The Catapult Effect

Katie Wrigley
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The Catapult Effect is a podcast for entrepreneurs who look successful on the outside, but are carrying more than is sustainable on the inside.Season 4 centers on one core theme: creating more ease in the life of the entrepreneur. Season 4 is scheduled to begin in March 2026.Each week, host Katie Wrigley shares grounded, practical conversations with guests who help reduce pressure — not add to it. Guests include practitioners, strategists, and experts working in areas such as nervous-system support, ethical AI, automation, SEO, addiction and craving support, and other approaches that make business and life more sustainable.Episodes are released weekly and often structured in two parts (15–20 minutes each), allowing for focused conversations that respect attention and nervous-system capacity.This show is designed for entrepreneurs who have already “done the work,” yet still feel stretched, overwhelmed, or quietly struggling — whether in their business, their body, or their day-to-day life. Season 2 is dedicated to first responders. Season 3 focuses on professionals. Don't miss out on Season 1 when it was known as The Pain Changer®. Discover valuable wisdom on pain management and various techniques to reduce pain. Tune in and start your journey to transformation and resilience!

  1. Jul 16

    From Linear to Quantum: The Systems That Create a Leap with Kalyca Zarich | Part 3 of 3

    Summary: In Part 3, Kalyca and Katie wrap up with real results. Kalyca shares how releasing a pattern of keeping herself small led to doubling her business in two months, and how clearing a fear of visibility in a single session led to a 4x leap in the number of clients signing onto her High Impact platform week over week. They close with a conversation about margin, the importance of celebrating progress, and why the revenue you bring in is not about money at all. It is a thank you note from the people whose lives you changed. Key Takeaways → Clearing one internal pattern can double a business. Kalyca was not focused on the outcome. She was focused on what was in the way. The business results followed automatically. → The more revenue you bring in, the more people you have helped. Reframing money as a thank you note changes everything about how you show up to sales and growth. → Revenue is thank you notes. Every payment is someone saying thank you for the difference you made. When that lands in the nervous system, not just the brain, everything shifts. → Margin is not just financial. Time margin, mental bandwidth and energy margin are equally important. How you show up to every decision changes entirely depending on how much margin you have. → Fragment your tools and you fragment your results. Switching between seven different browser tabs is a massive energy and time leak. An all-in-one system gives you back that margin. → Your zone of genius reveals your delegation map. Everything that drains you and is not your gift is a doorway from linear to exponential. Find the right who for those things. → The external system is ready. The internal system was the missing piece. When both are aligned, the results do not just grow linearly. They multiply. Where to find Kalyca LinkedIn Instagram The Systems Clarity Scorecard HighMpact Website Support the show Resources WebsiteFree Mini Cogno MondaysLearn more about CognomovementTry Cognomovement for yourself!Book a call with Katie Credit: Tom Giovingo, Intro & Outro, Random Voice Guy, Professional ‘Cat‘ Herder Mixed & Managed: JohnRavenscraft.com Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.

  2. Jul 14

    From Linear to Quantum: The Systems That Create a Leap with Kalyca Zarich | Part 2 of 3

    Summary: In Part 2, Kalyca and Katie pick up from her story of catastrophic system failure at a hundred-mile race and go deeper into the pattern that keeps high performers stuck: the belief that hard work is how results are created, and the identity that gets built around that belief. They explore how fear shows up in disguise as busyness, why outsourcing your power never works long-term, and how doing the internal work first is what actually creates the container for the external systems to take you somewhere extraordinary. Key Takeaways → When did you decide what earning looks like? Most of us inherited our beliefs about hard work from our parents without ever consciously agreeing to them. → Fear shows up as busyness. When you keep reorganizing your kitchen instead of doing the one thing that will move the needle, that is fear in disguise. → Outsourcing your power never creates lasting results. Programs that do it for you will always flatline. The answer is already inside you. Find the support that helps you access it. → People are wormholes. The right coach, the right hire, the right supporter collapses the time between linear and exponential. Asking for help is not weakness. It is strategy. → Fear is the chain tied to the linear trajectory. Every time you try to shift, it pulls you back. Nervous system work does not eliminate fear. It removes the stopping power of it. → What is at risk if you fully show up as yourself? That question reveals the real block. Fear of being seen, fear of success, fear of losing connection. These are what keep us small. → Your nervous system patterns lower your capacity without you realizing it. Suppressing old stories can take 10, 40, even 80% of the energy you have available to grow. Where to find Kalyca LinkedIn Instagram The Systems Clarity Scorecard HighMpact Website Support the show Resources WebsiteFree Mini Cogno MondaysLearn more about CognomovementTry Cognomovement for yourself!Book a call with Katie Credit: Tom Giovingo, Intro & Outro, Random Voice Guy, Professional ‘Cat‘ Herder Mixed & Managed: JohnRavenscraft.com Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.

  3. Jul 9

    From Linear to Quantum: The Systems That Create a Leap with Kalyca Zarich | Part 1 of 3

    Summary: In Part 1, Katie sits down with her friend and colleague Kalyca Zarich, strategist, consultant and founder of High Impact, for a conversation about what it really takes to stop grinding and start growing exponentially. Kalyca introduces her framework of two trajectories: the linear path, where results are directly tied to effort, and the quantum or exponential path, where that correlation breaks down entirely. She explains what lives at the point where those two lines diverge and why your system, both external and internal, is what determines which path you are on. She also shares a deeply personal story about a decade of ultra-marathon running, identity collapse, and the moment she asked her partner after missing a race cutoff: do you still love me? Key Takeaways → There are two paths in business: the linear path where results equal effort, and the quantum path where exponential results become possible with far less effort. → Your system is what determines which path you are on. That system includes your people, your strategy and your operational engine, but also your internal operating system: your nervous system, beliefs and stories. → You become the limiter. On the linear path, if everything depends on your effort, zoom out far enough and you will always hit a ceiling because your capacity is finite. → You cannot program your GPS without a destination. Strategy, people and systems all require clarity on where you are going first. → When you get clear on your unique ability and purpose, doors open. Every single time Kalyca has helped a client anchor back into their true gifts, exponential things have followed. → Identity attached to results leads to catastrophic system failure. Kalyca ran 4,233 miles in a single year and not one of them made her feel like she had arrived. That pattern will always end the same way. → Your internal operating system is a huge limiter. The nervous system work Katie does is what bridges the gap between knowing what to do and actually being able to do it. Where to find Kalyca LinkedIn Instagram The Systems Clarity Scorecard HighMpact Website Support the show Resources WebsiteFree Mini Cogno MondaysLearn more about CognomovementTry Cognomovement for yourself!Book a call with Katie Credit: Tom Giovingo, Intro & Outro, Random Voice Guy, Professional ‘Cat‘ Herder Mixed & Managed: JohnRavenscraft.com Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.

  4. Jul 7

    Boundaries, Self-Worth and Saying No with Barb Nangle | Part 3 of 3

    Summary: In Part 3, Barb and Katie wrap up with a conversation about time boundaries, why rest feels unsafe, and what is really happening in the nervous system when we cannot stop producing. Barb shares how she went from coaching seven days a week and recording her podcast on Sunday nights to protecting her weekends entirely, and how the Pomodoro technique and time blocking changed her ability to focus and create. She also speaks candidly about her own journey with scarcity, the deeply internalized belief that she needed to produce to be worthy, and the practice she now uses to interrupt catastrophic thinking before it takes over. Key Takeaways → Discipline equals freedom. Structure does not cage you. It gives you the container within which you can actually feel safe and creative. → Time blocking and the Pomodoro technique are boundaries. Working in focused 25-minute blocks with intentional breaks is not just a productivity hack. It is a form of self-respect. → Rest feels unsafe because of what comes up when we stop. Thoughts, feelings and fears that we have been numbing or avoiding start surfacing. The avoidance of those feelings is what makes rest feel dangerous. → Feelings move through faster than we think. Barb describes fully experiencing a wave of suppressed emotion in seven to fifteen seconds. Years of bracing to avoid something that lasts less than a minute. → Internal boundaries are real. Boundaries of self-containment means noticing when catastrophic thoughts start and choosing to interrupt them. You get to decide what you think about. → The fear of rest is usually the fear of inadequacy or the belief that you need to produce to be worthy. Slowly teaching your nervous system that it is safe to be at rest is a practice, not a switch. → Worry has never been what gets us through hard times. Presence has. Being in the current moment is the practice that actually builds resilience. Where to Find Barb Free 30 minute "Say No without Guilt" call Podcast Website LinkedIn Youtube What's Draining Your Boundaries Quiz Support the show Resources WebsiteFree Mini Cogno MondaysLearn more about CognomovementTry Cognomovement for yourself!Book a call with Katie Credit: Tom Giovingo, Intro & Outro, Random Voice Guy, Professional ‘Cat‘ Herder Mixed & Managed: JohnRavenscraft.com Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.

  5. Jul 2

    Boundaries, Self-Worth and Saying No with Barb Nangle | Part 2 of 3

    Summary: In Part 2, Barb and Katie continue the conversation by going deeper into what happens when you actually start building boundaries and why the transition period feels so uncomfortable. Barb shares her own journey from volunteering for 15 nonprofits to learning to pour from the overflow, and introduces the concept of picking your discomfort: the lifelong, never-ending discomfort of dysfunction, or the finite discomfort of growth. They also get into how boundaries show up specifically in business, with a detailed case study of a social media manager who went from giving everything away for free to building a thriving, boundaried client base. Key Takeaways → You cannot pour from an empty cup. The only way to have overflow for others is to fill your own cup first. This is not selfish. It is self-preservation. → Pick your discomfort. The discomfort of dysfunction is lifelong, never-ending and gets worse over time. The discomfort of growth is finite and has healing on the other side. → The people who push back when you set boundaries are the people who benefited from you having none. Their reaction is not a sign you did something wrong. → Discomfort does not mean danger. This is one of the most important things to internalize as you build new boundary patterns. → Niching is a boundary. Saying clearly who you serve and who you do not is one of the most powerful limits you can set in your business. When you try to serve everyone, you serve no one. → Undercharging is a boundary issue. When you price below your worth, it is rooted in the same childhood pattern of needing others to be okay with you to feel safe. → Scope creep is a boundary issue. Giving more and more beyond what was paid for is people-pleasing in a business context and it depletes you just as fast. → Building new boundary patterns takes time but the pull back to old patterns gets weaker and weaker the more you practice. Every time you hold a boundary, you build self-trust. Where to Find Barb Free 30 minute "Say No without Guilt" call Podcast Website LinkedIn Youtube What's Draining Your Boundaries Quiz Support the show Resources WebsiteFree Mini Cogno MondaysLearn more about CognomovementTry Cognomovement for yourself!Book a call with Katie Credit: Tom Giovingo, Intro & Outro, Random Voice Guy, Professional ‘Cat‘ Herder Mixed & Managed: JohnRavenscraft.com Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.

  6. Jul 1

    Boundaries, Self-Worth and Saying No with Barb Nangle | Part 1 of 3

    Summary: In Part 1, Katie sits down with Barb Nangle, boundaries coach, speaker, author and podcast host of Fragmented to Whole, for one of the most grounding conversations this season. Barb's life transformed at age 52 through 12-step recovery, where she discovered that the antidote to decades of codependence, people-pleasing and self-neglect was learning to build healthy boundaries. She opens with one of the most powerful definitions of boundaries Katie has heard: boundaries are where you end and another person begins. They are not walls. They are the distance at which you can love both yourself and someone else at the same time. In Part 1, they explore what codependence really looks like in everyday life, why people-pleasing is a survival mechanism rooted in childhood, and how integrity and boundaries are inseparable. Key Takeaways → Boundaries define where you end and where someone else begins. Without them, you do not even know what you want, like, need or prefer because you are constantly molding yourself around others. → Boundaries are the distance at which I can love both you and me simultaneously. Before boundaries, Barb was loving others while completely neglecting herself. → People-pleasing is a survival mechanism, not a character flaw. We learn early that we need the adults around us to be okay with us to survive. That pattern runs into adulthood without us realizing it. → Integrity and boundaries are the same thing. Living in alignment with your values and honoring what is okay and not okay for you is what integrity actually looks like in practice. → You can act your way into right thinking. You do not have to wait until you feel worthy to start setting boundaries. The feeling of worthiness follows from the action. → Intergenerational dysfunction is real. Our parents did what they knew how to do. Forgiveness becomes possible when you understand they literally could not do what they were not capable of. And you get to stop the cycle. → Your nervous system chooses relief over protection. When your system is in an internal emergency, you default to whatever has historically relieved the discomfort, even if it is the dysfunctional pattern. Where to Find Barb Free 30 minute "Say No without Guilt" call Podcast Website LinkedIn Youtube What's Draining Your Boundaries Quiz Support the show Resources WebsiteFree Mini Cogno MondaysLearn more about CognomovementTry Cognomovement for yourself!Book a call with Katie Credit: Tom Giovingo, Intro & Outro, Random Voice Guy, Professional ‘Cat‘ Herder Mixed & Managed: JohnRavenscraft.com Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.

  7. Jun 25

    WTH does a "regulated nervous system" even mean?

    Summary In this episode, Katie Wrigley demystifies nervous system regulation, clarifying what it truly means and how to achieve it. She shares practical tools, personal stories, and debunks common myths to help listeners understand and regulate their nervous systems effectively.  Takeaways Nervous system regulation is not about feeling calm all the time. Tools like cognomovement can help regulate the nervous system. Feeling emotions is essential; the goal is to process and come back to regulation. A regulated nervous system allows handling life's chaos with more ease. You don't have to give up chaos to be regulated; only dysregulation needs to be addressed. Resources: Private podcast: The Reclaimed Life Audio Files your decompression tank Online Program for Nervous System Regulation Support the show Resources WebsiteFree Mini Cogno MondaysLearn more about CognomovementTry Cognomovement for yourself!Book a call with Katie Credit: Tom Giovingo, Intro & Outro, Random Voice Guy, Professional ‘Cat‘ Herder Mixed & Managed: JohnRavenscraft.com Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.

  8. Jun 4

    It's Coming: From Crutches to Half Marathon

    Summary: In this special solo episode, Katie officially announces her upcoming book, From Crutches to Half Marathon: A Cognomovement Journey from Childhood Trauma to a Reclaimed Life. She shares the story behind why she wrote it, who she wrote it for, and what is inside. From the 18 months she spent mostly on crutches and the temporary disability that changed everything, to the forgiveness practice that got her knee straight in two to three weeks, to completing a half marathon just six years later at nearly fifty years old, this is a deeply personal and honest look at what healing from childhood trauma and chronic pain can actually look like. Katie also opens up about her mom's advanced dementia, the grief of watching someone you love fade away, and how writing this book 15 minutes at a time over several years became one of the most meaningful things she has ever done. 👉 Grab your copy and join the waitlist here: www.katiewrigley.com/book Key Takeaways → The book is called From Crutches to Half Marathon: A Cognomovement Journey from Childhood Trauma to a Reclaimed Life. It is coming very soon. → Katie wrote this book for the person looking for a thread of hope to hold onto. Whatever state you are in, it does not have to stay that way. → Post-traumatic stress is not a disorder. Katie deliberately avoids the word disorder because it implies permanence that simply is not true. There is so much that can be done. → Forgiveness got her knee straight. Within two to three weeks of starting to meditate and practice forgiveness, Katie's housemate noticed she had stopped limping. She had not been able to walk without pain in over a year. → Everything you need to heal is already inside you. Her first wellness coach Shannon Lee planted that seed when Katie did not believe it. The book is proof of what became possible when she started to act on it. → Big goals happen 15 minutes at a time. Katie wrote the entire book in her morning scribing practice, 15 minutes a day, on a tiny iPad. Consistency over intensity. → Beta readers described the book as relatable, gripping and something they could see themselves in. That was exactly what Katie set out to create. Support the show Resources WebsiteFree Mini Cogno MondaysLearn more about CognomovementTry Cognomovement for yourself!Book a call with Katie Credit: Tom Giovingo, Intro & Outro, Random Voice Guy, Professional ‘Cat‘ Herder Mixed & Managed: JohnRavenscraft.com Disclaimer: Katie is not a medical professional and she is not qualified to diagnose any conditions. The advice and information she gives is based on her own experience and research. It does not take the place of medical advice. Always consult a medical professional first before you try anything new.

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The Catapult Effect is a podcast for entrepreneurs who look successful on the outside, but are carrying more than is sustainable on the inside.Season 4 centers on one core theme: creating more ease in the life of the entrepreneur. Season 4 is scheduled to begin in March 2026.Each week, host Katie Wrigley shares grounded, practical conversations with guests who help reduce pressure — not add to it. Guests include practitioners, strategists, and experts working in areas such as nervous-system support, ethical AI, automation, SEO, addiction and craving support, and other approaches that make business and life more sustainable.Episodes are released weekly and often structured in two parts (15–20 minutes each), allowing for focused conversations that respect attention and nervous-system capacity.This show is designed for entrepreneurs who have already “done the work,” yet still feel stretched, overwhelmed, or quietly struggling — whether in their business, their body, or their day-to-day life. Season 2 is dedicated to first responders. Season 3 focuses on professionals. Don't miss out on Season 1 when it was known as The Pain Changer®. Discover valuable wisdom on pain management and various techniques to reduce pain. Tune in and start your journey to transformation and resilience!

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  • Creator
    Katie Wrigley
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    159
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 The Catapult Effect
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