The Future Coach: How to Succeed As A Life Coach Today, Tomorrow & Beyond

Most people who are drawn to coaching spend too long asking the wrong question. It's not whether you're good enough yet. It's whether you have the traits that make coaching a natural fit — and most people who are seriously asking already do. This episode is pulled from highlights of my live Coach Curious Prep School, where I walk a room full of aspiring coaches through the three core traits that a...

Do you actually need a coaching certification? Technically, no. Life coaching is unregulated, and nobody can stop you from hanging a shingle. But I really don't recommend skipping it, and in this episode I break down exactly why, and how to find the right one. There are three categories of certification programs: university-based, ICF-accredited, and independent. Each has tradeoffs, and I walk you...

The headlines have it backwards. Coaching isn't going to be replaced by AI. It's going to become more valuable because of it. I'm making the case, with five specific reasons, for why this moment is actually one of the best times to become a coach. You'll also hear where AI genuinely helps coaches who are building a practice and, just as importantly, where letting it take the wheel will quietly und...

Most people who could be extraordinary coaches never get started because they believe something about coaching that simply isn't true. I'm tackling the three biggest coaching misconceptions head-on: you’ll learn what coaching actually is, why it's nothing like therapy, and why the "wellness grifting" criticism says more about sexism than it does about the profession. You'll also hear what real coa...

The bar for becoming a coach is different than you think, and so is what actually makes someone good at it. You don't need a psychology degree, a perfect life, or shared experience with every client you'll ever have. I'm breaking down the real objections that stop people from getting started, why most of them are rooted in how women are socialized to see themselves, and what three qualities actual...

If you've ever thought "a coaching certification isn't really for someone like me," you might be wrong about that. The most valuable thing it could ever do for you might happen in a meeting, a performance review, or a conversation with your teenager. I'm walking through what actually changes when you understand how the brain works: why the problems most professionals keep trying to solve are the w...

I'm Kara Loewentheil, host of Unf*ck Your Brain and author of the New York Times bestseller Take Back Your Brain . After a decade coaching thousands of women and building a multi-million dollar business, I'm putting everything I've learned about succeeding as a coach in one place. I created The Future Coach for anyone who wants to coach: whether you're starting a business, working in-house, or bri...