Coach Caitlin On Rewriting Your Story, Restoring Your System, And Choosing Yourself For The First Time

After 28 years as an educator and Blocks To Flow Coach, Caitlin McVean reached a crossroads that so many caregivers, teachers, and nurturers quietly face:

“Do I know enough to live differently?”

“Is it okay to choose myself?”

“What happens if I stop surviving and start listening?”

In this vulnerable and deeply human conversation, Caitlin shares how she made the courageous decision to put her health and happiness above everything for the first time in her life, a choice that became the doorway to her becoming a certified Wholistic NeuroGrowth Success Coach using the Blocks to Flow method.

Caitlin’s journey isn’t just about a career change; it’s about an identity change. It’s about learning to trust yourself, to honor your system, and to rewrite the narrative you’ve been living inside for decades.

Today, she helps others find that same turning point: the moment they recognize they are worthy of ease, worthy of flow, and capable of a life that feels like theirs again.

If you or someone you love is navigating stress, dysregulation, burnout, or the quiet ache of “there must be more,” this episode offers hope, direction, and the gentle reminder:

It only takes one moment to change everything.

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Many students aren’t struggling because they’re lazy, unmotivated, or incapable. They’re struggling because something inside their system is blocked: stress, avoidance, fear of failure, disorganization, self-doubt, or simply not fitting into the rigid mold of traditional school.

In this powerful conversation, coach Liz Schnautz shares how she helps teens and young adults move past the internal barriers that shut down learning and steal confidence. Using Blocks To Flow coaching, Liz guides students to understand what’s really going on beneath the surface and shows parents how to support without pressure or power struggles.

Liz’s strength is seeing the learner beneath the behaviors.

She meets students where they are, helps them understand their blocks, and equips them with tools that last long after coaching ends.

Students grow more confident.

Parents feel less alone.

Homes become calmer.

And the student who once felt stuck finally steps into flow.

This episode is for any parent, educator, or teen who knows: there’s so much more inside; it just needs the right connection to come alive.

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Children do not need perfection, but the presence of people who will not judge them and truly understand their needs. Toni Sartorelli, a Blocks to Flow coach, explains how calming your nervous system contributes greatly to raising confident kids and building peaceful homes. She joins Kohila Sivas to discuss how students blossomed, parents softened, and families finally felt hopeful again because someone chose connection over correction. Toni also opens up about the powerful practices that keep her in flow and allow her to perform at her best at all times.

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The school system often puts too much pressure on learners that despite their best efforts, they still struggle to retain actual knowledge. Kohila Sivas sits down with Molly Hurd, a Blocks To Flow coach, who helps young people learn in the best way possible by guiding them in unlocking their flow state. She breaks down her strategies to teach them how to understand the truth about their minds and bodies, enabling them to grow in confidence, improve their self-image, and discover how they learn best. Molly also talks about one of the hardest patterns she has to break: the instinct to immediately take responsibility, fix everything, and carry what was never truly hers. This episode is for anyone who wants to understand teens better, guide them deeper, and support them in becoming who they are meant to be without pressure, shame, and the old patterns running the show.

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Denial and acceptance are two sides of the same emotional coin that shape how we move through life. In this heartfelt conversation, Coach Alexa Bueno shares how years of denial—from masking emotions as a young athlete to facing her son’s autism diagnosis—became the greatest teacher of all. Through acceptance, she learned to breathe again, parent with compassion, and reconnect with her authentic self. Her story reveals that peace and healing begin the moment we stop denying our truth.

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We all have inner critics, and sometimes they are so strong that they start to take over our lives. What is the right way to handle your negative self-talk and stop it from overwhelming you? Kohila Sivas sits down with Coach Kim Carnegie, Founder of Guiding Minds Learning Solutions, to share how she broke out of unhealthy patterns and a demanding work environment that suppressed her full potential. She explains how breathing practices and “talking to the brain” allowed her to diminish negative self-talk, get rid of her constant fight-or-flight mode, and escape the survival mindset. Kim also offers valuable advice for parents and learners on how to cultivate awareness and regulation for a more productive and fulfilling life.

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Perfectionism and procrastination often go hand in hand, creating invisible blocks that keep us stuck in survival mode. Coach Ruth Hurt joins Kohila Sivas for a heartfelt conversation on tracing these patterns back to childhood conditioning, family expectations, and the performance-based systems that shaped how we define success. Together they explore how awareness rewires the brain, how breathing can realign the body, and how we can replace “I can’t” with curiosity and choice. Ruth opens up about her personal transformation through the Blocks to Flow™ process, showing that even decades of perfectionism can give way to calm, connection, and confidence when we finally learn to flow with life instead of fighting against it.

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Blocks-to-Flow™ offers a powerful reminder that the path to peace begins with awareness. In this heartfelt exchange, Coach Katelyn Skerry Notice reflects on how years of control, perfectionism, and the need to prove her worth kept her in constant motion and anxiety. Through yoga, gratitude, and the guidance of the Blocks-to-Flow™ program, she discovered what it means to breathe deeply, slow down, and live in alignment. Together with Khalil, she explores the roots of self-judgment, the importance of loving yourself as you are, and the freedom that comes when you release the pressure to perform. This conversation invites listeners to see that flow is not found by chasing achievement but by remembering that you are already enough.

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