<blockquote "The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change." </blockquote -- Carl Rogers Most of your clients decided to sign up for your services after months or even years of playing a personal mental battle. A battle in which one part of their psyche pressured...
The first weeks of Habitry’s online program, Essentials of Group Coaching, have been illuminating for our coaches. This program is special because it’s discussion-driven rather than content-driven. Keeping the program focused on discussion (rather than pre-fabricated lessons) helps ensure that the...
I want to share with you a system I have found that helps me focus on what matters for moving my online coaching business forward as well as reduce the feelings of anxiety and overwhelm that can creep up all too often. As my days became busier with our growing groups and I had a constantly growing...
Have you been itching to get to a Motivate Summit, but there just wasn’t one close enough to you? Well good news! Soon, there’ll likely be one in your backyard… Last September, I had this crazy idea of bringing a bunch of people with the same problems together into the same room at the same time....
Coach Stevo is back to talk about proven ways to solidify habits, how to build communities from 2 and beyond, making better decisions, finding what you really want, and more!
The average career lifespan of a personal trainer is 3 years. Many of them drop out after 18-24 months. What’s kicking trainers out of the fitness industry? What do they need to survive past this critical time? It’s not about getting more knowledge of exercise science. It’s about developing a...
Our first instinct when trying to make a change is to change ourselves. Or, if we are helping another person make a change, we try to help them change themselves. It’s a mistake. We try to change people as if they exist in a vacuum. But people don’t live in a vacuum. People are like fish, and fish...
Wearables giant FitBit made their initial public offering recently, and the development has ramifications for the entire fitness industry. In this podcast, Coach Stevo of Habitry and Matt McGunagle of StrengthPortal talk about what this news means for coaches and personal trainers and why it's so...
In this episode of the Super Strength Show, Stevo Ledbetter takes us on his journey to becoming a Sport Psychology and Behaviour Change Coach. During this interview Coach Stevo teaches you how to master your life through courage, consistency, and community. More Specifically in this Episode The...
June is going to be a huge month for habit-based coaching. I started Habitry, Co. with Vanessa Naylon in September of 2014 with a mission to "help the most people help the most people." We wanted to create a space where coaches of all kinds could come together and talk about working with clients to...
We love fitness. We love helping people. We love helping our clients reach their goals and beyond. But not all of us are able to make a business doing so, or if we do have a business, we would love to be able to expand without eliminating the precious little time we have to live our own lives. What...
For the week of May 21, 2015 Here’s a new crop of shareables for your social media. Send ‘em to the clients who are looking for a boost today. We’re featuring a video from our Motivation Myth Busting series: And here are 8 more links you should view and strew! Check out the first contribution from...
In this Physique Science Podcast episode, we chat with Coach Stevo about behavior change, working clients, and different coaching methods. Stevo is the nutrition and behavior change consultant at San Francisco Crossfit. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the NSCA and...
In 1963, Jean Nidetch was desperate. She wasn’t desperate to lose weight. In fact, she had lost 20lbs over the previous year. No, Jean Nidetch was desperate to keep the weight off. So she invited 6 friends over to her house to talk about it. Not to talk about solutions. Or fads. Or calories. Just...
There is a quote, probably apocryphal, that changed how I thought about working with clients when I read it. <blockquote "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses. " </blockquote -- Henry Ford Many clients come to us thinking they know what they need to change...
For the week of April 23, 2015 Habit-based coaching often requires us to debunk long-held beliefs about behavior change All of this week’s authors are doing just that — on the topics of food rules, failing to go to the gym, mindfulness, and before/after photos. Let’s start with James Clear, who, by...
In this episode I interview Steven Ledbetter aka Coach Stevo. Steven M. Ledbetter, aka “Coach Stevo” is a bonafide fitness nerd. He has a BA in Philosophy from the University of Chicago, an MA in Sport Psychology from John F. Kennedy University, is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist,...
<blockquote "People don’t want to build a foundation." </blockquote <blockquote "Everyone wants a ‘quick fix.’" </blockquote <blockquote "How do I convince clients that there are no shortcuts?" </blockquote <blockquote "They want to get in shape in no time." </blockquote At every Motivate Summit,...
Well, people. We wrote a damn book. A really awesome book of which we are hella proud. It's 204 pages of the entertaining and evidence-based goodness that you'd expect from Habitry, Co. It's got dozens of tips, lots of great stories, and pictures of Coach Stevo as a 14 year-old. What's it about?...
Motivate OAK, June 27-28, will be unlike any other conference in the fitness industry. There will be no set agenda. No keynote speakers. Like Motivate SLC and Motivate NYC, our one and only goal is to provide a space for the most passionate people in the fitness world to come together and talk...