The Coaching Lab: Health, Wellness & Performance! (Brad Cooper, PhD)

By: Brad Cooper PhD (Catalyst Coaching)
  • Summary

  • 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/

    © 2025 The Coaching Lab: Health, Wellness & Performance! (Brad Cooper, PhD)
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Episodes
  • Coaching & Counseling: Everything You Need to Know
    Mar 10 2025

    Welcome to a special episode of The Coaching Lab, where we’re discussing a hot topic in the world of health & wellness coaching: Coaching and Counseling. What’s the difference? How do they complement one another? Can one replace the other? Does coaching have a role within employee assistance programs? Are there red flags to look for related to either of the two? With mental health garnering critical attention nationally, it’s a subject that must be addressed, whether for coaches, counselors, employers, EAP providers or the general public.

    Our guest, Suzanna Cooper, is both a licensed counselor and a nationally board-certified health and wellness coach and recognized nationally as a thought leader in the field. Her background includes two master's degrees and two licenses covering counseling and occupational therapy. In addition, she has combined this with advanced training in positive behavior change with a specialized focused on intrinsic motivation and motivational interviewing. Suzanna is also one of a very select group of individuals who have been invited to participate in the motivational interviewing network of trainers, a collection of the best and brightest minds from across the globe in this specialty area. She currently serves as the chief learning officer for the Catalyst Coaching Institute and speaks regularly at conferences and events nationwide. Personally, she's the mom to three adult children, married for 32 years to the luckiest man in the world and enjoys everything from hiking to skiing, paddleboarding to running, and especially hanging out with her granddaughters.

    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.com
    Twitter: @Catalyst2Thrive
    Website: CatalystCoaching360.com

    If 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.

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    35 mins
  • Steve Magness - Win the Inside Game (Part II)
    Feb 24 2025

    For the first time in our 350+ episodes, we split an interview into two separate episodes due to the wonderful depth and length of this outstanding discussion with best-selling author, athlete and coach Steve Magness! If you missed the first half of the interview, you can access it via any podcast app.

    To access additional tools & resources from Steve, please visit https://www.stevemagness.com/ or follow him on X @stevemagness

    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.com
    Twitter: @Catalyst2Thrive
    Website: CatalystCoaching360.com

    If 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.

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    46 mins
  • Steve Magness - Win the Inside Game!
    Feb 10 2025

    The great Yogi Berra was famous for saying “Baseball is 90% mental. The other half is physical.” While that brings a smile to our face, he may have been onto something… something that applies to each of us across the spectrum of pursuits. We look to bring the very best version of ourselves as we step up to the plate each day across various personal, professional and athletic pursuits. And today’s guest, best-selling author, elite athlete and coach Steve Magness will provide the insights we need to bolster that 90% mental in with Yogi’s other half of the equation. Steve is one of an incredibly short list of returning guests over our 350+ episodes for a reason. Your toolbox to bolster your own life or that of your clients will no doubt be filled to overflowing at the conclusion of Steve’s time with us today. I have all 5 of Steve's books - exceptional! You can access more info about Steve and his work at https://www.stevemagness.com/ or on X at @stevemagness

    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.com
    Twitter: @Catalyst2Thrive
    Website: CatalystCoaching360.com

    If 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.

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    48 mins

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