Kathy Dooley

ID I: Taiwan Premiere

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Dooley Noted: 7/20/2016   Yesterday, we premiered Immaculate Dissection (ID) I: Core Concepts in Taipei, Taiwan.   I was nervous that important points may be lost in translation.   I couldn’t have been more wrong!    The class members were engaged, attentive, and inquisitive. And they even got our senses of humor!   The teaching team worked with the students, who were mostly physical therapists and a few trainers and massage therapists. (Unfortunately, Taiwan does … Read more

Who’s Crazy

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Dooley Noted: 7/19/2016   People like to refer to me playfully as “crazy.”   I maintain a “crazy” schedule.    But to me, it’s crazy not to seize the opportunities to help as many people as I can.    I have a “crazy” lifestyle of traveling the world on weekends to teach.  But to me, it’s crazy to lounge too much around home when I can use my time to educate and travel.    I … Read more

The Sleekness

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Dooley Noted: 7/18/2016   In junior high, I wanted to compete in a local talent show.   I loved to dance. But we couldn’t really afford dance lessons for me.    It didn’t stop me at all.   I studied MTV as if it were a textbook, learning Janet Jackson choreography. She was my teacher.    You could find me in the back yard for hours a day, choreographing what I thought were expressive and … Read more

Focus as an Energy Bank 

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Dooley Noted: 7/16/2016   Yesterday, we had every road block in our way as we trekked to make a flight.    We endured heavy traffic and Google map lies about transit times.    We also got the taxi driver in NYC that stops at yellow lights.    Instead of getting upset, I worked out contingency for our travel.    I controlled what I could and focused on that.   I controlled my breathing and my … Read more

Build Something 

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Dooley Noted: 7/15/2016 As I worked as a chiropractor in multiple facilities, I grew frustrated being someone’s employee. They were wonderful environments – but they weren’t environments I helped build. The culture was of someone else’s creation – and I couldn’t ignore how I wanted things to change. Rather than complain about my job, I slowly but steadily helped build new cultures. My colleagues and I built Catalyst SPORT, a rehab and training environment where … Read more

Finishing One Thing 

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Dooley Noted: 7/14/2016   Every week, for the past few years, I get an email asking what seminars I recommend people to take.   I’m also asked which kettle bell instruction course to take, or which fitness program is the best to follow.   As a seminar instructor, I also see people taking many different seminars without much follow through and without full understanding of one system at a time.   This leaves a person … Read more

Helping Yourself

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Dooley Noted: 7/13/2016   I want to help all people that want to help themselves.   Otherwise, I have a low tolerance to field complaints.    I’m not a cold person.   But I’ve watched people come to me in tears – just to ignore all of my suggestions and abandon all responsibility.   So, I have to state the truth.   The only one perceiving the pain is you.   Therefore, you are the … Read more

The Strength of Steel

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Dooley Noted: 7/12/2016 I lift barbells, kettlebells, and my body weight as a daily discipline. It had made me stronger in mind than I could have ever imagined. But I struggled when I met a weight I could not lift. It would leave me mentally disheveled.  Old anxieties would set in. I would feel defeated, and I would ruminate into thoughts of not feeling good enough. And then, I met the steel in a different … Read more

Grammar Police Warning 

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Dooley Noted: 7/11/2016   I’ve been writing these posts daily for 5.5 years.    I’ve never failed to post one since January 1, 2011.    It doesn’t matter how tired, weary, or busy I am that day.   I write – because I promised myself I would.    And in the words of Slim the Hammer Man, “I’d rather die than break my word to myself.”   I pour a bit of my soul into … Read more

Thorn in the Paw

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Dooley Noted: 7/9/2016   I have the honor of working alongside some really amazing athletes on the staff at Catalyst SPORT.    My business partners and all the Catalyst coaches are incredible athletes, and the clinicians are all equally strong and focused.    When you’re in the business of injury prevention, you lead by example.    Thus, some great coaches often hide their injuries like all athletes, waiting for the storm to possibly pass on … Read more