REAL with Rocky: Live Coaching Guest Release

Last updated Nov 3, 2026

Thank you for wanting to be coached on REAL with Rocky. Before you book, please read this release. It explains what happens to your conversation after we record it, what we ask of you, and what you can expect from us. By checking the box on the booking form, you agree to everything below.

The short version

Rocky coaches you for free for about thirty minutes over Zoom. In exchange, you let us publish the conversation on YouTube, podcast platforms and social media, including short clips. You leave out the names of your boss, your company and your spouse or partner. This is coaching, not therapy. We can edit the episode, and we can decide not to publish it. You aren't paid, and you aren't asked to buy anything.

The full terms are below, and they are the ones that count.

1. Who this agreement is between

This agreement is between Staff Retreat Co. LLC, which produces REAL with Rocky ("we" or "us"), and the person booking a Live Coaching session ("you"). It covers your appearance on the Live Coaching episode of REAL with Rocky (the "Program").

2. What we can do with the recording

You grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide license to record, use, reproduce, edit, publish, distribute, publicly perform and display the following (together, the "Content"):

  • The audio and video recording of your session, in whole or in part.

  • Transcripts, quotes, paraphrases and written summaries of what you said.

  • Your first name, voice, image and likeness as they appear in the recording, and any social media handle you give us.

We may use the Content to:

  • Publish the full episode on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and any other current or future platform.

  • Create short clips, quote graphics, thumbnails and other social media posts for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads and any other platform.

  • Feature the episode in our emails, on our websites and in our promotional materials.

  • Promote the Program and Staff Retreat Co. through paid or organic advertising.

3. Your name

We use your first name only, on screen and in episode titles, descriptions and thumbnails, unless you ask us in writing to use your full name or your social media handle.

4. Protecting the people in your life

The people you talk about didn't agree to be on the show, so we ask you to protect them.

  • Please leave out the names of your boss, your company, your spouse or partner, and anyone else in your life. Rocky will remind you of this before recording starts.

  • If a name or an identifying detail slips out, we may bleep it, cut it, or decide not to publish the episode.

  • You are responsible for what you choose to share about other people. Please don't share anything you are bound by a confidentiality agreement, NDA or employment policy to keep private.

5. Coaching, not therapy

This is a coaching conversation, not therapy, counseling, medical care, legal advice or financial advice, and it is not a substitute for any of them.

You understand that the conversation may bring up uncomfortable emotions, memories or realizations, and that it will be public once published. You take responsibility for deciding what to share.

If you are in a mental health crisis, please don't book a session. Reach out to a licensed professional, or call or text 988 in the United States, or your local emergency number.

6. Who can be on the show

By booking, you confirm that:

  • You are 18 or older.

  • You are not currently in an active legal or HR dispute related to what you want to talk about.

  • Being on the Program doesn't violate any agreement or obligation you have to anyone else.

Rocky reviews every booking and may cancel any session for any reason, without explanation.

7. Editing, and our right not to publish

We have full editorial control over the Content. We may edit it for length, clarity and format, bleep or remove names and details, add our own introduction, ads and on-screen links, and choose which moments become clips. We will try to keep what you said in its fair context.

We may also decide not to publish all or part of your session, for any reason, including concern for your wellbeing or the privacy of someone you mentioned. If we decide not to publish, we'll let you know.

8. Ownership

The recordings, edited episodes, clips and anything else we create from your session belong to Staff Retreat Co. LLC. You keep ownership of anything you created before the session.

9. No payment, no sale

Your session is free, and you are not paid for appearing. Being on the Program does not commit you to buying anything from us. After your episode is released, we'll send you the links, your clips and a few captions in case you want to share it, and an invitation to our free monthly gathering, Somewhere in the Middle. You're never obligated to do either.

10. If you change your mind

If you want to cancel before your session, cancel through your booking confirmation.

After recording, you may ask us in writing at team@staffretreatco.com to stop using specific Content. Before the episode is published, we'll take your request seriously and work with you on it. Once Content has been published or distributed, we are not obligated to remove it, but we will make reasonable efforts to stop future use of it where we can.

11. Release of liability

In exchange for the free coaching session, you release Staff Retreat Co. LLC, Rocky Garza, and our owners, employees, contractors and agents from any claims, demands or liability arising from your participation in the Program or from the publication of the Content as described in this agreement, including claims for emotional distress, invasion of privacy, defamation or misuse of name or likeness, to the extent the law allows.

You agree to cover any claims, costs or damages, including reasonable attorneys' fees, that arise from something you said on the Program in breach of this agreement, such as sharing information you were legally required to keep confidential.

12. Legal terms

This agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Texas. Any dispute will be resolved in the courts of Dallas County, Texas.

This is the entire agreement between you and us about your appearance on the Program. If any part of it is found unenforceable, the rest still applies.

13. How you agree

You agree to this release by checking the box on the booking form. Before recording starts, Rocky will also confirm out loud that you agreed to it, that the conversation is going on YouTube, and that you'll leave out the names of your boss, your company and your spouse or partner.

Questions

Staff Retreat Co. LLC 408 West 8th Street, Dallas, TX 75208 team@staffretreatco.com