Rewired; Neuroscience Meets Real-Life Change
Rewired: Neuroscience Meets Real-Life Change is your space for unlocking intentional growth — in yourself and in the people you lead, coach, or inspire.Each episode blends brain science with real-world application, delivering practical tools you can use right away to create lasting change. Through expert interviews, powerful coaching conversations, and bite-sized solo episodes, host Tiffany Grimes shares neuroscience-based strategies for rewiring habits, expanding possibilities, and living with purpose.Whether you’re pursuing your own transformation or helping others navigate theirs, you’ll find insight, community, and empowerment here. This is where science meets soul — and change gets real.
Ep 57 - Who's in Your Corner? The Three Relationships We All Need
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What if the secret to more meaningful relationships isn't finding more people—but understanding the different ways we connect?
We often expect our closest relationships to meet all our needs. We want people who support our dreams, share our adventures, make us laugh, and show up when life gets hard. But what if no single person needs to be all those things?
In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany explores a fascinating concept from organizational psychologist Adam Grant's book Vibe: three types of meaningful relationships—Allies, Pals, and Comp...
Ep 56 - Rewiring Creativity, Courage & Possibility with Nancy Roberts
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What if creativity isn't something you do, but a way of being?
When we think about creativity, we often picture artists, musicians, writers, or people who seem to have an endless supply of brilliant ideas.
But creativity is so much more than making things.
It's how we navigate uncertainty, challenge old ways of thinking, solve problems, connect with others, and imagine possibilities we haven't yet considered.
In this episode of Rewired, Tiffany Grimes welcomes Nancy Roberts, manager of WinterSpring, a grief education and...
Ep 55: When the Body Remembers: Trauma, Curiosity, and Compassion
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What happens when your body seems to remember something your conscious mind isn't thinking about?
On her daughter's 14th birthday, Rewired host Tiffany Grimes woke up feeling joyful and ready to celebrate. But as the morning unfolded, an unexpected irritability began creeping in—and growing. Nothing was wrong. Everything was wonderful. So why was she feeling this way?
Hours later, sitting alone in a grocery store parking lot, a little self-coaching led to a realization that brought her to tears. Not tears of sadness, but of profound lo...
Ep 54: The Generative Brain — Rewiring for Creativity & Possibility with Theo Morrison
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What if mindfulness isn't just about calming your mind, but about expanding what your brain can imagine, notice, and create?
We live in a world that's constantly competing for our attention. Our brains are wired to predict, protect, and rely on familiar patterns—but those same patterns can sometimes keep us stuck in rigid thinking, limiting our creativity and the possibilities we see.
The good news? Our brains can change!
In this episode of Rewired, we're welcoming back Theo Morrison, Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Certified Mi...
Ep 53: Among the Hard Is the Good — Rewiring for Everyday Joy
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What if experiencing more joy isn't about changing your life, but changing what your brain learns to notice?
We often wait for the big moments—the vacations, celebrations, milestones, and adventures—to experience happiness. But most of life happens in between those moments. It's the first sip of coffee, a hilarious text from a friend, a favorite song, an unexpected kindness, or a really good hug.
And those little moments? They matter.
In this short and meaningful solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany responds to a list...
Ep 52: Alone, Not Lonely: Rewiring Our Relationship with Solitude
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What are you waiting to do because you're waiting for someone to do it with you?
In this episode of Rewired, we're exploring the difference between loneliness, social isolation, and solitude—because being alone and being lonely are not the same thing.
Loneliness is real. Connection matters. We need relationships, belonging, and people who truly know us.
AND...
Being alone isn't necessarily a problem that needs to be solved.
When solitude is chosen, it can create space for autonomy, creativity, self-trust, cu...
Ep 51: Sober…Now What? Rebuilding a Life You Actually Want with Lexie
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What happens after you get sober?
There can come a point in sobriety when you realize:
I’m not who I used to be…but I’m not yet who I want to become.
You don’t just want to be someone who doesn’t drink. You want joy. Peace. Confidence. New goals. Connection. You want to trust yourself again—and build a life that actually feels good to live.
In Episode 51 of Rewired, Tiffany sits down with sobriety coach Lexie fo...
Ep 50: Where Is Your Power?
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What’s taking up mental or emotional energy for you right now?
A decision you’re waiting on. Someone else’s behavior. An uncertain outcome. Something happening at work. A relationship you can’t quite figure out. A future you wish you could make just a little more certain.
Now ask yourself:
How much of that situation is actually within your control?
In Episode 50 of Rewired, Tiffany explores the powerful difference between control and agency—and why reclaiming your power doesn’t mean prete...
Ep 49: What Happens When You Learn to Coach? | Real Stories from CPEC
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What Happens When You Learn to Coach? | Real Stories from CPEC
What actually happens when you decide to learn how to coach?
In this special episode of Rewired: Neuroscience Meets Real-Life Change, Tiffany sits down with six members of the Certified Professional Empower Coach (CPEC) community to talk about the experience from the inside.
No sales pitch. No polished testimonials. Just real people having an honest conversation about what brought them to coach training, what they’ve learned, what surprised them, and how the experience ha...
Ep 48: Quit on Purpose: Don’t Quit on Your Worst Day
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We’ve all heard it: Don’t quit. Push through. Finish what you started.
But what if quitting isn’t always failure? What if sometimes walking away is exactly the right thing to do?
In the first episode of Season Two, Tiffany explores the neuroscience behind making big decisions when we’re stressed, overwhelmed, angry, exhausted, or simply DONE. Using the Window of Tolerance, she examines why urgency can feel a lot like clarity—and why those two things aren’t always the same.
You’ll lea...
Ep 47: The Brain, Divorce, and Beginning Again: A Conversation with Christin Becker
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What happens when the life you imagined suddenly disappears?
For many people, divorce isn't simply the end of a marriage—it's the loss of an identity, a future they thought they were building, and the certainty they once held about life. It can leave us questioning who we are, what comes next, and whether we'll ever feel whole again.
In this final episode of Season One, Tiffany sits down with Certified Divorce Coach® Christin Becker for an honest, hope-filled conversation about navigating one of life's mos...
Ep 46: My Brain and Her Stories: How Identities That Quietly Shape Our Lives
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Have you ever caught yourself thinking...
I'm not skilled (or educated, or experienced, or, or, or) enough.
I have to keep everyone happy.
Who am I to charge that much?
This week on Rewired, I'm sharing two very personal stories that reminded me of something we all experience: our brains are incredible storytellers.
One story showed up while I was trying to write an email to a PD student. The other surfaced when I was offered a training opportunity that paid...
Ep 45: Raising the Next Generation of Women Leaders: A conversation with Sarah Jakle
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What if leadership isn't something you're born with—but something your brain can learn?
In this inspiring episode of Rewired, Tiffany sits down with Sarah Jakle, Founder and Executive Director of DemocraShe, a national nonprofit preparing historically underserved high school girls to become future leaders, voters, advocates, and elected officials.
But this conversation goes far beyond politics.
Together, Tiffany and Sarah explore what neuroscience teaches us about courage, confidence, belonging, and why so many capable people hesitate to raise their hands—even...
Ep 44: You Can't Outthink a Dysregulated Nervous System
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What if one of the most powerful tools for changing your brain isn't another productivity hack, mindset strategy, or morning routine?
What if it's your breath?
In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany shares a personal story from a particularly full week that led her to rediscover something we all do more than 20,000 times a day—but rarely with intention. Inspired by James Nestor's Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art, she explores the fascinating neuroscience behind why slowing our breath can help us think more clearly, make be...
Ep 43: Rewiring Failure - The Neuroscience of Failing Forward
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What if failure wasn't the opposite of success — but the very mechanism behind it? In this solo episode of Rewired, host, Tiffany Grimes, dives into the neuroscience of failing forward and unpacking what's actually happening in your brain during a setback. You'll walk away with five concrete, brain-based coaching tools rooted in the latest research in resilience, positive psychology, and cognitive behavioral coaching. Whether you're in the middle of a setback right now or building the mental architecture to handle whatever comes next — this episode is for you.
Tiffany shares 5 Brai...
Ep 42 - Rewiring Leadership: Growing People, Growing Purpose with Sarah Strickler
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What if the greatest leadership strategy isn't about managing people...
...it's about growing yourself?
In this episode of Rewired, Tiffany sits down with Sarah Strickler, co-founder and Chief Community Officer of Grown Rogue, to explore what it really means to cultivate people, culture, and leadership from the inside out.
Together, they discuss why companies can't outgrow their leaders, how trust and ownership become the foundation of healthy organizations, and why creating the right environment matters just as much for people as it does for plants.
...
Ep 41: The Power of Community, Connection & Shared Growth
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In Episode 41, we're getting into the science — and the soul — of community. What actually happens in your brain when you're supported? Why do your goals feel more achievable when someone is walking alongside you? And what can fireflies teach us about human potential? (Yes, really.)
Inspired by Shawn Achor's work on Big Potential, this episode explores how the right relationships don't just make life more joyful — they make growth more possible. For all of us. Backed by neuroscience, the Harvard Study of Adult Development, and one surprising stat that will completely change...
Ep 40: Rewiring Midlife—The Brain, Identity & Becoming with Judy Dutton
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What if midlife isn't a period of decline—but a season of transformation?
In this episode of Rewired, Tiffany sits down with Judy Dutton, founder of Transitions Coaching LLC, Certified Professional Empower Coach (CPEC), and women's midlife transition coach, for a powerful conversation about what really happens when women enter perimenopause and menopause.
For many women, midlife arrives with unexpected changes: brain fog, shifts in energy, changes in confidence, emotional fluctuations, and a quiet but persistent question:
Who am I now?
Drawing from em...
Ep 39 - Is Worry Actually Helping? The Neuroscience of Overthinking
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Do you ever feel like your brain won't stop scanning for what could go wrong?
Maybe it's money. Your health. Your children. Your relationships. The future. Or maybe it's the accumulation of uncertainty that keeps your mind running long after your day is done.
In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany explores the neuroscience of worry—why our brains are wired to anticipate danger, how worry impacts the nervous system, and the surprising difference between preparation and rumination.
Drawing from neuroscience, mindfulness, and a simple yet profound qu...
Ep 38 -The Courage to Be Seen: Healing, Identity & Intentional Living with Mikey Williams
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What happens when you stop shrinking yourself to fit expectations… and start living in alignment with your values instead?
In this deeply honest and thought-provoking episode of The Rewired Podcast, Tiffany sits down with Mikey Williams — homeschooling mother of three, wellness advocate, deep thinker, and creator whose powerful TikTok presence has inspired thousands through conversations about healing, conscious parenting, relationships, self-respect, spirituality, and personal transformation.
Together, they explore:
• healing childhood trauma without staying stuck in blame
• breaking generational cycles and redefining family legacy
• co...
Ep 37 - Joy in the Trenches: Why the Small Still Matters When the Big Feels Heavy
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What if resilience isn’t about ignoring what’s hard… but learning how to hold both grief and joy at the same time?
In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany Grimes reflects on a powerful moment from Trevor Noah’s Netflix special Joy in the Trenches that stopped her mid-workout:
“Just because the big is happening doesn’t mean that the small stops.”
From there, Tiffany explores the neuroscience behind negativity bias, nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, and why intentionally noticing moments of joy, beauty, connection, and meaning is not...
Ep 36 - Rewiring Learning: Brain Science, Motivation & the Anti-Boring Approach with Gretchen Wegner
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In this fun, insightful, and deeply practical episode of Rewired, Tiffany sits down with educator, academic coach, and founder of the Anti-Boring Learning Lab
, Gretchen Wegner, to explore what the brain actually needs in order to learn, engage, and change.
Together, they unpack the neuroscience of attention, motivation, executive function, and why traditional learning approaches often fail both students and adults. Gretchen shares her “Anti-Boring” philosophy for making learning more engaging, memorable, and effective—especially for people navigating ADHD, anxiety, overwhelm, perfectionism, and burnout.
This conversation goes far beyond...
Ep 35 - The Identity Gap: Why You’re Changing But Still Showing Up the Same
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You’re doing the work.
You’re thinking differently.
You can feel that something in you has shifted.
So why do you keep showing up the same—especially with the people who know you best?
In this short solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany explores the neuroscience behind what she calls the “identity gap”—the space between who you’re becoming internally and how you’re still behaving externally.
Grounded in brain science, this episode breaks down how neuroplasticity is already reshaping your brain daily...
Ep. 34 - Step Into Your Power: Confidence, Growth & Purpose with Nicole Broadway
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What if confidence isn’t something you wait for… but something you create?
In this powerful episode of Rewired, Tiffany is joined by Nicole Broadway—entrepreneur, speaker, and founder of the So Girl movement.
With over 20 years of experience in fitness, leadership, and personal transformation, Nicole shares what it really takes to step into your power, build confidence, and become the version of yourself you trust.
Together, they explore the intersection of real-life growth and the neuroscience of change—unpacking the patterns that keep women stuck and the mind...
Ep 33 - Rewiring Relationships: What Nature Teaches Us About Who We Keep Close
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What if the natural world could teach us how to better understand our relationships?
In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany records from the stunning John Day Fossil Beds National Monument after attending Outdoor Science School with her child—where a lesson on ecosystems sparked a powerful reflection on human connection.
From mutualism (where both benefit) to competition, parasitism, and relationships that quietly drain us, Tiffany explores how patterns found in nature often mirror the dynamics in our personal and professional lives.
...
Ep 32 - Rewiring the Nervous System: The Science & Soul of Sound Healing with Kelly Rose
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What if healing didn’t start with thinking—but with feeling?
In this powerful episode of Rewired: Neuroscience Meets Real-Life Change, Tiffany Grimes sits down with Kelly Rose to explore the transformative power of sound healing.
Kelly shares her personal journey into this work—what led her here, what she experienced along the way, and how sound became not just a healing modality, but a calling.
Together, we explore:
What sound healing actually is (in a grounded, accessible way)What’s happening in the brain and nervous...Ep 31 - Rewiring the Patterns That Shape Your Life
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We often think of commitment as something we consciously choose.
But what if you’re already deeply committed… to patterns you don’t even want?
In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany explores how our daily thoughts, habits, and emotional patterns become unconscious commitments—reinforced by the brain through repetition.
Grounded in neuroscience and real-life tools, this episode will help you:
Recognize the hidden commitments shaping your lifeUnderstand how your brain strengthens what you practiceInterrupt patterns that no longer serve youIntentionally shift toward what you actually want to...Ep 30 - Rewiring Your Voice: The Mindset and Science of Confident Speaking
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What if confidence in speaking isn’t something you’re born with—but something you can rewire?
In this episode of Rewired, Tiffany sits down with speaking skills and mindset coach Michele Trent to explore the powerful intersection of mindset, neuroscience, and communication. Together, they unpack why speaking in front of others can feel so threatening to the brain—and how to move from fear and self-doubt to clarity, confidence, and authentic expression.
This conversation goes beyond presentation tips. It’s about identity. It’s about voice. And it’s abo...
Ep 29: Rewiring Conversations: The Science of Truly Understanding Others
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Why do we feel like we’re saying the same thing… and still not being understood?
In this episode of Rewired, we explore the science of communication and why understanding — not just speaking — is the key to meaningful connection.
Drawing on the work of Charles Duhigg, we unpack why conversations break down and how to recognize the three types of conversations happening beneath the surface:
Practical Conversations – focused on solving problems and making decisionsEmotional Conversations – focused on feeling heard, validated, a...Ep 28, The Science and Soul of Friendship: Love Is a Verb
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This episode is the final conversation in the “Love Is a Verb” series on Rewired.
In the first two episodes, we explored love in romantic relationships and the practice of self-love. In this final conversation, we turn toward one of the most powerful — and often underestimated — forces for wellbeing in our lives:
Friendship.
Joining me for this episode is someone incredibly special — my best friend, Dana. We’ve been friends for nearly 40 years, and in this conversation we reflect on what it a...
Ep 27: Rewiring Self-Connection
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Self-love is everywhere right now — and if you’re honest, it might even feel a little… uncomfortable. Is it selfish? Ego-centric? What does it actually look like in real life?
In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany explores a question she hears often in coaching and leadership spaces:
“I don’t think I hate myself… but I notice I’m constantly disappointed in myself. Is that normal?”
As part of the Love Is a Verb series — following a recent conversation on romantic relationships and leading into an upcoming episod...
Ep 26: Taking Accountability in Love — Breaking the Patterns That Keep Couples Stuck
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What does accountability really look like inside a relationship — and how do we move toward ownership without blame or shame?
In this powerful return conversation, Tiffany sits down with couples coach Satya Beneventi to explore the patterns many partners don’t even realize they’re repeating. Together, they unpack how “losing strategies,” nervous system responses, and deeply ingrained relational roles can keep couples stuck in cycles of frustration — even when both people care deeply about each other.
This episode invites listeners to shift from focusing on what their partne...
Ep 25 True Transformation Happens at the Level Most People Skip
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Why doesn’t change stick—even when we understand our patterns, catch our thoughts, and genuinely know better?
In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany Grimes responds to a powerful listener question inspired by Episode 19 on the TEB cycle:
“I understand my patterns. I can catch my thoughts. I even know better… so why do I keep doing the same thing?”
Through the lens of neuroscience, coaching, and the Neurological Levels of Change, Tiffany explores why awareness and behavior change alone are often not enough...
Ep 24 Dancing with Grief – A Conversation with Margie McNabb
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Grief is not something to fix—it’s something to feel, to live with, and, sometimes, to gently move alongside.
In this heartfelt episode of Rewired, Tiffany sits down with coach, facilitator, and longtime leader Margie McNabb for an honest and deeply human conversation about love, loss, and what it means to dance with grief.
Margie shares her personal story of losing her husband Richard to a brain tumor after a rapid six-month journey, and how she chose to meet grief with openness, support, and self-compassion. Rather than...
Ep23: Staying Regulated in Heavy Times
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We are biologically wired for threat detection—but not for 24/7 global crisis consumption.
In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany Grimes gently names the collective heaviness so many of us are carrying right now—from global uncertainty and rising costs of living to ongoing threats to human rights and wellbeing. Through the lens of neuroscience, she offers a grounding reframe: joy, humor, awe, and lightness are not escapes from reality—they are regulation strategies.
Drawing on Dan Siegel’s Window of Tolerance, positive psycholo...
Ep 22 Rewiring After Divorce: Nervous Systems, Boundaries, and Conscious Co-Parenting with Delma Castaneda
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In Episode 22 of Rewired: Neuroscience Meets Real-Life Change, Tiffany Grimes speaks with Delma Castaneda, post-divorce and co-parenting coach and Empower Coaching & Training faculty, about what it really takes to heal, rewire, and lead yourself after divorce.
Divorce doesn’t just change your relationships — it reshapes your nervous system. Delma offers a compassionate, brain-based lens on why separation can leave people feeling hyper-vigilant, emotionally flooded, numb, or stuck in old relational patterns — and why those patterns so often show up in co-parenting.
Rather than viewin...
Ep 21 The Neuroscience of Goal-Setting: Why Willpower Isn’t Enough
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Why do so many New Year’s resolutions fail — even when we genuinely want to change?
In this solo episode of Rewired, Tiffany Grimes explores the neuroscience of goal-setting, habit formation, and sustainable behavior change, and explains why willpower alone isn’t a reliable strategy for personal growth.
You’ll learn how your brain is wired for safety and efficiency (not sudden change), how micro-habits and identity-based goals create real neuroplasticity, and why nervous system regulation is a critical — and often missing — piece of lasting transformation.
This episo...
Ep 20: How the Coaching Listening Filter Changes Conversations (and Brains) with Nanor Ohanesian, PCC
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In Episode 20 of Rewired, Tiffany sits down with Nanor Ohanesian, PCC — ICF-certified coach and Senior Faculty at Empower’s Coach Training Academy — to explore one of the most transformational (and misunderstood) skills in coaching and leadership: the coaching listening filter.
Most of us move through conversations wearing invisible filters — as problem-solvers, helpers, leaders, consultants, or fixers. While these roles are valuable, they can unintentionally limit insight, agency, and growth. The coaching listening filter is different. It’s a way of listening rooted in presence, curiosity, and partne...
Your Brain Has a Story—TEB (Thought → Emotion → Behavior) Helps You Rewrite It
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Episode 19 dives into one of Tiffany’s favorite brain-based tools: TEB — Thoughts, Emotions, and Behaviors.
Before we get there, today’s listener question (answered beautifully by Professional Empower Coach, Satya Beneventi) explores a challenge many couples know too well: “Why do we keep arguing about the same thing over and over?” Satya breaks down what’s really happening beneath the surface and offers a grounded, compassionate path forward.
Then Tiffany takes you into a solo teaching session on TEB, a simple but powerful map for understanding...
Ep 18, The Power of ICF Coaching: A Conversation with Nancy Hauschildt
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What makes ICF certification the gold standard in coaching?
In this episode of Rewired, Tiffany sits down with Nancy Hauschildt, PCC, ICF Orange County Chapter Board Member (and future president) and Senior Faculty in the Empower CPEC Coaching Training Academy. Together they explore why the International Coaching Federation plays such a vital role in elevating the coaching profession—and why aspiring coaches should consider an ICF-accredited pathway.
Nancy shares her personal journey into coaching, what inspired her to pursue ICF accreditation, and how the ICF Core Co...
