In this special episode, we share an excerpt from one of our Be Your Own Best Coach Guest Contributors, Nilofer Merchant. It's part of a series of guest interviews within the Be Your Own Best Coach program.

In this Be Your Own Best Coach Conversation, , we discuss how you manage when you're down and frustrated, depressed or even angry. It’s easy to manage when you’re at your best, but where we really need tools is when we aren’t at our best.

In this Be Your Own Best Coach Conversation, we discuss barriers. How do barriers block us and mire us in the problem? What can we do instead?

In this Be Your Own Best Coach Conversation,, we discuss dos vs don'ts. Our brain doesn't hear the don'ts, which is fascinating. When you say, don't eat the cookie, your brain is being prompted to actually eat the cookie. We discuss how we can use the Do language for behavior change.

In this Be Your Own Best Coach Conversation, we discuss feeling vs noticing. One doesn’t give us control and the other gives us agency. Our ancient brains give us a clue to why asking someone how they feel or how does that make them feel is where you don't have control. We discuss what you can do instead.