E113 | Alena Luciani: Adversity, Loss, & Leadership in Coaching

The Art Of Coaching

Brett Bartholomew

Health & Fitness, Business, Education

5 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2020

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Does experiencing loss or adversity make you a more effective leader? On today’s show, Alena Luciani and I discuss how trial and tribulation help us forge stronger relationships and facilitate better communication practices. Also on today’s episode: Exposure > vulnerability What to do when you see your biggest strength as a weakness How many training and nutrition certifications do we need? “Motivation is glamorized” A former athlete and collegiate strength coach, Alena is the founder and owner of Training 2XL, a business that offers mentorship masterminds, custom fitness/nutrition programming, small group training and “Cueing & Programming” clinics. She is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, USA Weightlifting Sport Performance Coach, and Precision Nutrition Level 1 Coach. Connect with Alena: Via Instagram: @training2XL Via Twitter: @AlenaLuciani Via her website: https://www.training2xl.com/ You asked, we listened! In addition to our in person communication workshop, The Apprenticeship™ (click here for more details), we are now offering online communication training for professionals of all types. If you want feedback on your current communication practices or advice building a better skillset, let us help you. We have options ranging from a one time consultation to a three month mentorship. Email [email protected] for more information. You can also check out our other offerings below! Join Our Coalition Mentoring Program here Follow me on social media: Via Instagram: @coach_BrettB Via Twitter: @coach_BrettB Subscribe to my YouTube channel here Learn More About My Courses, Clinics, and Live Events At: www.ArtofCoaching.com

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0:00.0	I lost my dad a week before I started at your home, man.
0:05.0	You always want to think that you're tough, and you always want to think that you're resilient,
0:08.5	but you really don't know what you're capable of until you put this situation like that.
0:13.7	But I do think adversity is really, really important to experience,
0:18.0	so you know how to better handle situations as they come up.
0:21.6	Because I think it's really hard for us to empathize with people if we haven't been through the ringer ourselves.
0:28.3	I think it's so important that when we're thinking about
0:31.4	programs and working with our athletes and our clients,
0:34.8	we need to see them as a human first.
0:36.8	And if things come up in their lives,
0:39.8	that they might not be training at their best
0:43.5	or they might not be eating at their best or they might not be eating at their best
0:45.0	or sleeping like they normally do.
0:47.0	We have to know where that's coming from
0:49.5	and how to help them and how to be a support
0:51.8	without being another stressor.
0:56.2	Hey everyone, before we dive in with today's guests,
0:59.1	I wanna make sure you know that we are now doing
1:01.8	communication training online with professionals of all kinds.
1:06.0	Now, prior we've had our live events, we've had online courses,
1:08.0	we have so many different things,
1:10.0	but one thing that's came out of this pandemic is
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