The myth or belief that we or others hold that to be a great (and even safe) life coach your life must be perfect, exemplary or exceptional harms us all. Today on the Coaches Couch Julie talks about where this myth comes from, the damage it does or can do to our coaching, clients and sense of self and how to move beyond it so we can show up as imperfectly perfect in all we do.

Today on Inspired Coach Podcast you have the chance to meet our current Business Coach of the Decade - Robyn Gooding. In her Success Story Robyn shares the ‘why’ behind her business which has a devoted focus on supporting mothers and their economic ability. You will soon learn that Robyn is gifted in so many ways - academically, in business, in life and in her deep understanding of the many systemic oppressions that can influence us all in ways that deeply call us into our humanity. And so - Business Coach of the Decade? You better believe it. 

Website: https://robyngooding.com/ 

Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/robyn.gooding/

Laura is a coach on a mission to help you create a life or business that is the boldest, most unapologetic expression of who you truly are. Known for her grounded and practical style that makes complex topics - and big questions! - relatable and actionable, Laura combines neuroscience, subconscious transformation, energy and nervous system coaching with a background in business and over 9 years of coaching in her signature Mindset, Magic and Mechanics framework, teaching people how to master the internal (mindset, energy and nervous system) and the external (actions and strategies) foundations of creating a life or business that is more you than ever before.

Website: https://www.laurabanks.com.au/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_laurakbanks/

Thank you to Divorce Coach Skye Carmichael for asking this super current and helpful to us all question right now of where coaching is and is going with the current economic constraints so many people are feeling right now. Is it all worrying and gloomy? (No.) Should we be panicking? (No.) What are some key things we can do? (Let’s go there!)

We are virtually flying all the way to the other side of the world today for a brilliant success story out of Belgium with Murielle Marie Ungricht. Murielle has a thriving global coaching business, podcast, book and speaking engagements with a focus on supporting multi-passionate creatives, leaders and entrepreneurs ‘get unstuck’ and make their best life moves. Murielle is also autistic and openly shares with us how her adult diagnosis changed her life and business in immeasurable ways for the better. 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muriellemarie/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachmuriellemarie

Website: https://www.muriellemarie.com

Feeling a bit disillusioned with social media? Not even sure if you want to use it or be on it at all as a coach? Then this episode of Inspired Coach with the amazing Misty Johnson is for you. As a Social Media Self-Care Coach Misty is here to help us reimagine and then reDO our relationship with social media. She recently took an entire year off all social media platforms as an experiment - and her business still continues to thrive. 

Website - https://www.mistyjohnson.co/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mistyjohnson_co/

Something new and different on the podcast and this Coaches Couch episode today which we hope you get value from in regards to your own coaching and space holding skills. Host Julie Parker shares a client experience - one that involves the client feeling distressed. Julie shares her initial reactions to the clients distressed feelings and eventual path of response NOT being what the client initially requested, but something else entirely. Julie explains the ‘why’ behind that decision and what happens afterwards which opens up a story and journey of empowerment for the client from Julie doing very little to almost ‘nothing’ in response to the client’s initial distress.

Today’s success story on the podcast is such an interesting one. The amazing Eleanor Hadley began her coaching journey as a sensuality and feminine embodiment coach and over the years as she has become braver and bolder in her own expression, is now sitting at the cutting edge of sexuality and sex education supporting people to prioritise their pleasure and enhance their relationships. Along the way she has experienced considerable censorship of her work on social media, but has persisted in her mission to make sex and pleasure a fun and expressive part of people’s lives - creating a thriving and successful business as she has done so. 

Website: www.eleanorhadley.com

Instagram: https://instagram.com/eleanorhadley

Kate McCready is an integrative personal and professional coach and strategist for intentional leaders, business owners and teams. With over 10 years experience as a coach, she specialises in bringing together unique self-awareness, meaningful work, mindful productivity and work-life design. Through her coaching company Leading Beings, Kate supports her clients to access their unique ways of being, working & leading to align, flow, grow and evolve for meaningful impact and conscious success in business work and life. So they can make the most of who they are and all they're here to create, from the inside out. 

Website: https://leadingbeings.com

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/katemccready

Instagram: https://instagram.com/leadingbeings

Thank you to Vanessa Novissimo Wright for asking for some ideas on this question today…”As a new-ish coach, I find myself looking at all the THINGS I could be doing - from the back end stuff to social media to launching, etc. but the truth is, it’s just me. I also have another job that I love. So, what are some ways to help focus on what is truly important (the coaching and the helping people) while also slowly growing a business?”

Julie shares in response her five best things to focus on as a new coach which cover areas from online presence, to relationships and and craft of coaching. May they give you some incredible ideas on what to focus on right now.