The Catholic Coaching Podcast
by Erin and Matt Ingold
When we encountered New Age philosophies in Life Coaching that ran counter to our Christian beliefs, we decided to take the best practices of Life Coaching and infuse them with the rich traditions of our Catholic Faith. We're Matt and Erin Ingold, Catholic coaches and the founders of Metanoia Catholic, our Catholic Life Coaching Company. Join us as we share practical coaching tips to being transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you can be free to discover and choose your greatest calling in life.
Episodes
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318. The Next Era of The Catholic Coaching Podcast
Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In this milestone episode—Episode 318—we have some big news to share about the podcast. After over four years and hundreds of episodes since launching in July 2020, we are taking a intentional, tactical pause on the podcast as we...
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317. Making the Right Decision Part 2 | Overcoming Fear & Indecision
Are your current circumstances or fear of making the "wrong" choice keeping you paralyzed in endless discernment? In Part 2 of this series on The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin break down the remaining 3 mindset rules to help you break free from indecision, steward your free will, and...
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316. Making the Right Decision Part 1 | When Discerning God's Will Goes Bad
Are you stuck in endless discernment, waiting for 100% certainty or a sign from God before taking a step? In Part 1 of this two-part series on The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Aaron address the human mindset barriers and spiritual battles that keep us trapped in indecision. While St....
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315. How to Overcome Spiritual Dryness in Prayer (A Catholic Mindset Approach)
Have you ever hit a dry patch in prayer where God feels silent and you start procrastinating or feeling disconnected? In this episode of The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Aaron dive into the experience of spiritual dryness—even when you're a spiritual director—and explore how…
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314. Afraid to Hit Post? | Starting Social Media as a Catholic Coach
Ever feel a wave of resistance right before hitting "post" on social media? In this episode of The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Aaron dive into the messy, real-life process of starting a social media account from scratch—exposing the exact self-sabotage and mental friction that holds…
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313. Overcoming Perfectionism & Anxiety | Live Coaching Demo
Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin Ingold! In this episode, we step into a live, unscripted coaching session! Matt puts on the coach's hat to coach Erin through the internal pressure, perfectionism, and "mind drama" surrounding an upcoming "Come & See" presentation…
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312. How to Talk to Your Spouse About Money (Without Starting a Fight) | Live Coaching Demo
Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In this episode, we're continuing our live demonstration series! Erin steps into the coach's chair to walk Matt through an unscripted, live Causal Mindset Coaching session as he faces the internal resistance, fear, and "mind drama"...
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311. "This Isn't Working" | Live Catholic Coaching on Dieting & Mindset
Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In this episode, we’re continuing our live demonstration series! Matt takes the coach's chair to walk Erin through a live, unscripted Causal Mindset Coaching session as she tackles the internal resistance, mental exhaustion, and...
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310. "What If This Doesn't Work?" | How to Overcome Procrastination and Self-Sabotage
Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In this episode, we are continuing our live coaching demonstration series! Erin takes the coach's chair to walk Matt through a live, unscripted Causal Mindset Coaching session focused on overcoming procrastination, fear of failure,...
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309. Coaching a Phlegmatic: How to Stop Avoiding Hard Goals & Health Changes
Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In this episode, we’re continuing our live demonstration series on integrating temperaments with mindset coaching! Matt takes the coach’s chair to walk Erin through a live, unscripted Causal Temperament & Mindset Coaching session...
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308. Coaching a Melancholic: How to Overcome Perfectionism & Overthinking
Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In this episode, we’re continuing our live demonstration series on integrating temperaments with mindset coaching! Erin takes the coach’s chair to walk Matt—our "token Melancholic" for the day—through a live, unscripted Causal...
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307. Coaching a Sanguine: Overcoming Inconsistency & Health Sabotage
Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In this episode, we’re flipping the script! Matt takes the coach’s chair to walk Erin through a live, unscripted Causal Temperament & Mindset Coaching session. If you’ve ever struggled with staying consistent with your health…
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306. Temperaments & Mindset Coaching | Coaching a Choleric Entrepreneur
Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In this episode, we are pulling back the curtain on an approach to coaching temperaments that we have been refining over the last five years: combining Temperament Insights with Mindset Coaching. Instead of staying on the...
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305. Phlegmatics & Conflict: How to Stop Sacrificing Peace for Quick Relief
Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In Episode 305, we are continuing our sub-series on how different temperaments navigate healthy, holy conflict resolution. Today, we are putting the "Peaceful Phlegmatic" in the hot seat. Have you ever walked away from a difficult...
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304. Melancholics & Conflict: How to Stop Scripting Arguments in Your Head
Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast with Matt and Erin! In Episode 304, we are continuing our sub-series on how different temperaments navigate healthy, holy conflict resolution using the PACE Framework (Pause, Assume Goodwill, Clarify, Engage). Today, we are shifting into the…
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303. Sanguines & Conflict: How to Stop Fleeing the Hard Conversations
Do you rush to "kiss and make up" after a fight just to keep the peace, only to find the same argument exploding a week later? If you hate the emotional heaviness of conflict and prefer to brush past the pain to get back to the good vibes, you might be dealing with the unique wiring of a Sanguine...
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302. How Cholerics Can Succeed at Conflict Resolution | The PACE Framework
Do you step into an argument determined to win, only to leave the other person completely silent while the root problem remains entirely unresolved? If you find yourself winning imaginary arguments in your head before a hard conversation even begins, you might be dealing with the unique wiring of…
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301. Stop Winning Arguments In Your Head! How to FACE Your Anger
Have you ever used the "Ostrich Approach" to a difficult relationship, hid from a hard conversation, and ended up winning 50 different imaginary arguments inside your own head? Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast! In Episode 301, Matt and Erin are diving deeper into our conflict...
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300. The Catholic Guide to Conflict Resolution (That Actually Works)
Have you ever walked away from a heated argument filled with regret, wishing you had handled things differently? Or maybe you’re someone who avoids conflict entirely, hoping it will just magically disappear? Welcome back to The Catholic Coaching Podcast! In this episode, Matt and Erin kick off an...
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299. Virtue Over Vanity: A Catholic Guide to Fitness & Nutrition with Chase Crouse
Have you ever felt like your fitness goals are walking a tightrope between vanity on one side and neglecting your health on the other? In this episode of The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt sits down with Chase Crouse, co-founder of HiPurO Fit, to uncover a Theology of the Body-inspired approach…
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298. Why 85% of Catholic Kids Leave the Faith (And How to Stop It) with Dr. Greg Popcak
Why are 85% to 90% of Catholic kids walking away from the Church as adults—and what are the rare 15% of successful families doing differently? In this episode of The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt sits down with Catholic psychologist, author, and EWTN radio host Dr. Greg Popcak to look at the...
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297. How to Change Your Desires (A Catholic Guide to Habit Change)
Have you ever found yourself stuck in a loop—doing the exact things you want to stop doing, and failing to start the habits you actually want to build? In this final episode of our Discernment Series on the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin dive into the practical neuroscience, behavioral...
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296. How to Know if a Desire Is From God
How do you know if a desire is really from God? In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin continue their discernment series by diving into one of the most important spiritual questions: how to discern your desires. After exploring the idea that desires themselves are not…
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295. Can you Change Your Desires?
Can you actually change your desires? In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin continue their discernment series by exploring the role of desire in the spiritual life. Many Catholics feel suspicious of desire, as if wanting something automatically means it is selfish,...
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294. How to Know If It's God's Voice or Your Own Thoughts
How do you know if something you receive in prayer is actually from God? In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin continue their discernment series by walking through how to test spiritual promptings, private revelations, interior movements, and words received in prayer....
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293. How to Hear God’s Voice (A Catholic Guide to Prayer)
Have you ever felt like God speaks to everyone… except you? In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, we break down how to actually hear God’s voice in prayer — in a way that’s simple, practical, and grounded in Catholic teaching. This is Part 1 of our series on discernment: 👉 First, you...
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292. How to Discern God’s Will and Actually Make a Decision
Are you stuck in the “miserable maybes”? In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, we continue our discernment series by making St. Ignatius of Loyola’s discernment process practical for real life decisions. Whether you’re discerning: •a career change •your college major •a relationship...
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291. Discern Like a Saint | Learning Discernment with St. Ignatius
If you’ve ever asked, “What is God’s will for my life?” or “How do I discern God’s voice from my own?” this episode is for you. In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin begin a new series on Catholic discernment and walk through the foundations of how discernment actually...
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290. Spiritual Warfare of the Mind: How to Break Free From PSYOP
What do you do when you realize you’re being manipulated? In this episode of The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin continue their conversation on psychological operations (PSYOPs) by answering the next big question: How do you get out of one? If fear, outrage, urgency, or confusion are…
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289. How Your Thoughts Are Being Controlled (And What to Do About It)
How Your Thoughts Are Being Controlled (And What to Do About It) Are you really thinking for yourself? In this episode of The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin dive into a powerful and often overlooked topic: psychological operations (PSYOPs) and how they influence your thoughts, emotions,...
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288. How to Find Peace at the Foot of the Cross | Ignatian Discernment
How to Find Peace at the Foot of the Cross | Ignatian Discernment Feeling "better" doesn't always mean you've found God's will. Often, the enemy mimics peace to stop our spiritual growth, leading us toward "relief" (the removal of pressure) rather than true "Peace" (the tranquility of order). In...
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Peace or Relief? A Catholic Guide to Discernment
What’s the difference between God’s peace and emotional relief? In this episode of The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin talk about one of the most important discernment mistakes people make: confusing relief with peace. Relief can feel good in the moment. It can feel like pressure is…
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286. One Mom Built a Global Catholic Ministry During Nap Time (Lisa Brenninkmey
In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt & Erin sit down with Lisa Brenninkmeyer, founder of Walking With Purpose, one of the most influential Catholic women’s Bible studies in the world. Lisa shares the origin story of Walking With Purpose (started during nap time as a small group…
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285. Why You Keep Self-Sabotaging (More Thinking Errors Explained)
Why You Keep Self-Sabotaging (More Thinking Errors Explained) Self-sabotage doesn’t just show up in habits — it shows up in how we think. In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin continue their series on self-sabotage by unpacking more cognitive distortions — the thinking...
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284. Why You Keep Self-Sabotaging (And How to Stop)
Why You Keep Self-Sabotaging (And How to Stop) Have you ever had a goal you wanted to pursue… but something in you kept pulling the brakes? That’s self-sabotage—and in this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin explain what’s happening beneath the surface: cognitive distortions...
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283. How to Create New Beliefs (The Belief Ladder Explained)
How to Create New Beliefs (The Belief Ladder Explained) Why doesn’t positive thinking work? In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin continue their series on beliefs by teaching The Belief Ladder—a gentle, structured way to create new beliefs without forcing yourself to...
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282. How to Change Your Beliefs | Catholic Mindset Coaching
Ever notice this? You start walking toward something you know God is calling you to… and suddenly your mind floods with “I can’t,” “I’m not capable,” “I’ll fail,” “I’m an imposter.” That’s not random—it’s often a belief system at work. In this episode, Matt and Erin begin a brand-new series on…
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281. Dating a Phlegmatic | Catholic Temperaments
Dating a Phlegmatic | Catholic Temperaments Dating (or married to) a phlegmatic? This episode is for you. Matt and Erin continue our Temperaments in Dating series with a deep dive into the phlegmatic temperament—aka the steady, loyal, harmony-loving “glue” in so many relationships. We walk…
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280. Dating a Melancholic | Catholic Temperaments
Dating a Melancholic | Catholic Temperaments In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, we continue our Temperaments in Dating series with the Melancholic temperament. If you’re a Catholic single dating someone who’s melancholic (or you are melancholic), this one will help you sidestep...
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279. Dating a Sanguine | Catholic Temperaments
Dating a Sanguine can be amazing… and also confusing if you don’t understand what they need. In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin continue their Temperaments & Dating series with the Sanguine temperament—sharing practical do’s and don’ts to help Catholic singles build...
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278. Dating a Choleric | Catholic Temperaments
Dating can feel intense—especially when strong personalities, clear goals, and big expectations enter the picture. In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin kick off a new Temperaments & Dating series by focusing on the Choleric temperament and what Catholic singles need to...
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277. When Therapy Language Becomes Harmful (And How to Use It Well)
In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt sits down with Catholic therapist Dr. Gerry Crete to talk about a growing challenge in today’s mental health conversations: the overuse and misunderstanding of psychological language. Words like trauma, narcissism, abuse, and mental health…
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276. The Hidden Christian Message in Classic Christmas Movies
In this Christmas episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin unpack the hidden Christian message woven into these beloved classics. Through a mindset-coaching lens, they explore how these stories reveal conversion, repentance, gratitude, and redemption—even though they’re not...
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275. Catholic Dating in College Part 2 | What’s Blocking You
Dating as a Catholic—especially in college—can feel overwhelming, confusing, and high-pressure. Between time constraints, expectations, fear of temptation, and the desire to “do it right,” many people end up stuck or avoiding dating altogether. In this episode of the Catholic Coaching Podcast…
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274. Catholic Dating in College Part 1 | 3 Big Mindset Traps
Dating in Catholic college can feel weirdly intense: pressure to get married, gossip on small campuses, fear of “leading someone on,” and a ton of unspoken rules about how it’s supposed to go. In Episode 274 of the Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt and Erin put on their Catholic dating coach hats…
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273. Inside Candid’s Catholic Speed Dating (ft. Taylor O'Brien)
What if Catholic dating wasn’t just swiping, overthinking, and feeling like “there’s no one out there”… but real conversations, real formation, and real freedom? In this episode of The Catholic Coaching Podcast, Matt & Erin sit down with Taylor O’Brien, founder of Candid Dating — a Catholic speed...
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272. Stop Trying to Fix People | 5 Catholic Mindsets for Virtuous Influence
Ever tried to “help” someone change… and just ended up exhausted, resentful, or shut out? 😵💫 This is Part 2 of our series on virtuous influence—how to help others change for the good while fully honoring their freedom and dignity. In this episode, Matt and Erin share 5 interior dispositions…
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271. How to Help Someone Change Their Mind (Without Nagging or Controlling)
Have you ever tried to “help” someone change… and they just dug in their heels? 😅 More resentment. More distance. Zero real change. In this episode, Matt and Erin from Metanoia Catholic break down how to influence virtuously so you can help others change for the good without controlling…
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270. Is This Really God’s Will? Desire, Vocation & Perfectionism (w/ Stacey Sumereau)
“Did I miss my calling?” “Is this really God’s will?” If you’ve ever wrestled with those questions, this episode is for you. In this conversation, Matt sits down with Stacey Sumereau—former Broadway performer, reality TV discerner (“Sisterhood: Becoming Nuns”), host of the Called and Caffeinated...
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269. Real vs. Fake Apologies: 8 Red Flags
Real vs. Fake Apologies: 8 Red Flags How do you know if an apology is truly sincere? In this episode, Matt and Erin walk through practical ways to evaluate an apology and respond in a way that protects the relationship and your peace. What you’ll learn • The difference between “I’m sorry” and...
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When we encountered New Age philosophies in Life Coaching that ran counter to our Christian beliefs, we decided to take the best practices of Life Coaching and infuse them with the rich traditions of our Catholic Faith. We're Matt and Erin Ingold, Catholic coaches and the founders of Metanoia Catholic, our Catholic Life Coaching Company. Join us as we share practical coaching tips to being transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you can be free to discover and choose your greatest calling in life.
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