Changing behavior only begins when the pattern that holds you back from being your best is identified. This epiphany meant that this athlete took his first step in breaking an established pattern and actively chose to create lasting, meaningful change in his life, for which his athletic and academic identities benefitted by extension.

Change and growth are possible. The key is understanding how to manifest change from within that can easily translate to various realms of our lives. Imagine being able to outperform yourself and exceed your own expectations consistently - this is what coaching offers.

In the book A More Beautiful Question, Warren Berger writes, “When we want to shake things up and instigate change, it’s necessary to break free of familiar thought patterns and easy assumptions. We have to veer off the beaten neutral path. And we do this, in large part, by questioning.”

One of my favorite parts about coaching is helping to identify the stories that we tell ourselves. Examples of a story might be, “it’s really hard for me to act without all of the information” or “I’ve just always been a big procrastinator.” We know our stories so well that they become our truths and we allow them to shape how we make decisions, how we think through problems, and how we show up in all aspects of our life.