Best Damn Coach Podcast: Conversations for coaches, mentors, and service providers to grow a profitable coaching business

Your client committed. They were fired up. And then they just stopped showing up. Before you assume it is you or that they do not want it enough, there is a better explanation. Behavior change resistance is a built-in feature of change itself. And there are two very different types that require two very different coaching responses. In this episode, I am breaking down exactly what those two types...

Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their ow...

Nine years in business taught me a lot. This is the piece nobody handed me at the start—and the one that changed everything. In the final episode of Confessions from Nine Years in Business, I'm sharing the missing coaching business foundation that kept me spinning my wheels for way too long. If your website isn't converting, your bio isn't landing, your funnel isn't working: it's probably not thos...

Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their ow...

You can have the best strategy in the world. It still won't work if you're operating from an old version of yourself. In Part 2 of my Confessions from Nine Years in Business series, I'm sharing the real reason some coaches break through while others stay stuck. It's not the funnel. It's not the offer. It's the coaching business identity shift that changes everything. Three shifts I break down in t...

Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their ow...

After nine years running my coaching companies, I'm sharing something I've never packaged up before: the exact time mistakes that nearly derailed my business, and the framework I built to fix all three. In this episode (Part 1 of a 3-part series), you'll learn: Why "staying busy" is secretly fear in disguise, and what to do instead How to front-load your revenue generating activities so they actua...

Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their ow...

Your marketing isn't broken. The model changed. And if you're still operating like it's 2018, you're going to keep hitting walls. In this episode, I'm breaking down exactly why the old linear funnel is dead, what's killing your conversion rates, and the coaching business marketing strategy that's actually working right now. I'm also sharing the "breadcrumb method" I use to identify and convert the...

Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their ow...

Tax season doesn't have to be terrifying. In this episode, I'm bringing on my secret weapon: tax strategist Cindy Dillard. She's the reason Justin and I don't get hit with surprise six-figure tax bills every April. Here's what we're covering: The real difference between an LLC and an S-Corp (and why it saves you 16% on profits) Home office deductions you're probably missing Travel write-offs that...

Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their ow...

What does it actually look like when a female coach bets on herself and shows up to a live event — even when the timing feels impossible? In this roundtable episode, I sit down with three clients who attended the very first Best Damn Coach Live: Kindyl Keeton, a mindset and action coach who drove 16 hours with barely one paid client; Sharleen Lucas, an RN-turned-wellness consultant who had an aha...

Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their ow...

Your tech is supposed to give you back TIME. So why are you spending 10-15 hours a week buried in manual tasks? In this episode, I'm breaking down the Frankenstein tech stack problem that's eating your profit and energy. If you're bouncing between six different platforms, copying and pasting data, and drowning in tools that don't talk to each other, this is for you. You'll learn: The exact tech au...

Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their ow...

Your kids won't remember how much you made. They'll remember if you were there. In this raw and honest episode, I'm getting real about the trade-offs between building a coaching business and being present for your family. I share why I turned down a hypothetical $2 million opportunity, the "radio knob" metaphor that changed how I approach my days, and the permission slip you might need to define s...

Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their ow...

There's no standard for pricing coaching offers in the industry. That kind of sucks and it's kind of rad. But you could be leaving serious profit on the table with your current coaching pricing strategy. In this episode, I'm diving into how to price your coaching offers without undercharging or overpricing so you can fill your roster and make more money in 2026. You'll learn: The biggest red flags...

Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their ow...

Are you treating email marketing like an afterthought in your coaching business? I'm breaking down exactly why your email list should be your #1 marketing priority in 2026. I'm joined by email marketing expert Allison Hardy, who went from laid-off college professor to building automated email systems that generate sales while she sleeps. In this episode, you'll discover: Why email gets 25-35% reac...

Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their ow...

Stop flying blind in your coaching business. It's 2026, and it's time to ditch the hope-and-pray approach and start using actual data to drive your growth. In this episode, I'm breaking down the 5 essential metrics every coach should be tracking right now. Plus, I'm sharing the advanced KPIs that will help you identify whether you have a leads problem or a conversion problem. In This Episode: The...

Welcome to Friday Coaching Clinic Episodes. These are LIVE coaching session snippets where you have the opportunity to learn as both client and coach. I encourage you to think about how you might coach through this topic as a coach or how this situation may support you as a client. A reminder about these episodes: This snippet is just one way of coaching through this topic. Each coach has their ow...

Forget the funnel. Forget the fancy social strategy. Your biggest revenue growth opportunity in 2026? The clients you already have. I'm taking you completely behind the scenes of how we're doubling down on client experience in my company this year - and why this matters more than ever in our saturated industry. In this episode: Why I studied Peloton's 90%+ retention rate (and what I'm stealing fro...