Connection Experiment by Coach Academy

Broken Neck, World Cup Win: What Elite Sport Taught Me About the Mental Game

Kris Mahler has spent nine years on the Canadian national ski cross team, survived three major injuries including a broken neck, and is now building a performance coaching business alongside his athletic career. He's one of a rare group of people who can speak to the mental side of high performance not as theory but as lived experience — including winning a World Cup on a hamstring that tested at double the acceptable deficit. This conversation moves through what actually separates athletes at the highest level, why the most effective coaching sessions are often the quietest ones, what it means to have people who genuinely believe in you standing at the bottom of the course, and why the question you're starting from — why versus what — shapes everything that follows. Ready to start your coaching journey? Learn more at canadacoachacademy.com [http://canadacoachacademy.com].

Best of Revived | Three burnouts and a dream that became a book — the truth about leadership

Lisa Anna Palmer has worn a lot of hats — HR executive, VP advisor, published author, NGO co-chair, and now a PCC-track coach who works with some of the most under-supported people in any organization: the ones at the very top. But the thread running through all of it is the same question she's been asking since she was a kid trying to make people feel included in a town where her family didn't quite fit: how do we bring out the best in people without burning them out — or ourselves?This conversation moves through burnout (three of them), the moment four words from a coach changed her life, the real difference between coaching and mentoring, what it actually looks and feels like to hold space for a senior leader who has never once been truly listened to, the five-year journey of writing a book, and the Kenyan NGO she co-chairs in memory of a friend who believed that doing good didn't have to wait until you were a billionaire. Ready to start your coaching journey? Learn more at canadacoachacademy.com. #leadershipcoaching #executivecoaching #burnout #coachingpodcast #coachingvsmentoring #ICFcoach #becomingacoach #selfleadership #coachingcommunity #CanadaCoachAcademy #lightayearleadership #womenleaders #givingback

Best of Revived | The Career Accelerator Nobody Told You About: Coaching Skills for Executives

In this episode of The Connection Experiment, host Nathalie Blais sits down with Alex Green, CMO at Butterfield and Robinson, a Canadian active luxury travel company, and a recent graduate of Canada Coach Academy's executive and performance coaching program. Alex opens up about why a busy senior executive with two decades of career momentum decided to invest in coach training, what surprised him most about the experience, and how the skills have shown up almost immediately in a brand new role he started just six weeks before this recording. Throughout the conversation, Alex shares his honest take on the hardest part of shifting from a fixer mindset to a coach mindset when you have built an entire career on having answers and moving fast. He talks about the unexpected depth of connection that formed within his cohort, the surprising amount of work the program required, and why he still considers it more transformational than he ever anticipated. He also offers sharp, practical advice for coaches building their brands, drawn from his own experience as a senior marketer, including why your niche matters more than your logo, and why the referral will always be your best marketing. Whether you are a senior leader exploring coaching as a career accelerant or someone wondering if the program is worth the commitment, Alex gives you the unfiltered version. Ready to find out what coaching skills can unlock in your career and your life? Learn more at Canada Coach Academy [https://canadacoachacademy.com/].

Best of Revived | From Reality TV Winner to Men's Wellness Leader: When the Trophy Isn't Enough

In this episode of The Connection Experiment, host Nathalie Blais sits down with Tychon Carter-Newman — Big Brother Canada winner, mental health ambassador, keynote speaker, and founder of the men's wellness brand MindStateU. Tychon shares a candid and compelling journey that began in corporate urban planning, took a wild detour through reality television, and ultimately led him to confront a truth many high-achievers avoid: external wins don't fill internal voids. He opens up about the profound anxiety and heaviness he felt the moment he won $125,000 on national television, and how that contradiction became the spark for everything he's building today.Throughout the conversation, Tychon breaks down the specific challenges men face in building emotional honesty and authentic community, why the language you use to market to men matters enormously, and how coaching gave him a science-backed framework for skills he always intuitively had. He also shares the two biggest personal obstacles he's still working through — self-doubt and letting go of relationships — and why telling yourself the truth is the most powerful tool available to any of us. Whether you're a man looking for deeper connection, a coach working with male clients, or anyone who has ever moved the goalpost on happiness, this episode will resonate.Ready to develop the coaching skills to create real change — in yourself and others? Learn more at CanadaCoachAcademy.com

From Boss to Coach: The Paradigm Shift That Changes Everything

Are you a leader, or are you an "advice monster"? Many high-level executives pride themselves on being fast problem-solvers , but constantly stepping in to provide all the answers might actually be holding your team back and creating dependency. In this episode of The Connection Experiment, Nathalie sits down with Julie Drapeau, the VP of Sales and Marketing at Purity Life Health Products, to discuss a profound leadership paradigm shift. After realizing that her "consultant" mindset was preventing her team from growing, Julie completely changed her approach. We dive deep into the uncomfortable reality of learning to hold space (and enduring the "blank stare" from your team) , why putting your phone away is the ultimate modern luxury , and how genuine curiosity can save relationships both in the boardroom and at home. We also explore the practical implementation of tools like "The Working Genius" and why human, energetic connection will always outpace AI. If you are ready to step out of the problem-solving trap and start empowering the people around you, this episode is a must-listen. Ready to transform your leadership skills and build deeper connections? Learn more about our programs at https://canadacoachacademy.com/ [https://canadacoachacademy.com/]