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Does focusing on what you want actually bring it to you? Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas holds manifestation, the reticular activating system, and subconscious reprogramming up against the research to see what still stands. The science these ideas borrow from is real, but the claims built on top of it are a different story. In this episode, she covers: What a study of over 1,000 people found when researchers compared manifestation beliefs to objective markers of successHow manifestation borrows terms like quantum entanglement and the observer effect, and what they actually mean in physicsWhat the reticular activating system really does, and the frequency illusion behind the red car theoryA 1991 study that swapped the labels on subliminal self-help tapes, and what people reported afterwardWhy beliefs still matter enormously, and why self-efficacy gets built by taking action first  If you’ve ever taken something showing up everywhere as a sign you were meant to go for it, this episode is for you.   Episodes Referenced: Is NLP a Legit Method for Coaching? | EP 115Why Vision Boards Don't Actually Work | EP 113  Connect with me on Instagram! LEAVE A REVIEW, WIN A WORKSHOP! After you leave your review, take a screenshot and upload it to this form to be entered to win Want me to answer your questions on my next Q&A episode? Send a voice note or drop your questions here --  Sources: Dixon, L. J., Hornsey, M. J., & Hartley, N. “The Secret” to Success? The Psychology of Belief in Manifestation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 51(1), 49–65 (online 2023)  Greenwald, A. G., Spangenberg, E. R., Pratkanis, A. R., & Eskenazi, J. (1991). Double-blind tests of subliminal self-help audiotapes National Academies of Sciences review on subliminal self-help audio

In this Q&A episode, Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas answers your questions, from the fixed mindset belief she’s struggled with most to what to do when a client can’t picture a better future for themselves. She also gets into the ripple effect of 6 years of running a certification business for health and fitness professionals, mindset basics for parents, and one conspiracy theory she can’t believe she talked about on the podcast. In this episode, she covers: The fixed mindset belief Dr. Kasey Jo has wrestled with most and how she talks herself through it in real timeHow one certified coach’s impact spreads to hundreds of clients (and how one Instagram post can change a check-in that same day)The question to ask when a client says they can’t visualize a better futureWhy positive visualization on its own can actually backfireHow to praise effort instead of ability and give people real choices, with takeaways that carry right over to coaching clients  If you’ve ever had a client who couldn’t see themselves reaching their goals, this episode is for you.   Episodes Referenced:  Why Vision Boards Don't Actually Work | EP 113  Connect with me on Instagram! LEAVE A REVIEW, WIN A WORKSHOP! After you leave your review, take a screenshot and upload it to this form to be entered to win Want me to answer your questions on my next Q&A episode? Send a voice note or drop your questions here

When a client skips check-ins or falls off track for a few weeks, a lot of coaches decide it's time to deliver some tough love. Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas breaks down why being hard on your clients and challenging your clients are not the same thing, and why the harsh version usually costs you the follow-through you're trying to get.   In this episode, she covers: The two very different things that get lumped together under "tough love"What the righting reflex is and how it shows up in both harsh and helpful-sounding coachingWhy confronting a client makes them argue for staying exactly the sameThe confrontation, labeling, and expert traps and what they do to client ownershipHow to keep a high standard while getting curious before you get corrective If you've ever had a client nod along to a hard conversation and then stop checking in altogether, this episode is for you.   Connect with me on Instagram! LEAVE A REVIEW, WIN A WORKSHOP! After you leave your review, take a screenshot and upload it to this form to be entered to win Want me to answer your questions on my next Q&A episode? Send a voice note or drop your questions here   Sources:  (Moyers et al. 2009)(Miller, Benefield, & Tonigan 1993)(Moyers & Martin, 2006)(Miller & Rollnick)

A popular coaching software just rolled out AI that promises one coach can manage hundreds of clients, with check-ins that write themselves. Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas breaks down what that pitch is really selling, where AI can truly help coaches, and the line she thinks the industry is starting to cross. She also gets honest about how she uses AI in her own business, and why it still gets things confidently wrong.   In this episode, she covers: The contradiction hiding in the "scale to hundreds of clients" pitchWhy managing 200 clients isn't the same as coaching themWhat happened when her own AI, trained on six years of coaching material still came up with claims that weren't trueWhy some coaches reach for AI because of a confidence problem, not a time problemHow HMCC is building responsible AI support for coaches (meet Mindy, the Mindset Co-Coach)  If you've ever wondered whether using AI in your coaching is helping you or slowly replacing you, this episode is for you.   Connect with me on Instagram!   LEAVE A REVIEW, WIN A WORKSHOP! After you leave your review, take a screenshot and upload it to this form to be entered to win   Want me to answer your questions on my next Q&A episode? Send a voice note or drop your questions here

"So, are you analyzing me right now?" Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas gets asked this all the time, and the honest answer is kind of... yes. In this personal episode, she connects her Spanish lessons to what it feels like to learn mindset and behavior change coaching (like learning a "language"), and shares how that "fluency" shows up in her friendships, dating life, and relationships (for better and for worse). In this episode, she covers: How HMCC alumni underestimate what they know because they forget how hard it was to learnWhat happens when a question she asks strangers at a bar tough questionsWhy framing matters so much in hard conversations, and why it's easy to blame the other person for getting defensiveThe moment she has to tell herself to stop being a researcher and just be a partner  Episodes Referenced:  EP 57: Tips from a Mindset Researcher: Dating and Hiring People EP 62: How to Overcome Impostor Syndrome: Mindset Shifts to Try EP 66: Things I Say to Myself in the Mirror  Connect with me on Instagram! LEAVE A REVIEW, WIN A WORKSHOP! After you leave your review, take a screenshot and upload it to this form to be entered to win Want me to answer your questions on my next Q&A episode? Send a voice note or drop your questions here

Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas breaks down exercise science research showing that even experienced lifters chronically underestimate how many reps they have left, and the further they are from failure, the more wrong they usually are. She connects it to a coaching principle that goes way beyond the gym: discomfort is not the same thing as your actual limit. In this episode, she covers: Why even experienced lifters underestimate how many reps they actually have leftThe research on anchoring and how saying a number out loud becomes your ceilingWhy discomfort gets mistaken for your true limit, and what that means for how you coachHow the GROW model's optimization pillar applies to unrecognized capacity, in the gym and with clientsWhy chronically underestimating your capacity isn't a skills problem, it's a perception problem Episodes Referenced:  #92: The Science of Not Giving Up (And How to Coach It)  Connect with me on Instagram! LEAVE A REVIEW, WIN A WORKSHOP! After you leave your review, take a screenshot and upload it to this form to be entered to win Want me to answer your questions on my next Q&A episode? Send a voice note or drop your questions here   Sources:  (Halperin et al., 2022)(Zourdos et al., 2019)(Armes et al., 2020)

Most coaches think a bigger promise sells better. Dr. Kasey Jo sits down with marketing expert (and real-life friend) Dr. Matt Shiver to make the case that it's actually setting clients up to fail. They dig into a question most coaches never ask: what does "success" even mean for your offer? Is it the client hitting the exact number you promised on the sales call, or something more honest?  In this episode: Why firing "uncoachable" clients is a red flag, not a flexHow to define success so you stop overpromising and underdeliveringThe 3 psychological needs behind every client who stops following through Whether you've ever lost a client who was actually getting results, or you're the one who's fired a few "uncoachable" ones yourself, this episode will change how you think about both.   Connect with Dr. Matt Shiver on Instagram Connect with Dr. Kasey Jo on Instagram -- LEAVE A REVIEW, WIN A WORKSHOP! After you leave your review, take a screenshot and upload it to this form to be entered to win Want me to answer your questions on my next Q&A episode? Send a voice note or drop your questions here

For years, coaches have asked Kasey the same thing: does the Health Mindset Coaching Certification teach neuro-linguistic programming, also known as NLP? Short answer: No. But there's nuance to the "why not". She finally sat down, outlined the research, and provides her perspective about NLP this episode. In this episode, she covers: Where NLP actually came from and what it claimsThe one theory the whole system is built on, and what happens when it's testedWhat a review of 315 NLP articles actually foundThe parts of NLP that do actually work, and where they really come fromThree questions to ask before buying into any coaching methodology Whether you're curious about NLP or have your own perspectives on it (positive or negative), you will enjoy this episode.   Connect with me on Instagram! LEAVE A REVIEW, WIN A WORKSHOP! After you leave your review, take a screenshot and upload it to this form to be entered to win Want me to answer your questions on my next Q&A episode? Send a voice note or drop your questions here   Sources:  Sturt et al., 2012Witkowski, 2010Passmore & Rowson, 2019Norcross & Koocher, 2006Wiseman et al., 2012

Gratitude journals and gratitude meditations get talked about like a cheat code for happiness, but the research tells a more complicated story. Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas breaks down a massive new analysis of over 140 studies and 24,000 people to show what gratitude practices actually do, and what they don't. In this episode, she covers: Why the popular claim that gratitude rewires your brain and boosts happiness is bigger than what the research actually supportsWhat a 2025 analysis of 140+ studies across 24,000 people and 28 countries found about the real effect size of gratitude practicesWhy gratitude practices lose their edge when compared to other reflective practices like journaling or acts of kindnessWhat the research says about relying on gratitude practices with clients dealing with depression or anxietyHow to help clients choose the practice they'll actually stick with instead of chasing the "perfect" one  If you've ever told a client to start a gratitude journal because it seemed like the obvious thing to recommend, this episode is for you.   Connect with me on Instagram! LEAVE A REVIEW, WIN A WORKSHOP! After you leave your review, take a screenshot and upload it to this form to be entered to win Want me to answer your questions on my next Q&A episode? Send a voice note or drop your questions here

Most vision boards end up collecting dust by mid-year. In this episode, Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas shares a research breakdown that explains why vision boards are fun, but maybe not very effective for actually achieving your goals. "Manifesting" and fantasizing about what you want, might actually be the reason you haven't seen success yet. In this episode, she covers: The difference between expecting something and fantasizing about it, and why the research shows they lead to almost opposite outcomesWhy picturing a goal as already achieved can quietly lower your energy and motivation to go pursue itHow the effect gets stronger the more you actually want the thing you're fantasizing aboutWhy a fixed mindset makes the downside of positive fantasizing even worseThe WOOP framework and mental contrasting, and why pairing visualization with a plan for the obstacles is the version that actually works If you've ever made a vision board that ended up gathering dust, this episode explains why, and what to do differently. Episodes Referenced:  EP 29: Evidence-Based Strategy to Help Clients Achieve Goals (The WOOP Method) Connect with me on Instagram!   LEAVE A REVIEW, WIN A WORKSHOP! After you leave your review, take a screenshot and upload it to this form to be entered to win   Want me to answer your questions on my next Q&A episode? Send a voice note or drop your questions here Sources: Kappes and Oettingen, 2011Kappes, Oettingen and Mayer, 2012Oettingen and Mayer, 2002Kappes, Stephens and Oettingen, 2011

A coach on this live Q&A asked a simple question about going part-time in his coaching business, and before anyone realized what was happening, 3 HMCC grads were coaching him live, unscripted, using everything they'd learned in the program. Dr. Kasey Jo, Greg, Jeff, and Paige each jump in with a different question, peeling back another layer of what's actually going on underneath a logistics question that turns out to be about a lot more than logistics. This was not something anyone planned and it was so good, we needed to share it on the podcast with you! Get a sneak peek of Module One HERE

Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas sat down live with a coach who was so close to enrolling in The Health Mindset Coaching Certification (Dr. Kasey Jo's signature program)... but couldn't quite get past her own hesitation.  This episode is the live recording from an open Q&A call, but really ended up being a 1-1 conversation between Dr. Kasey Jo and this coach. You'll hear the real, unscripted conversation, the exact questions Dr. Kasey Jo asked to get to the root of the resistance, and the reframes that shifted things. It's not a highlight reel. It's the whole messy, honest middle part where someone works through a decision in real time, and it says as much about coaching psychology as it does about the decision itself. If you've ever talked yourself out of something you knew you wanted, or you coach clients who do the same thing to themselves, this episode is for you. Get a sneak peek of Module One HERE

A student inside the Health Mindset Coaching Certification asked Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas a simple question: why isn't the theory of planned behavior taught in HMCC? Her answer gets into the intention-behavior gap, the academic debate over one of psychology's most cited theories, and why she teaches something different instead. In this episode, she covers: Why the theory of planned behavior doesn't show up inside HMCC, even though its three components (attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral control) are worth understandingThe intention-behavior gap, and why a big shift in intention rarely produces a big shift in actual behaviorThe academic debate over whether it's "time to retire the theory of planned behavior," and how the original researcher respondedWhy perceived behavioral control is really just self-efficacy, and how that shows up throughout HMCCThe behavior change theories she teaches instead, from the transtheoretical model to self-determination theoryIf-then planning as one simple, research-backed tool for closing the gap between intention and actionWhat to do the next time a client says "I know what to do, I just don't do it" If you've ever had a client say they know exactly what they should be doing and just aren't doing it, this episode is for you.   Connect with me on Instagram! LEAVE A REVIEW, WIN A WORKSHOP! After you leave your review, take a screenshot and upload it to this form to be entered to win Want me to answer your questions on my next Q&A episode? Send a voice note or drop your questions here Sources: McEachan et al. (2011)Sniehotta et al. (2014)Ajzen's rebuttal (2015)

Dr. Kasey Jo sits down with program mentors of The Health Mindset Coaching Certification, Brooks Hurbis and Greg Sutton, for a roundtable on what's actually changing coaching right now, and what hasn't changed at all.   In this episode, they cover: Brooks and Greg's own coaching journeys, including the exact moment each of them realized giving clients a plan wasn't enoughHow to take responsibility for your clients' success without feeling burdened by itWhere ChatGPT is genuinely useful for coaches and clients, and the one thing it can't replicate no matter how good the plan it generates isHow GLP-1 medications fit into coaching (and why "one powerful tool" is a very different thing than "the whole plan")The real shift Brooks and Greg see in coaches' language from entering to graduating HMCC, from "my client has excuses" to "my client has valid reasons and I can help"What confidence looks like before and after, backed up by a very telling detail about the HMCC Facebook group  ENROLLMENT FOR THE FALL 2026 CLASS OF HMCC IS OPEN NOW! [LEARN MORE]   If you've ever wondered whether AI or a GLP-1 prescription makes a coach less necessary, or you've felt like you've run out of things to try with a struggling client, this episode is for you.   Connect with us on Instagram:  @drkaseyjo @sweat.simple @coach.greg.sutton

Have you seen the content lately mapping out "coachable" versus "uncoachable" clients? It's everywhere, and it's getting hundreds of thousands of likes. Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas breaks down why that label usually has nothing to do with the client, and everything to do with the coach running out of tools. She covers: Why the "uncoachable" label shows up the moment a coach runs out of tools, not the moment a client runs out of potentialHow labeling a client that way changes the way you coach them, whether you realize it or notWhy self-sabotage isn't a dead end, it's a signal for you as a coachOne question to ask in your next check-in that can completely shift a stuck client relationship If you've ever written off a client as a lost cause (even if don't want to say that outloud), this episode is for you. Sign up for my FREE masterclass 'Every Client is Coachable — The Science Behind Consistent Client Results'   Episodes Mentioned: EP 109: Why clients resist your best advice  LEAVE A REVIEW, WIN A WORKSHOP! After you leave your review, take a screenshot and upload it to this form to be entered to win Want me to answer your questions on my next Q&A episode? Send a voice note or drop your questions here