Hannah Finrow sits down with Matt Kodsi, ICF Tennessee's Director of Membership, to talk about his path into coaching — from a career in clinical medicine and healthcare leadership, back to his early roots in theater.

Matt shares the burnout that led him to Hudson Institute's Life Forward program, the lesson on presence that changed how he shows up for his family and clients, and his belief that you can only take a client as far as you've taken yourself.

They also discuss Matt's parallel life as an author of short, story-driven books exploring presence and the stories we tell ourselves, his advice for coaches who want to write but don't feel ready, what makes the ICF Tennessee community unique, and his perspective on AI as a supplement — never a replacement — for the human connection at the heart of coaching.

Matt's books, "A St ...