The Coaching Crowd® Podcast with Jo Wheatley & Zoe Hawkins

In this week's episode we are talking about how you can handle discomfort in coaching. This can be considered from both sides of the coaching conversation for both the coach and the coachee. We will discuss: when as a coach you might feel discomfort how to notice the emotions that are beneath the discomfort the contracting element of coaching and how to discover if your client wants to coached in...

In this week's episode we would love to introduce to you the emotional archetypes model used in our emotions coaching.   We discuss: what is emotional freedom? the four archetypes and what they mean the characteristics and challenges associated with each archetype emotional connection and emotional literacy how to use the emotional archetypes within a coaching session Opening up opportunities for...

In this week's episode we are talking about how to coach procrastination. We often hear about clients that procrastinate and we also hear about coaches procrastinating too so we thought it would be a great topic to explore.   We will discuss: the different tools and strategies to overcome procrastination how to coach at both a surface level and at a deeper level what is procrastination how you can...

In this week's episode we are celebrating our 100th episode of the podcast. We have such fond memories of launching the podcast that it seems completely unreal to be this many episodes in. We share with you: how we started from a place of not knowing how this would go some of your favourite episodes reviews we have received how we have positioned the podcast the way in which the podcast has contri...

In this week's episode we want to talk about another way that you can facilitate coaching. Have you considered group coaching? There are many similarities between one to one coaching and group coaching but there are also some areas to consider.   We discuss: the ways group coaching can give you a different earning model within your business how this kind of support can be powerful for your clients...

In this week's episode we are exploring what actually is an executive coach. Quite often people can intimidated by the word executive so we want to unpick this today to show you what it really takes to work at this level.   We will discuss: what is the classic definition of executive coaching in reality what the broader definition looks like the difference between leadership and executive coaching...

In this week's episode we want to present to you a list of questions you might want to ask yourself when deciding to train as a coach. Of course, this isn't an exhaustive list, but it does cover the top 10 (well maybe 11) questions we most commonly hear.    We discuss: considering why you want to train as a coach being important the purpose of signing up for a coaching qualification how will a cou...

In this week's episode we invite you to join us for more of a philosophical debate about if coach and coachee can really be equal. Now when we teach coaching we teach that they are equal as it's important that clients experience coaching in an empowered way. But is this really the case?   We discuss: power dynamics within the coaching relationship what if the coach doesn't feel equal to their coac...

This week's episode is a deep dive into one of the core coaching competencies, understanding self. Understanding self is part of being a coach and taking it further it is part of being an ethical coach.    We discuss: What a core competency framework looks like How we not only can apply this competency to ourselves as a coach but also we can use it help clients to understand themselves That this i...

In this week's episode we would love to talk to you about 3 different marketing activities for your coaching business. This is something we get asked about alot when it comes to growing your coaching business.   We discuss: the difference between masterclass, mastermind and workshop which would work well for you how it can feel scary at first to be thinking about marketing  this is part of the min...

In this week's episode we are talking about somatic coaching. We know that some people would like to explore this area of coaching but also acknowledge that it isn't for everyone. We discuss: What does somatic mean How does it relate to coaching What connection does it have to intuition Why can this somatic approach be difficult in this day and age What are we hoping to help our clients achieve us...

In this week's episode we want to talk about something that can be impactful for a lot of people, the act of people pleasing. We are sure that a lot of you listening will have come across this as something that you do yourself or something that you have heard your coachees talk about. So let's dive into the conversation about how this can show up and what you can do about it.   We will discuss: th...

In this episode we discuss the role of coaching in decision making. The bottom line is that all coaching involves decision making from your coachee, from choosing you as their coach to deciding what they want to work on in their sessions. There are lots of important things to consider around decision making.  We talk about: the importance values play in decision making what we as coaches can bring...

In this week's episode we would like to open your thinking about where and how you coach. We have a number of graduates who now coach out in nature and we would love to share this concept with you.  We discuss: how can you coach differently how can you have coaching conversations in different ways the ways in which our clients may need support to move away from the desks and screens when their int...

In this week's episode we are talking about how you can prepare for your coaching qualification. This is a question that came up in our group and we think that answering this will be so helpful.   We talk about: What you can be doing to set yourself up for your training How to broaden your thinking and opinions around coaching The support structure you might need in place to be successful on a cou...

In this week's episode we are talking all about intuition in coaching. Do you ever wonder when and how you might use the intuition you are feeling? Well let's explore this a little further.  We will discuss: what is intuition? what is happening in the space between you and your client how you can learn to be wholly present with a client the power of trusting yourself to know what the next observat...

In this week's episode we are exploring an area of coaching that often comes up in supervision. We are talking about whether as a coach you are taking too much responsibility for your client?   We will discuss: what some of the signs might be how it might feel as a coach for your coachee to not resolve their problem in the moment sitting in discomfort with your client when is taking responsibility...

In this week's episode we are talking about how you help your client get the most from coaching. So what should you be considering when it comes to providing a service that gives value and also provides results? We will discuss: considering the expectations of both the coachee and the coach supporting people to prepare effectively challenging clients who are not showing up in the way they had inte...

In this week's episode we are talking about how long a coaching session should be. It's a question we often hear and one we address on our coaching programme. So let's dive in and consider some of the options you have. We will discuss: What we teach students on our coaching programmes The importance of giving yourself enough time for each element of the coaching conversation How you can give value...

In this week's episode we are talking all about what challenge sounds like in coaching. This is something we have found ourselves discussing with students in our ILM level 7 coaching programme and we thought it would be beneficial to discuss it here as well. We talk about: how challenge can be discussed in the contracting stage of a coaching relationship what does challenge mean in a coaching envi...

This week's episode is for those coaches who are new and stepping out into the world of coaching for the first time. We get asked how you can secure your first paying coaching client a lot and so we thought we would take you through some of our key ideas to make this a reality. We discuss: how to step into the identity of being a coach the importance of reaching out to your existing network to ask...

In today's episode we are talking about something coaches often bring to supervision and this is the issue of over identifying with a client. This can be from a space of shared experience of perceived shared experience from either party.    We talk about: how we as coaches can suspend our own experience the importance of supporting coachees to access their own resources the unhealthy and unhelpful...

In this week's episode we are thinking about a question that was raised in a supervision session, how do you know if your coaching is valuable?   We discuss: what do the words value and valuable really mean to both you as the coach and your coachee how to begin to discuss value in the chemistry conversation gaining feedback from your client ways to measure value how can you keep pace with your cli...

In this week's episode we are reflecting on how you can bring more creativity into your coaching. This reflection comes from the response we have had to some of the more creative aspects of our emotions coaching course.  We talk about: what being creative in your coaching can look like how it might feel for your clients the importance of co creating creative elements to ensure that your clients ar...

In this week's episode we consider what you can do after completing your coaching professional apprenticeship. Are you at the point where you are wondering what your next step might be? There are a number of options and we can't wait to explore them with you.  We will discuss: what happens if you want to continue with your training how you can get even better at coaching using all of the tools you...