Rhonda Hess, International Business Coach & Niche Strategist

Prosperous Coach Podcast

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Prosperous Coach Podcast is hosted by Rhonda Hess, international business mentor and niche strategist for new coaches. Her weekly show offers eye opening guidance and inspiration about how to choose a profitable coaching niche, create authentic messaging, design magnetic coaching programs and other topics to help you get noticed by ideal clients who will pay well. Rhonda also shares coaching tools, client management tips, money mindset and moving beyond limiting beliefs. Rhonda has over 20 years of experience in coaching, marketing, curriculum development, copy writing and editing. Learn about...

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Rhonda Hess, International Business Coach & Niche Strategist

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Business

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prosperouscoachblog.com

Latest episode

May 19, 2026

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Episodes

360: 8 Ways Coaches Can Quickly Raise Their Credibilty 11.11.2025

Find the full transcript and more resources for coaches at ProsperousCoach.com/360. Also mentioned in this episode #271 Inspire Your Coaching Clients to Give You Dynamic Testimonials #292 Create a High Ticket Signature Program Your Audience Wants What exactly makes you credible to prospective coaching clients? You might be surprised. I used to think certifications and years of experience were the...

359: Coach, Do You Really Need More Training? 04.11.2025

Full transcript and more resources for coaches at ProsperousCoach.com/359 . Also mentioned — Rhonda's 5-month VIP Mentoring program Coaching Business Breakthrough. Will MORE training make you successful as a coach? Additional course work can be stimulating and potentially useful. It can also be addictive—a form of self sabotage. There’s even a term for it. Bright shiny object syndrome. Someti...

358: How Coaches Can Work Less and Still Earn Well 28.10.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode and other resources for coaches at ProsperousCoach.com/358 . Ever have FOMO about aspects of your coaching business? 1. You keep your audience and niche broad because you don’t want to exclude anyone. 2. You bend over backwards to make something easy or more appealing for a potential client even though that doesn’t jive with your preferences.  3. Or, you&a...

357: How to Stop Feeling Isolated in Your Coaching Business 21.10.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources at ProsperousCoach.com/357. RESOURCE: Hire a private business mentor exclusively for new coaches to get grounded and launch strategically. There are so many upsides to having your own business – lifestyle freedom, no caps on your income, the chance to be your own boss, put your unique voice and contribution into the world. And, no more c...

356: Coach, Would YOU Buy What You're Selling? 14.10.2025

Find the full transcript and more resources for coaches at ProsperousCoach.com/356. Coach, would YOU be compelled to buy what you’re selling the way you’re selling it?  Would the language you’re using to attract coaching clients generate a longing that inspires investment?  It’s smart to take a step back and look at what you’re doing in your coaching business from the perspective of a potential bu...

355: How Coaches Stop Imposter Syndrome from Hijacking Enrollment Calls 07.10.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode at ProsperousCoach.com/355. Related episodes and FREE CHEAT SHEET mentioned in this episode: Episode 302 with a link to download the  free cheat sheet called  10 Easy Steps to Enroll More Coaching Clients Fast! Episode 353 - Onboard New Coaching Clients So They Feel Safe and Seen Episode 309 - Handle Price Objections Like a Pro Imagine this… you’re in a Di...

354: Why It Pays to Coach Clients Who Are Like You 30.09.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode at ProsperousCoach.com/354. Related and mentioned episodes: Nail Your Niche session with Rhonda #160 How Can New Coaches Be Perceived As Credible #164 Why Your Personal Story is Valuable to Your Coaching Clients #292 Create a High Ticket Signature Coaching Program Your Audience Wants It’s so painful not knowing your coaching niche. It feels like a high-sta...

353: Onboard New Coaching Clients So They Feel Safe and Seen 23.09.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode at ProsperousCoach.com/353. Also mentioned Episode #186 called 4 Ways to Help Your Coaching Clients Feel Safe   Here’s a cautionary tale for coaches about onboarding new clients. I once hired a social media coach whose onboarding process was… asking for my payment. That’s it! X  They asked nothing about me  X  They did not provide next steps, set up our fi...

352: How Can Coaches Ethically Teach Their Clients? 16.09.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode at ProsperousCoach.com/352 . Is it ethical to teach your coaching clients? The hallmark of coaching is asking powerful open-ended questions that draw out the wisdom of your client so they arrive at their own solutions. If you are selling coaching then that’s exactly what you should deliver. Keep it clean and co-creative. One of the reasons why I suggest to...

351: Should You Delegate or DIY Tasks for Your Coaching Business? 09.09.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode at ProsperousCoach.com/351. Also mentioned Rhonda's 5-month VIP private business mentoring for coaches. Apply here. I didn’t want to be cheap with my coaching business when I first started, so I generously spent money on experts of all sorts and hired a full time VA to do all the little things I couldn’t be bothered with. I do believe my time is highl...

350: Coaching Past the Fear of Asking Clients for Money 02.09.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for coaches at ProsperousCoach.com/350. Also mentioned—the book Taming Your Gremlin by Richard Carson. How is your money mindset, Coach? A healthy money mindset is a make it or break it thing in coaching business success — especially when it comes to confidently asking for money from potential clients. It’s fascinating because it doesn’t...

349: Will Calling Yourself a Coach Help You or Hold You Back? 26.08.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode and other resources at ProsperousCoach.com/349. Also mentioned Episode #229. A client of mine went home for a family reunion and was relentlessly picked on for becoming a coach. People she loves who love her said things like: “Coaching is not a real profession. It’s a pyramid scheme—an unethical line of business.” “You’ve gone to the dark side.” “There are...

348: 6 Ways to Inspire Coaching Clients to Hire You 19.08.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode at ProsperousCoach.com/348. Also mentioned in this episode: Episode #141 about INTEGRITY Episode #187 about your AVATAR for your ideal clients Episode #324 about the downside of automation and pushing for a fast 'yes' What moves a potential coaching client over from ‘ maybe ’ to ‘ YES ’? Your website? Low pricing? Free coaching? No. Nope. And def...

347: 8 Reliably Powerful Coaching Questions 12.08.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode at ProsperousCoach.com/347. USE THESE QUESTIONS FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR COACHING CLIENTS. Apply for Rhonda's 5-month PRIVATE Coaching Business Breakthrough program. It’s an art to know how ask powerful questions. You know your questions are landing when you hear “that’s a great question!”   Or, when your coaching client’s answer reveals something to the...

346: 4 Steps to Clear the Air with Your Coaching Clients 05.08.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for coaches at ProsperousCoach.com/346. Also mentioned, Episode 310 - Why Some Coaching Clients May Not Be Right for You.  Find that at ProsperousCoach.com/310. In the coaching world, there’s a real issue that isn’t talked about much. Sometimes coaching relationships can stray off course, become counter productive or even toxic. It can f...

345: Can Coaches Earn More If Corporations Pay Their Coaching Fees? 28.07.2025

Find the full transcript for this 5 minute episode at ProsperousCoach.com/345. I meet a lot coaches who want to target leaders and even more since the pandemic. In a recent Nail Your Niche  session with one of those coaches, I asked:  Do you want corporations to pay for your clients’ coaching? Or, do you want your clients to pay out of their own pocket? That decision will affect so many aspects of...

344: Has Your Coaching Business Slowed Down Recently? 22.07.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode plus more resources for coaches at ProsperousCoach.com/344. Recently, I overheard a coach that I didn’t know saying that her business had been doing well and then over this summer everything came to an abrupt halt. Prospects weren’t showing up. People stopped opening emails and no body was engaging.  Her income slowed way down, and was totally ready to giv...

343: How Coaches Can Come Back to Clarity from Self Doubt 15.07.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode at ProsperousCoach.com/343. Apply for Rhonda's 5-month PRIVATE VIP Mentoring program here. One opening left starting this summer as of now. A coach I worked with kept backsliding.  In session, their certainty would click in.  But a day or two later, that dissolved and in its place was paralyzing overwhelm and doubt. We’d meet again and their sense of...

342: 4 Ways to Fit Your Coaching Business Around a Sane Lifestyle 08.07.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode here plus other resources for coaches at ProsperousCoach.com/342.

341: The #1 Way Coaches Attract Clients 01.07.2025

Find the full transcript of this episode and other resources for coaches here. After choosing a niche, the #1 problem coaches face  is attracting enough clients who are able and ready to hire them. Some days you feel like you’re working so hard and there’s this sense that no one is out there noticing.  It’s de-motivating to say the least. There are so many surprising and wonderful ways that client...

340: 3 Hacks to Work Less in Your Coaching Business and Get More Done 24.06.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for coaches at ProsperousCoach.com/340. Simple is better. Less is more. That wisdom has helped me have a better life in every way. And, it’s how you can earn more while getting more done in less time in your coaching business. I used to be hopelessly disorganized, but now I’m the most organized person I know. What changed? I got curious....

339: How to Solve the Top 7 Problems You Face as a New Coach 17.06.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for coaches at ProsperousCoach.com/339. New coaches reach out to me every week and they almost always have the same set of struggles to get traction in their coaching business. Do you recognize yourself in any of these? Your head endlessly spins around niche ideas. When you talk about coaching people get bored. People you know aren’t ref...

338: What's Missing in Some Coach's Content? 10.06.2025

Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for coaches at ProsperousCoach.com/338. You are out there every day taking actions to attract coaching clients so you can earn a good living and help them transform. But is your content helping you or hurting you? A big part of what I teach coaches is how to craft compelling messages. I help coaches speak to the hearts of their audiences...

337: What It Takes to Be Successful in Your Coaching Business 03.06.2025

Find the full episode transcript and links to relevant resources here. ---->     And here's where you can APPLY FOR THE CURRENT OPENING to Rhonda's PRIVATE program —  5-month VIP Mentoring Coaching Business Breakthrough . What does it really take to make it as a coach and earn a good living from your own business? My business, in all it’s various forms over the years, has been the ter...

336: Can Coaching Be Sold by Email? 27.05.2025

For the full transcript of Episode 336 plus a link to free download How to Make Your Free Offer Irresistible go here. Other episodes/resources mentioned: #288 — What Inspires People to Invest in Your Coaching   #164 — Why Your Personal Story is Valuable to Coaching Clients #124 through #129 series on Lead Magnets Nail Your Niche session with Rhonda Inspiring your audience to enroll in private coac...

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