Many people often struggle to keep their ambitions alive while making space for their lives. However, you can achieve your goals without sacrificing your wellbeing. Discover how in this episode featuring Kathy Oneto, an executive & life-work coach, founder of Sustainable Ambition®, host of the Sustainable Ambition podcast, and author of Sustainable Ambition: How to Prioritize What Matters to Thrive in Life and Work (June 2025).

In this episode, Kathy shares her journey into coaching and the vision behind Sustainable Ambition®. Additionally, she highlights how she integrates her unique gift for navigating complexity into her coaching to help others overcome life’s challenges.

Kathy shares how embracing imperfections and making amends can open the door to greater growth and more meaningful connections. She also explores the role of intuition, offering insights on how to tune into it and recognize when to let it take the lead.

As an endurance athlete, Kathy reflects on the lessons she’s learned through physical and mental perseverance. She reminds us that true growth often comes from embracing ambiguity rather than constantly seeking clarity.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Trailer

[02:03] Who is Kathy Oneto?

[06:06] Power of coaching

[09:30] Journey to coaching

[15:45] Imperfection & Making amends

[27:08] Gift for complexity

[35:53] Intuition

[41:29] Endurance athlete

[51:09] Kathy’s work

[52:30] Clarity vs. Ambiguity

[57:15] Final remarks

Key Takeaways:  

• There is tremendous power in having others reflect things back to us because we can’t see everything ourselves. ~Kathy Oneto [06:09]

• “Coaches help compress time.” ~Brian Bogert [08:10]

• We grow the most during life’s hardest times. ~Kathy Oneto [19:56]

• Our instinctive nature is built on data and patterns accumulated over time. ~Kathy Oneto [38:04]

• Your body knows more than your brain knows. ~Kathy Oneto [38:30]

• “Clarity is achievable only through choice and action.” ~Brian Bogert [54:52]

• “Embrace your humanity and give yourself grace.” ~Kathy Oneto [57:19]

Keep In Touch with Kathy Oneto:

Website: https://sustainableambition.com/

Podcast: https://pod.link/1546561845

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kathy-oneto/

Books: https://sustainableambition.com/books

Linktree: https://linktr.ee/kathyoneto

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/koneto12/

Instagram (Business): https://www.instagram.com/sustainableambition/

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