Mastering Coaching Skills

I recently spoke to a coach about joining my certification, and she thought she wasn't in the right place to join yet because she isn't interested in creating her own intellectual property. If you're thinking you need to create brand new coaching tools and concepts from scratch in order to achieve coaching mastery, it's time to reconsider your position.   Discover why you don't need your own coach...

We all have people we admire and look up to, and maybe even think are superhuman. In the coaching industry, there's a tendency to fall into the trap of believing that other coaches belong to a different breed of humans or can effortlessly do things we can't, but putting them on a pedestal in this way is hurting you in more ways than one.   Learn why it's unhelpful to put coaches on pedestals, and...

Now is the perfect time to start looking ahead and thinking about the future of your coaching business. January is just around the corner, and it's important that you do the work now to get your mindset embedded in the energy you want to carry into 2024.   Tune in this week to start the work of deciding what you want your coaching business to look like for the next 12 months. I'm discussing how my...

Every once in a while, I check in with myself and my business to really uncover how everything's going. I do this with my schedule, my productivity, and what I'm offering my clients. This means I shake things up every so often in my coaching spaces, and I'm showing you where you might want to do the same.   Discover how to evaluate your coaching business, decide what's working for you, and start c...

If you have more than one offer and you want to help people see clearly who each one is for, or even if you just have one offer and you want to communicate it better, today's episode is for you.    Discover how to start clearly defining and differentiating your offers for potential clients. I'm sharing how I think about this process, giving you practical examples, and showing you how to implement...

Integrity is a word that gets thrown around a lot in the coaching industry. Living in accordance with my deepest values is how I like to think about being in integrity as a coach. However, it often means different things to different people. If you've seen examples of integrity that don't align with your definition of it, it's time to redefine it for yourself.   Discover what it means to have inte...

If you've been curious about what goes on in my Advanced Certification in Coaching Mastery, you're going to love this episode. With the next certification kicking off in February 2024, now's the perfect time to hear from coaches who've been in your shoes, wondering if it's the right fit.   Teresa Haag joins me this week and we're giving you a behind-the-scenes look at the Advanced Certification in...

It's been 18 months since I first launched The Coach Lab, and I've had some great learnings and takeaways that I'd like to share with you this week. I couldn't have imagined how beneficial it was going to be at the beginning, helping many coaches, and I hope my lessons learned will help you up-level your own coaching practice.   Hear six of the biggest lessons I've learned over the last year and a...

What does it mean to be a coach, and what do we all have in common? I believe we're here to help people create a specific result in their lives. But what separates us as coaches is how we help our clients get results and the tools we use in the process. What your coaching style looks like is truly up to you.   Discover why there is no specific way coaching should look, especially in the early days...

Coach Sara Fisk believes that people pleasing is a plague on womanhood. She's had her own experience of being a people pleaser, and since addressing this issue in her own life, she's perfectly positioned to help others do the same. She says that learning to stop people pleasing is intense, but doing so will give you back your time, brain space, and energy.   Discover how people pleasing might be h...

Keina Newell is a financial coach who helps her clients fall in love with budgets and create the systems that allow them to spend money, free from drama. I work with her personally, and she's joining me today to talk about all things money.    Whether you're a new coach or you've been around a while, Keina is full of practical tips you can implement right away to look after your money. She's walki...

This week I'm joined by my friend and colleague, Dielle Charon. She is a sales coach for Women of Color, and she has a ton of valuable insights to share about how to stay in the coaching industry when it seems like a lot of other coaches are leaving, and the  why behind doing so.   Tune in this week for a conversation about the coaching industry, the shifts we're seeing, and how to get unstuck whe...

Last week , I answered all of your business questions on the podcast. In this episode, I'm answering questions specifically about coaching, how I tend to approach certain situations, and my advice on how to consider these scenarios in your own practice. I'm also answering a couple of fun personal questions toward the end.   Discover how I make decisions around investing in coaching and the importa...

Whether you're a newer coach or you've been around for years, there's tons of value to be taken from the answers I'm giving today. I'm answering through my perspective as a business owner and from what I've observed others in the industry doing.   Tune in this week to get your business questions answered. I'm sharing how to generate confidence as a new coach, how to avoid burnout, what you can do...

Can you coach your friends? Can you become friends with your clients? Is it okay to be friends with your coach? These are the three questions I'm diving into on today's show.    Discover my four rules for being friends with your coaching clients. I'm discussing how to see the motivation behind your client friendships, how to set appropriate boundaries around these friendships, and I'm also sharing...

Today, I'm talking about one of my least favorite things: the feeling of shame. Shame is a super common feeling, and it's likely one of the things you help your clients with on a regular basis. I'm showing you a more productive way to deal with shame, to lighten the load when you need it most.   Discover how to deal with shame in your personal and professional life, and how to help your clients wh...

I've noticed recently that many coaches tend to fall into the trap of overlapping their personal growth with their coaching businesses. This can turn your healing into a double-edged sword. If you've noticed that your goals are attached to your worth as a human, or if how you show up in business is dependent on how your life is going, listen in.   Discover how you might be unintentionally turning...

I recently received a question that I'll be offering my full answer to in a few weeks, but it included a thought I felt compelled to address today. The question I received was this: "With so many new coaches entering the industry every day, what is one thing you can do to gain and maintain clients?" The concern that so many coaches experience regarding new individuals joining this industry is some...

Tune in this week to get your coaching questions answered. If you want to know about charging your friends for coaching when you're first starting out, how to structure your consult calls, how you can start transitioning from one-on-one to group coaching, or how you can grow in terms of sales and marketing, this episode is for you.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.linds...

Maggie Reyes is a marriage coach who has made it her mission to save the world one marriage at a time. She has a ton of experience working with women who want more fulfilling relationships, and she's giving us a candid insight into her journey as a coach, how she picked her niche at the very start of her business, and so much more. I'm sharing how Maggie has helped me as my personal coach, and we'...

Depending on where you learned your trade as a coach, you may already be familiar with self-coaching. But whatever kind of exposure you've had to self-coaching before, you'll learn something today because, as I found out recently, I have an approach to self-coaching that is different than what's already out there.   Discover everything you need to know about self-coaching. I'm sharing how I choose...

This summer, I've noticed that people are rebelling. After COVID, people have been isolated for a long time, and they have heavily adjusted to operating in those environments. I've noticed a rebellion against structure, introspection, and healing. Instead, people are really looking for connection and freedom.   Discover how to talk about coaching in a world where people are tired of being with the...

As coaches, especially if you're a mindset coach, something we don't talk about enough is what to do when our clients come to us with objectively bad circumstances and thought work doesn't seem to be helping. While it's true that you can change your thoughts, no matter how bad the circumstance is, it's not always helpful to approach your clients with this message.   Discover how to help your clien...

David Vox is a spiritual business coach who helps his clients with marketing and branding, but also with healing and transformational work. David has a story of a difficult upbringing and childhood trauma. However, working through all of that trauma as an adult led him to coaching, and it has helped him become a phenomenal coach.   Discover what spiritual business coaching is and how David helps h...

I'm bringing back one of my most important episodes because I've been getting a ton of questions about this topic lately. This is all about checking in with how you feel and reacting to those feelings when you coach your clients.   Discover why some of the emotions that come up on your client calls are really not serving you. I'm discussing why you might not have realized this was happening before...