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The WAT™ · Coaching with Dr. Sarai Koo

The WAT™: We Are Tricked.

Long before you chose your goals, someone handed you a set of rules about who is smart, who is worth hearing, and what makes a person enough. Most of us never chose those rules. The WAT™ helps you see them, name them, and choose your own standard. It is where real change begins.

  • Step 1 Where Re+Calibration™ begins
  • 5 modules Recognize · Restore · Realign
  • 1 to 12 One-to-one or a small group

The Program

Five modules. Three phases.

The WAT™ follows the same three phases as Re+Calibration™. Each module pairs a short teaching with a hands-on exercise, so you practice the new standard in your real life instead of just hearing about it.

Re+Calibration™ logo Recognize · Restore · Realign

Phase 1

Recognize

Module 01

Naming the WAT™

Get simple words for the messages you absorbed about what makes a person valuable.

Message Inventory

Module 02

How it travels inward

Follow one message from what you heard, to what you felt, to what you came to believe.

Trace It

Phase 2

Restore

Module 03

Your triggers and your responses

Steady first. Name the trigger, name the reaction, then choose the response you want.

Trigger Map

Phase 3

Realign

Module 04

Conversations that change

Listen and speak differently when an old rule shows up with family, a partner or a boss.

SAFE and I+CARE™ practice

Module 05

Reversing the direction

Write one small practice for each circle, from the inside out, and name who will help you keep it.

Inside-Out Plan

By the end, you can:

Explain The WAT™ in your own words, with two examples from your life.
Name your triggers and the habits that follow them.
Listen with SAFE and speak with I+CARE™ in a hard conversation.
Trace one outside message from what you heard, to what you felt, to what you believed.
Use a simple three-step pause when an old rule shows up.
Use a simple plan to live from the inside out, with someone to help you keep it.

Ways to Take Part

Choose the pace that fits you.

The same five modules in every format. The format decides how much time you have to practice between sessions. An 8-week intensive is also available for small groups.

One-to-One

The WAT™ in Coaching

Five private sessions with Dr. Koo

  • One module per session, built around your real life
  • A small practice between sessions
  • Can lead straight into Breakthrough Coaching
  • Best if you want privacy and depth
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Fast Start

Half-Day Workshop

One 3-hour session

  • All five modules in a focused half day
  • One paired listening and speaking practice
  • You leave with a one-page plan
  • Great for retreats and conferences
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