Exploring societal despair, evolutionary psychology, and cultural mindsets, Dr. Eve Agee and Dr. Irena O’Brien discuss how wellness professionals can foster more optimism. Learn how to combat negative biases and cultivate a hopeful future by leveraging purpose, positive action, and community.

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 what I discovered with coaching is, it actually draws a lot from cultural anthropology theory about how we view the world and how our beliefs really shape our experience.”

— Dr. Eve Agee

A leader in the field of coaching and best-selling author, Dr. Eve Agee empowers others from a place of deep authenticity and integrity. A highly respected mentor and teacher, Eve is the founder of the Transform Coaching Academy, rated as one of the top coaching certification programs in the world.

Featured in Apple News as the top Female Mindset and High-Performance coach, Eve has been a successful coach for 24 years. For the last 14 years, Eve has trained hundreds of successful coaches from around the world and her coach certification program is accredited by the International Coach Federation.

Eve brings a holistic, spiritual approach to coach training that honors each individual and has helped thousands of people transform their lives for the better and get exceptional results through her work, which has been featured on NBC, ABC, BBC, iTV, Apple News, Google News, and NPR. An anthropologist with extensive expertise in shamanism, breathwork, and holistic healing, Eve has also worked at the White House, taught at the University of Virginia, and served as a Fellow at the Carter G. Woodson Institute of African-American and African Studies.

She has won numerous awards and grants for her women’s empowerment research in the US and West Africa. Eve is committed to training people to be confident, talented coaches so they can embody their purpose with abundance and joy.

She believes skilled coaches will play an integral part in creating an abundant, sustainable future for all. It’s her mission to help those who feel called to become successful certified coaches thrive financially while empowering others.

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
Dr. Eve Agee’s website: Transform Coaching Academy and EveAgee.com
Man’s Search for Meaning (book) by Viktor Frankl: https://a.co/d/0pURUZ3

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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