From Stuck to Soaring: A Monday in the Life of Turbo Thinker© Coaching
It was Monday evening when my partner asked, “How was your day?” I reflected back on the sessions I’d had and replied that it was actually a fantastic day—as usual.
It started with my long-standing client Marcus saying, “Wait right here! I have to show you something!”; He returned moments later with the most brilliant gold medal on a blue ribbon I had ever seen. He had won the district championships for fencing and is now moving on to nationals.
Marcus and I have been working together for over three years now, and while fencing isn’t his main profession, it’s one of his greatest passions. With dedication and perseverance—overcoming two surgeries and countless hours of therapy of all kinds—he’s now back in the game. Not only back in the game, but at a highly competitive professional level. I was so proud to have been with him on this journey, meeting weekly and never giving up on the dream.
I also met with Parker, who had just gotten back from a trip to San Francisco where he’d been invited as part of a very small cohort to an exclusive AI conference. He got to meet the crème de la crème of the new technology world. His idol was seated only two seats away from him at dinner, and the next morning he attended a brunch at a billionaire’s estate overlooking the entire bay. I asked if he had ever imagined such a thing possible two years ago when we first started coaching. Of course, his reality was now beyond his wildest dreams back then. Once again, it was because of his dedication, perseverance, and patience—plugging away, recalibrating, meeting weekly, and putting together a plan.
I also met with Sage, a rather new client. We’ve only been meeting a few months. Sage came to me because she was stuck back home living with her parents in small-town rural Florida. She had been living the dream in New York but had come home for required knee surgery and a long recovery. She was now eager to move to LA but couldn’t figure out how to get from Florida to LA without a job or a plan. On Monday, Sage shared with me that not only had she secured a vehicle and a driving companion, but she’d also aced the second interview for a new job in LA.
She put together a plan with her parents to help sell some possessions and finish up family projects before heading out west to pursue her dream. Once again, I had the honor of celebrating with a client. In her mind, this had originally been identified as a year-long goal, and here we were not even three months in and she was making it happen.
On Monday I also met with Elena, a client I’ve been seeing for a few years. Over time she’s had many wins—moving to a new job in a director position, getting out of a toxic relationship, creating a new environment and a fresh start. She continues to face weekly challenges, but she can also see that these challenges exist because of her growth. Now she needed to figure out how to best study for a certification exam she intended to pass. She continues to push herself toward greatness and challenge herself, and together we come up with strategies to make challenges seem manageable and change anxiety into excitement. Elena had recently moved to a new apartment and assembled almost all of the furniture on her own. What was her process to do that while working a full-time job in a leadership position as a single mom of a toddler? Once we identified her process, how could she use that same approach to prepare for her certification exam?
On Monday I also met with Zara. Zara and I have been working together for a few years, mainly on emotional regulation. When she originally came to me, she wanted to move into a leadership position, and both she and her boss recognized that she needed to regulate her emotions at work and model self-regulation so she could lead others effectively. On Monday, she shared that she felt she had mastered this most of the time at work but now wanted help at home dealing with her teenage daughter. How could she have fruitful conversations full of curiosity and collaboration while modeling the self-regulation she wanted for her daughter? Like all good parents, she wanted her daughter to be prepared to survive as an adult on her own, and she recognized that it was her fear of her daughter not being prepared enough that prevented her from letting go of the emotional stronghold.
On Monday, I also met with David, a newly single dad who, over the course of our working together, started his own business as a solopreneur. In our session, he brought up the challenges related to leadership now that he’d been voted as president of his neighborhood association. Once again, I had the honor of working with a client who went from good to great and pushes himself to achieve that greatness in other areas of his life.
My Monday ended with Jordan. This was our first session together—an intake session where we take inventory and discover strengths. I love these conversations because in the first session, my clients usually can see nothing but challenges, inadequacies, and incompetence in themselves.
Jordan came to coaching because he’s considering a career change—a drastic one at that. But on Monday we started small: how to do laundry. Could we learn from his process and apply that to other areas of his life?
What struck me about this day was seeing the full spectrum of the coaching journey—from Jordan’s first tentative steps to Marcus’s gold medal victory. Some transformations happen in months, others unfold over years. The weekly rhythm of our sessions creates a consistent thread of support that allows Turbo Thinkers© to build momentum, recalibrate when needed, and celebrate wins along the way.
The Common Thread
Monday, like most days, was a day to celebrate and share with an exploding chest of pride and love for my clients as they continue on their journey as Turbo Thinkers©. When I reflect on the character traits they all shared, it definitely starts with a growth mindset. They all see mistakes as opportunities to learn and tweak their performance and process to move forward. They’ve all developed awareness of how their unique brains work and acceptance of the strengths and challenges that come with their wiring.
They’ve all learned how to get the support they need and how to advocate for themselves.
They’ve learned over time to become more realistic about time frames and expectations—both of others and of themselves. They possess dedication, perseverance, and clarity on their vision.
Over time, they’ve developed that muscle that appreciates their wins and can isolate and name the keys to success. Together we learn how to apply these skills to other areas of their lives. We help them find their own unique process, because we all have our own unique process.
What’s fascinating is how our weekly sessions create this consistent rhythm of recalibration.
Turbo Thinkers© benefit from regular check-ins because our fast-moving minds need that external structure to stay focused and accountable. The weekly cadence allows us to celebrate wins, adjust course when needed, and maintain momentum even when life gets chaotic.
Another trait all my clients share is their hunger for what’s next. They’re not content with settling. While they do know what’s “sufficient” so they can let go of perfectionist details and move toward the bigger picture, they’re all eager to evolve into a more powerful version of themselves. As their coach—someone who sees them as creative, resourceful, and whole—I can help them envision a more expansive future and champion that possibility.
They’re eager to move from capable to exceptional, and we can do that together, step by step, hand in hand. It may take a week, it may take a month, it may take a year. We are always learning and forever growing together.
What would be possible for you if you approached your challenges with the same dedication to growth that these Turbo Thinkers© demonstrate? How might your life transform if you saw every setback as a setup for your next breakthrough?
What dreams are you putting on hold because they seem too big or too far away? If you had consistent weekly support and accountability, what would you explore first?
Looking at your own unique process—like Jordan’s approach to laundry or Elena’s furniture assembly method—how might you apply that same systematic thinking to an area where you feel stuck?
What would it mean for you to move from simply managing your ADHD to leveraging your Turbo Thinking© superpowers for extraordinary results?
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