Coaches carry an insane amount of uncertainty, anxiety, and stress they never talk about. If you coach, you know exactly what I'm talking about. They hide it because they think a leader isn't supposed to feel like that and don't feel comfortable sharing just how heavy the weight they're feeling really is. So they bury it inside themselves, never talk about it, never show it. But they feel it and think about it every day. It eats at them on this inside. It doesn't have to be like that. Consider two options: 1. Hire a coach. Not a therapist. Not a psychologist. Not even a sports psychologist. A coach. Someone who understands sports, performance, competitive realities, leadership, behavior, staff dynamics, and team dynamics. Someone who can listen, understand, and advise with confidential trust. Coaches and players are in the performance environment. And every performer needs a coach. Players have coaches. Coaches need coaches. I coach coaches in high school, college, and pro. If you want to explore getting coaching for yourself, send me a DM. It's better than carrying the weight alone. 2. Use the Zone 1 Coach app. Maybe you're not comfortable hiring a coach or talking to someone else yet, but you need to talk it out. For your own benefit. You need to get the weight off your mind before it undermines you. And it's already undermining you. The Zone 1 Coach app gives you a totally confidential Coach's Journal to capture all your private coaching thoughts. Frustrations, feelings, conflicts, frictions, observations, questions, doubts, hesitations. All the stuff you never say out loud goes into the Zone 1 Coach Journal. It does two things for you. First, It gets the thoughts out of your head, into the world, and documented where you can see them outside of your own mind. This alone is a massive value. No more sloshing around in circles in your mind on sleepless nights. No more 10,000 thoughts racing while you try to be with your family. Get it out. Get it recorded. Get free. Second, The more you describe the situations you're dealing with and their impact on you, the sooner you can start figuring out skills and solutions for improving the situation. You can read back your own thoughts outside of yourself and see them more clearly. Zone 1 Coach also includes a Coach Advisor feature, built on 20 years of training leadership and discipline to championship teams, coaches, and performers. The Advisor--again, with total privacy--learns from your Journal and helps you through confidential situations that you can't talk with anyone else about. The Zone 1 Coach app is an indispensable tool for seriously competitive coaches or coaches who need to manage their stress better. Every coach that I coach uses it in parallel with the coaching we do. It's that good and that important. If you've read this far, there's a reason. Send me a DM, even if you're not sure what to say. Just tell me something in this post spoke to you. We'll start a conversation. It can't hurt. Or go the app store (Apple or Android) and download the Zone 1 Coach app. Start using the Journal and Advisor for free. Do it for a week and feel the difference for yourself. Above all, do not stay in an undisciplined or unhealthy place as a coach trying to hide the weight you feel in your role. Apply the same standard you expect of your players: Be disciplined about your own development.