Coaching Best Practice - Both Sides of the Coin

At some point in our lives, every one of us will experience grief. Be it the death of a family member, a friend or pet, a divorce, an estrangement from parents, or a redundancy, there will be times when coaching can be the key to creating a new future. Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter are Lisa Heacock and her client Ellouise. Lisa is a grief and life coach and Ellouise came to Lisa after the loss of her brother. 

As a coach, do you have clients who need something more than you can currently offer, to enable them to achieve their desired breakthrough? If so, have you considered upskilling and training as an embodiment coach? Embodiment uses both the body and mind in coaching sessions. Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter, are  Mark Walsh and his client Flouer Evelyn. Mark has trained over 2000 coaches in over 40 countries and one of the people he trained is Flouer Evelyn, a dance instructor and now embodiment coach.

In this episode, we learn about the saboteur within and how coaching can turn these tendencies into positive thinking. Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter, are John Rice and his client Jim Hartshorne. John coaches people to enable them to improve their mental resilience. One of his CEO clients, Jim, has over 25 years of global experience in the Supply Chain industry and he is now an MD of a major 3rd Party Logistics Company.

When you coach clients, how often is there an underlying issue that blocks them moving forward? It doesn't matter whether the person is a C-suite or junior staff, until the root is found and the paradigm shifts success doesn't occur. In this podcast, host Jenny Butter, learns from the pioneer of transformational coaching, Keith Merron, and one of his clients, Shane Emmons, about how this process positively alters lives.  

How self-aware are the people that you coach? Do they live their lives, purposely? In this episode of Both Sides of the Coin, we get some top tips on how to coach our clients so they can intentionally, live a life of purpose. Joining host, Jenny Butter, are Dr Barbara Mutedzi' and her client Dr. Tinashe Johnson. Barbara is a Conscious Leadership & Neuroscience-Based Coach who works with business owners, leaders, and entrepreneurs to achieve greater impact. Her client Tinashe, is dedicated to providing evidence-based, world-class dental experiences and philanthropically expanding this to populations who have never had the opportunity to meet a dentist before. 

Do you have clients whose partners are often away with work? Many couples experience short periods apart, however, there are a lot of professions that mean partners are away for longer periods, often months and years at a time. In this podcast, as coaches, we get some top tips about how to work with couples and families who live in split locations. Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter, are Rhoda Bangerter and Florence Reisch. Rhoda is an expat coach who works with people whose partners are often away from home, helping them navigate the stress and use the distance to their best advantage. Florence, also a coach, received coaching from Rhoda to help her prepare for her husband living in another country while she and her children lived in a third country.

Negative self-talk, most of us know what this feels like and how it can hold us back. As coaches, how can we help both our clients and ourselves, reprogramme the negative thoughts in our head for good? Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter, are Paul Boehnke and his client Mary. Paul is an experienced Life Coach with a demonstrated history of helping those who let self-doubt and self-judgment hold them back. His client, Mary, is a musician based in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Whether you are a newly qualified coach or have hundreds of clients under your belt, there are always things to learn, and quick tips that we can implement, to improve the coaching experience for our clients. In this episode podcast host, Jenny Butter, is joined by coach Niroshan Silva and his client Irfan Ahmed. Niroshan has over 12,000 coaching hours and has transformed the lives of over 530,000 people. Irfan has been a client for several years and he shares what within the coaching process he has found particularly helpful.

Today we find out about systemic coaching and how it can help our clients. In essence, systemic coaching delivers value to all the stakeholders of the coachee, these include those they lead, colleagues, investors, customers, partners, family as well as their local community. Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter, are Marina Anchevska and her client Meglena Dimitrova. Marina is an Accredited Fellow Coach, an Accredited NLP Master Trainer, a Systemic Coach, a Holistic therapist, a Somatic Coach, and a Yoga teacher and Trauma healer. She is based in Macedonia and founded the first accredited systemic and NLP centre in South East Europe. Through her coaching, she works hard to ensure her clients are able to use the tools learned to ensure success in both their personal and professional lives. Her client Meglena, has over 10 years of experience in the field of human resources and currently works in the biggest bank in North Macedonia as an HR Officer. She has been a coaching client of Marina's for around two years and feels it this time was pivotal for her transformational journey.

Do your clients need to identify and clear stuck emotions and limiting core beliefs? In this month's podcast, we get some top tips on how they can do this by using words. Host, Jenny Butter, is joined by Amanda Peet and her client Mandi Simms. Amanda is the founder of ‘Mind Your Mind' a technique that provides the words you can say - to yourself - out loud - to instruct the subconscious mind to release old emotions and outdated limiting beliefs.  Her client, Mandi has been featured on the Channel 5 TV programme 'Hoarders: Buried Alive' where she spoke about how her hoard has taken over her house. Amanda is helping Mandi release stuck emotions and limiting beliefs so that she can move forward with changing her house from a hoarded house to a happy home.  

The importance of Emotional Intelligence in achieving success at work and in our day-to-day lives has been discussed in many books over the past twenty-five years however, few of the books have shown how to actually develop your skills so you can become more Emotionally Intelligent. In this podcast we get some top tips on how to develop our own skills and how to bring emotional awareness into our coaching sessions. Podcast Host, Jenny Butter, is joined by John Parr and his client Geanina Rindasu. John has developed seminars and training for people who desire to live an emotionally fulfilled life and his organisation teaches coaches and professional trainers who want to help people to become more assertive. Geanina is an HR consultant, trainer, and coach and has been John's client for around 18 months. She has trained in the process communication model and uses this in her coaching so her clients can achieve a deeper self-awareness, and belief, in their own capacity and potential.

Do your clients, choose to live? Life can be beautiful, exhilarating, and full of possibilities; yet it's also complex, challenging, and inherently uncertain. In this podcast, we get some top tips on how to allow our clients to experience the whole spectrum of what life has to offer, not merely endure life, but enjoy it in all its facets. Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter, are Yannick Jacob and his client Jane.  Yannick is an existential life and leadership coach, a coach trainer and supervisor, and a mediator. He works with people who choose to step out of their comfort zones and make the most out of life. His client Jane is based in London and wanted some coaching to support her in her leadership position in the education sector.

 As a coach who works with clients from across the globe, I have found that many of them want to also consider their faith and belief systems when it comes to making and taking decisions. Whether their belief is in Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, or they are part of the new age movement, with 84% of the world's population having a faith, as coaches, we need to be mindful of this, especially when we are coaching on life, career, and finding purpose. In this month's podcast, we get some top tips on how to bring faith into Career Coaching. Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter are  Katie Conley and her client Lisa Robertson. Katie is a career coach and like 2.4 billion others, believes in the world's largest religion, Christianity. As a Christian and a Licenced Career Coach, Katie has a particular interest in how faith interacts with career choices. Her client, Lisa who is Head of Operations at i61m, has worked in a number of different sectors including retail, IT, digital, design, marketing, healthcare, education, and charity. At a time in her life when she wanted to explore what was next career-wise, it was important to her to also consider things from a faith perspective.

Do you or any of your clients have a creative brain? Those of us with ‘creative' brains, when in full flow, can be intuitive, instinctive, quick, and brilliant. But on the flip side, sometimes the simplest of things just seem to overwhelm us and can be debilitating. In this month's podcast, we get some top tips on how to coach creative brains. Joining host, Jenny Butter, are Julia Caddick and her client Rebecca Duckworth. Julia is an accredited coach and specialises in coaching creative brains. Her client, Rebecca is a professional musician, choir trainer, and vocal coach.

As a coach, how aware are you of the signs that a client may be considering suicide? Do you know what to ask and, what not to say? In this month's podcast, we get insight and top tips. Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter, are Dr Michael J Marx and coach Donnalea Barber. Michael is an ICF Professional Certified Coach and he has founded a non-profit called Coaching Suicide Awareness. Donnelea Barber has trained under Michael and specialises as an ADHD coach.

To stay ahead, todays' leaders at all levels of an organisation find they must do all they can to develop high-performing workforces who deliver world-class products and services, and that is where coaching has proved to be vital. Today, we get some top tips on executive, corporate and leadership coaching. Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter, are Monica Jonsson and her client Alberta Brusi. Monica is the author of a recently published book called: The Complete Corporate Coaching Toolkit - The Quintessential Guide for 21st Century Business Coaches and Leaders. Her client Alberta Brusi is Country Head for Citibank Luxembourg. 

Do you work with clients who feel unseen, stuck or are no longer advancing at work? How as coaches can we help them take positive steps career-wise? In this month's podcast we get some top coaching tips. Joining host, Jenny Butter are Hulya Kurt and her client Jane. Hulya is a career coach based in Geneva who works with her clients who want to get promoted or make a positive change. Her client Jane has been working for the same corporation for several years and wanted some coaching to help her find a new role and direction.

Are you a perfectionist? What about some of the clients you work with? How much of their judgment by the inner critique or overwhelm comes from perfectionism? Today, as coaches and mentors, we get some top tips on how to coach people who are perfectionists. Joining host, Jenny Butter, are Aylin Webb and her client Elizabeth. Aylin combines Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), EMDR Therapy, NLP and Coaching to enable her clients to learn to trust themselves once again. Her client, Elizabeth, is a teacher and over the last 9 months has felt anxiety on a variety of scales. 

How confident do you feel when speaking in public? Whether running a group session, a webinar, a training day, or giving a presentation, public speaking is something that we, as coaches and mentors, need to do from time to time. And it can be scary! So how can we increase our confidence and know that what we say and do engages our audience in an inspiring way? Joining podcast host Jenny Butter, are Toby Wilson and Lenka Pagan. Toby is president of Worthing Speakers club in Sussex, UK, which is a part of Toastmasters International. Lenka is a Nutritional Therapist, a Senior Yoga Teacher, and Health Coach and she joined Toastmasters to improve her confidence and ability when speaking in public.  

Today on both sides of the coin we get some top mentoring tips from the best in the business. Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter, are Kerrie Dorman and her client Kim Gowing. Kerrie is the founder of the Association of Business Mentors and was voted 2019 ‘People's mentoring champion'. She trains professional business mentors and one person she trained is Kim Gowing. Kim is the Chief Change Officer of her own change management consulting firm and alongside this currently professionally mentors seven women.

As a coach, have you ever addressed menopause and its wider impact on wellbeing or work performance, with a client? Today we get some top tips on how to help our clients manage mindset through menopause. Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter, are Gail Gibson, Ruby McGuire and Amanda Peet. Gail Gibson and Ruby McGuire co-authored the book, ‘The Working Women's Guide to Menopause, When The Heat is On, Don't Sweat It!!' Amanda Peet loved the book and the top tips it gave her.

How important is spirituality for you or your clients? Have you ever considered bringing it into your coaching practice, or having it as your coaching niche? In this month's podcast host Jenny Butter is joined by Andrew Dee and his client Wendy McKendrick. Andrew is a psychic, spirit medium, author, teacher, and retired British military officer. Andrew uses his previous life experience, his intuitive abilities as well as his connection with his spiritual guides to inspire his global clients to achieve their life's ambitions. His client, Wendy McKendrick wanted Andrew to help her develop her spiritual abilities and has now started up her own business doing readings for clients.

Switching off both physically and emotionally is vital for well-being. But when taking time out to reflect, assess and plan, how beneficial is it for our clients to be in a beautiful environment? Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter are coach Karen Liebenguth and her client Adeline O'Keeffe. Karen offers 1:1 coaching in one of London's parks and green spaces, as well as coaching immersion days in nature on the south coast of the UK. Adeline finds coaching through immersion in nature helps her relax, reflect, assess and then do.

Top-class football players such as Ronaldo, Sancho and Kane, are known and revered across the globe. But what about the staff who strive hard behind the scenes? How can life coaching help them to perform and live well?  Joining host, Jenny Butter are Floss Andrews and her client Steve Weaver. Floss has worked within the sports industry for the past 20 years and currently provides life coaching for people who work in football. Her client, Steve Weaver is Head of Football Development at Norwich City.

Do you work with clients who are from a different cultural background to you? In this episode of Both Sides of the Coin, podcast host, Jenny Butter, gets some top tips on how we, as coaches, can develop our cultural intelligence, thus improving our coaching technique. She is joined by corporate executive coach Norman Grant and his client Henry Seals. Norman developed and runs courses on cultural intelligence and developing a global mindset for multinationals. His client, Henry Seals asked Norman to train his companys' international staff on adjusting and thriving in a Japanese environment.  

Do you and/or your clients live and breathe a 'can do' Attitude? Today we get top tips on how we, as coaches, can help our clients step up, shake it off and shine! Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter, are Gail Gibson and her client Delia Zanatta. Gail’s, CAN DO coaching is a simple, yet incredibly effective coaching technique which has led to life-changing transformation for business and corporate leaders across the globe. Gail’s client, Delia Zanatta, is building a technology business. Using the CAN DO Approach, Delia won through challenges in her mindset and thrives in her role as Founder & Co-CEO.

International coaching week is coming up, May 17th 2021, how can we get involved? We also find out about what business practice is right for us. Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter, are Jerri Udelson and her client Hillary Price.  Jerri has often been called a “coaching pioneer and visionary.” She is the founder of International Coaching Week, now in its 23rd year and celebrated across the globe. Her coaching company, Entrepreneurial Coaching and Consulting, helps entrepreneurs, self-employed professionals, and real estate agents grow their businesses quickly and strategically, while also creating lives they love outside of work. Jerri’s client, Hillary Price is an insurance broker to high net worth individuals.  She’s been building a referral-based business and is very successful at it.   

“Mindset Priming does for coaching -  what colour did, for black-and-white TV  – it takes it to a whole new level”. That’s one of the bits of feedback received, about the mindset priming technique, which we learn about in this episode of Both Sides of the Coin. Joining host, Jenny Butter,  are Jeremy Glyn and Syliva Howe. Jeremy is an accredited coach and trainer, and author of “Achieving happiness is easy as ABC". He has developed an integrated approach to his work, called Mindset Priming, which enables coaches and therapists to work with their clients at a more profound level. Using the Mindset priming approach, coaches are able to access their clients' subconscious aspirations, hopes, beliefs, doubts, and fears… - and by addressing these, put people on the path to greater success and fulfillment. Jeremy’s client, Sylvia Howe, specialises in communication. She has been a journalist, an editor and is working on her second novel. 

Many of our clients, and perhaps if we’re honest also ourselves, desire to improve our self-esteem and confidence so we can live happier lives. But where do we begin? In this episode, podcast host, Jenny Butter, speaks to David Rahman and his client Tracey Hill. For the past 17 years, David’s helped countless people overcome their self-esteem and confidence issues, enabling them to live happier lives. He’s an international keynote speaker, an Accredited Master Coach and has just written a book called "Let it Go – How to stop your past from ruining your future". His client, Tracey is a highly successful sales representative within the double glazing industry. She realised that her anxiety and low moods were affecting both her work and personal relationships, so decided to work with David to overcome her mental and emotional challenges.

As coaches, how can we help our clients unclutter their minds, make powerful decisions, and take inspired action? Today we’ll be going back to the coaching fundamental - goal setting. Joining host, Jenny Butter, are Sunday Marbach and her client Patricia Pollow. Sunday is a life coach and brings previous experience as a lay counsellor with her, to her role as a coach. Patricia works as a ‘passionate’ Teaching Assistant in a bilingual school in Zürich, Switzerland. She enjoys multitasking but found it didn’t help her accomplish her goals, hence she decided to work with Sunday to get on track.

It goes without saying that last year was a very hard year for millions of people across the globe. Hopes are high for 2021 but as coaches how can we help our clients thrive still within the parameters we face? Joining podcast Jenny Butter, are Tessa Armstrong and her client Jenny, another Jenny! Tessa is an award-winning accredited career coach and author.  Jenny worked as a Regional Fundraising Manager for the charity Help for Heroes but was made redundant due to the pandemic. Working with Tessa she now has a new vision which she is excited to achieve over this coming year.

Today is White Ribbon Day.  Thousands of people across the UK will stand up, speak out, and say no to violence against women. As coaches, we have a responsibility to work in best practice when coaching survivors of domestic abuse to ensure our clients move forward in a positive way.Joining host, Jenny Butter on Both Sides of the Coin, is Louise Borthwick. Louise is a highly experienced psychological relationship coach and advocates for relationship health. She works with people who have been in difficult relationships and shares with Jenny some top coaching tips.Remember that if you or someone you know is in distress in a domestic violence situation in the UK, you can dial 999, stay silent, then either cough or press 55, and police assistance will come to the address.

Do you want to take your coaching business to the next stage? In the current climate, what is the right stage for you? In today’s podcast you’ll find out some top tips on what you need to think about - and focus on - so your time and effort is well spent. Joining host Jenny Butter, are Ruby Mcguire and Emma Cossey. Ruby is a Business Mastery and Mindset Queen. She helps her clients to create a successful mindset and master their business. Ruby’s client is Emma, she’s a coach for freelancers and has been building up her own business for ten years.

Some people find it a boring necessity, others love to learn. What do you need to consider when choosing the right CPD option for you?Joining Podcast Host, Jenny Butter, are Michelle Lucas and her client Katie Ellis.  Michelle is the founder of Greenfields Consultancy and provides coaches with a range of flexible CPD options. Her client Katie is a senior civil servant with the UK Government. Over the past year, as part of her job, Katie has been coaching staff who also work for the civil service. This prompted her to develop her coaching skills and she’s looking forward to applying what she’s learnt. 

Do you or one of your clients experience depression or anxiety? The chances are the answer is yes. Coaching on this topic can help clients uncover the reasons underlying their anxiety and help them develop tools to cope with stressful situations. Joining host, Jenny Butter, is Shari Lewison-Frisch a family crises coach who specialises in working with parents of teenagers who self harm and she also coaches people with depression and anxiety. Her client Beth has recently retired from being a probation officer and social worker. She contacted Shari to arrange some coaching after she found herself suffering from depression and anxiety, despite running support groups on these topics for others.

With so many people facing redundancy at the moment the need for coaches to have a tool bag filled with career coaching top tips is bigger than ever. In August's podcast we find out about CV best practice as well as some other vital need to know career coaching pointers. Host, Jenny Butter, speaks to Lynn Tulip a Career Development Professional who enables her clients to get jobs and to her client Kerry Dobney who works in hospitality.

How many times have you wished you had said something in a different way? Relationships underpin everything at home, work and in our local communities and are key to our wellbeing and success. Today we’ll be getting some top tips on how coaching can be used to enable people to build better relationships. Joining podcast host, Jenny Butter, is Majella Rowe and her client Martha Lopez. Majella is based in Dublin, Ireland and is an accredited Life and Relationships Coach. Martha is from Mexico and she wanted coaching to enable her to connect and bond with her family during a stressful time.

Both sides of the argument from two highly successful coaches who have very different opinions on whether you need a coaching niche to be successful. Curly Martin is a leading authority on life coach training and teaches her life coaching students that niche is important. On the other side of the argument is, Maria Hocking. Maria was one of Curly’s students and she had problems finding a niche so she decided not to choose one and has become very established. Hosted by Jenny Butter.

How do you coach clients who want to lose weight but soon fall off the wagon? Today's episode explores some of the complex layers involved, including the emotional relationship people have with food, and provides some superb tips. Podcast host, Jenny Butter, talks to Tammy Valta-Nijhof and her client Katerina Lambrou. Tammy is based in the Netherlands and is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach. She coaches individuals as well as groups on wellness, nutritional education, weight management, and long term lifestyle interventions and changes. Her client, Katerina is from Greece, is 59 years old, and a mother of 2.

In today's podcast you'll get top tips on how to have tough conversations with clients, as well as find out how behavourial assessments can help. Host, Jenny Butter, talks to Ken Keis and Murray Lengyel. Ken is a global authority on behavioural assessments and an expert in leadership, purpose, and wellness. Murray Lengyel uses the Personal Style Indicator assessment which Ken's company owns. Murray is an Executive and Business coach and isn’t afraid of having tough conversations with those he is working with to produce great results.

How do you coach clients who experience stress, anxiety and sleepless nights? In today's podcast, we get excellent top tips, which is very apt for the current season we are in and means we can provide coaching excellence to our clients to help them through this difficult time. Podcast host, Jenny Butter, speaks to neuro-coach Dominique Stillman and her client, Nick Shrimpton.

How authentic are you as a coach? In this podcast, host Jenny Butter talks about the importance of authenticity with coach Jackie Meek and her client Autumn Hunt. Jackie runs Future Path Life Coaching and supports professional mums to move from surviving to thriving. Jackie has a strong backstory which explains why she has chosen this niche and she believes strongly that authenticity underpins great coaching. Autumn is the mother of three children.

How much time do you waste - looking for great resources to aid your coaching - on topics such as career ,anxiety, confidence, time management, motivation and leadership, so you don’t have to re-invent the wheel? In today’s podcast you’ll find out where you can find practical tools to use which you can brand and edit to fit your style of coaching. Interview with Emma-Louise Elsey who runs The Coaching Tools Company and her client, Melissa Hankins, a coach for physicians experiencing burnout, uses Emma’s tools! Hosted by Jenny Butter.

What would it mean for your coaching and for your clients if you got to the heart of the matter — every time? In today’s podcast, hosted by Jenny Butter, you’ll find out how and where you can learn rarely taught tips that will immediately elevate your coaching and enable you to avoid the common pitfalls.

Accredited coach Janice Wilburn and her client Sharon Jones talk about powerful coaching questions, what to do when a client gets stuck and what coaches need to know from a client's perspective. Hosted by Jenny Butter

Wendy Buckingham, founder of LifeCoachingProfessionally.com tells new and aspiring life coaches what they really need to know and lets them know where to find free resources. Hosted by Jenny Butter.