Craft of Coaching Podcast

In 2022, the Courageous Living Coach Certification program is on sabbatical. What does that mean for the program, and how did we arrive here? That's what I'm covering in today's episode.https://TeamCLCC.com

Andrea Owen is our guest today, here to talk about how coaches can start to “make some noise” in their personal lives as well as how they show up with visibility online. “Make some noise” isn't just about speaking up--it's about living your best life and in this episode you can learn about how to start self-coaching to evolve how you show up in your business, including examining white feminism, white exceptionalism, and underlying biases around intersectionality. 

Coaching resistant clients can be frustrating--all you want to do is help, and the client is resistant. Some people in the coaching industry simply label such clients as “uncoachable” and say they should be “fired.” I suggest a different approach, because your clients don't *want* to be resistant! They want help getting out of the resistance. This episode is full of questions that you can ask clients to help them get unhooked from resistant spaces, which will allow both you and the client to move forward.

“But where is my business...going?” That's a common question for new and emerging coaches who aren't sure how to approach what their overall coaching business is about. Crafting a business vision can help you to get clear about what you're ultimately creating with your business, and--this is important!--can be a great reminder of what you're creating on difficult days where you encounter business setbacks.

“But what am I ‘doing' when I coach someone?” New and emerging coaches often feel a sense of wanting a coaching philosophy that they can explain to others. Grab a pen and paper as you listen to this episode, so that you can start clarifying your coaching philosophy.https://TeamCLCC.com

Coaching isn’t just for one-on-one client work; coaching skills are important for managers to utilize in salaried positions. Today’s episode shares the essential coaching skills for managers that can help you create workplace environments where people are more motivated, productive, and loyal to the overall success of the organization. Listen in to the Craft of Coaching podcast on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart radio, or wherever else you get your podcasts. Learn about TeamCLCC, an online life coach training program, at https://TeamCLCC.com.

Want to know about the game-changing moves that can move your coaching business forward? This episode is all about the shifts life coaches can make that will help them to gain momentum in their coaching businesses. It’s time to spend less time feeling stuck around the business end of things, so that you can do more of what you love: coach your clients. Listen in to the Craft of Coaching podcast on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart radio, or wherever else you get your podcasts. Learn about TeamCLCC, an online life coach training program, at https://TeamCLCC.com.

Want to broaden your coaching exercises for clients? For this podcast episode, I tapped graduates of the Courageous Living Coach Certification for their suggestions on favorite coaching exercises for clients. Listen in and consider which ones you’ll utilize as you work with your own clients. Listen in to the Craft of Coaching podcast on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart radio, or wherever else you get your podcasts. Learn about TeamCLCC, an online life coach training program, at https://TeamCLCC.com.

When supporting clients in the messy middle, it’s easy to make resistance and other stuck spaces into a “problem” that must be “fixed”--but that’s exactly the work that we need to avoid if we want to truly support our clients in finding the gold in the messy middle, to start powerfully moving forward. Listen in to the Craft of Coaching podcast on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart radio, or wherever else you get your podcasts. Learn about TeamCLCC, an online life coach training program, at https://TeamCLCC.com.

Today on the podcast? We’re talking about the biggest mistakes coaches make that hold them back from feeling fulfilled in their coaching businesses. These mistakes aren’t intentional (of course) but it’s through becoming aware of these mistakes that coaches can course-correct and start feeling less stressed and more aligned, in their work. Listen in to the Craft of Coaching podcast on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart radio, or wherever else you get your podcasts. Learn about TeamCLCC, an online life coach training program, at https://TeamCLCC.com.

Feeling overwhelmed by all the moving parts of your coaching business is pretty common for new and emerging coaches! In this podcast episode, I’m walking you through a process for setting annual goals for your coaching business, and setting quarterly goals that feed those larger annual goals. Listen in to the Craft of Coaching podcast on iTunes, Spotify, iHeart radio, or wherever else you get your podcasts. Learn about TeamCLCC, an online life coach training program, at https://TeamCLCC.com

Have you always wanted to write a self-help book? If you’re a coach, what will you need to keep in mind in order to make that happen? Today I’m talking about my experience of being a life coach and author (my book, The Courage Habit, came out in 2018 and was named a “top book on habits” by BookRiot), and I’m laying out some of the essentials that you’ll need in order to write and publish your own book.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin

Everything is a Story, and our clients can shape their lives based on the internal Stories and narratives they hold--and choose to change. Today’s episode looks at the line between getting too reductive with coaching (“Just change your story and you change your life, that’s all!”) and a more nuanced look at identifying client stories and narratives.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin

Today I talk with Coach Valerie Tookes about the craft of health and wellness coaching. Specifically, we get into how we can help our clients break free from the diet industry paradigm, and choose health and wellness goals that are in alignment with who they truly are.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin

If you’re a coach who is trying to get your business up and going while also managing the rest of your life (perhaps even still working a salaried job), managing your schedule is going to need some attention. In this podcast episode, I’m sharing how I approached managing my schedule when I was a new/beginning coach, and how you can implement some of those strategies, too.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin

What do coaching and intersectionality have to do with one another? A lot--because our clients are not just individuals showing up to the coaching session. Every client brings with them a host of intersections and ways that they interact with the wider world. As life coaches, we need to do our own work to recognize intersectional opportunities, so that we can hold space for our diverse clientele without bias or assumptions. This episode on coaching and intersectionality offers suggestions for how coaches can do this work, to better support their clients.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin

Here’s what I’m hearing about coaching during COVID : people either feel totally overwhelmed about taking on clients, or, people feel totally overwhelmed because they’ve got SO many clients who are in need of coaching. LinkedIn recently named Coaching one of the top jobs people are pivoting to during the pandemic...so here’s how I suggest you approach coaching during COVID, to lessen the overwhelm.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin

As coaches, we know that we need to be clear about how we can help clients through their problems--so how do we practice authenticity with clients about the fact that we, too, are growing and evolving human beings? This episode discusses some mindset shifts that help you to show up with full authenticity with clients , especially in online spaces.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin

Working on your business is different than working in your business. This podcast episode is not a breakdown of marketing strategies; rather, it’s a way of looking at how you spend time on the big picture growth of your business so that you don’t solely focus on day-to-day tasks.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin

What’s the thing that will make or break your success in life, your coaching business, and anywhere else? The power of commitment . In today’s episode, I’m asking you to take a look at where you can leverage the power of commitment to see even greater results in your life. Those of you who have hesitated to fully go all-in on your coaching business? This is definitely an episode to listen to.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin

A huge impediment to building your coaching business is getting comfortable showing up online. If you fear criticisms of how you look, your message being misunderstood, or that you’ll hear nothing but crickets, grab a pen and paper and get ready to start deconstructing fear and building confidence for showing up online.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin

Today’s Craft of Coaching episode is sharing the best ways to learn about marketing, especially for new and emerging coaches who know that they’re short on time or money. I’ll be breaking down the essential things to focus on, and what you don’t need to focus on (yet).   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin

The Courageous Living Coach Certification is now accredited with the International Coaching Federation, or ICF. In today’s podcast episode, we’re sharing we we decided to get our program ICF Accredited and how that will impact the program, moving forward.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin

Your clients are going to navigate big life transitions--some desired, others not so much--and the stress and overwhelm of that can throw them off. In today’s episode, I’m asking you (the coach/listener) to think about your own big life transitions and put yourself in the client’s shoes. How are you navigating big life transitions? What tools can you apply to the process of learning and growing from those transitions, that are also useful for clients?   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin

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 someone, including how I suggest you handle coaching skeptics.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin .

What are the essential life coach skills that every coach needs? Often, coaches know that something powerful is happening in their sessions, but they don’t necessarily have the ability to define or describe what the skills are. In this episode, I’m breaking them down and describing each one--and this episode is a great refresher for coaches who know that there’s wisdom in revisiting the basics!   Get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin 

Because coaches are empathetic, many struggle with knowing the line between care for clients, and crossing a line into care-taking. How can we practice more respectful client boundaries? When you try to control what’s happening in a session or save the client from any negative feelings, you end up care-taking, not caring. This podcast episode on respectful client boundaries gets into the differences.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin 

There’s a tendency in coaching for everyone to emphasize the problems and what’s not working. How can we integrate more fun, even if the problems are still there? Let’s start helping clients have more fun with these new ideas for energizing your coaching sessions.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin .

Okay, you’ve got your life coaching certification and finished life coach school--now what? It’s natural to feel overwhelmed by building your business and figuring out marketing as you step into your new career. This podcast episode breaks down the essential things to focus on when you’re figuring out what to do after you’ve got your life coach certification.    Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin 

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.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin 

Most life coaches stay at their salaried jobs for awhile as they build their coaching businesses. So what do you tell your job, after becoming a coach? I’m breaking down that question in today’s episode, offering some different perspectives that might surprise you.   Learn more and get bonuses at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin 

When coaches complete their life coach training, they often think about how they are going to coach other people--their clients. But what about self-coaching and working on yourself? Self-coaching is a process of using coaching tools in your own personal life to move your life forward. The more self-coaching you undertake, the better you’ll be able to bust through your own limitations and also help your clients. In today’s episode of the Craft of Coaching podcast, I’m sharing how you can use self-coaching tools in your personal life.   Learn more and get bonus resources at https://TeamCLCC.com/begin 

At some point in your coaching career, you’ll want to quit when things get tough--and here’s why you need to stay the course. Quitting when you’re frustrated deprives you--and the world--of your gifts as a coach. Here’s why you shouldn’t quit.   Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification at https://TeamCLCC.com  

Most coaching techniques involve avoiding, placating, or attacking the inner Critic--but you can give your clients something more. Let’s go beyond perpetuating self-abuse, and relate to the internal Critic, differently. In this episode, learn advanced techniques for helping clients to embrace the inner critic.   Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification at https://TeamCLCC.com

In this episode, I’m talking to those coaches who know they feel intimidated by the idea of entrepreneurship: it’s time to focus your business priorities and be less busy. I’m offering easy, simple, implementable ideas for how to get focused (including the top three business priorities I suggest new coaches focus on).   Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification at https://TeamCLCC.com

Helping clients take action starts with the power of the coaching relationship and the clarity that is gained from each session--and it extends to the practices that are happening in between sessions. Helping clients take action with practices that maximize what can happen in coaching is the focus of today’s episode.   Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification at https://TeamCLCC.com

Here’s something important for every coach to know about themselves: are you adopting a growth mindset? If you’re not, it could keep you--and your clients--from moving forward in the was that you want to. There’s a special message in here, as well, for any coach who has felt discouraged lately around how her coaching practice is evolving!   Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification at https://TeamCLCC.com

Whether you’re just starting or you’re a seasoned coach, you need self-care practices just as your clients do. Self-care for life coaches encompasses a shift in mindset and some specific strategies that can bring more ease to your coaching practice. Other resources mentioned include the Coaching Blueprint digital marketing program, Dubsado, and my new book, The Gift of Coaching by Kate Swoboda (search on Amazon).   Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification at https://TeamCLCC.com .  

Some of the most common things you'll be helping clients with his how to step into greater visibility, find their voice, make an impact. In my interview with speaking coach Alexia Vernon, we talk about the essential questions for doing just that, and we also get into how feminism can be integrated into your client work. https://teamclcc.com/coach-certification-step-in-to-your-moxie/ :::  Instagram: https://instagram.com/katecourageous   Learn more about our coach certification at https://TeamCLCC.com 

How can you be a life coach, if you still have your own life problems? Let's get into that and talk about building confidence as a coach, including how and when to ethically work out your own personal struggles without impacting your clients.  Connect with Kate on Instagram (@katecourageous) Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification and access the free "Become a Coach" video series by heading to the newsletter at https://TeamCLCC.com .

Most people are only familiar with cognitive-behavioral coaching techniques, but in this episode I'm getting into how you can use somatic coaching in your coaching practice (including identifying when it's not a good idea to use somatic coaching with clients).  Connect with Kate on Instagram (@katecourageous) Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification and access the free "Become a Coach" video series by heading to the newsletter at  https://TeamCLCC.com

Sarah Silvas is a classic multi-potentialite: she's a coach, yoga instructor, restorative justice leader, artist, and more. Instead of thinking that she has to give up on one of these and "just focus," she weaves all of these elements into her practice. In today's interview, we talk about how to make being a multi-potentialite a functional part of your coaching practice.  Connect with Kate on Instagram (@katecourageous) Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification and access the free "Become a Coach" video series by heading to the newsletter at  https://TeamCLCC.com

Think that you're too introverted to become a coach? Lisa Chartrand would disagree. In this interview, I talk with Lisa about how she came to defy stereotypes about introverts and embrace being an introvert in her life and in her coaching business. Those who are introverted or who want to learn more practical skills for coaching introverts will want to hear Lisa's take on the power of introverts.  Connect with Kate on Instagram (@katecourageous) Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification and access the free "Become a Coach" video series by heading to the newsletter at  https://TeamCLCC.com

I'm releasing a new book: The Gift of Coaching. It's all about the art of coaching, how we keep our eye on coaching as craft, and how to identify issues within the coaching industry that need correction. Connect with Kate on Instagram (@katecourageous) Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification and access the free "Become a Coach" video series by heading to the newsletter at  https://TeamCLCC.com

In the coaching industry, there's a term that we're not a fan of: the "uncoachable" client. How do you help clients who are going through heavy client resistance, without labeling them "uncoachable"? That's what we're exploring in today's Craft of Coaching episode.  Connect with Kate on Instagram (@katecourageous) Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification and access the free "Become a Coach" video series by heading to the newsletter at  https://TeamCLCC.com

A listener wrote in to us to ask about how we might handle resistance in a group coaching setting. We're answering this question plus giving some context as we kick off season four of the Craft of Coaching podcast.  Connect with Kate on Instagram (@katecourageous) Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification and access the free "Become a Coach" video series by heading to the newsletter at  https://TeamCLCC.com

Evolving your life will mean evolving your coaching business. You will change, and so will your business.  Connect with Kate on Instagram (@katecourageous) Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification and access the free "Become a Coach" video series by heading to the newsletter at  https://TeamCLCC.com

If you've ever thought that you'd love to be a coach, but don't see how you'd ever do it while also being a parent, today's episode is especially for you.  Connect with Kate on Instagram (@katecourageous) Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification and access the free "Become a Coach" video series by heading to the newsletter at  https://TeamCLCC.com

Finding your coaching niche is a question that plagues many people who want to become coaches. In today’s episode, I’m talking about an exciting new developing in the life coach certification program that I run, the Courageous Living Coach Certification: major concentrations. For those coaches who know that they want to coach a particular niche, you’ll learn about the most popular niches and what they encompass. For those coaches who have never felt drawn to establishing a niche and who want to know what they’ll call themselves, without one? We talk about that, too.  Connect with Kate on Instagram (@katecourageous) Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification and access the free "Become a Coach" video series by heading to the newsletter at  https://TeamCLCC.com

What does the science say about how our brains form and change habits? In this Craft of Coaching episode, I'm talking about how to help your clients learn how to change habits, even change habits they've had for a long time.  Connect with Kate on Instagram (@katecourageous) Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification and access the free "Become a Coach" video series by heading to the newsletter at  https://TeamCLCC.com

Today, on the podcast, I’m walking you through a group coaching how to, talking about how coaches who have primarily been coaching one-on-one can start extracting the skill-set of individual coaching, into a group coaching environment. Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification's "sister program" all about group coaching: http://www.FacilitateWithImpact.com . Connect with Kate on Instagram (@katecourageous) Learn more about the Courageous Living Coach Certification and access the free "Become a Coach" video series by heading to the newsletter at  https://TeamCLCC.com