For individuals, couples, and small groupsPersonal track
Reflective and practical, covering your life and your relationships. Offered through Coaching Specialty®.
- Group size: 1 to 12
- Privacy: you share only what you choose
The WAT™ · We Are Tricked
You were taught how to rank yourself. No one asked you first.
The WAT™ (“We Are Tricked”) is Dr. Sarai Koo’s name for the outside standards that teach us who counts as smart, good, capable, or worth hearing. Before anything can change, you have to see where those standards came from. That’s where Re+Calibration™ begins.
A framework by Dr. Sarai Koo. Not a diagnosis, not a label, and never a score.
Recognize
Have you heard any of these?
Tap any message you’ve picked up from family, school, work, or the world around you. Nothing is saved or scored. This is just for you.
Tap any you’ve heard.
Now ask yourself: which of these did you accept without ever deciding to?
How it travels
The WAT works from the outside in. Real change works from the inside out.
Think of three circles: what others can see on the outside, your thoughts and feelings in the middle, and who you are at the center. The WAT enters from the outer circle and works its way in. Project SPICES™ starts at the center and moves out.
The WAT™ · Outside → in
What happens to you
- 1What I saw or heard
- 2What I felt
- 3What I came to believe about myself
The message wins before you ever got to decide.
Project SPICES™ · Inside → out
What you choose
- 1Who I am and what I value
- 2How I think and feel
- 3What I say and do
Your center speaks first, and your actions follow.
Most of us move between these two directions during a day, a week, or a season. It’s a spectrum, not a box, and it’s for looking at yourself, never for sorting other people.
Where it fits
You can’t change what you haven’t named yet.
The WAT™ is where Re+Calibration™ begins: recognizing what’s been shaping you. The WAT™ training starts there, then gives you a first, practical taste of the steps that follow, so you know what deeper work looks like before you commit to it.
- The WAT™ lives here1. RecognizeSee the messages and patterns you’ve been carrying.
- Previewed in training2. ExamineLook beneath the surface at what feeds them.
- Previewed in training3. PrioritizeDecide what needs attention now and what can wait.
- Previewed in training4. AdjustMake small, intentional changes.
- 5. IntegrateBuild what works into everyday life, through full Re+Calibration™ work.
Pilot cohort now forming
The training
The training
Naming the WAT™: seeing what taught you to rank yourself and others.
A guided program, led by Dr. Koo and her team, that helps you name the outside messages you’ve absorbed, notice how they show up in your reactions and conversations, and practice a different direction, from the inside out.
By the end, you’ll be able to:
- Explain the WAT™ in your own words, with two examples from your life or workplace
- Trace one message from what you heard, to what you felt, to what you came to believe
- Spot your own triggers and the reactions that follow
- Use a simple tool for listening and another for speaking in hard conversations
- Write a short personal or team plan that works from the inside out
For individuals, couples, and small groups
For teams, managers, and agenciesOrganizational track
Structured and secular. Looks at the unwritten standards for who gets heard, trusted, and promoted. Offered through Winning Pathway®.
- Group size: 8 to 25, in small groups
- Privacy: stories stay in the room, and managers aren’t placed in small groups with their direct reports
Half-day workshop
A 3-hour introduction. Best for conferences and leadership retreats.
Five sessions
Five 75-minute sessions, with a small practice between each one.
8-week intensive
Weekly sessions, a practice review, real-life application, and a three-month check-in plan.
Our honest promise: this program helps you name what you’ve absorbed and practice a different response. It is not therapy, not a diagnosis, and not a score. The WAT™ is Dr. Koo’s framework and has not been tested in controlled studies, so we don’t promise a particular result. After our first cohort, we’ll share what participants said in their own words, with their permission.
Your next step
Name what shaped you. Then choose your direction.
Tell us what keeps coming back, for you or your team. We’ll help you see the standards that have been shaping it and find the right place to start.