This week on WORDS MATTER, Deanna Ley, The Catalytic Coach, shares the powerful practice that’s been holding her steady through canceled plans, unexpected injuries, and life’s endless detours. This episode is a heartfelt invitation to feel your letdowns, but not hand them the pen to write your story.

“Discipline your disappointment.” — Tony Robbins

From a 30th anniversary Grand Canyon dream that couldn’t happen to the reminder that life is always happening for us, this episode explores how disappointment is really just the gap between expectation and reality, and how disciplining it can change everything.

What Listeners Will Learn:
• Why disappointment is inevitable, but staying stuck is optional
• How to reframe setbacks as self-love and protection for your future self
• The three-step practice Deanna uses to discipline disappointment
• Why life’s detours can become new adventures
• How to move forward when everything in you wants to stop

Memorable Quotes:
• “Discipline your disappointment.” — Tony Robbins
• “Disappointment is inevitable. But staying stuck? That's optional.”
• “Life is always happening for us, not to us.” — Tony Robbins
• “Discipline can be the highest form of self-love.”
• “I refuse to let this setback define me. I will not hand the pen of my story to disappointment.”
• “Don’t let the let down be your leader.”
• “Every time we choose to discipline our disappointment, we choose to believe in something bigger than the setback.”

Disappointment doesn’t get to define the next chapter. You do. This episode will remind you that when you feel it, name it, and frame it, you reclaim the power to keep moving toward the life you want.

Your WORDS MATTER, because YOU MATTER.

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This week on WORDS MATTER, Deanna Ley, The Catalytic Coach, shares a story that begins at 10,000+ feet — and climbs from there. This episode's quote proves that you can keep going even when the path disappears, the progress feels slow, or the descent is just as hard as the climb.

“There’s no straight line to anything worth having.”

This episode walks you through the literal and metaphorical journey of hiking Quandary Peak — one of Colorado’s 14ers — and the profound realizations that came with every step. You’ll hear the truth about uneven progress, inner doubt, and the kind of strength that isn’t flashy, but faithful. It’s an invitation to honor your way forward — no matter how winding it may be.

What Listeners Will Learn:
• Why we crave mountaintop moments, but change is built along the way
• How to shift your mindset when the path disappears or detours
• The science of Cognitive Flexibility and why it matters when life doesn’t go to plan
• How Chris’s “50 steps” system helped them reach the summit
• Why the descent was harder than the climb and what it taught them
• How to give yourself credit even when progress feels invisible
• Why presence, persistence, and self-trust are the real markers of growth

Memorable Quotes:
• “There’s no straight line to anything worth having.”
• “Anything worth having is hard work.” — Deanna Ley
• “Even when you can’t see the peak, the steps you’re taking still matter.”
• “No up lasts forever and no down lasts forever — as long as you keep moving forward.” — Chris Ley
• “You're not waiting to be ready. You're becoming ready by walking the path as it is.”
• “There’s no wasted step when you keep showing up for yourself.”
• “It’s not supposed to be straight, friends. It’s supposed to be yours.”
• “There’s always the way forward.”

Whether you’re climbing something physical, emotional, or spiritual, this episode will meet you in the middle of it and remind you that slow still counts, rest is not retreat, and you’re doing better than you think.

Your WORDS MATTER, because YOU MATTER.

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This week on WORDS MATTER, Deanna Ley, The Catalytic Coach, shares a raw, real-time moment that began in a massage room and led to the unexpected uncovering of anger, grief, and a deep disconnection from her body.

At the center of it all is a quote from Tiffany Aliche: “Shame shields solutions.”

What follows is a deeply personal reflection on body betrayal, the lies shame whispers, and the truth-telling that begins to set us free. This episode isn’t about fixing or figuring it all out — it’s about choosing to stay present in the ache, name what hurts, and remember what’s still true.

What Listeners Will Learn:
• Why shame often disguises itself as accountability — and how to recognize the difference
• How pain and disconnection can distort your progress and make you forget how far you’ve come
• The impact of unspoken grief on your thoughts, choices, and trust in your body
• How to stay with yourself when healing gets hard and messy
• Why honesty isn’t weakness — it’s the beginning of real healing
• A reminder that this part counts, too — even when it’s still unfolding

Memorable Quotes:
• “Shame shields solutions.” – Tiffany Aliche
• “Every time you tell the truth about what hurts, you reclaim a part of yourself that shame has tried to erase.”
• “Shame sounded like truth. But I now see it as regret, weaponized against my own healing.”
• “Grieving what you lost doesn’t cancel out what you’ve gained.”
• “You haven’t lost your healing. You haven’t erased your progress. You are still on your way.”
• “You're not broken even if you feel like it. You're not failing even if you feel like it. You're unfolding.”
• “The only way to it — to the solutions we seek — is through the thick of it.”

This episode is for anyone who feels like they’ve lost their footing, their progress, or their peace. It’s not a bow-tied lesson — it’s an invitation to stay, feel, and keep going. Because this part matters just as much as the rest.

Your WORDS MATTER, because YOU MATTER.

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This week on WORDS MATTER, Deanna Ley, The Catalytic Coach, shares a quote that didn’t come from a book or a podcast — but from the raw middle of her own healing journey:

“I deal with it, so I can heal with it.”

Born from lived experience, this mantra isn’t about moving from pain — it’s about moving with it. In this episode, Deanna invites listeners to stop abandoning themselves in the struggle and instead, learn how to be with what hurts — with honesty, compassion, and deep self-devotion.

She brings in a powerful metaphor from wildlife photographer Michael Hodges: the bison. Known for facing storms head-on instead of running from them, the bison becomes a living picture of what healing actually looks like — steady, rooted, present.

What Listeners Will Learn:
• Why healing isn’t about escape — it’s about presence
• The difference between fixing and walking with what hurts
• How curiosity becomes a gateway to healing
• What it means to “BE THE BISON” in real-life moments
• Why impulses are signals, not shame
• How to stop abandoning yourself — and start walking with yourself, instead

Memorable Quotes:
• “I deal with it, so I can heal with it.” – Deanna Ley
• “Healing didn’t happen when I finally escaped what hurt. Healing happened when I chose to stop abandoning myself in the middle of it.”
• “Facing a storm shortens the storm. Running from it only prolongs the pain.”
• “BE THE BISON.”
• “That impulse isn't weakness. It's a signal. It's your body saying, ‘Something needs attention.’”
• “Healing is not about arriving. It's about returning — over and over and over — to the part of you that refuses to give up.”

This episode is a truth-telling, storm-facing, soul-honoring invitation to stay. To listen. To return. Not perfectly — but wholly. With compassion, with courage, and yes — with bison-like strength.

Your WORDS MATTER, because YOU MATTER.

Here's Michael's video that inspired today's WORDS: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14Hi8zQskUj/

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This week on WORDS MATTER, Deanna Ley, The Catalytic Coach, dives into a phrase that’s become her personal anchor:

“It’s a season. Not a sentence.”

The original author is unknown — but the impact? Undeniable.

This episode speaks to the foggy, frustrating, in-between seasons we never asked for. Whether you're walking through grief, burnout, perimenopause, transition, or simply a life that looks nothing like you imagined — this one’s for you.

With raw truth, heartfelt honesty, and a touch of humor, Deanna gives voice to what so many women are carrying but rarely get to say out loud — and yes, that includes full-on fist-pumping her way through perimenopause.

What Listeners Will Learn:
• Why no season — even the hard ones — lasts forever
• How to stay anchored to yourself when the ground beneath you shifts
• What Deanna means by “I deal with it, so I can heal with it”
• How breathwork, movement, truth-telling, and rituals keep you from disappearing in the hard
• A loving reminder that your identity is not defined by this chapter

Memorable Quotes:
“It’s a season. Not a sentence.”
“I deal with it, so I can heal with it.” — Deanna Ley
“This season doesn’t get to define me.”
“What matters right now?”
“What do I need right now?”
“You’re not just surviving. You’re laying the foundation for who you’ll be on the other side of this season.”
“I CHOOSE ME.”

This episode is a hand on your back and a voice in your ear reminding you that you are not alone.

Your WORDS MATTER, because YOU MATTER.

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This week on WORDS MATTER, Deanna Ley, The Catalytic Coach, brings voice to something we often overlook in our pursuit of healing and growth: joy. The real kind that’s soul-filling. The kind we forget to let ourselves feel.

This episode is rooted in seven powerful words from poet Mary Oliver:
“Joy is not made to be a crumb.”

Deanna dives into how so many of us treat joy like a reward we haven’t earned — something we postpone until everything is handled, fixed, or perfect. But joy was never meant to be the thing we get after. It’s meant to be part of the during. The fuel — not the fluff.

What Listeners Will Learn:
• Why joy isn’t a luxury or distraction — it’s a necessity
• How we’ve been conditioned to see joy as something earned
• The truth about what happens when we starve ourselves of it
• How to let joy in, even when life is hard
• A beautiful invitation to notice joy in the ordinary and let it settle

Memorable Quotes:
• “Joy is not made to be a crumb.” – Mary Oliver
• “Joy isn’t the opposite of hard. It’s what holds us together in the middle of it.”
• “You are allowed to feel joy. Right now. Just as you are.”
• “There’s no medal for postponing your joy.”
• “Choose the joy.”
• “You deserve more than scraps, friends. You don’t have to wait another day to remember that.”

This episode is your reminder that joy belongs here — now, in the middle of the messy and the beautiful. Because you are not a crumb. And your life wasn’t meant to be lived like one.

Your WORDS MATTER, because YOU MATTER.

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This week on WORDS MATTER, Deanna Ley, The Catalytic Coach, dives into a quote that doesn’t just land — it lingers:

“You cannot heal in the same environment where you got sick.”

Author unknown — but the truth? Unforgettable.

With raw honesty, Deanna shares a pivotal chapter from 2021 — a season marked by service, strain, and ultimately… languishing. Naming it became the first step in reclaiming her Whole-Self Health: mind, body, and soul.

What Listeners Will Learn:
• Why “environment” includes more than physical space — it includes thoughts, beliefs, and relationships
• How languishing sneaks in and why naming it gives you power
• The moment Deanna realized her healing required a new internal and external space
• Why hustle won’t help when your soil doesn’t match your seed
• How to recognize when you’re functioning but not feeling
• A fierce invitation to draw your line in the sand and choose different — now

Memorable Quotes:
• “You cannot heal in the same environment where you got sick.” - Unknown
• “Languishing — that gray space between depression and flourishing where you’re not drowning, but you’re not living.”
• “Growth requires congruence. If the soil doesn’t match the seed, nothing blooms — no matter how hard you hustle.”
• “You don’t have to wait for everything to fall apart before you make a move.”
• “If waiting is your strategy, you’re not just wasting time — you’re wasting YOU.”
• “What you do need is to want your life more than you fear the change it will take to claim it.”

This isn’t about running away — it’s about creating an environment that supports healing, not hiding. You don’t need approval or a perfect plan. You just need to decide that you matter enough to begin again.

Your WORDS MATTER, because YOU MATTER.

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In this episode of WORDS MATTER, Deanna Ley, The Catalytic Coach, invites you to pause long enough to notice the moment you're in—and then be in it. With the quote “Wherever you are, be all there.” by Jim Elliott, Deanna explores what it means to stop drifting through life and start actually living it.

From brain science to personal stories, she helps you recognize how our minds are wired to wander—and how to gently bring yourself back to presence. This episode is for anyone who’s felt stuck in The Next or tangled up in The Past and is ready to reclaim the peace of the Right Now.

What Listeners Will Learn:
• Why presence is a practice, not a performance
• What happens in your brain when you're constantly replaying or future-casting
• How the Default Mode Network and Task-Positive Network shape your focus
• Why being fully present may feel uncomfortable at first—but is always worth it
• Simple practices that gently return you to the now
• A weekly invitation to show up—fully, honestly, and imperfectly

Memorable Quotes:
• “Wherever you are, be all there.” – Jim Elliott
• “My body was there, but my mind was always scanning, bracing, anticipating.”
• “Our brain learns to equate stillness with risk.”
• “Not a perfect life, but a felt one. Not performance, but connection. Not control, but soul-deep peace.”
• “Healing doesn't live in the ideal. It lives in the real.”
• “This moment is the only place your life is actually happening.”

This episode reminds us that peace isn’t waiting in The Next—it’s available in this breath, this heartbeat, this choice. And the invitation? Come back home to yourself. Be all there.

Your WORDS MATTER, because YOU MATTER.

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