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In this inspiring episode of the Coaching Business Spotlight Show, host Kat Knecht explores the transformative power of visioning and the role it plays in personal and professional growth. Drawing from personal anecdotes, she illustrates how creating a vision can act as a guiding light, providing clarity, motivation, and alignment with one’s deeper values and desires. Kat shares her own journey of manifesting her dream home and highlights the importance of listening to intuition, overcoming fear, and staying connected to a bigger picture.
The episode also explores how visioning can enhance the coaching experience, both for coaches and their clients. Kat emphasizes the value of partnerships and community in amplifying the energy and insights necessary to bring a vision to life. Listeners are encouraged to embrace visioning as an ongoing practice that fuels success in their coaching businesses and personal lives.
Key Takeaways
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Soul Driven Success Community: https://souldrivensuccess.com/membership/
For questions or more information: [email protected]
Website: https://souldrivensuccess.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-knecht/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoulDrivenSuccess
Additional Helpful Resources:
Join the free Soul Driven Success Community for Coaches here: https://community.souldrivensuccess.com/
Learn more about Soul Driven Success courses and programs: https://souldrivensuccess.com or email [email protected]
Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) - https://coactive.com/
Get your copy of Kat's book: Evolve Your Coaching Business
Connect with Kat:
Kat brings inspiring stories, proven business strategies, and soulful success tips. Designed for new and emerging coaches, each episode offers practical tools to grow your coaching business, attract clients, and thrive doing the work you love.
© 2023 - 2026 Kat Knecht / Soul Driven Success
In this second installment of their Visioning series, Kat and Curtis Knecht guide listeners through creating powerful intentions and goals for the new year. Building on the "Year in Review" exercise from the previous episode, they share actionable steps for designing a vision that is both inspiring and achievable. This episode emphasizes blending soulful imagination with practical goal-setting strategies to lay the foundation for success in the upcoming year.
Kat and Curtis share personal insights and examples from their coaching journey, offering tips on setting intentions, crafting a vision board, and turning dreams into reality. Whether you’re a coach or entrepreneur, this episode provides the tools to align your vision with meaningful habits and actionable plans.
In this episode, Kat and Curtis talk about:
-- Setting Intentions: How to create an energetic mantra to guide your year with focus and clarity.
This episode equips you with the insights and tools to dream big, set meaningful goals, and start the new year with purpose and direction. Don’t miss the final part of this series on January 16!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Free Workshop -- Evolve Your Coaching Business with a Vision -- is on January 13, 2025 at 11:00 am Pacific. Join the Soul Driven Success community and register here: https://community.souldrivensuccess.com/spaces/9099329/events
For questions or more information: [email protected]
Website: https://souldrivensuccess.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-knecht/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoulDrivenSuccess
Additional Helpful Resources:
Join the free Soul Driven Success Community for Coaches here: https://community.souldrivensuccess.com/
Learn more about Soul Driven Success courses and programs: https://souldrivensuccess.com or email [email protected]
Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) - https://coactive.com/
Get your copy of Kat's book: Evolve Your Coaching Business
Connect with Kat:
Kat brings inspiring stories, proven business strategies, and soulful success tips. Designed for new and emerging coaches, each episode offers practical tools to grow your coaching business, attract clients, and thrive doing the work you love.
© 2023 - 2026 Kat Knecht / Soul Driven Success
In this episode, host Kat Knecht is joined by her husband and business partner, Curtis Knecht, as they explore the art and power of visioning. In the first part of a three-part series, they share insights from over two decades of honing their visioning process. They delve into the balance between dreaming big and creating actionable, fulfilling goals while addressing common misconceptions about visioning.
The conversation emphasizes the importance of reflecting on past successes and failures to gain clarity and set meaningful intentions. With practical tips and thought-provoking strategies, this episode lays the groundwork for listeners to begin their year-end reflection and prepare for a transformative new year.
Tune in to the next episode on January 2, 2025, for Part 2!
In this episode, Kat and Curtis talk about:
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Free Workshop -- Evolve Your Coaching Business with a Vision -- is on January 13, 2025 at 11:00 am Pacific. Join the Soul Driven Success community and register here: https://community.souldrivensuccess.com/spaces/9099329/events
For questions or more information: [email protected]
Website: https://souldrivensuccess.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-knecht/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoulDrivenSuccess
Additional Helpful Resources:
Join the free Soul Driven Success Community for Coaches here: https://community.souldrivensuccess.com/
Learn more about Soul Driven Success courses and programs: https://souldrivensuccess.com or email [email protected]
Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) - https://coactive.com/
Get your copy of Kat's book: Evolve Your Coaching Business
Connect with Kat:
Kat brings inspiring stories, proven business strategies, and soulful success tips. Designed for new and emerging coaches, each episode offers practical tools to grow your coaching business, attract clients, and thrive doing the work you love.
© 2023 - 2026 Kat Knecht / Soul Driven Success
In this episode of The Coaching Business Spotlight Show, host Kat Knecht dives into the essential yet often overlooked aspect of building a successful coaching business: mindset. Kat discusses how maintaining a soul-driven approach can guide coaches through the challenges of promoting their services while staying true to their authentic selves. Through a demonstration of her unique Soul Search Process, Kat helps her guest, seasoned coach Ronda Colavito, uncover her marketing mindset blocks and find creative ways to connect with her audience.
Ronda shares her journey from corporate leadership development roles to launching her own coaching business. Together, Kat and Ronda explore the balance between vulnerability and strength in marketing, emphasizing how coaches can inspire change while remaining authentic. This transformative conversation highlights actionable strategies for overcoming self-promotion fears and creating meaningful connections.
In this episode, Kat and Ronda talk about:
Prior to starting her coaching and consulting practice, Ronda Colavito was an internal coach and led talent and leadership development at Dolby Laboratories, Sony PlayStation and Peet's Coffee.
Ronda is a seasoned coach with more than 20 years experience of one-on-one and team coaching, as well as designing and leading a variety of corporate learning and leadership development programs.
She is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) as well as a Professional Certified Coach (PCC).
In addition to her career in coaching and leadership development, she has experience as a broadcast journalist and in corporate communications.
In her spare time, she is usually hiking, baking, reading, or learning something new… like playing guitar.
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For listeners ready to deepen their connection with their coaching clients or explore Ronda’s programs, visit her website to download a free relationship-building assessment or schedule a consultation.
Ronda's website: https://www.rondacolavito.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronda-colavito/
Additional Helpful Resources:
Join the free Soul Driven Success Community for Coaches here: https://community.souldrivensuccess.com/
Learn more about Soul Driven Success courses and programs: https://souldrivensuccess.com or email [email protected]
Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) - https://coactive.com/
Get your copy of Kat's book: Evolve Your Coaching Business
Connect with Kat:
Kat brings inspiring stories, proven business strategies, and soulful success tips. Designed for new and emerging coaches, each episode offers practical tools to grow your coaching business, attract clients, and thrive doing the work you love.
© 2023 - 2026 Kat Knecht / Soul Driven Success
In this episode of The Coaching Business Spotlight, Kat and Curtis Knecht dive into the story-driven approach to building a successful coaching business. This fall series focuses on the journeys of the Soul Driven Success community, with each episode exploring the origin stories and values that drive their coaching businesses. This episode brings a special twist, as Kat is joined by her business partner and life partner, Curtis. Together, they explore the birth and evolution of their coaching academy, sharing the strategic and intuitive processes that helped them find their niche and solidify their core values.
Kat and Curtis candidly discuss how blending soul-driven values with business strategy helped shape their vision for the Soul Driven Success Academy. They reveal how leaning into intuition, staying true to personal values, and applying practical tools helped them create a community that resonates deeply with coaches seeking purpose-driven careers. With anecdotes, insights, and a few laughs, this episode offers an engaging peek behind the scenes of a soul-centered business journey.
Key Takeaways:
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Soul Driven Success Community - join like-minded coaches for ongoing support, resources, and networking opportunities
Your Soul Driven Business Vision - Year in Review Workshop -- December 16, 2024 at 11:00 am PT in the FREE Soul Driven Success Community
Connect with Kat:
Additional Helpful Resources:
Join the free Soul Driven Success Community for Coaches here: https://community.souldrivensuccess.com/
Learn more about Soul Driven Success courses and programs: https://souldrivensuccess.com or email [email protected]
Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) - https://coactive.com/
Get your copy of Kat's book: Evolve Your Coaching Business
Connect with Kat:
Kat brings inspiring stories, proven business strategies, and soulful success tips. Designed for new and emerging coaches, each episode offers practical tools to grow your coaching business, attract clients, and thrive doing the work you love.
© 2023 - 2026 Kat Knecht / Soul Driven Success
In this episode, Kat Knecht takes a deep dive into the often perplexing world of money in the coaching business. Sharing her own entrepreneurial journey, she emphasizes the importance of balancing both strategy and passion. She illustrates the value of creativity, adaptability, and finding the right niche to make a coaching career financially successful.
Kat provides a thorough examination of the financial questions that both new and experienced coaches face. From determining initial rates to scaling a business over time, she breaks down what it takes to establish a sustainable coaching business. With actionable insights on pricing, packaging services, and the importance of market research, listeners will walk away with a clearer understanding of how to align their goals with their financial expectations.
Key Takeaways:
Additional Helpful Resources:
Join the free Soul Driven Success Community for Coaches here: https://community.souldrivensuccess.com/
Learn more about Soul Driven Success courses and programs: https://souldrivensuccess.com or email [email protected]
Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) - https://coactive.com/
Get your copy of Kat's book: Evolve Your Coaching Business
Connect with Kat:
Kat brings inspiring stories, proven business strategies, and soulful success tips. Designed for new and emerging coaches, each episode offers practical tools to grow your coaching business, attract clients, and thrive doing the work you love.
© 2023 - 2026 Kat Knecht / Soul Driven Success
In this episode, host Kat Knecht sits down with Todd Karges, a seasoned coach with a background in corporate leadership and a passion for transformational coaching. They explore the importance of storytelling in the coaching profession, emphasizing how sharing personal, vulnerable stories can create authentic connections with clients. Todd shares insights from his coaching journey, highlighting how telling the hard truths—about both successes and mistakes—can foster deep client engagement and inspire growth.
Throughout the conversation, Todd reflects on his own evolution as a coach, sharing his experiences of corporate burnout, the realization of living "below the line," and the healing process that came from telling his story. The discussion touches on the importance of coaches doing their own self-healing work in order to truly help others, and how sharing authentic stories can resonate with potential clients in unexpected ways.
In this episode, Kat and Todd talk about:
Todd Karges is an Executive and Leadership Development Coach based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Before coaching, he had a long career in corporate leadership across multiple industries and NGOs.
Now, he has a passion for unlocking purpose and fulfillment in leaders who struggle to discover those qualities in the jobs they've worked so hard to get. He does this because our world desperately needs more and more purpose-driven leaders who are called to make a difference.
Additional Helpful Resources:
Join the free Soul Driven Success Community for Coaches here: https://community.souldrivensuccess.com/
Learn more about Soul Driven Success courses and programs: https://souldrivensuccess.com or email [email protected]
Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) - https://coactive.com/
Get your copy of Kat's book: Evolve Your Coaching Business
Connect with Kat:
Kat brings inspiring stories, proven business strategies, and soulful success tips. Designed for new and emerging coaches, each episode offers practical tools to grow your coaching business, attract clients, and thrive doing the work you love.
© 2023 - 2026 Kat Knecht / Soul Driven Success
In this episode of the Coaching Business Spotlight Fall series, host Kat Knecht kicks off a discussion on the essential role of storytelling and personal experiences in coaching. She is joined by Arjan Makar, a life and relationship coach, who shares her transformative journey after unexpectedly losing a partner. Together, they explore how relationship coaching not only aids in healing but also fosters personal growth. Through their conversation, they explore the power of storytelling and reflection, emphasizing that coaches don’t need all the answers but must ask the right questions. Arjan explains how heartbreak can serve as a catalyst for transformation, helping individuals gain confidence and self-awareness. The discussion highlights the importance of setting boundaries, knowing your core values, and the crucial role of support in personal growth and healing.
Key Takeaways:
Arjan Makar has a BA in Cultural Anthropology and draws upon culture as a context for how she sees relationships and the human condition.
In 1995 she became a certified Kundalini Yoga Teacher and continued her study of the body/mind connection by getting her license in Massage Therapy from NY State, eventually becoming faculty at the Finger Lakes School of Massage. She has completed all of the CTI training in coaching and Leadership, including the 10 month leadership program, in July of 2024. Arjan believes that relationships are the most fertile place to evolve, gain awareness and healing.
She has a private coaching practice and she leads a 3 Week Women's Workshop called "Your Relationship Foundations Course" where women are encouraged to learn more about themselves in service of having better relationships.
Additional Helpful Resources:
Join the free Soul Driven Success Community for Coaches here: https://community.souldrivensuccess.com/
Learn more about Soul Driven Success courses and programs: https://souldrivensuccess.com or email [email protected]
Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) - https://coactive.com/
Get your copy of Kat's book: Evolve Your Coaching Business
Connect with Kat:
Kat brings inspiring stories, proven business strategies, and soulful success tips. Designed for new and emerging coaches, each episode offers practical tools to grow your coaching business, attract clients, and thrive doing the work you love.
© 2023 - 2026 Kat Knecht / Soul Driven Success
In this episode of the Coaching Business Spotlight Show, host Kat Knecht explores the world of group coaching, sharing her personal journey and key lessons learned from facilitating group coaching sessions. Kat reflects on how her first group coaching experience started with a book club and evolved into a powerful method for helping clients deepen their self-awareness and growth. She also explains the unique dynamic that group coaching creates, offering insights into the magic of facilitating collective learning while still addressing individual needs.
Kat explores different types of group coaching formats, from using curriculums to process-oriented groups, and emphasizes the importance of finding a group coaching style that aligns with your personality and goals. For coaches considering group coaching as part of their business model, this episode offers practical advice on how to structure, market, and lead effective group coaching programs.
In this episode, Kat talks about:
Resources mentioned in this episode:
Kat's upcoming free workshop on Group Coaching is Monday, September 30th at 11:00 am PST. Join the free Soul Driven Success Community to register: https://community.souldrivensuccess.com/posts/48898716
Kat's website: https://souldrivensuccess.com/
Kat's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-knecht/
Kat's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoulDrivenSuccess
Additional Helpful Resources:
Join the free Soul Driven Success Community for Coaches here: https://community.souldrivensuccess.com/
Learn more about Soul Driven Success courses and programs: https://souldrivensuccess.com or email [email protected]
Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) - https://coactive.com/
Get your copy of Kat's book: Evolve Your Coaching Business
Connect with Kat:
Kat brings inspiring stories, proven business strategies, and soulful success tips. Designed for new and emerging coaches, each episode offers practical tools to grow your coaching business, attract clients, and thrive doing the work you love.
© 2023 - 2026 Kat Knecht / Soul Driven Success
In this powerful episode, host Kat Knecht takes listeners on a deeply personal journey through her own life story, illustrating how pivotal experiences have shaped her purpose and passion for coaching. Kat shares a harrowing event from her past that ultimately affirmed her belief in love as the most powerful force and solidified her mission to help others through coaching.
This episode kicks off a new series where Kat will invite members of her Soul Driven Success community to share their stories, offering insights into how their life experiences have informed their coaching practices. Kat’s story is a testament to the transformative power of love, choice, and the deep-seated purpose that drives each coach to make a difference in the lives of others.
In this episode, Kat talks about:
Kat's website: https://souldrivensuccess.com/
Kat's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kat-knecht/
Kat's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SoulDrivenSuccess
Additional Helpful Resources:
Join the free Soul Driven Success Community for Coaches here: https://community.souldrivensuccess.com/
Learn more about Soul Driven Success courses and programs: https://souldrivensuccess.com or email [email protected]
Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) - https://coactive.com/
Get your copy of Kat's book: Evolve Your Coaching Business
Connect with Kat:
Kat brings inspiring stories, proven business strategies, and soulful success tips. Designed for new and emerging coaches, each episode offers practical tools to grow your coaching business, attract clients, and thrive doing the work you love.
© 2023 - 2026 Kat Knecht / Soul Driven Success
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Welcome to Coaching Business Spotlight, the podcast that combines the excitement of a fun and inspiring conversation with the practicality of proven business strategies. If you're a coach looking…