How do we as practitioners, work with our own self-doubt?
After three rounds of the Self-Belief Coaching Academy, what I know is that coaches, therapists, counsellors and mentors experience a lot of Very Understandable self-doubt. We are always learning the craft of coaching while building a business - these are bot complex tasks and most of us feel like we are constantly on our 'growth edge'.
And it doesn't matter how experienced you are - self-doubt will show up when we are taking any kind of psychological risk. If there is a chance of disappointment, judgement and failure - self-doubt will try to hold us back to protect us.
The best coaches I knowĀ - those who have built a successful-on-their-terms practice, who are in demand, who love their work years and years into it - all share a commitment to their own growth and development.
Brave Coaches Week is a framework I've developed - especially for coaches - to get you unstuck from self-doubt.Ā If self-doubt is holding you back, over one week we will go through a process to help you take meaningful action in your practice.
So whatās this episode really about?Ā
- What Brave Coach Week is and how you can join us.Ā
- Why it matters so much for building a sustainable practice, that we work with our own self-doubt.Ā
- How healing our self-doubt as practitioners, is deeply connected to our ability to hold a safe and brave space for our clients.
Why you should listen
Wherever your self-doubt shows up in your business or in your client work, it's worthy of your attention. It doesnāt mean anything has gone wrong: this is where you get to do the work of your work.
This means we can show up to our business, our clients with loving detachment - it's how we are able to have the most effective and positive impact.
This is brave and important work.
To explore your self-doubt more, join me for Brave Coaches Week!
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Brave Coaches Week starts Monday 21st March.Ā
We've just opened enrollment for Self-Belief Coaching Academy Spring 2022 class!
You can quote me on that!
āWhen you start working, everybody is in your studioā¦the past, your friends, enemiesā¦and above all, your own ideas all are there. But as you continueā¦they start leaving, one by one, and you are left completely alone. Then, if youāre lucky, even you leave.ā -Philip Guston
"Our unconscious expectations - our entanglements - with our clients, are invitations to experience being on our growth edge .ā - Sas Petherick
"One of the most important questions you can ask yourself: is this a protective belief or is this a business problem? Because your answer will ensure that you solve the right problem" - Sas Petherick
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