Craft of Coaching Podcast

Boundaries are not just for our clients. Life coaches also need to be aware of client boundaries that set up their relationships for success. In today's episode, you'll learn the four areas where boundaries for life coaches are most important, both so that your clients are happy with the direction of their coaching process, and so that your coach-client relationship continues to be one of high trust and accountability. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

Yes, you know that you need to market your business--but what about actually running your business? That's the domain of business operations, and in today's podcast we're going to explore the different domains of business operations for life coaches, and the questions to ask to identify your most important high priority tasks. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

The biases and assumptions that your clients hold will either help them or hinder them. In psychology, these narratives/Stories are called "cognitive distortions" and there are specifically identified cognitive distortions that are particularly common. In today's Skill Drill series, I'm going over common cognitive distortions and how life coaches can help their clients identify cognitive distortions that hold them back. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

Life coaches love to coach their clients, but most dislike marketing to find clients--but it doesn't have to be that way. As a coach, you can learn approaches to marketing that are authentic and aligned with who you are and the body of work that you are creating in the world. Today's episode will guide you through 5 ways to be authentic when marketing, so that you can feel good about your messaging and how it's received in the world. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

Today's episode is part of our Skill Drill series and we're offering an exercise that you can use with your clients to help clients focus on what they can control. We live in a world full of things that we have no control over, and getting attached to outcomes and frustrated when we can't control things does not serve our clients. Using this exercise, you'll empower clients to focus on what they can control and start releasing attachment to the things in life that they can't. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

Wondering where to start with what questions to ask your clients? Or do you already have your questions that you love to ask, and you want some new questions to explore to energize your client sessions? These are the top 5 best coaching questions to ask clients to stimulate new ways of thinking, mindset shifts, and help clients move into proactively making changes. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

When most people think of becoming a life coach, they're imagining a one-on-one private practice working with clients. The growth of the life coaching industry has paved the way for far more career options than just a one-on-one coaching practice, and in today's skill drill I'm giving you an overview of careers in coaching that go beyond just one-on-one client work. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

If you're running a coaching business as a side hustle while you juggle a full-time job, parenting, or other responsibilities, then you definitely want to listen in on today's episode to maximize your personal morning routine. With a few simple shifts to your morning routine, you can maximize each day's potential by starting off feeling more resourced and ready for the day. This episode gets into some of the biological factors to consider that make waking up easier so that you can start your day feeling energized. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

We're introducing a new series as part of the Craft of Coaching Podcast: The skill-drill series, where we offer a short-form episode on a coaching exercise or topic related to the craft of coaching or running your coaching business. Today's skill drill is on how you design your life coach client onboarding experience, thinking through the questions that create a successful onboarding experience for you and your client to pave the way for client growth. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

How do you set your rates and price your coaching packages, group offerings, and more? That's what I'm diving into in today's Craft of Coaching episode, where we look at the business side of coaching as you figure out what to charge. Pricing doesn't have to be complicated and you can identify simple pricing strategies for your coaching business using the questions posed in today's episode. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

Have you ever been in a coaching session with a client who was "stuck" and the more you talked about it, the more they just kept saying that they were...stuck? When that happens, you need a way of gaining an entry point to explore not just why the client is stuck, but how to start thinking of their situation differently so that they can get unstuck. Today I'm going over 5 questions to ask clients who are stuck--and I have an additional resource available for you (several of them!). Head to TeamCLCC.com/begin and become a subscriber, and you'll get immediate access to several CLCC resources for coaches, including a worksheet on the 5 Questions that you can share with clients as a journaling or reflection exercise. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

Relationships to others mirror our relationship to ourselves. Today’s Craft of Coaching guest has been a coach for more than 15 years and has a wealth of information to offer on modern dating and relationships. Kira emphasizes the importance of foundational skills in dating, such as setting boundaries, managing expectations, and understanding the nature of healthy relationships—and in particular, she wants her clients to understand how modern dating has fundamentally changed in recent years. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

Marketing can feel tricky for coaches—you want to do something heart-centered, not “market to people.” Today’s Craft of Coaching guest, Cory Huff, understands how to walk that line in helping artists and creatives (and coaches!) to effectively leverage strategies that make more money and help your business thrive. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

Coaches feel some pressure when they're first standing up a business because there are a lot of decisions to make--what do I call myself? who do I want to work with? what should my branding be?--and every decision feels like it's set in stone. In reality, you can pivot as often as you need to, and in today's episode with coach Michelle Ward, we're talking about how to pivot as a coach when you want to change up your business. (yup, she made up that term and is sticking with it)Hello BusinessNew York MagazineNY Post, The Huffington PostEtsyNewsweekFreelancers UnionUSA TodayForbes Joyful Marketing, Real Talk Radio, Profit. Power. Pursuit., The Tiffany Han Show Create Your Dream CareerDitch Your Day JobClick here for the freebies that'll help you be your own damn boss with a sustainable business Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

Continuing education and self-coaching for life coaches are critical to advancing your skill-set even after you’ve finished life coach school. Self-coaching is a process of being able to evaluate your own life’s strengths and weaknesses, set new intentions and goals, and start seeing progress--all while addressing the challenges that come up along the way. In this episode, I talk about the essential continuing education and self-coaching resources that will help you advance your coaching skill-set. :: Brand new episodes of the Craft of Coaching podcast will resume on 06/17/24. Until then, enjoy this one from the archive! :: Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

People have confusion over what life coaching is. How is it different than therapy or counseling? On today’s episode, I’m getting into how to explain life coaching to people, including how I suggest you handle coaching skeptics. A few highlights: :: Brand-new Craft of Coaching episodes will resume on 06/17/24. Until then, enjoy this from the archive! :: Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

Today's episode is all about pulling back the curtain and talking about the real-real truth: the hardest part of running a coaching business and what you can do to make it easier. You might be surprised--the hardest part of running your coaching business isn't what to name your signature program or developing your coaching skills. In this episode, I'm getting into what I and every other successful coach I've met has struggled with, and sharing how to navigate it so that you can see success with your coaching business. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

Should coaches be working with clients who have extreme trauma? What does the data say about the level of skill and competence needed for coaches to adequately work with trauma? In today’s Craft of Coaching episode I’m getting into trauma-informed coaching, where I’ll talk about what trauma is, what to be aware of if clients exhibit trauma, and how coaches can be trauma-informed without overstepping their role. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

Are you trying to design a course or training for your coaching clients, or create a group coaching program? Today's episode gets into the foundational elements of instructional design that life coaches can use to apply to their courses or group coaching programs so that you can design your group coaching course. Learn how to target your course content for your audience so that you can see greater engagement and success for every course you create. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.

In this conversation with Laura Simms, we get into whether or not you need to choose a niche as a life coach and how even when you do choose a niche, you aren't cutting yourself off to opportunities to work with different people as long as you keep the client's way of being at the forefront of your mind. ==== Laura Simms is an expert in meaningful work who challenges conventional wisdom by asking people to ditch their passions and start with purpose. She’s the creator of Your Career Homecoming, a celebrated career change program that helps people discover the meaningful work that’s right for them. Her work has been featured by The US News & World Report, Business Insider, and Psychology Today. Laura’s colorful career history includes a history degree, an MFA in acting, getting fired from a dream project, quitting multiple jobs (including one after the first day), teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and a successful career as an actor where she worked on network television, performed in every state on the Eastern seaboard, received multiple callbacks from Cirque du Soleil, and shared a sound booth with Sandra Oh. She lives in Atlanta with her husband and son, where she loves walking in the woods and trying to find the best whiskey cocktail in town. Coaching + Courage + Community = TeamCLCC. We're a life coach training program for a different kind of coach. Head to https://TeamCLCC.com to get our catalogue and the free "Become a Coach" video series to learn more about becoming a life coach, choosing a coaching niche, how coaches make money, and more.