Why Does the Best Gymnast Of All Time Need A Coach?

I loved watching Simone Biles joyfully hug her coach after each of her performances at the Olympics.

But it made me wonder… what could the best gymnast of all time learn from a coach who has surely less ability than Simone?

Despite her immense talent and incredible work ethic, Simone can’t always see where she could make tiny improvements to be even better. This isn’t anything negative about Simone. This is the reality of being human: we all lack insight sometimes. And in my experience, most of us also tend to be too hard on ourselves. I'm guessing the same is true even for the incomparable Simone Biles.

This is why I will always have a coach. I always want to be improving and growing. As a coach, as a mother, as a partner, as a friend. I lack insight into my own shortcomings. I also beat myself up sometimes. A coach helps me see both.

Unlike therapy, which for me was an endless cycle of storytelling about the deficiencies of my past – my parents, my trauma, my pain – coaching helps me move forward towards my best self. Since I started having a coach, my life has exploded in ways I could never have imagined. I started a business to support my family. I got in the best shape of my life. I stopped yelling at my kids. I found an amazing partner. I had a third child. We moved into the house of my dreams.

Like an athlete, I have not and will never ever “arrive.” I still have plenty of bad days. Days where I feel absolutely miserable. But I don’t see that as a failure. I see that as a part of the growth process. And the amazing thing is that those bad days no longer stretch into weeks or months. I know how to move through them and get back to the joyful part of life.

Simone Biles does things that the world was impossible. Do you want to do things that you thought were impossible for you? I’d love to show you a taste of what that would be like. Book a complimentary coaching session – no sales, just pure transformation – and see what it’s like! I can’t wait to show you. 

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