Podcasts about coachingthe

Send us Fan MailIt takes about fifteen seconds for a TikTok video to convince you that your mother is a narcissist, your ex is a borderline, or you finally have the ADHD diagnosis you always suspected.Join Anna and Tim as they break down what gets lost when a real clinical process gets compressed into a fifteen-second hook. Anna draws on thirty years as a therapist and a coach, including two client stories where a label someone brought in from the internet turned out to be nowhere close to the full picture. She digs into the research behind why so much popular mental health content on social media gets it wrong, and makes the case that the problem was never the information itself; it's what happens when nobody checks whether it actually fits you.This Episode Covers:Why a shortage of licensed mental health providers helped create the wellness influencer boom in the first place.The actual numbers behind how much popular ADHD and autism content on TikTok gets wrong.Why people are five to eleven times more likely to inaccurately self-diagnose than to get it right from content like this.Two real client stories, one convinced his wife was a narcissist, another told by another therapist that a partner was a borderline.What actually separates a working diagnosis from a label picked up in under a minute.Why Anna says the friction in real therapy is the system protecting you, not failing you.The difference between someone moving through a narcissistic season and someone with an actual personality disorder.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

If you have been quietly noticing that you struggle to accept other people's boundaries with you - that their no's, their unavailability, their limits land in you as evidence of your own worth rather than as data about their life - this episode is naming what that actually is.Part 3 of The Good Girl Contract starts with Danielle reflecting on a conversation from part one - the tropes in our favourite movies and novels - and then moves on to name 'the mirror problem', which is the observation that the same nervous system that cannot hold its own boundaries also cannot receive them. Not because women trained by the Contract are hypocritical or demanding or entitled. But rather because both are the same underlying pattern showing up in two directions - a nervous system that has been trained to read all social responses as data about her worth, and that cannot distinguish between someone else's limit or boundaries and someone else's rejection.Danielle walks through the specific mechanism, drawn from what she sees constantly in her coaching practice. The multiple-messages pattern - sending another message when the first one has not been answered in the timeframe you wanted, because the silence itself has become unbearable. Reading the boundaries of others as a personal statement about your importance or worth, or lack thereof, rather than as information about what's going on in their world.Replaying the words of a colleague who was abrupt with you in a meeting, wondering if the friend who has not texted back is upset with you, mentally cataloguing why your partner was quiet at dinner, stressing about why your child is quiet. All of which is the personalisation reflex. All of which is the specific cost of a nervous system trained to read other people's emotional states as evidence about you.This episode also opens a careful, respectful question about how the somatic imprint of the Contract can sometimes resemble or overlap with neurodivergence. Not as a challenge to anyone's diagnosis. As inquiry - because a growing number of women in this population are being diagnosed with ADHD or autism in adulthood, and some of what those diagnoses capture (hypervigilance, difficulty resting, cycles of overfunction and collapse, extraordinary capacity to read other people) is also what happens to a nervous system trained by early danger. Danielle names the two errors currently being made in the cultural moment - assuming trauma explains everything, or assuming a woman with a trauma history cannot also be genuinely neurodivergent - and holds the question open for listeners to work with in their own lives.The episode closes on the reframe: interrupting the personalisation reflex - the mirror problem - is not about becoming someone who doesn't care what other people think. It's about becoming someone who can hold both truths at once - that other people's responses are information about them, and that you can still care about the connection that you have with them even when you don't make their boundaries mean something about you.A content note: this episode includes a careful, respectful question about how the somatic imprint of childhood trauma can sometimes resemble or overlap with neurodivergence. It is not a challenge to any listener's diagnosis.Support: If you are in Australia and need to talk to someone, 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) is available 24/7. In an emergency, call 000.Explore the supports offered by Danielle Black CoachingThe Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint™

Most people think online coaching means a laptop, a beach, and total flexibility. Ajay Sidhu is here to tell you that's not even close to reality.Ajay works full-time as an online coach, managing 60+ clients at once, delivering body transformations for a US-based client base. In this episode, he breaks down exactly what proper online coaching involves, the structure it requires, and why it's often more demanding, not less, than working in person.Matt and Ajay cover the biggest mistake coaches make when someone first signs up, how to build genuine rapport without ever meeting a client face to face, why a single Loom video can save you hours of back-and-forth messaging, and what coaches should actually be charging for this kind of service.Matt also shares his own take on the business model he'd recommend to any in-person coach looking to add online coaching properly, without sacrificing what makes their in-person work valuable.This episode is genuinely one of the most detailed, practical breakdowns of online coaching delivery you'll find anywhere in this space.In this episode:What online coaching actually is, and why most people misunderstand itThe mistake Matt made himself when he first tried online coachingWhy front-loading the relationship matters more than jumping straight into training and nutritionHow to structure check-ins, calls, and ongoing communication properlyWhy Loom videos build more trust and save more time than text messagesWhat to do when a client stops being compliant or goes quietWhat coaches should really be charging for online coachingThe hybrid business model combining small in-person groups with premium online coachingIf you're a personal trainer considering adding online coaching to your business, or already doing it and wondering if you're doing it properly, this episode will give you a clear, honest picture of what it actually takes.Find Ajay: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ajaysidhucoachBook a Business Breakthrough Call: https://mattrobinsoncoaching.com/speak-with-matt

Send us Fan MailIt's gotten almost impossible to disagree with someone anymore without it turning into a referendum on who they are. Anna's been noticing it everywhere: in politics, in parenting, in that strange shift where a difference of opinion starts to feel like a personal attack. Somewhere along the way, people stopped just having opinions and started becoming their opinions. Now criticism doesn't register as information, it registers as danger.Join Anna and Tim as they break down why this is happening, from the neuroscience of social rejection to what Anna calls identity fusion, the blurred line between what you believe and who you are. They talk about what changes when you stop confusing what you do with who you are, and the four things emotionally intelligent people learn to keep apart: who they are, what they think, what they feel, and what they do.This Episode Covers:Why politics, wellness, motherhood, and even anxiety have quietly become identities instead of just parts of life.Why criticism can feel like it's about who you are, not just what you did.What elite athletes know about separating a bad performance from their worth.Why insight alone rarely changes behavior, even when you understand exactly why you do something.The difference between "I'm anxious" and "I have anxiety," and why it matters.Tim's real-time realization that this conversation describes someone he knows.Why rest, boundaries, and being wrong can start to feel dangerous when they clash with your identity.The one question Anna wants you asking before you say "that's just who I am".Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

Their woundedness was a moth to a flame to your overfunctioning.Part 2 of The Good Girl Contract walks through what happened when you took the Contract into your adult intimate relationships. Why the men who found you were not random. Why your nervous system recognised them as home. Why leaving felt so much harder than the surface story would suggest - and why so much of what has been sold to you as insight about your ex has been missing the more important insight about yourself.The episode opens with the reframe that partner selection was never a question of judgement or taste. It was a question of what your nervous system had been trained to recognise as familiar. From there, Danielle widens the wounded-man archetype into the family of related tropes that all activate the same Contract-shaped response - the emotionally unavailable man, the strong silent man, the man who has been hurt before, the man waiting for The One. Different clothing. Same job description for the woman.The episode also names something rare in the current recovery-content ecosystem.... That for a real period of time inside these relationships, the martyrdom feels good. Not just tolerable. Good. Danielle speaks openly about her own first marriage - working full-time, doing all the domestic labour, taking pride in having dinner fit for a king on the table every night, loving when he bragged about how well she looked after him. The shame that many survivors carry about how proud they were of the labour is one of the things keeping them stuck. Being always needed is not sustainable. Unreciprocated labour breeds resentment. Add male entitlement, add abuse, and the equation cannot balance. "What a perfect pairing. An entitled man, and a woman who needs to be needed. The Contract on one side. Its complement on the other. Neither of them chose it. Both of them delivered it. And the arrangement did exactly what the arrangement was structured to do."The episode also walks through the scientific mechanism that made leaving so hard - B.F. Skinner's work on variable-ratio reinforcement, and why the intermittent bones thrown occasionally are the mechanism, not incidental. Why the woman who stayed for years was not weak. She was in a reinforcement schedule the behavioural science tells us is one of the most persistent behavioural attachments a nervous system can form.And it closes on the destination glimpse - what healthy relationships actually feel like from the inside - less intensity, less drama, more consistency. Why they can initially feel wrong to a Contract-shaped nervous system. And the honest truth that receiving love from the other side is its own form of work, that takes years to build, and that the marvelling at ordinary daily love may never fully stop. This is a departure from the "narcissism-recovery" that has dominated survivor content in abundance. It refuses the "it wasn't you, it was all him" framing that keeps survivors as passive objects of someone else's pathology. It says instead: you brought something to this relationship. Not because you are to blame. Because you are the protagonist of your own story. And the protagonist is who gets to decide what happens next.A content note: this episode references patterns of unhealthy and abusive relationships at a diagnostic level. No graphic detail. Some listeners currently inside similar dynamics may want to listen with support available.The Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint is the structured way through this work. AI Danielle is available any time, any hour. Both at danielleblackcoaching.com.au.Support: If you are in Australia and need to talk to someone, 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) is available 24/7. In an emergency, call 000.Explore the supports offered by Danielle Black CoachingThe Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint™

Send us Fan MailFor years, Anna thought her ability to control everything was a strength. Organized. Reliable. Prepared. Turns out it was anxiety, dressed up as competence, and it took a rug-pulling moment in her own life to show her the difference.Join Anna and Tim as they dig into what control is actually costing you, your presence, your intimacy with the people you love, your creativity, your ability to bounce back when things don't go the way you planned. They talk about the difference between influencing a situation and controlling it, why chasing certainty is not the same thing as chasing excellence, and the coaching question Anna asks her clients the moment they catch themselves gripping too tight. What am I actually afraid would happen if I let this go? This isn't about eliminating uncertainty from your life. It's about becoming someone who can be okay without it.This Episode Covers:Why being organized, reliable, and always prepared can actually be anxiety in disguise.How control turns into emotional insurance, and why that insurance quietly becomes a prison.The real difference between pursuing excellence and pursuing certainty.What the research on intolerance of uncertainty actually says about who struggles with chronic anxiety.The coaching question to ask yourself before you white-knuckle your way through something hard.Why influence and control are not the same thing, and why that distinction matters.Anna's five power moves for loosening your grip, including trusting yourself more than your plan.The family of origin patterns that make feeling controlled hit so personally.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

When your childhood taught you that having needs was dangerous - that being pleasing, useful, and indispensable was the difference between love and its withdrawal - the reason boundaries are so hard as an adult is not that you are weak. It is that your nervous system learned exactly what it needed to learn to survive the environment you were in.Part 1 of The Good Girl Contract is the foundational episode of a new series. In this episode, Danielle speaks about childhood abuse. Physical and emotional abuse. Punishment for having emotions. Punishment for having needs. Punishment for answering back. The 1980s Australian cultural context in which corporal punishment of children was widespread and culturally sanctioned. From there, the episode widens into the frameworks that make the personal story into a universal one: • Stephen Porges' concept of neuroception - the body's continuous, unconscious scanning of the environment for cues of safety or threat - and what it does to a developing child in an environment where the source of care is also the source of danger. • The reframe that what the wellness and spiritual industries calls empathic sensitivity (or being an "empath")  is, for a specific subset of women, more accurately understood as trained hypervigilance in a nervous system that learned very young that reading other people accurately was the difference between safety and danger. • Harriet Lerner's framework on overfunctioning in relationships and underfunctioning in self-advocacy. The distinction between cultural conditioning, which produced most women's struggle with boundaries, and violently enforced conditioning, which produced a more acute version.The episode lands on the naming of The Contract itself. A set of terms you did not consent to, do not remember signing, and have been operating under, in every relationship you have entered, ever since."What was made can be remade. Because the same nervous system that learned the terms is capable of learning something else. Because the same brain that was shaped by danger can be reshaped by safety. Because the story is not over."This series is a departure from Working As Intended - from the structural argument about the family law system, to the personal architecture underneath the woman navigating it. A content note: this episode contains references to childhood experiences of physical and emotional abuse. No graphic detail. Some listeners may prefer to return to this episode when they have space for the material.The Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint is the structured way through this work - built for protective parents equipping themselves to interrupt the Contract in themselves, so their own children inherit something different. AI Danielle is available any time, any hour. Both at danielleblackcoaching.com.auSupport: If you are in Australia and need to talk to someone, 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) is available 24/7. In an emergency, call 000.Explore the supports offered by Danielle Black CoachingThe Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint™

Welcome back to the Embodied Baddie Podcast! Today we're diving into a conversation that might challenge the way you think about mentorship, coaching, and investing in your own growth.If you've ever wished someone would just tell you exactly what to do... this episode is for you.Because here's the truth:Mentorship isn't about getting free advice.It's about becoming someone worth investing in.In This Episode You'll Learn:The Mistake I Made Early in BusinessI desperately wanted someone successful to show me the way—but I wasn't yet in a place where I truly valued or implemented the advice I was receiving.Why Free Advice Rarely Creates TransformationWe often believe information is what we're missing. In reality, implementation and commitment are usually the bigger problem.The Investments That Changed EverythingI share how investing in mentorship—from Boutique Hub to somatic coaching and beyond—completely transformed not only my business, but the way I think, lead, and make decisions.Why I've Invested Nearly $200,000 in CoachingThe return wasn't just financial. It was years of mistakes avoided, faster growth, greater confidence, and becoming the kind of leader I wanted to be.The Question Every Aspiring Mentee Should AskInstead of asking, "Who will mentor me?"Ask yourself: "Why would someone successful want to invest their time in me?"The Unexpected Mentor Who Changed My BusinessI share the story of meeting one of the most successful people in the archery industry—and why he generously answers my questions.What Actually Attracts Great MentorsIt's rarely about your revenue or experience.It's about coachability, humility, consistency, curiosity, and proving you're willing to do the work.The Biggest TakeawayThe right mentor can save you years of trial and error.But mentorship isn't about someone carrying you.It's about showing up as someone who's willing to listen, implement, and earn the opportunity to learn from people who've already walked the path.When you become that person, you'll be amazed at how many doors begin to open.If this episode challenged your perspective, I'd love to hear your biggest takeaway. Share it with me on Instagram or inside the Embodied Baddie Lounge.And if you know another entrepreneur who's trying to figure everything out alone, send this episode their way. Sometimes the fastest path isn't working harder—it's learning from someone who's already been where you want to go.Until next time, keep becoming the woman your future self is counting on.

Most pastors don't wake up one day and decide to become complacent.It happens slowly.The passion that once fueled the calling begins to feel more like routine. The dreams get replaced with responsibilities. Before long, ministry can start feeling more like a career than the calling God originally placed on your life.In Episode 222 of the Fly on the Wall Podcast, I sat down with Pastor Bill Savage for an honest conversation about coaching, leadership, volunteer teams, and one of the greatest dangers pastors face after years in ministry.Because every leader eventually has to wrestle with this question:"Am I still leading with the same hunger I had when God first called me?"It's a conversation every pastor needs to hear—whether you've been leading for two years or twenty.Here's some of what we unpack:Why every pastor—regardless of church size—needs coachingThe difference between a mentor and a leadership coachWhy coaching is an investment, not an expensePractical ways to lead and develop volunteer staff membersHow to maximize the limited time your volunteer leaders haveWhy priority management matters more than time managementCreative ways to stay connected with volunteer leaders without overwhelming themHow to avoid drifting into autopilot after years in ministryThe powerful contrast between the two Sauls in Scripture—and what every leader can learn from themOne of the most challenging moments in the conversation was this reminder:"Life and ministry start as a calling. If we're not careful, they slowly become a career."The difference between finishing well and simply surviving often comes down to what happens in the middle.Will we keep learning?Will we keep dreaming?Will we stay humble enough to receive coaching and hungry enough to keep growing?If you've been in ministry for any length of time, I believe this episode will encourage you, challenge you, and help you lead with fresh intentionality.

What does it take to stop coaching for free and start getting paid?Born to Coach graduate Madison Doherty shares how she overcame self-doubt, people-pleasing, and learned to set boundaries, leading to her first paying coaching client. She opens up about the mindset shifts, courageous steps, and imperfect action that helped her build an authentic coaching business instead of waiting for everything to be "perfect."In this episode:Why you don't need a perfect niche, website, or business plan before signing clientsHow Madison transitioned from free coaching sessions to confidently charging for her coachingThe surprising role honesty played in helping her make her first paid offerWhy confidence isn't something you're born with, it's something you build through actionPractical mindset and nervous system tools for overcoming fear and taking the next stepWhether you're still thinking about becoming a coach, practicing your first coaching sessions, or getting ready to make your first paid offer, this episode will remind you that confidence comes after action, not before. Every successful coach starts exactly where you are today.Connect with Madiosn: https://www.instagram.com/mad_axx/

If you have been listening to our Working As Intended series, and you have been quietly wondering "if lawyers were never trained in what my children need, and I have to bring all of that myself, do I even need a lawyer at all?" - this episode is the rest of the answer.Danielle opens with information that she hasn't shared on the podcast before - the fact that when she was dragged into the court system all those years ago, there was not a lot of money for lawyers. Her stepfather (the person who, in any other circumstances, would have been the ally every self-representing parent hopes to have) was a family law specialist for his entire forty-year career, but could not help her because he was living with an illness that was taking him rapidly from the family. This episode is what she has learned from being on both sides of the self-representation conversation ever since.The episode walks honestly through who actually self-represents in Australian family court, and why access to legal representation in this country is distributed by wealth in a way that should be a source of national shame. It names the category error at the heart of the entire current market - that understanding the legal process is not the same as understanding what to seek within it, and that what to seek is not a legal question at all. It walks through the four capacities self-representation actually requires - time, emotional, nervous system, and educational - most of which are invisible to the products currently being marketed and sold to people navigating separation and divorce. It names the specific trap of guns blazing self-representation, where the absence of a lawyer's tempering influence becomes exposure rather than freedom. And it lands the strategic middle position that most protective parents actually need to be in: "I have a lawyer, and I know how to use them - because I also have a coach."This is also the episode where Danielle positions the Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint directly. Not as a legal-navigation product. Rather, as the knowledge, capacity and advocacy layers that answer the questions that no legal-education product can answer - because it is not a legal question. And it is where she owns, clearly and unapologetically, why not being a lawyer is a strength of her work rather than a stumbling block.The Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint is the structured way through this work - built for protective parents equipping themselves with the substance the legal profession was never required to have. AI Danielle is available any time, any hour. Both at danielleblackcoaching.com.auSupport: If you are in Australia and need to talk to someone, 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) is available 24/7. In an emergency, call 000.Explore the supports offered by Danielle Black CoachingThe Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint™

Today's encore is about leaving psychotherapy for coaching. This transition is one that many therapist colleagues have made, and the reality is that many more are shifting from the field of therapy into coaching. Several major factors play into this decision, and my guest today gives a transparent look at his experience in this transition. Join us to learn more!Our Featured GuestDr. Corey WilksDr. Corey Wilks is a good friend and licensed psychologist who joins us for an open and honest look at his transition from therapy to coaching. In giving a glimpse into the circumstances and perspectives that led him to make this decision and shift his career, he shares how his career goals have changed over the years, what autonomy means to him, and why it is important. We wrap up by discussing mistakes that therapists often make in this career change and the drawbacks to leaving a traditional career in mental health.Corey's Website You'll Learn:Corey's career goals back in grad school—and how they have changedUnderstanding autonomy, freedom, and why these are Corey's top prioritiesCorey's realizations about therapy, wellness, and burnoutConsiderations in making the shift to entrepreneurshipThe biggest mistake people make in turning from therapy to coachingThe difference in coaching as a much more solo-based endeavor than therapyCorey's advice to a therapist considering becoming a coachThe distinction between the roles of therapist and coach—and how Corey navigates “the line”--Ready to launch (or grow) your online course?Haven is our membership for therapists who want to turn their expertise into sustainable online income through courses, content, and simple systems that actually work.You'll get access to trainings, live accelerators, and a community that supports you every step of the way.Get on the waitlist: sellingthecouch.com/haven

Send us Fan MailYou tell everyone you're fine before anyone even asks. You're the one who fixes things before anyone notices there's a problem, the one who never falls apart, the one everybody calls. And it's not because life is easier for you. It's because you never put any of it down.Join Anna and Tim as they dig into what it actually costs to hold it together this well: the toll of expressive suppression, the moment competence starts running on empty, and why being the strong one so often means crying in the shower instead of in front of the people who love you. They talk through allostatic load, the fixer identity, and what real recovery looks like once powering through stops working.This Episode Covers:Why looking like you have it together doesn't mean life is easier, it means you never put any of it down.The research on expressive suppression and what chronically pushing down emotion actually costs your nervous system.What allostatic load feels like once the bill finally comes due.Why competence and capacity aren't the same thing, and why almost nobody gets told that.The reflex to say "I'm fine" before anyone even asks, and what it's actually covering.Why receiving help is often harder than giving it, especially for high performers.The shift from "I need to power through" to "what would actually restore me".Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

What role does spirituality play in transformational nurse coaching?In Part 1 of this special three-part workshop series, we explore one of the most powerful topics in coaching: spirituality.Whether spirituality is central to your life or something you're only beginning to explore, this conversation creates space to examine your own beliefs without judgment. Through personal stories, research, and reflections from our nurse coaching community, we discuss how our spiritual beliefs influence the way we show up for ourselves and our clients.As coaches, we can only guide others as deeply as we've been willing to explore ourselves. This episode invites you to begin that journey with openness, curiosity, and compassion.In this episode, you'll learn:Why spirituality naturally emerges during transformational coachingThe difference between spirituality and religion, and why they aren't always the sameHow your personal beliefs influence your coaching presenceWhy psychological safety is essential for both coaches and clientsCommon fears surrounding spirituality and religious traumaThe concept of spiritual pluralism, exclusivism, and a new perspective called "perceptual exclusivism"Insights gathered from more than 120 nurse coaches about their spiritual beliefs and experiencesWhy cultivating your own inner work allows you to coach at a deeper levelHow resonance and personal energy impact every coaching conversationThe most powerful coaching doesn't come from having all the answers. It comes from creating a safe space where both coach and client can explore life's deepest questions with curiosity, humility, and compassion.Resource MentionedA Shift in Being by Leon VanderPolWatch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/t_aqfBeG46YConnect with us:Instagram: @successfulnursecoachesWebsite: www.thesuccessfulnursecoaches.comMentioned in this episode:Nurse Coach Residencyhttps://www.nurselifecoachacademy.com/nurse-coach-residency

Send us Fan MailYou did everything right. Built the career, married the person, raised the kids, checked every box on the list you didn't even remember writing. So why does it still feel like something's missing?Join Anna and Tim as they dig into the quiet unease that shows up when life looks good on paper but feels flat underneath it. They talk about the blueprint most of us inherited, the one that promised happiness would show up once we hit the next milestone, and what happens when we hit it and the feeling doesn't change. This isn't about crisis or catastrophe. It's about the discomfort that shows up when you've been managing your life so well you've stopped living it.This Episode Covers:Why the thought "I shouldn't feel this way" keeps people stuck instead of helping them understand what's actually going on.The blueprint most of us grew up with, and why following it perfectly still isn't delivering the payoff it promised.What it means to become the project manager of your own existence instead of an active participant in it.The real difference between managing your life well and actually being present enough to live it.Why that sense of disconnection isn't proof you're failing, but evidence that you're evolving into something new.Four honest questions to sit with when something feels off but you can't quite name why.Why rest, play, and creativity aren't indulgences you earn later, but information about what you actually need now.What it looks like, in practice, to come back to yourself after years of just getting through the day.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

If you've been with Danielle across this series, you now know how the family law system in Australia was built, what its practitioners were and were not trained to know, and how to test whether anyone in the post-separation space is genuinely child-focused. This final episode of Working As Intended brings the arc to ground. You still need a lawyer. You still have to work with these professionals. You can't opt out of the system entirely. So what do you actually do with everything you now know?Part 4 answers that question. Specifically: how to use a lawyer for the things they're genuinely expert in, without deferring to them on the questions they were never trained to answer.The episode names something Danielle has observed and experienced across almost two decades of navigating the system and the post-separation space: many clients of hers who have sought sole parental responsibility - informed, prepared, and willing to hold firm - have been successful. This episode explains why the gap between "my lawyer told me it's very hard to get" and "my clients get it" is not a gap in the law, especially now that the 2024 amendments have actually moved the law in favour of genuinely child-focused reasoning. It is a gap in what the lawyer does not know how to do, and a gap in what the parent brings to the process. Both are closable. One is only closable by you.Danielle also names the feedback loop that keeps the system stuck - the way lawyers' outcome predictions become self-fulfilling when clients defer to them, and the way individual informed parents holding firm slowly reshape what lawyers tell the next parent who sits across from them. Your case is not just your case. When you hold firm, when you bring the knowledge, when you achieve the outcome the developmental science supports and the lawyer said was hard to get, you become a data point. A small, specific contribution to the evidence base that eventually shifts what lawyers tell the next parent.The system was not built to see your children. You were. And in a system that has never been required to prioritise what children need, a parent who arrives knowing exactly what their children need, and why, and how to demonstrate it, is a genuinely powerful force.The Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint is the structured way through this work. Module 17 covers coercive control. Module 19 covers parental alienation. Module 16 is the capacity work. The whole of the Blueprint is built for exactly what this series has been describing - equipping protective parents to bring into the room the knowledge the system never required its practitioners to have. AI Danielle is available any time, any hour. Both at danielleblackcoaching.com.au.Support: If you are in Australia and need to talk to someone, 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) is available 24/7. In an emergency, call 000.Explore the supports offered by Danielle Black CoachingThe Post-Separation Parenting Blueprint™

Send us Fan MailYou think you've graduated. You did the therapy, you learned the skills, you got to a good place, and you stayed there for a while. Then one week knocks you flat, and you're spiraling again, and the first thing you think isn't "this is hard," it's "what is wrong with me that I'm back here?"Join Anna and Tim as they pull apart the fantasy of having arrived, the one where doing the work is supposed to mean you never struggle again. They get into the two clients who came back last week, embarrassed they'd backslid, why the skills sometimes vanish the second you actually need them, and why a rough week is not proof you're back at square one. Real growth was never about feeling nothing. It's messy, and most people are way further along than they let themselves see.This Episode Covers:The fantasy of having arrived and why it leaves you feeling like you failed.Perceived backsliding versus actually backsliding.Why you can know all the skills and still go right back to the spiral five seconds later.What real growth actually looks like when it's messy instead of perfect.How we laser beam onto the one screw up and forget the rest of the bucket.The compare and despair that social media keeps feeding.Asking what if nothing has gone wrong, and life is just happening.The shift from "why am I still dealing with this" to "how am I dealing with this differently".Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

Send us Fan MailYou can explain your patterns better than anyone. You know your attachment style, you know your triggers, you know where it all started, and why you keep picking the same kind of person. And then a week later, you're doing the exact same thing.Join Anna and Tim as they get into why insight feels like progress when it isn't. There's a real difference between understanding a pattern and actually interrupting one, and most of us get stuck living in the first part. We collect the aha moments, the books, the podcasts, the breakthroughs, and somewhere in there the knowing starts to feel like the work itself. They talk about why that happens, why the behavior wins at 10 pm even when the insight is sitting right there, and what it actually takes to move from knowing something about yourself to becoming someone different.This Episode Covers:Why insight feels powerful and gives you relief while changing nothing.Knowledge, insight, and action, and why people mistake one for the others.How some people become professional insight collectors.The intention-behavior gap and why genuinely wanting to change isn't enough.Why your nervous system keeps choosing what's familiar over what's healthy.What actually creates change, including repetition and emotional exposure.Why you learn boundaries by disappointing someone, not by reading about them.How changing your environment can matter more than chasing the next breakthrough.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

Argelis Milian Robles was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes in 2025 — alone, without a car, on the brink of losing her job, and managing celiac on top of it all. And that was just the beginning. What came next tested everything she had. Her faith. Her will to stay. Her relationship with her own body.In this episode, Argelis opens up about the moments that brought her to her lowest point and what it actually took to start building a life she wanted to live… one that includes pancakes, boba, and yellow curry. It's a story about learning to trust yourself when everything falls apart at once.WHAT WE COVER:The Sunday morning church visit that ended in the ICU with a blood sugar of 407What a pituitary brain hemorrhage six months into T1D changed about her insulin resistance, her mental health, and what she wanted for her lifeHow celiac prepped Argelis to drop her A1C from 13.9 to 5.4 in eight months, and why she doesn't recommend itWhy pancakes, boba, and yellow curry became the goals that mattered most in coachingThe two pages Argelis wrote after the brain hemorrhage that changed the direction of her lifeWHAT'S NEXT:

Send us Fan MailThere is a version of self-improvement that stops being about growth and quietly turns into a way to never feel okay as you are. You track the sleep, you take the supplements, you do the work, and somewhere in there, it stops being "I want to get better" and becomes "I'm one habit away from finally being acceptable." That is the line Anna has been feeling lately, and she is done pretending she is above it.Join Anna and Tim as they get honest about where optimization culture has gone too far. Anna is a high-performance coach and a therapist who promotes a lot of this stuff, and she still says the part most people will not say out loud: that all this self-monitoring can become ego dressed up in wellness language, a quiet moral superiority that slides into comparison, exhaustion, and loneliness. She gets into her own athlete years too, the ego she carried, and the cocky triathlete sitting at the finish line who became a mirror for everything she did not want to become.This Episode Covers:When self-improvement quietly turns into self-rejection, and you stop feeling okay as you are.How optimization becomes ego dressed up in wellness language, and the moral superiority hiding underneath it.Why there is no finish line to enoughness, and how the goalposts keep moving until you burn out.The smoke and mirrors of the highlight reel and what is really happening on the other side of the camera.Moving from self-care into self-surveillance, and how comparison starts to feel virtuous.The loneliness of always working on yourself, and what Anna lost when she turned her whole life into a project.Becoming better humans versus becoming more anxious managers of yourselves.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

Contest - https://sarahkleinerwellness.substack.com/p/my-birthday-giveaway-is-here-and?r=5eztl9Last week's episode - https://youtu.be/OHt5nKM-kiwToothpaste list - https://amzlink.to/az0uyVE7ZN55FFree info session for Blueprint coaching - https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/blueprint-live-info-sessionTwo subscribers win the big prizes, drawn at random (and this includes all current subscribers):First prize: an HW300 hydrogen generator (code sarahk) - https://axiomh2.com/ref/6/?wdr_coupon=SARAHKA SaunaSpace glow light (code sarahk) - https://sauna.space/products/glow-infrared-therapy-light?sca_ref=9407238.JOVWINJQk7i97HLifetime access to MyCircadianApp - https://get.mycircadianapp.com/cXOl/SARAH A $500 voucher for my courses or coachingThe full hair system I personally use (shampoo, conditioner, thinning serum, REJUVENIQE oil, and Rejuvabeads split end treatment) - https://monatsocialshop.com/SARAH-KLEINER?q=ir-clinical-system-rejuvabeadsRunner-up: a 10-pack of molecular hydrogen tablets, a SaunaSpace glow light, lifetime access to MyCircadianApp, a $250 voucher for my courses or coaching, and the shampoo, conditioner, thinning serum and hair oil I love.Toothpastes mentioned - https://amzlink.to/az0uyVE7ZN55FIron oxide lotions (I use OneSkin) - blue light protection - https://amzlink.to/az0Fe1mW6lnyfArticle on blue light indoors - https://sarahkleinerwellness.substack.com/p/the-skin-threat-nobody-is-talking?r=5eztl9Dr Ellie's toddler protocol - https://drellie.com/2012/08/28/q-a-with-dr-ellie/Zellie's mints - https://amzlink.to/az0xPhSQUCdrgSarah shares a solo follow-up on “Toothpaste Gate 2026,” prompted by heavy email/DM feedback after she said her family stopped using hydroxyapatite toothpaste; many reported gray teeth and extensive cavities and dental bills. She announces a birthday contest that requires subscribing to her Substack, explains Instagram follower removals as a reason for shifting content there, and outlines subscriber freebies and paid perks plus contest prizes. On toothpaste, she argues cavities after switching may reveal deeper “terrain” issues like mouth breathing, gut dysbiosis, and mineral/nutrient deficiencies, then explains her kids' routine based on Dr. Ellie's toddler protocol and lists fluoride toothpaste alternatives. She also addresses “sunscreen indoors,” saying UV filters don't block high-energy visible blue light and recommending tinted products with iron oxide, while urging nuance about sun exposure and skin cancer as cumulative oxidative stress.00:00 Toothpaste Gate Teaser00:20 Podcast Intro and Backlash01:24 Birthday Contest and Substack04:52 Prizes and How to Enter06:35 Toothpaste Gate Explained08:45 Kids Dental Protocol10:55 Fluoride Toothpaste Options14:03 Sunscreen Indoors and Blue Light15:17 Nuance on Sunscreen and Risk18:18 Wrap Up and RemindersThis video is not medical advice & as a supporter to you and your health journey - I encourage you to monitor your labs and work with a professional!________________________________________Get all my free guides and product recommendations to get started on your journey!https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/all-free-resourcesCheck out all my courses to understand how to improve your mitochondrial health & experience long lasting health! (Use code PODCAST to save 10%) - https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/coursesMy free product guide with all product recommendations and discount codes:https://www.canva.com/design/DAF7mlgZpJI/xVyE4tiQFEWJmh_Xwx8Kbw/view?utm_content=DAF7mlgZpJIFree Webinars - https://www.sarahkleinerwellness.com/free-masterclasses

Send us Fan MailIt rarely looks like a blowup. It looks like lying awake at 2 am, replaying a conversation you can't let go of, or standing in the same kitchen as someone and barely talking to them. Emotional depletion is usually quiet. It builds slowly, what Anna calls death by a thousand cuts, until one day you realize you've lost the connection to your own self inside your own life.Join Anna and Tim as they sit in the gray area of relationships that drain us, the ones we don't just walk out of. This is not an episode about cutting people off or protecting your peace by leaving. It's the harder, more honest conversation most people aren't having. Why we stay when we're loyal, hopeful, afraid of regret, or just convinced things will get better. They talk about the difference between a relationship that's struggling and one where you're slowly disappearing, and they get personal about their own first marriages and the parts they each had to own. Anna keeps circling back to the same thing. The goal isn't to leave. It's to stop abandoning yourself inside the thing you're staying in.This Episode Covers:Why emotional depletion is usually subtle, not dramatic.The difference between a relationship that's struggling and one where you're disappearing.Why "I've had enough" is never really about a few fights.The reasons we stay even when we're drained, and why it isn't weakness.What your body is telling you long before your mind admits it.The questions worth asking yourself before deciding to stay or go.Owning your own part instead of keeping score.The power moves for when something has been draining you too long.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

Episode SummaryIn this episode of the Two Piers Podcast, Erica D'Eramo is joined by Kathy Berger, an experienced coach who leads coaching initiatives within the nonprofit sector and recently joined the Two Piers coaching team.Together, they explore the role of coaching in nonprofit organizations, common misconceptions about coaching, and why coaching can be a powerful resource for leaders across all sectors.Kathy shares her journey into coaching, what drew her to the profession, and how her work supporting nonprofit leaders has shaped her perspective on leadership, burnout, and personal growth. The conversation also examines the unique challenges facing nonprofit organizations, including resource constraints, mission-driven work, leadership transitions, and the increasing need for dedicated space to think strategically.In this episode, Erica and Kathy discuss:What coaching is, and what it isn'tCommon misconceptions about coachingWhy nonprofit leaders can benefit from coachingThe connection between mission-driven work and burnoutLeadership transitions and identity shiftsThe value of strategic thinking and reflectionHow coaching helps people build confidence, clarity, and ownership of their decisionsWhy coaching skills apply across nonprofit, corporate, government, and self-employed environmentsWhether you're leading a nonprofit, managing a team, navigating a career transition, or simply looking for a dedicated thought partner, this episode offers insight into how coaching can support growth, resilience, and sustainable leadership.About Kathy BergerKathy Berger is a professional coach with extensive experience supporting leaders within the nonprofit sector. She currently serves as a lead coach within an internal nonprofit coaching program and recently joined the coaching team at Two Piers Consulting.Her work focuses on helping individuals navigate leadership challenges, professional growth, career transitions, and the complexities of mission-driven work.Resources & LinksLearn more about Two Piers Consulting: https://www.twopiersconsulting.comExplore coaching services: https://www.twopiersconsulting.com/coachingEmail Kathy Berger at kathy@twopiersconsulting.comBrowse podcast episodes, summaries, and transcripts: https://www.twopiersconsulting.com/podcastAs a Public Benefit Corporation, Two Piers Consulting offers a 50% discount on coaching services for nonprofit organizations as part of its commitment to supporting mission-driven work.

Bertina M. Hooks, MD is a board-certified internal medicine physician, author, and physician coach who supports women physicians navigating burnout, boundaries, and career reinvention. Drawing from her lived experience in medicine and leadership, she helps women reclaim clarity, resilience, and sustainable success. Dr. Hooks is the host of The Mindful Practice Podcast and the author of Fire to Freedom, focused on healing, growth, and empowered transitions in medicine.  Some of the topics we discussed were:Dr. Hooks' transition to locums and working at her own private practiceExploring career pathways and coachingThe hands-on exposure and experience Dr. Hooks gained from reinventing her own careerHow Dr. Hooks helps other physicians transition into a career that is more aligned with their values and goalsViewing your medical degree as a launching padThe importance of networking and creating a plan for career pivotsExamples of different types of career pathwaysHow the skills you build as a clinician can be used in other industriesKnowing that traditional clinical medicine is not the only pathwayPsychological and practical aspects of career pivots Reason why you might pivot your career Examining what energizes and drains you about your jobAdvice on navigating a new career pathway after pivotingHow Dr. Hooks found her first utilization management jobAdjusting from a chronological to a more functional CVSkill sets that non-clinical industries want to seeSeeking out informational interviews with people in the industryMistakes to avoid in career changes or expansionsUnderstanding the nuances of Medicare and MedicaidDr. Hooks' fulfilling experience advising medical students and residentsThe need for compassion and self-reflection in career changesAnd more!Interested in learning more about my telehealth direct specialty care practice? At AmazVita MD, I help patients optimize weight and metabolic health, harmonize hormones in peri/menopause, and enhance wellness and vitality. Accepting new patients now.Website:amazvitamd.comEmail:hello@amazvitamd.comLearn more about me or schedule a FREE coaching call:https://www.joyfulsuccessliving.com/ Join the Voices of Women Physicians Facebook Group:https://www.facebook.com/groups/190596326343825/Connect with Dr. Hooks:Website:https://www.pinnaclebusinessacademy.orgInstagram:@Dr. B HooksFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/bertina.hooks/ Pinnacle Business Academy:https://www.instagram.com/pinnaclebusinessacademy?igsh=MTg0Z3U4MGUwaWQ3YQ== Mindful Practice Podcast:https://www.instagram.com/mindful_practice_podcast?utm_source=qr&igsh=MWs2MjFhcjR3Mm5mNQ== LinkedIn:Dr. Bertina Hooks/Pinnacle Business AcademyUpcoming Personal Website:www.drbertinamhooks.com  

In this insightful interview, Heather Fisher shares her unique journey from corporate leadership to coaching, emphasizing the importance of purpose, values, and authentic leadership. Discover practical strategies for empowering teams, aligning life and work, and finding fulfillment through purpose-driven work.Key topicsHeather Fisher's journey from corporate to coachingThe empowerment framework for leadershipAligning values with work and lifeThe role of purpose in personal fulfillmentDifferences between coaching and psychotherapy

Send us Fan MailMost people picture emotional avoidance as someone who shuts down, refuses to talk, or is clearly in denial. But after 30 years of working with clients, Anna knows that's not usually how it shows up. The people she sits across from are often smart, self-aware, and totally capable of talking about their lives. They can explain their patterns in detail. They just can't actually feel them.Join Anna and Tim as they get into what emotional avoidance really looks like in everyday life, and why it's so easy to miss. Chronic busyness, overthinking, saying "I'm fine," going straight to irritation instead of the hurt underneath it. These don't look like avoidance; they look like personality. And that's exactly what makes this so hard to catch in yourself.This Episode Covers:Why emotional avoidance is a nervous system strategy, not a character flaw.The difference between being able to explain your feelings and actually feeling them.How chronic busyness and constant noise function as avoidance of stillness.Why anger and irritation are easier to access than what's actually underneath.Numbing behaviors that feel normal until they don't.What "I'm fine" is really doing and why it builds resentment over time.The real cost of avoidance when it starts running your life from underground.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

What if the one thing that would make the biggest difference to your wellbeing, strategic clarity and positive school culture as a school leader isn't another strategy or initiative, it's simply more time to think?In this episode of Well-Led Schools, I'm joined for the third time by Aimee Presnall - leadership coach, TEDx speaker and founder of Wellnest. After more than 16 years in education, Aimee built her career around one observation that kept repeating itself: brilliant school leaders burning out while the systems around them kept asking for more.Aimee's recent TEDx talk landed on something leaders feel in their bones but rarely hear said out loud: that we're treating the shadow, not the source; that when leaders don't have time to think, everything downstream suffers, their clarity, their team's culture, and ultimately their students.We go deep on what actually changes when leaders are given space to develop the human skills needed to lead people well, why one-off PD rarely shifts anything, and what it takes for schools to build a genuine coaching culture rather than a tick-box one.In this episode:Why leaders don't need more things to do, but rather need more time to thinkClarity vs certainty: what staff want vs what leaders can actually giveWhy giving yourself dedicated time to think feels so difficultHow recognising your default, high-pressure habits creates the fastest leadership shiftWhat one-off PD misses in comparison to navigating the “messy middle” of long-term coachingThe three pathways into middle leadership (aspiring, accidental, anointed), and how they shape your mindsetLINKS AND RESOURCESConnect with Aimee Presnall via:Wellnest: www.well-nest.com.au TED Talk: youtu.be/qjGM4esebQU?si=5eyFpR_-0KbUngty LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/aimee-parkinson/ Connect with me via:Website: adriennehornby.com.auLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/adrienne-hornby-a4126a205/Email: hello@adriennehornby.com.auSchool Partnerships: adriennehornby.com.au/school-partnerships/ 

Send us Fan MailYou've read the books. You know your patterns. You can probably explain exactly why you do the things you do. And yet here you are, still doing them.Join Anna and Tim as they get into what's actually happening when intelligent, capable people keep getting in their own way. Anna breaks down why being smart doesn't protect you from self-sabotage; it often makes it worse. Because the smarter you are, the better you are at building a case for staying exactly where you are.This Episode Covers:Why highly intelligent people are often the best at rationalizing their own avoidance.The difference between insight and transformation, and why awareness alone doesn't move you.How perfectionism functions as ego protection, not a path to excellence.The way "I need more clarity" or "I need more knowledge" becomes a hiding place.Why overthinking is frequently anxiety in disguise.How childhood identity around being "the smart one" quietly drives fear of failure.What it actually takes to move from intellectually aware to behaviorally different.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.comWhat happens when China, AI, and Western coaching collide? Dr. Ruohao Chen, leadership researcher at Columbia University, believes we have an unprecedented opportunity before us. In this episode of 97% Effective, host Michael Wenderoth speaks with Dr. Chen what Americans and Chinese can learn from each other— and why the future of coaching and leadership may depend on blending ancient wisdom, human presence, and AI-enabled scale. Drawing on Dr. Chen's research and work with 300 Chinese coaches, this conversation goes beyond the U.S.-China rivalry to ask a better question: what if the next leadership edge comes from learning across the divide?SHOW NOTESDr. Chen's pathHow a high school teacher in China rose to start an edtech company and become professor at Columbia UniversityGloom? Two reasons why Dr. Chen is optimistic about the the US and China relationshipOn American vs Chinese thinking: “In terms of culture we're quite different, but in terms of nature we're actually quite close to each other” Dr. Chen's early researchWhat China's education entrepreneurs do different: reserving money--and tapping into ancient philosophy and relational learning.How his research makes him a cross-cultural bridge, and offers valuable insight from China and the US in the era of AI The growth of coaching in ChinaInner creativity, giving space, and deep reflection to come up with the “aha moment”: How Buddhist and Confucian teaching mirror the core tenets of Co-active coachingThe “coaching club” that provides weekly seminars and workshops to 300 coaches in China“The care for human dignity” – what most surprises Chinese about Western coachesWhat China's coaches find most valuable from their US peers: “the care for human dignity,” a systematic approach to coaching, and how to commercialize one's practice Insights from his current research“Not skill improvement, but a change in perspective”: The surprising insight from what most helped unemployed Chinese return to the workforceWill AI replace human beings and be more effective coaches?Situations where people prefer human coaches – and where AI has the biggest advantageWhere his latest research on AI entrepreneurs is leading himBIO AND LINKSDr. Ruohao Chen, is a leadership researcher and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Adult Learning & Leadership program at Teachers College, Columbia University. He holds an Ed.D. in Adult Learning & Leadership, and his work focuses on strategic thinking, transformative learning, and leadership development that integrates Eastern and Western wisdom. Dr. Chen designs and leads leadership development programs through the Huber Institute for Organizational Learning at Columbia University, attracting talented and experienced leaders from China and across Asia. He is a certified coach through the Columbia Coaching Program and served as the Paper Track Chair for the International Columbia Coaching Conference 2025. He previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Center on Chinese Education at Teachers College, consulted with Harvard Business Publishing, and founded Education for Growth, a global learning community of over 10,000 educators and practitioners. In 2023, he completed his doctorate and was selected as Teachers College's commencement speaker, becoming the first Chinese graduate to deliver the address in the institution's 136-year history. Outside of work, Dr. Chen is also a certified fitness trainer and an amateur cello player. Connect with Dr. Ruohao ChenReach out directly on -mail: rc3035 [at] tc.columbia.eduLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chenruohao/Academic profile: https://tc.academia.edu/LancerChan Organizations, People and Resources ReferencedThe Columbia Adult Learning & Leadership Program: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/organization-and-leadership/adult-learning-and-leadership/IShowSpeed, American influencer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IShowSpeedResources on US vs China and cross-cultural thinking: Hofstede (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geert_Hofstede ), Gelfland (https://www.michelegelfand.com ), Meyer (https://erinmeyer.com ), Dan Wong's book Breakneck (https://amzn.eu/d/09Wr3Adj)Chen, R. (2024). How Chinese business leaders in the tutoring industry learned to think strategically in a time of crisis. New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 2024, 53–65. https://tc.academia.edu/LancerChanChen, R. Pathways Toward Transformative Learning: Middle-aged Adults' Job Loss and Re-employment in Urban China. Adult Education Quarterly. https://journals.sagepub.com/home/aeqChen, R. Transformative Learning in Isolation: A Phenomenological Study of Chinese Adults Navigating Uncertainty https://tc.academia.edu/LancerChanChen, R. Could AI Coaching Platforms Really Work? A Systemic Analysis of Services, Design Patterns, and Effectiveness of AI Coaching Platforms https://tc.academia.edu/LancerChan More from 97% EffectiveMichael's Award-winning Book: Get Promoted: What You're Really Missing at Work That's Holding You Back: https://tinyurl.com/453txk74Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@97PercentEffectiveAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Thank you for all of your support. Please let us know what you think about our podcast and what topic you may want to hear from us. Leaders, Lead Well!The big question being asked today is:What is the future of executive coaching in the age of AI?Artificial Intelligence is rapidly changing how leaders learn, communicate, make decisions, and even how they receive coaching. But can AI truly replace the human connection, emotional intelligence, trust, and vulnerability required for transformational leadership development?Joining us today is executive coach, consultant, and leadership advisor Megan Broker. Megan has spent decades helping leaders close the gap between their intent and their impact — developing stronger cultures, more self-aware leaders, and healthier organizations.In this conversation, we explore:The opportunities AI creates for expanding access to coachingThe limitations of AI in handling complexity, emotion, and vulnerabilityThe seductive nature of AI engagementWhy human connection still matters in leadership developmentAnd whether AI is becoming a leadership tool… or a leadership crutchThis is not a conversation about whether AI is coming.It's already here.The real question is:What happens to leadership when technology begins replacing human reflection, feedback, and connection?And if organizations choose the wrong coaching path...what does that future look like?Megan Broker joins Rich and Maikel as they dive headfirst into one of the most disruptive and important conversations impacting leadership and executive coaching today on this episode of Mainline Executive Coaching ACT.You can reach Megan Broker at:https://www.linkedin.com/company/megan-broker-consulting/https://www.meganbrokerconsulting.com/Megan@MeganBrokerConsulting.com Leaders, Lead Well!Thank you to all of our listeners in over 140 countries and 1,500 cities worldwide, we greatly appreciate your support! We truly hope that what we bring to our listeners will improve your ability as leaders.Mainline Executive Coaching ACT has been recognized by FeedSpot as one of the top Executive Coaching Podcast in the world based on thousands of podcasts on the web and ranked by traffic, social media, followers & freshness.https://blog.feedspot.com/executive_coaching_podcasts/John Mattone Global:                                                                                                          https://johnmattone.com/Rich Baron:rbaron@richbaronexecutivecoaching.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/rich-baron/rich@johnmattone.comMaikel Bailey:mbailey@intelligentleadershipec.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/maikelbailey/https://maikelbailey.com/

Send us Fan MailYou look like you have it together. You probably do have it together. And somehow, that's exactly the problem.Join Anna and Tim as they get into something Anna sees constantly in her sessions but rarely gets talked about out loud: the quiet, invisible loneliness that lives underneath high-functioning, capable people. The ones who are holding everything together at work and at home, who everyone leans on, and who nobody thinks to check in on. Because from the outside, they always seem fine.This Episode Covers:Why competent people stop sharing their struggles and slowly disappear inside their own lives.The difference between being surrounded by people and actually being known by them.How false connections, texting, and parasocial relationships are replacing real ones without us noticing.Why midlife adults are among the most affected by loneliness, even with full lives and full calendars.The "trap of competence" and how performing achievement replaces emotional expression.How to share something real without oversharing, including the name it, contain it, redirect it framework.Why loneliness isn't just emotional, it's neurological, and how it connects to anxiety, depression, and burnout.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

In Part 1 of this conversation, Ray Power joins Chat By The Pitch to talk about youth soccer development, coaching philosophy, parent education, and why keeping kids in love with the game matters more than early results.Ray shares his journey from teacher to professional coach educator, how writing Making the Ball Roll shaped his philosophy, and why modern coaching environments should focus on development, trust, communication, and long-term player growth.This episode dives deep into what parents misunderstand about coaching, why match day behavior matters, and how coaches can create environments where players actually learn and thrive.Key Talking PointsRay Power's journey into coaching and coach educationWhy youth soccer should prioritize development over outcomesThe importance of keeping kids in love with the gameWhy match day should not become joystick coachingThe role parents play in youth player developmentCoaching environments built on trust and communicationWhy players need different coaching experiences growing upHow coaches develop their own philosophy over timeThe difference between learning and simply chasing resultsWhy parents need to better understand the development processQuotes from Ray Power“If we could just get out of the way of kids falling out of love with the game, everything after that will run its course.”“Do your coaching in training. Match day should mostly be reminders.”“The game evolves. Coaches have to evolve too.”“You can't ruin the love of the game for kids.”“Good coaches will come, bad coaches will come — that's part of development too.”“Kids grow from praise. They want to repeat what gets recognized.”“If you surround something with negativity all the time, that's what it becomes.”“Parents often arrive without the motivation to learn, but with plenty to say.”“Winning at the expense of development is where youth soccer gets lost.”“The most important thing is making sure kids want to come back tomorrow.”Connect with Ray Power

Send us Fan MailResentment doesn't arrive all at once. It builds slowly, quietly, through a thousand small moments where you said yes when you meant no, where you kept going when you needed to stop, where you waited for someone to notice something you never actually said out loud.Join Anna and Tim as they dig into one of the most common and least talked about emotions in relationships, families, and workplaces. They get into where resentment really comes from, why high-functioning women are especially prone to it, and what's actually happening when the anger finally surfaces.This Episode Covers:Why resentment builds in silence and what keeps it growing under the surface.The difference between direct anger and the colder, score-keeping kind.How overgiving can come from anxiety and approval-seeking, not just generosity.Unspoken expectations and why you're grading people on a rubric they never saw.The gap between capability and capacity, and why being able to carry it all doesn't mean you should.What self-abandonment actually looks like and why no one is coming to rescue you from a dynamic you keep participating in.How resentment leaks out sideways when it never gets said directly.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

AI is already coaching your clients before they ever talk to you—and it's faster, cheaper, and often better than anything built on scripts or systems. If you're still relying on what you've learned instead of who you've become, this episode will hit hard. Because the truth is simple: AI can do almost everything you teach… but it cannot be what you are.Key Takeaways:Why AI will not kill coaching—but will eliminate most coachesThe collapse of framework-based and “generic” coachingThe rise of AI-powered coaching tools and their real capabilitiesWhy “presence” is not enough if it's not embodiedThe concept of embodied truth as the future of coachingThe “Whippos” framework: Worth, Identity, Possibility, Ownership, SovereigntyWhy most coaches cannot see their own blind spotsThe difference between lived transformation vs learned knowledgeHow AI exposes inauthenticity and mediocrityWhy your personal story is your only irreplaceable assetThe “sea of sameness” and why most coaches disappear into itWhy certifications, tactics, and knowledge are no longer enoughThe daily work required to become irreplaceableThe illusion of instant transformation vs real growthWhy clients are already using AI before hiring you

Zana Goic Petricevic pivoted from a successful corporate career to find her true calling - coaching bold leadership. Zana's career change came about after being fired from a corporate director role for being "blunt" with the chairman, which she reframed as a necessary catalyst for her true calling. Now, a successful coach, she has developed the "SOUL" Framework: Zana's leadership model focuses on four "playgrounds": Self (inner beliefs), Others (relationships), Universe (system/culture), and Legacy (lasting impact).A key coaching goal is helping leaders shift from a victim mindset ("this is happening to me") to one of agency ("I have a choice"), seeing change as an opportunity, not a threat. And she subscribes to the "Fake It 'Til You Become It" method. Zana advocates for taking risks before feeling 100% ready, citing her own experience of accepting a keynote speech before ever having delivered one.Summary of PodcastThe Catalyst: A Corporate ExitZana's career in oil and gas ended abruptly when she was fired from her Corporate Communications Director role for being "blunt" with the chairman.This unplanned exit caused a significant identity crisis, as her professional role was central to her sense of self.A key realisation came when applying for lower-level jobs and being told she was overqualified, confirming that her corporate path was permanently closed.Reframing: Zana views this event as a "planting" rather than a "burying"—a necessary end that enabled a new beginning.The Pivot: From Corporate to CoachingThe turning point was a 2016 co-active coaching course in London, which introduced her to a new type of conversation where she felt "seen, heard, and able to express myself."This experience revealed her passion → bringing these authentic conversations into organizations.To make this "fluffy" concept palatable to the corporate world, she supplemented her training with psychometric tests and other data-driven tools.Business Launch: With nothing to lose, Zana embraced networking and relationship-building—skills she had previously avoided—to secure her first clients.The "SOUL" Framework for Bold LeadershipZana's coaching framework guides leaders through four interconnected "playgrounds":S - Self: Understanding one's inner world (beliefs, values, patterns).O - Others: Building effective relationships through honest, kind communication.U - Universe: Navigating and shaping the organizational system and culture.L - Legacy: Defining one's lasting impact ("What stays when you go?").Legacy Defined: Legacy is not just measurable results but also the intangible impact on people and culture.Analogy: "Leaders bring the weather," creating either sunshine or storm. This "weather" is their legacy.Mindset & The Future of LeadershipCore Coaching Goal: Help leaders shift from a victim mindset to one of agency, seeing change as an opportunity rather than a threat."Fake It 'Til You Become It": Zana advocates for taking risks before feeling 100% ready, citing her own experience of accepting a keynote speech before ever having delivered one.AI & Technology: Zana sees AI as a tool that forces conscious choice, helping leaders define what they want to keep agency over and what to delegate.The Next 100 Days Podcast Co-HostsGraham ArrowsmithGraham founded Finely Fettled in 2014 to provide data from The UK High Net Worth Database to marketers targeting affluent and high-net-worth customers. He's the founder of MicroYES, a Partner for MeclabsAI, creating lead generation AI Agents & Workflows and introducing the MeclabsAI Platform. Graham also provides an Answer Engine Optimisation solution to get your website in shape to be found by LLMs.Kevin ApplebyKevin specialises in finance transformation and implementing business change. He's the COO of GrowCFO, which provides both community and CPD-accredited training designed to grow the next generation of finance leaders. You can find Kevin on LinkedIn and at kevinappleby.com

Send us Fan MailA lot of people expect change to feel empowering right away. It doesn't always. Sometimes it feels awkward, boring, exposing. Sometimes it feels like grief. And that part doesn't get talked about enough.Join Anna and Tim as they get into the real texture of what breaking a pattern actually requires. Not the inspiration, the resistance. The moment when the new thing feels unfamiliar and wrong, and the old thing is right there pulling at you. Anna gets honest about her own patterns, including the anger she learned from watching her dad shut down every room he walked into, and what it actually took to start doing something different. This Episode Covers:Why we repeat what is unresolved, not just what hurts us.Attaching to someone's potential instead of the reality right in front of you.The shame spiral that kicks in when you realize how long you've known better.Why the new pattern feels wrong even when it's right.The difference between insight and behavior change, and where most people stop.Catching the pattern earlier, before it's already played out.What it means to grieve the familiar version of yourself.Anna's own story of burning out by being everyone's fixer, and what was actually driving it.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

Grab our free Masterclass to Grow Your Coaching Business:https://coaching.debbieshadid.com/masterclassLast year I hired two coaches. The biggest investments I had ever made in my life. And my business did grow, but not because of these coaches. Both of them were bad decisions. But, you know what I did? I showed up anyway.I went to California twice for retreats I did not need to go to. I asked every question. I got coached on everything I could. I made the most of it. Because that is what you do when you are committed to something.Too often coaches fail because they quit. They aren't fully committed. They have not made the decision to go all in no matter what.I know what it feels like to invest in yourself and not get the result you wanted. That is why I made this episode. Not to make you feel bad. But because I genuinely believe you can do this. And I want to give you the honest conversation that nobody else is willing to have with you.If you are new to my channel, my name is Debbie Shadid. I am a Business Growth and Life Coach and the founder of the Business Building Boutique. For over two decades I have helped women coaches build boutique style businesses they love, without burning out or becoming someone they do not recognize. I have sat across from hundreds of women who felt exactly the way you feel right now. And I have watched them build businesses that changed their lives.In this episode you will learn:Why a new coach should spend 80% of their time marketing and 20% coachingThe difference between consuming and doing and why one keeps you stuckHow to know if you are one of the coaches who is busy but not actually buildingWhy your marketing compounds just like interest in a bank accountThe one thing to pick this week that will start moving the needleWhat to say when imposter syndrome tells you that you are not readyHere is what I know about you. You became a coach because you have something real to offer. You have lived something, learned something, or overcome something that other women need. That gift does not expire. It does not go away. But it does require you to show up consistently, talk to people honestly, and trust the process long enough for it to compound.Let's connect!Website: https://www.debbieshadid.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/debbieshadid/Podcast: Life Coach Business Building School https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/life-coach-business-building-school-with-debbie-shadid/id1502118085Subscribe for weekly episodes on building your coaching business, finding clients, and creating the life you actually want: https://www.youtube.com/chaTired of spinning in indecision about what to post, how to sell your coaching, or explain what you do? This is your moment!Join me for a live edition of Fast Track + VIP coaching experiences where you'll get real-time feedback on your niche, offers, and marketing, plus the clarity and support you've been looking for.Spots are limited and enrollment closes soon.Let's connect → DebbieShadid.com/schedule

Send us Fan MailYou've been here before. Different person, different situation, different details, but the same feeling. That hollow recognition of, why am I here again? And what makes it worse is that you're not oblivious to it. You've journaled about it, talked about it in therapy, listened to the podcasts. You see the pattern. And you're still in it.Join Anna and Tim as they get into the real reasons why smart, self-aware people keep repeating the patterns that hurt them most. Not because they're broken or secretly love suffering, but because these patterns are doing something. They're familiar, they're emotionally convincing, and for a lot of people, they once worked. Understanding that changes everything about how you approach breaking them.This Episode Covers:Why familiar feels true even when it's hurting you.How painful patterns often started as survival strategies.The difference between having insight and actually changing behavior.Why shame makes the cycle worse, not better.How chaos, over-functioning, and hyper-independence can become emotional defaults.What a coach or therapist sees that you genuinely cannot see about yourself.Why breaking a pattern can feel threatening even when you want out.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

Coaching isn't dying—it's being exposed. Your clients are no longer showing up confused, stuck, or lost. They're walking in 80% done, pre-processed by AI, armed with insights, strategies, and clarity that used to take months to uncover. If your value as a coach is thinking, frameworks, or advice… you're already obsolete. This episode breaks down the brutal truth—and reveals the only thing AI can't replace.Key Takeaways:Why 95% of coaches will be out of business by ChristmasHow AI has become the first (and second) coach for your clientsThe shift from “helping people think” to “helping people become”What “pre-processed clients” means—and why it changes everythingWhy frameworks, tools, and advice are no longer valuableThe rise of embodiment as the only competitive edgeHow AI is filtering out surface-level coachesThe real reason clients will still pay for coachingThe four creations: listening, honoring, unmasking, and encouragementWhy presence—not information—is now the core of coaching

Send us Fan MailYou already know what you're avoiding. You can feel it sitting there, waiting. And yet, staying busy, scrolling, overthinking, keeping the TV loud. It all works, at least for a little while.Join Anna and Tim as they pull back the curtain on one of the most underestimated forces in people's lives: avoidance. Not the obvious kind, but the sneaky kind that shows up as productivity, people-pleasing, staying "easygoing," and endless thinking that never quite leads to action. They get into why smart, capable people do this, what it's actually costing them, and the moves that help you start facing what you've been sidestepping.This Episode Covers:Why avoidance isn't laziness and what it actually is.The sneaky ways avoidance shows up that most people don't recognize.What happens when your nervous system starts treating discomfort like danger.How avoidance erodes self-trust, fuels anxiety, and quietly shrinks your life.Why the thing you keep avoiding doesn't disappear but grows.The difference between processing and avoiding, and how to tell which one you're doing.Steps to start facing what you already know needs your attention.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

Text us a comment or question!If you've been trying to lose fat after 50…and feel like you're spinning your wheels… you might be asking the wrong question. It's not just, “Can I do this on my own?” It's,“Is doing this on my own actually working?” In this episode, Coach Kevin breaks down the real truth about coaching — who it's for, who it's not for, and when it actually makes sense. No hype.No pressure.Just clarity. In This Episode, You'll Learn:Why it's smart to be skeptical about coachingThe difference between needing more information vs. needing perspectiveWho coaching is not for (and why that matters)Who coaching is for — and how to know if that's youWhat you're actually paying for (hint: it's not workouts or meal plans)The hidden cost of staying stuckHow to decide if coaching makes sense for you right now Key Takeaway:You don't need more information.You need clarity, structure, and feedback on what will actually work for you.Because the most expensive option… is continuing to spin your wheels. Ready to Stop Guessing?If this episode hit home and you're thinking,  “Yeah… I've been stuck longer than I'd like to admit,” Coach Kevin offers free Clarity Calls to help you get unstuck and moving forward.On the call, you'll:✅ Identify what's holding you back✅ Get clear on your next best step✅ Decide if coaching is the right move for you

Send us Fan MailYou sit down. Nothing is actually wrong. No emergency, no conflict, no fire to put out. And somehow your brain is already scanning, already running tomorrow's to-do list, already pulling you back into motion. It's not a character flaw. It's a pattern, and most high-functioning people are living inside it without realizing it.Join Anna and Tim as they dig into why so many capable, driven people can't power down, even when life is going well. Anna draws on 30 years of working with clients to name what's really happening under the surface, from nervous systems that learned vigilance as survival to the quiet fear of what might come up if you actually went still.This Episode Covers:Why high-functioning people are often the most dysregulated on the inside.How childhood environments teach your body to stay on alert.The connection between constant productivity and avoiding what you don't want to feel.Why being calm can feel suspicious, even threatening, to a nervous system that doesn't trust it.What rest actually looks like versus scrolling, passing out from exhaustion, or staying busy.The one question to start asking yourself instead of "why can't I relax?"Small ways to start teaching your body that stillness is survivable.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

Your client falls off the plan. You tweak the plan. They fall off again. In this episode, Dr. Kasey Jo Orvidas breaks down why changing the plan isn't fixing the problem, and what's actually going on underneath it: psychological flexibility. Research consistently links it to better outcomes in weight loss, exercise adherence, and emotional regulation, and it's one of the most overlooked skills in coaching. In this episode, she covers:What psychological flexibility actually is (and what it's not)The research linking psychological flexibility to better client outcomesThe six core processes from the Acceptance Commitment Therapy model and how to apply each one in coachingThe specific language patterns that signal a client is psychologically inflexible, including "just tell me what to do," "if I can't do it perfectly why bother," and "I'll start over Monday"How to reinforce flexible behavior when it's already showing up in your clientsWhy reconnecting clients to their values is what makes discomfort meaningful instead of just hard If you've ever had a client who looked motivated, said all the right things, and still couldn't follow through, this episode is for you. Connect with me on Instagram! Grab 5 Free Lessons in Mindset and Behavior Change Coaching [HMCC WAITLIST]LEAVE A REVIEW, WIN A WORKSHOP! After you leave your review, take a screenshot and upload it to this form to be entered to winWant me to answer your questions on my next Q&A episode? Drop your questions here! Episodes Referenced:EP 90: 5 Coaching Strategies for More Consistent Clients EP 49: Understanding Stress and Emotional EatingEP 50: Stop Stress Eating [Coaching Tool] Sources:Hayes et al., 2006Kashdan & Rottenberg, 2010

Send us Fan MailMost of us are walking around operating on three channels: mad, fine, or tired. And if that's the vocabulary we're working with, we're going to keep spinning out in the same patterns, the same arguments, the same spiral of "no one ever chooses me" without ever actually getting underneath what's driving it.Join Anna and Tim as they get into the real, unglamorous work of building emotional intelligence in yourself. Not in a partner, not in your kids. In you. Anna breaks down the actual skills, the science behind them, and why naming what you feel isn't soft work. It's strategic.This Episode Covers:Why most people default to "mad, fine, or tired" and what it costs them.The affect labeling research that shows precise emotional language literally reduces reactivity in the brain.How to separate the feeling from the story you're telling yourself about it.When the story is old pain wearing a current face.Why your partner is not your nervous system manager.The pause where emotional intelligence actually lives.What regulation looks like in practice, including the Gottman timeout strategy for couples.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

Peter Danenberg has spent his career at the edge of what humans and machines can do. As a senior software engineer at Google DeepMind, he leads development on Gemini. Before tech, he co-founded CrossFit Crown City, scaling it to 450 members across two locations. He holds degrees from Harvard and USC spanning computer science, philosophy, classics and piano, and has spoken at Davos, the House of Lords, and MIT.His belief is simple: peak performance, human or artificial, is as much a philosophical project as it is a technical one.In this episode, we cover:Why he ran AI-driven workouts for a year and what went wrongWhat AI still cannot replicate in human performance and coachingThe relationship between physical training and cognitive flow stateHow music and sport work together to maintain mental clarityWhat the next generation is telling us about AI dependencyWhy the human in the loop still matters more than we thinkPeter Danenberghttps://www.linkedin.com/in/peterdanenberg/Ray Waliahttps://www.linkedin.com/in/raywalia/

Send us Fan MailEveryone's talking about attachment styles, love languages, chemistry. But there's one variable that actually determines whether love feels sustainable or completely exhausting, and most people aren't looking for it.Join Anna and Tim as they break down what emotional intelligence really is and, more importantly, what it isn't. Because knowing the therapy terms doesn't mean someone has the skills. Anna lays out the green flags, the observable behaviors that tell you whether the person in your life can actually show up when things get hard.This Episode Covers:Why knowing all the right psychology terms has nothing to do with having emotional intelligence.The science behind why "just calm down" never works.How growing up around shutdown, rage, or emotional chaos shapes what you mistake for depth or passion.The green flags to look for in a partner, from naming emotions to staying present under pressure.What weaponizing vulnerability actually looks like.How unrepaired conflict slowly calcifies into resentment.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

In this episode,Aaron  shares insights on leadership development, the importance of asking the right questions, and fostering growth within teams. He emphasizes continuous improvement, empowering leaders, and balancing execution with coaching to drive organizational success.Key  topicsLeadership development and coachingThe importance of asking questions and empowering teamsOvercoming bottlenecks in leadership growth Sound bites"We have a lot to work on and improve.""Ask questions before jumping to solutions.""The power of asking the right questions."Chapters00:00 Introduction and Purpose of the Show00:27 The Journey of Growth and Learning from Failures00:53 Evolving Training and Development in Leadership01:23 The Challenge of Scaling Leadership Skills01:51 Identifying Bottlenecks in Leadership Development02:11 Organic Leaders vs. Formal Leadership02:34 Recognizing and Developing Organic Leaders03:00 Challenges in Leadership Transition03:23 The Role of Hip-to-Hip Training and Mentorship04:15 The Importance of Initiative and Self-Development04:55 Addressing Repetition in Training Programs05:25 Balancing Hands-On Work and Delegation06:01 Frameworks for Leading and Developing Others06:29 Questions to Ask When Supporting Team Members06:59 Encouraging Solutions and Ownership07:40 The Power of Asking the Right Questions08:04 The Urgency of Problem Solving and Delegation08:28 Reflecting on Growth and Company Purpose08:50 Empowering Leaders to Lead and Innovate09:46 The Parenting Analogy for Leadership Development10:07 Allowing Adversity for Growth10:31 Traits of Effective Leaders10:56 Guiding vs. Babysitting in Leadership11:19 Solutions-Oriented Leadership Questions11:49 Avoiding the Trap of Over-Saving12:16 Challenging Leaders to Grow12:42 Applying Leadership Principles Across Contexts12:51 Closing Remarks and Call to Action

Send us Fan MailIt doesn't look destructive. It looks normal. It looks like staying informed, thinking things through, being strong, or just unwinding at the end of the day. But underneath it, something is building.Join Anna and Tim as they break down the everyday habits that feel harmless, even helpful, but are quietly increasing anxiety, draining energy, and pulling people further into their heads. This conversation gets real about the subtle ways mental health erodes, from constant stimulation to avoidance to comparison, and why most people don't even realize it's happening. It's not about changing your personality; it's about getting honest about your behavior.This Episode CoversDoom scrolling to “stay informed” and flooding your nervous system.How the brain reads everything as danger, no matter the source.Overthinking as a false sense of control and not real problem-solving.Replaying conversations and strengthening the anxiety pathway.Emotional avoidance that shows up as “I'm fine” and staying busy.Unprocessed emotions turning into irritability, numbness, and resentment.Sabotaging sleep and why it impacts mood, impulse control, and anxiety.Comparing your inside to someone else's highlight reel and fueling shame.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

Send a textWhat happens when the people who claim to guide healing stay silent when it matters most?In this episode, Anna speaks candidly about what she has witnessed inside the coaching and wellness industry for years, and why the silence from some of its biggest voices feels impossible to ignore. When influence, money, and reputation collide with ethics, accountability matters.Join Anna and Tim as they explore the psychology behind silence, the danger of putting gurus on pedestals, and why people searching for healing deserve leaders with a stronger moral compass.This Episode CoversWhy the silence from major voices in the wellness and coaching industry matters.The difference between legal innocence and ethical responsibility.How vulnerable people searching for healing can be exploited.The psychology behind moral licensing, groupthink, and brand protection.Why charisma and confidence often get mistaken for credibility.The dangers of spiritual bypassing and “love and light” culture.Power dynamics and why clients, patients, and students are not dating pools.Why influence in wellness carries a duty of care, even in an unregulated industry.Until next time, here's to deeper connections and personal growth.Mad love!Book a Discovery Call for Coaching/Therapy: https://calendly.com/badassconfidencecoach/coachingThe podcast is now on YouTube! If you prefer to watch, head over to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLw3CabcJueib20U_L3WeaR-lNG_B3zYquDon't forget to subscribe to the Badass Confidence Coach podcast on your favorite podcast platform!CONNECT WITH ANNA:Instagram https://www.instagram.com/askannamarcolin/TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/tag/askannamarcolinEmail hello@annamarcolin.comWebsite https://www.annamarcolin.com

In this episode, Macie shares part of her personal coaching journey - including the moment she hired her own coach and how that decision changed the trajectory of her life.So often we assume coaching is only for people who are struggling or “in crisis.” But what if that isn't the only truth? What if life is good but we know it could be even better?Macie talks about:What made her decide to invest in coachingThe difference between coaching and therapyWhy high-functioning women often wait too long to get supportHow emotional intelligence coaching helps you move from “life is fine” to “life feels fully aligned”If you've ever wondered whether coaching is something you actually need - this episode will help you think about it in a completely different way.At the end of the episode, Macie also shares details about The Immersion Collection, her year-long live coaching experience where women move through her entire body of emotional intelligence work, from foundational skills to advanced self-leadership.If you're ready to deepen your growth and experience coaching at a whole new level, you can explore more below.Learn more about Macie:https://www.macierenae.com/Explore The Immersion Collection:https://theimmersioncollection.com/