Make It Happen with Coach Kelly Kleckner

Have you ever had something you really wanted to accomplish, but you kept putting it off because you didn't know exactly how you were going to make it happen?

Sometimes we think we need to have the whole plan figured out before we can get started. We look at everything that needs to happen, become overwhelmed, and then end up doing nothing at all. In this episode of Make It Happen with Coach Kelly Kleckner, I'm talking about why you don't need the whole plan—you just need the next step.

I share practical ways to take a goal that feels overwhelming and break it down into smaller, more manageable steps. I also talk about some of the things that can get in our way, including fear, overthinking, perfectionism, unrealistic expectations, and comparing our beginning to someone else's progress. The goal isn't to know exactly how you're going to get from where you are today to where you want to be. It's to figure out what you can do next—and then take that step.

Think about something you've been wanting to make happen but haven't started because it feels too big or you don't have everything figured out.

Now forget about the whole plan for a minute and ask yourself: What's my next step? Not the next 10 steps. Just one small step you can take next. Write it down. Decide when you're going to do it. Then take that step.

Once you've taken it, you can figure out the next one. You don't need the whole plan. You just need the next step.

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🎙️ About Make It Happen
Make It Happen with Coach Kelly Kleckner is about growing through challenges, creating lasting habits, and living with purpose. Through personal stories, real-life experiences, practical tools, and meaningful conversations, we explore what it takes to move forward, reach our goals, and make things happen in our lives.

00:00 – Why Overwhelm Can Keep Us from Starting
00:24 – Why We Put Off Our Goals
01:20 – You Don't Need to Have It All Figured Out
02:06 – Fear, Overthinking, and Perfectionism
03:16 – Using a Brain Dump to Get Clear
04:31 – Making a Realistic Plan
07:10 – Identifying Barriers and Asking for Support
12:47 – Learning from Setbacks and Tracking Your Progress
15:02 – Writing Down Your Goals and Making a Commitment
18:01 – Take the Next Step and Keep Moving Forward

Welcome to the very first episode of Make It Happen with Coach Kelly Kleckner!

I thought the best way to start this podcast was to share a little about who I am, where I came from, and my journey to becoming a full-time Life & Wellness Coach.

My journey definitely didn’t happen overnight. I grew up on a farm in small-town Iowa, where I learned early about hard work and responsibility. After high school, I moved to a metro area, went to college, worked a variety of jobs, and eventually spent many years working in social services.

For more than 15 years, I taught parenting classes in both English and Spanish. It was through this work—and especially helping people set and work toward goals—that I began to realize how much I enjoyed helping people make positive changes in their lives. That eventually led me to coaching.

In this episode, I share how I earned my first coaching certification, continued adding training and credentials, and slowly built my coaching business while still working another job. I also talk about how the pandemic affected my journey and what it was like to eventually take the leap into coaching full time—even when I didn't have everything perfectly figured out.

Today, I have the opportunity to coach people on many different topics all across the United States and internationally, including Spanish-speaking clients. I continue to learn, grow, and expand my coaching business, and I’m excited about what’s ahead.

💙 Connect with Coach Kelly
Join the Make It Happen Club Community: https://www.kellykleckner.com/makeithappenclubmembership.html
Subscribe and See my Newsletter: https://makeithappenclub.kit.com/profile/posts
Website: https://www.kellykleckner.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachkellykleckner/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoachKellyKleckner YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coachkellykleckner TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coachkellykleckner

🎙️ About Make It Happen
Make It Happen with Coach Kelly Kleckner is about growing through challenges, creating lasting habits, and living with purpose. Through personal stories, real-life experiences, practical tools, and meaningful conversations, we explore what it takes to move forward, reach our goals, and make things happen in our lives.

• 00:00 – Welcome to My First Episode!
• 00:44 – Growing Up in Iowa and My Early Career
• 02:07 – How My Work in Social Services Led Me to Coaching
• 03:37 – Beginning My Coaching Journey
• 05:21 – Earning My ACC and Building My Coaching Business
• 07:00 – Adding Health Coaching to My Journey
• 08:22 – Making the Decision to Become a Full-Time Coach
• 10:25 – How the Pandemic Changed My Plans
• 13:01 – Taking the Leap into Full-Time Coaching
• 17:19 – Where I Am Today and What’s Ahead
• 19:32 – What You Can Expect from Make It Happen

What does it really take to move forward when life doesn't go according to plan?

Welcome to Make It Happen with Coach Kelly Kleckner, the podcast where real life challenges become opportunities for growth, small steps create lasting habits, and each of us can discover what it means to live with purpose.

I'm Coach Kelly Kleckner, and through honest conversations, me sharing personal stories of my own journey and having inspiring guests share their stories and their journeys for challenges they've overcome, habits they've established, or just finding purpose in life.

You don't have to have everything figured out. You just need the willingness to take your first step. If you're ready to grow through challenges, create lasting habits, and live with purpose, you're in the right place. Subscribe to make it happen with Coach Kelly Kleckner and let's make it happen together.

For more information about Coach Kelly Kleckner and her services go to her website: www.kellykleckner.com