Wellness Pro Show

Sam Ford, a yoga health coach, yoga instructor, and ayurvedic practitioner, speaks with Cate. Sam reveals that she needs a better strategy with more organization in order to make better use of her time and prioritize the tasks that require immediate attention. Despite the fact that her lead generation appears to be fairly strong, Sam believes her systems are lacking in many areas, particularly her...

In this podcast, Anna and Ashley talk about Ashley's journey to self-healing and her future as a Yoga Health Coach. Ashley has opted to take a break after successfully teaching a pilot group for over a year to examine her own healing. Recognizing that she wasn't always feeling in line with her own advice to her group, she's now attempting to create greater space to be more in tune with her own sel...

Cate and Claudia discuss Claudia's transition from teaching yoga, to practicing as a yoga health coach, and how merging the two together is creating a more complete package. Claudia speaks of her previous Ayurvedic training and how the focus was geared more towards the "feminine form." With Cate's support, Claudia is shifting her focus to include both the feminine and masculine approach in her coa...

Anna talks to Coach of the Month Michelle Gross about her coaching group. Michelle has enrolled mostly friends and family for her pilot launch. During her first year in YHC , Michelle was concentrating on streamlining her systems , dialing in automated emails, and getting better at coaching. Now that she has 4 quarters of coaching under her belt, as well as 4 quarters worth of material customized...

Cate talks to Jennifer Allen about her sleep issues. Jen is struggling with staying asleep throughout the night. Cate points out that her cortisol levels are waking her up at the wrong time and not waking her up at the right time. Jen knows she needs deeper sleep to maintain her busy daily lifestyle. Cate mentions doing a hormone reset to change Jen's balance from a cortisol stress hormone to a se...

Anna Berkelmans talks to sustainable farmer Jill Baker, about her evolution into the world of  Yoga Health Coaching and the business and marketing requirements of the field. With help from Cate's courses, Jill is able to find her voice to share what she is doing, which will help maximize the new income stream. Acknowledging that she is not a marketing and business person, Jill continues working on...

Cate talks to Yoga Health Coach Michelle Gross, who helps Gross find her zone of competence in the marketing arena and helps her "think big, learn fast and work smarter" by reaching her goal to enroll more people. Cate encourages Michelle to break things down (using kaizen ) and take small steps. Cate encourages Michelle to tap into her network to take action and connect with people to give them t...

Cate interviews Shea Lehnen, a Yoga Health Coach from Wyoming. Shea's pilot grew quickly, with mostly people from her yoga community. With Cate's help, Shea is looking to expand her program to target prospects outside of that niche community. To do this, Shea needs to use terminology that resonates with both yogic and non-yogic prospects. Cate takes Shea through a marketing funnel to help her get...

Cate interviews Jules White, from down under, a former environmental consultant to help her find her edge to enroll more people into her group. Jules finds new focus and motivation to push through the uncomfortable feeling of sales and closing the deal. She embraces her new role to relax more, while also taking massive action to agitate her people into making the changes she knows they crave. Cate...

Martha Kastler has been struggling to create bridges in her community. Looking to expand her wellness coaching to a more diverse audience, Martha connected with Cate to find efficient ways to do it, and strategies to overcome resistance. In this Yoga Health Coaching episode, you will learn about the benefits of measuring success both for yourself and your clients, how to organize your free talks t...

For Monica Biasiolo Yoga Health Coaching changed everything. Suffering from a chronic illness, Monica refused to fall into victim mode and decided to invest in her health by joining the Yogahealer community. She experienced firsthand what changing your habits can do for your health, and brilliantly transitioned from student to mentor, leading her own health coaching business. Monica believes diffi...

Defining your ideal client can be a tricky business, and more often than not, we end up with an avatar that seems perfect on paper but does not convert into sales. This is exactly what Leah Petitti, a voice coach, is going through. She has defined not one, but three different avatars, but is still struggling to find good leads and make sales. In this conversation, Cate leads Leah through the retel...

How hungry are you? Carman Murray has been feeling hungry, but she doesn't think food can solve it. Like many people who detox, she has awakened desire, a hunger for more in her life. She is ready for her next identity evolution. On a Coaching Gym with Cate, Carman discusses her desire to expand her business and hire more people. The result was an illuminating conversation about strategic thinking...

Chronic inflammation is modern society's greatest health threat. Studies state that three out of five people alive today will die due to chronic disease. But even though chronic inflammation can trigger genetic diseases, it is not in itself inevitable. The habits from Body Thrive can work as a reminder of what you need to teach, as a coach, in order to effectively prevent and fight chronic inflamm...

The only child of two therapists, Marie grew up hearing that it is ok to have bad days, but what she wanted to know was how to make those bad days better. Having just finished her PhD, and on a quest for a better way of living, she decided to try Yogahealer's Living Ayurveda Course. It was the beginning of a journey that changed everything. After Living Ayurveda, Marie committed to being a coach h...

In what ways have you been incapacitating yourself? Every day, people make choices that will keep them from realizing their dreams and achieving their goals. They will make excuses, get distracted by other things in their lives, and weeks turn into months, and then into years. What I want you to ask yourself is this: what is it you would like to achieve until the end of the year? And what do you n...

What challenges are you facing as a health coach? The path to becoming a successful coach is not always easy. There many factors to consider when building a program that differentiates you from other coaches.  Sales are an incontournable side of coaching, and often the most challenging part of it. As a health coach, getting good at converting leads into sales, means you can help more people thrive...

In order to become your future self, you will need to develop new habits. But navigating your past, present and future self is not always easy. So much of who we think we are is based on the belief system that was passed on to us. In order to become the next version of yourself, you will need to let go of limiting beliefs and embrace the plasticity in yourself. There is a rhythm to creating new ha...

Two years ago, Paige was overworked and underpaid. A yoga teacher, and part-time studio manager, she managed several income streams, but as much as she worked, her income never seemed to reflect it. But that would all change after she joined the Yoga Health Coaching Program. For Paige, the habits were a life changer. Now, after successfully putting her program in place, she is looking for ways to...

As a Health Coach, you are on a mission to help people be the best version of themselves. But when guiding someone through a transformative journey, you are bound to encounter some roadblocks. And most of them, placed there by the person you are trying to help. Listen to the podcast to learn more about how to keep your members engaged, stir the conversation, and point out patterns that are keeping...

Shannon has been a member of the Yoga Health Coaching Program since 2019. The results she has been achieving have not surprised her. She had attended a previous course with Cate and knew she was the person to go to in order to get her business to the next level. A yoga teacher and ayurvedic practitioner, Shannon didn't feel comfortable with the business side of teaching. But as she made the journe...

Jessica Drago had been following Cate's work for a decade, but always felt the timing was off to join Yoga Health Coaching. After becoming a mother, however, she felt the moment had come. She wanted to transition from teaching 18 yoga classes a week to coaching.  As Jessica started working on the curriculum and building her own program, she realized the importance of calendar integrity. Being a hu...

Over the past year, many yoga studios were forced to close their doors due to COVID-19. Being unable to teach in person, forced many yoga teachers to pivot online, unsure of how to create their own space and make a profit. Having walked the same path herself, a decade ago, Cate knows how pivoting online can be a challenge when you compare yourself to the immensity of yoga teachers teaching online...

Faye Blake is this month's Yoga Health Coaching Coach of the Month. Faye's YHC journey started at a Yogahealer live event in Berlin. She was a Body Thrive and Living Ayurveda course member, but meeting some of the ladies in Berlin finally gave her the confidence to go ahead and join the YHC program. Struggling with perfectionism and with a tendency to compare herself to others, Faye started to she...

Courtney LaCava just finished her first year of coaching her own program. She enrolled 18 people the past year and has experienced no issues attracting new leads. When it comes to conversion, however, she has been wondering how she could up her game. In an attempt to develop the right marketing and conversion systems, Courtney reached out to Cate. During the conversation, they covered the differen...