Laura O'Grady , Personal trainer , ISL Yoga Teacher & Owner at The Life Of A CODA
Episode #52
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Laura O'Grady , Personal trainer , ISL Yoga Teacher&
Owner at The Life Of A CODA ***Welcome back everyone to Episode 52.
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In this episode i had the pleasure of getting to talk with the amazing up and coming coach LAURA O'GRADY about her work with the deaf community and being a leader in a vitally important field.
Laura may have only been involved in the fitness community for the past 2 years but she has been helping people feel at ease all her life .
Laura was an absolute pleasure to talk to and is definitely a name to watch out for in the future!!
Hope you guys enjoy the episode .
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In this episode we got to chat about some of the following topics :
- Laura's Background and how she got into coaching .
- Some of the reason she got into caching and why Blind boy from The Rubber Bandits podcast was an inspiration for getting started.
- Vital lessons she has brought from her family experience into her coaching practice .
- The importance of awareness of the difference in coaching cues and techniques when working with hearing and deaf clients.
- An insight into the differences in her approach when working with the deaf community.
- The value of simplicity in our communication and the importance of understanding your client thoroughly.
- The value of modern technology for the deaf community.
- Motivation and confidence building in clients.
- The importance of understanding the deaf community when working with deaf or hard of hearing clients.
- Different gears in her coaching.
- Practical tips and areas that we as coaches can improve on to help make our educational content more accessible.
- Overcautious coaching.
- Her next coaching step .
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To find out more about Laura check out the links below.
IG : https://www.instagram.com/thelifeofacoda/?hl=en
FB : https://www.facebook.com/thelifeofacoda/
RTE Radio Interview :
https://www.rte.ie/radio1/ryan-tubridy/programmes/2019/0314/1036340-the-ryan-tubridy-show-thursday-14-march-2019/?clipid=103065251
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It was an absolute pleasure to chat to Laura and i look forward to seeing lots more of your great work in the future.
Thanks so much for taking the time Laura.
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Hope you enjoy the show folks and if you are enjoying the podcast don't forget to hit the Subscribe button!
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Until next time folks,
Much Love as always,
Your Humble Coach
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