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Hosted by Julie Bacon · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 276 episodes
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Ready to train your brain like you train your dog?This podcast is for dog handlers who know mindset matters—but don’t always know how to build it. I’m Julie Bacon, The Q Coach, and every week, I’ll bring you real-talk coaching, stories from the ring, and tools you can actually use to build a stronger performance mindset.Whether you’re dealing with ring nerves, inconsistency, fear of leveling up, or just want to feel more confident out there, this podcast is your weekly dose of support, strategy, and “omg same” moments.No fluff. No hype. Just practical mindset coaching for competitive dog handlers who want to Q more consistently and show up with confidence. Let’s get after it.For show notes and more information visit https://www.theqcoach.com. Consider supporting the show: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theqcoach.
Julie Bacon hosts The Q Coach Pod | Mindset Coaching for Handlers with Julie Bacon, a sports show with 276 episodes published.
"I'm not really competitive, but..." — and then they describe driving hours to a trial, spending hundreds on entries, and losing sleep over a Q rate. Sound familiar? This episode is about why handlers reject the competit
A new sport, a 6am lesson, and an instructor calling out every mistake in real time — and it's one of Julie's favorite things. This episode is about why, and what it reveals about the relationship most handlers have with
Six months in and it's time to ask the question nobody asks at mid-year: do the goals you made in January still belong to you? Not did you hit them — do they still fit the handler you actually are right now? This episode
Most handlers quit in the lag — that stretch between doing the work and seeing the results where the evidence goes quiet and the motivation disappears right along with it. This episode is about evidence-dependency, why i
Most handlers spend a lot of energy fighting nerves — and it doesn't work. This episode starts from a different place entirely: nerves aren't random, they're specific, and they're trying to tell you something. We'll talk
Handlers know better than to drill new skills the week before a big event. And yet those same handlers will spend that week trying to install an entirely new mindset — binge-listening, over-visualizing, consuming everyth
"Trust the process" is one of those phrases that gets thrown around so much it's almost stopped meaning anything. In this episode I'm taking it apart — what it actually is, what it isn't, and why it's a real trainable sk
Most handlers know what it feels like to chase a Q. What's less talked about is the moment you choose not to — and why that decision might be the most sophisticated one you make all season. This episode is about competit
It was a good week on paper. Big ribbons, real wins, the kind of results that look great from the outside. But the process told a completely different story — and when you tried to share that honestly, people looked at t
The ribbon photos get shared. Nobody posts the Tuesday night mental rehearsal, the drive home replay, or the quiet prep work that happens in the margins of a regular life. But that's where consistent performance is actua
Nobody talks about the hard middle — that long, unglamorous stretch where the novelty has worn off, progress isn't obvious, and motivation has gone quietly flat. In this episode, we're naming it for what it is, unpacking
Handlers already know which episodes they go back to, which reframes actually stick, which reset rituals bring them back when things go sideways. That instinct is sophisticated self-awareness — and it's worth building on
Every handler has a dog they don't fully trust yet — whether it's a green dog still proving themselves, a dog with a complicated history, or a partnership that just hasn't clicked under pressure. This episode is about th
Petra and Laurie from the Canine Connection Podcast stopped by — and we got into it. We're talking about what actually makes a good student, and surprise, it's mostly a mindset thing. Ego, passive showing-up, cognitive o
Pressure isn’t something you eliminate — it’s something you learn to work with. In this episode, I’m breaking down what pressure actually is, why it changes your behavior in the ring, and why rushing, over-handling, or “
Leaving a trainer is one of the most guilt-soaked decisions in dog sports — and almost nobody talks about it. This episode is about why it's so hard, why gratitude and obligation are not the same thing, and why the best
You regulated in the parking lot. You used your tools. You came back, reconnected with your dog, and had a successful run. You even named it a win in the moment. So why did you spend the drive home picking apart everythi
That buzzy, activated feeling before you go to the line? It's not automatically nerves. But the second you label it that way, everything changes — your timing, your energy, and what your dog picks up from you before you
There are two reasons handlers go into protection mode at the line. They look identical from the outside. They are not the same problem — and the fix is completely different depending on which one you're actually in. Thi
Confidence isn’t a feeling you summon or a personality trait you either have or don’t. In this episode, I’m reframing confidence as what it actually is: trust in yourself — built through experience, recovery, and evidenc
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