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Boosting Brain-Based Strategies to Achieve Your Goals (Laura Posey)

  • Episode #29

Explore the neuroscience of goals and learn practical strategies to battle procrastination and boost productivity. Laura Posey shares her simple success roadmap, focusing on creating achievable plans and leveraging small steps for lasting success. Perfect for anyone wanting a more rewarding life.

In each episode of Neuroscience of Coaching, host Dr. Irena O’Brien explains the science-based insights behind a particular concept and interviews a coach to discuss how these apply in the real world. Just as she does in her professional programs, Irena “un-complicates” neuroscience and teaches practical, evidence-based tools and strategies that listeners can use in their coaching practices.

“And I realized the whole reason I almost died on the hike in Sedona was the same reason that my business was almost killing me. And it’s because I didn’t have a plan for either.”

— Laura Posey

Laura Posey is an internationally-recognized speaker, author, and consultant. She is known as The Simple Planning Specialist for her unique ability to simply and easily laser-focus her clients to get dramatic results. Her Simple Success Roadmap is used by more than 3000 companies from startups to Fortune 100. She is the author of How to Plan Your Entire Year On One Sheet Of Paper, and co-author with Jack Canfield of Mastering The Art Of Success.

Dr. Irena O’Brien teaches coaches and care professionals how to achieve better results for their clients through neuroscience.

She is the founder of Neuroscience School, which helps practitioners understand and apply insights from cutting-edge neuroscience research. She loves seeing her students gain confidence in their ability to evaluate neuroscience findings and use them successfully in their own practices. Her Certificate Program in Neuroscience is certified by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for Continuing Coaching Education credit.

Dr. O’Brien has studied neuroscience for 25 years and holds a Ph.D. in the field from the Université du Quebec à Montréal (UQAM), where she did brain-imaging studies. She completed her postdoctoral fellowship at the Centre for Language, Mind, and Brain at McGill University.

Resources mentioned in this episode:
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Dr. Irena O’Brien’s website: The Neuroscience School
Laura’s website: SimpleSuccessPlans.com

Credits:
Host: Dr. Irena O’Brien
Producer: Andrew Chapman
Audio Editor: Marvin del Rosario
Executive Producer: Danny Iny
Music Soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely
Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio

Music credits:
Track Title: Sneaker Smeaker
Artist: Avocado Junkie
Writer: Sander Kalmeijer
Publisher: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: Coo Coos
Artist: Dresden, The Flamingo
Writer: Matthew Wigton
Publisher: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Track Title: In This Light
Artist: Sounds Like Sander
Writer: Sander Kalmeijer
Publisher: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION

Special effects credits:

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Neuroscience of Coaching

If you're a coach and you want to understand how the brain works, this is the podcast for you. Host Dr. Irena O’Brien explains the science-based insights behind a particular concept and interviews a coach to discuss how these apply in the real world. Irena “un-complicates” neuroscience and teaches practical, evidence-based tools and strategies that listeners can use in their coaching practices.