How to Get Your First Coaching Clients You've done the coach training. You've practiced your coaching skills. Maybe you've even told people you're starting a coaching business. Now you need someone to actually pay you to coach them. And this is where becoming a coach can suddenly feel much harder than you expected. Because learning how to coach and learning how to get coaching clients are two completely different things. Frankly, this is one of the most difficult discoveries many coaches make when they start their business. I know because I've been there too. When I completed my coach training, I was enthusiastic about the next chapter. Hope and possibility were bubbling up inside me. I was excited to get...
How to Start a Coaching Business Without Sabotaging Yourself First This is part two of a series on how to start a coaching business, sharing one do and one don't at a time. Today's don't: don't rush to quit your job. Today's do: all coaches need to be coached. Don't: don't rush to quit your job Most new coaches are tired. Tired of the long hours, tired of a career they picked for security rather than fulfillment. That security has real value, it just isn't the same thing as feeling fulfilled. So after months or years of thinking about becoming a coach, the pull to quit and get on with it can feel overwhelming. Here's the risk: when you quit...
Imposter Syndrome for Coaches: Why High Performers Feel Like Frauds and What to Do About It with John Mollura You've done the hard things. You've got the results to prove it. So why does part of you still feel like someone's about to find out you don't deserve any of it? That's not self-doubt. That's not fear. That's imposter syndrome. And according to John Mollura, leadership coach, keynote speaker, and former mission-critical field testing leader for NASA and elite US military units, it's one of the most misunderstood and most common experiences among the high-performing coaches and leaders he works with every day. In this episode of She Coaches Coaches, I sit down with John to talk about what's really...
Coaching Business Mindset: One Word Swap That Changes Everything with Ellen Whiteside Most coaches know what they want. They just haven't done it yet. That gap between knowing and doing is where Ellen Whiteside does her best work. In this episode of She Coaches Coaches, I sit down with Ellen Whiteside, a dream builder coach, speaker, retreat leader, and the owner of Sacred Grove Retreat Center in Gold Hill, North Carolina for the past 20 years. She Coaches Coaches reaches listeners in more than 127 countries, and this conversation is one that will stay with you long after it ends. Ellen is a lifelong student of personal growth and metaphysical principles. She helps people reconnect with their dreams and build...
How to Start a Coaching Business Without Building a Website First If you're learning how to start a coaching business, chances are someone's already told you to get a website up. Here's the advice that goes against the grain: don't. Not yet. This is part one of a three-part series on do's and don'ts for new coaches. Today covers one don't and one do: don't build a website yet, and do learn to wear two hats as both coach and business owner. Don't: new coaches don't need a website This doesn't mean you'll never need one. It means a website isn't necessary at the very start, and building one too early can quietly become a way to avoid the work...
