyst2ThriveWebsite: CatalystCoaching360.comIf you are a current or future health & wellness coach, please check out our Health & Wellness Coaching Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/278207545599218. This is a wonderful group if you are looking for encouragement, ideas, resources and more.
Aug 17, 2018 • 29min
NBHWC National Board Certification Exam - What You Need to Know as a Coach
The profession of health and wellness coaching changed significantly in 2017 when the NBHWC (National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching - sometimes referenced in the past as the ICHWC) created a National Board Certification for Health and Wellness Coaches. In this episode, we'll be interviewing Sabryna Liddle and Susan McGarry, two individuals who were not only among the first group to pass the board certification, but are also on the committee to help design future questions for the exam. If you're a current or future health and wellness coach, this episode is critical to your future. They'll explain all the ins and outs of the exam, how to prepare, what it means for your future career and where the profession is heading as a result.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 (freely available) Not Done Yet! articles on unlocking life's 2nd half here. YouTube Coaching Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/CoachingChannel Contact us: Results@CatalystCoaching360.comTwitter: @Catalyst2ThriveWebsite: CatalystCoaching360.comIf you are a current or future health & wellness coach, please check out our Health & Wellness Coaching Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/278207545599218. This is a wonderful group if you are looking for encouragement, ideas, resources and more.
Aug 13, 2018 • 21min
1st Ever Episode!! The 4 C's of Health and Wellness Coaching
Welcome to the Catalyst 360 Podcast! In this kick-off episode, we'll introduce you to the format, some of the upcoming topics and then introduce the 4 C's of health, wellness and performance coaching: Competence... Credibility... Clientele... and Calling. Not a coach? We hope you'll stick around, as this podcast [this note being added after almost 100 episodes recorded] has become one of the most popular podcasts anywhere on the topics of evidence-based, practical and engaging health, wellness, performance and general self-improvement. We have been fortunate to have a "who's who" list of best-selling authors, world-renowned researchers and elite athletes and coaches join us over the first 100 episodes and we're just getting started!In addition to getting a sense about the direction and focus of the Catalyst 360 Podcast, you'll also garner some valuable insights about several key elements for your career if you are a coach. Whether you're an experienced coach looking optimize your results, a new coach looking for tips to get started on the right foot, or someone considering pursuing a career as a health coach or wellness coach, you've come to the right place!You might also enjoy our YouTube Coaching channel, available here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK04uLaZyPSAjtsOeTfw1vA/Thanks for trusting us with your time. Now let's go pursue Better!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 (freely available) Not Done Yet! articles on unlocking life's 2nd half here. YouTube Coaching Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/CoachingChannel Contact us: Results@CatalystCoaching360.comTwitter: @Catalyst2ThriveWebsite: CatalystCoaching360.comIf you are a current or future health & wellness coach, please check out our Health & Wellness Coaching Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/278207545599218. This is a wonderful group if you are looking for encouragement, ideas, resources and more.
