Steadier business, stronger capacity.
The Catapult Effect treats business pressure as both a systems problem and a body problem. Katie Wrigley brings guests into practical conversations about regulation, support, fear, recovery, and the everyday decisions that make work feel less consuming.
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The Catapult Effect approaches entrepreneurship through the question of capacity. It is less interested in louder ambition than in what allows a person to keep building without fraying internally. Katie Wrigley brings a coaching-oriented register to conversations about pressure, recovery, leadership, and support. The show often starts with the body. Nervous-system regulation, stress responses, breath, anxiety, and emotional safety appear as practical business concerns rather than side issues. That gives the episodes a distinctive rhythm: a client message, a difficult conversation, or a delegation mistake can become a doorway into how the brain reads threat. The show also gives attention to external systems. Conversations with Kate Linehan, for example, treat the first virtual assistant hire as more than an operations move; delegation becomes a way to stop carrying everything alone. Leadership is discussed in humane terms, with curiosity, compassion, and responsibility presented as better responses than panic or blame. Other episodes widen the lens. Matthew Campbell, PhD brings a framework built around sleep, sunlight, movement, connection, and intentional consumption. Haley Coleman adds nervous-system regulation blended with intuitive insight. Maverick Shipman talks about rebuilding after a skydiving accident interrupted a football path. Nick Peck connects sports, childhood adversity, and drive. Drew Solon discusses fatherhood, trauma, and practical tools for parents. Solo episodes keep returning to fears that can quietly steer high performers, including fear of failure, fear of success, perfectionism, stress, anxiety, and subconscious blocks. The tone is open and earnest. It can be personal without losing the business frame. Listeners looking for tactical growth hacks may find it more reflective than prescriptive. Listeners drawn to sustainable entrepreneurship, emotional regulation, and support-based leadership will find a consistent point of view. The show argues, through example more than slogan, that business gets lighter when internal and external systems are built with care.
Made for: Entrepreneurs, high-performing professionals, and leaders who want business growth without normalizing chronic stress, perfectionism, or isolation. It especially suits listeners open to nervous-system language, coaching conversations, and practical support systems.
What sets it apart: The show links inner regulation with everyday business operations, treating breath, fear, delegation, leadership, and hiring as connected parts of sustainable work. Its guest range moves from psychology and virtual assistant strategy to adversity, fatherhood, and sports-shaped resilience.
The Catapult Effect is a podcast for entrepreneurs who look successful on the outside, but are carrying more than is sustainable on the inside.Season 4 centers on one core theme: creating more ease in the life of the entrepreneur. Season 4 is scheduled to begin in March 2026.Each week, host Katie Wrigley shares grounded, practical conversations with guests who help reduce pressure — not add to it. Guests include practitioners, strategists, and experts working in areas such as nervous-system support, ethical AI, automation, SEO, addiction and craving support, and other approaches that make business and life more sustainable.Episodes are released weekly an...
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