The Courage to Pivot with Dr. Carla Fowler

The Courage to Pivot with Dr. Carla Fowler

From The Optimized Mind by Dr. Kate Lund

November 4, 2025 · 41 min · Episode 161

About this episode

Dr. Kate Lund interviews elite executive coach Carla Fowler about performance science and coaching strategies for leaders.

In this episode of The Optimized Mind, Dr. Kate is joined by elite executive coach Carla Fowler, MD, Ph.D. For the last decade, she has been a secret weapon for scores of CEOs, entrepreneurs, and other senior leaders. Dr. Fowler's unique approach combines the latest research from performance science with timeless best practices to help top performers level up and achieve their goals. Carla Fowler, MD PhD founded THAXA out of a passion for performance science, where the fields of strategy, productivity, and psychology intersect. Since its inception in 2013, THAXA’s scientific approach to individualized coaching has attracted a devoted client base of dozens of executives at firms ranging from Fortune 500 technology companies to venture-backed startups to innovative nonprofits. Carla’s coaching methods draw upon the multidisciplinary field of performance science to generate the best ideas surrounding strategy, execution, and mindset to assist leaders in their endeavors. Over the past 10 years, she has distilled the key principles of performance into understandable concepts and a method that helps leaders incorporate these ideas into their day-to-day performance, helping them go…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Kate Lund

Guest: Carla Fowler

Topics covered

  • performance science
  • executive coaching
  • leadership
  • goal achievement
  • productivity

Keywords

  • executive coaching
  • performance science
  • leadership
  • goal achievement
  • productivity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: THAXA, Brown University

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