Mastering Coaching Skills

Depending on where you learned your trade as a coach, you may already be familiar with self-coaching. But whatever kind of exposure you've had to self-coaching before, you'll learn something today because, as I found out recently, I have an approach to self-coaching that is different than what's already out there.

Discover everything you need to know about self-coaching. I'm sharing how I choose to coach myself, the reasons why we should use self-coaching, and some things you really need to avoid when it comes to self-coaching. I'm giving you some specific examples of me coaching myself, and the differences I've noticed between coaching myself versus going to someone else for coaching.

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This summer, I've noticed that people are rebelling. After COVID, people have been isolated for a long time, and they have heavily adjusted to operating in those environments. I've noticed a rebellion against structure, introspection, and healing. Instead, people are really looking for connection and freedom.

Discover how to talk about coaching in a world where people are tired of being with themselves. I'm also discussing some of the drama I've experienced in my own coaching business, and I'm giving you the best way to get out of drama in your coaching business.

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As coaches, especially if you're a mindset coach, something we don't talk about enough is what to do when our clients come to us with objectively bad circumstances and thought work doesn't seem to be helping. While it's true that you can change your thoughts, no matter how bad the circumstance is, it's not always helpful to approach your clients with this message.

Discover how to help your clients without needing them to change their thoughts. I'm sharing why it's okay to let your clients hold onto their thoughts about how their situation sucks, and I'm showing you how to communicate effectively with your clients when they feel like they're just stuck in a bad situation.

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David Vox is a spiritual business coach who helps his clients with marketing and branding, but also with healing and transformational work. David has a story of a difficult upbringing and childhood trauma. However, working through all of that trauma as an adult led him to coaching, and it has helped him become a phenomenal coach.

Discover what spiritual business coaching is and how David helps his clients create abundance. David is sharing his advice for translating your coaching talent into your marketing, where you might be overcomplicating your messaging, and the deep inner work it takes to be an amazing coach.

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I'm bringing back one of my most important episodes because I've been getting a ton of questions about this topic lately. This is all about checking in with how you feel and reacting to those feelings when you coach your clients.

Discover why some of the emotions that come up on your client calls are really not serving you. I'm discussing why you might not have realized this was happening before, how to get clear on how you're really feeling when you're on your calls, and what you can do to address your emotions before they have a negative impact on your coaching.

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Decisions about significant changes are something every coach has to deal with at some point. In fact, I recently made a major pivot in my business. I'm taking this episode to explain how I made this tough decision and how this pivot is impacting what I offer as a coach.

Discover the changes I'm making to my business and the decision-making process behind this pivot. I'm going through some of the challenges that came up for me when offering something new, and showing you how to deal with these challenges in a way that aligns with what you want to create as a coach.

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Being able to take time off work is one of the beautiful aspects of being an entrepreneur, and something I've been hearing frequently among my clients, friends, and colleagues in the industry is the notion of pausing. This may involve pinning an idea or project for the fall or avoiding big commitments due to the fear of overcomplicating things.

Whether you feel the desire to put your work on the back burner during summer, find yourself rushing through coaching calls, want to speed up evaluations of your coaching calls, or discover what your next launch is going to look like, I'm sharing my top recommendations for becoming a better coach in just five minutes a day.

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Over the next couple episodes, I'm sharing the story of my journey through coaching, discussing my decision-making, and giving you super-specific timelines of different decisions and milestones in my business.

I'm sharing what is currently going on in my business, how it has evolved over the years, my thoughts every step of the way, and my process for bringing my clients as much value as possible.

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As a coach, there are going to be people out there who disagree with the work you're putting out in the world, or who just don't like you as a person, and they have no problem expressing their opinions. I personally have been doing some work in this area lately, so I'm giving you the exact process I use when I receive hateful comments.

Discover how to deal with haters. I'm sharing a bunch of comments I've received that range from light-hearted complaints to hateful, unkind observations and everything in between, and I'm giving you some questions for you to filter your haters through so you can decide how you want to deal with them.

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While having someone else watch your coaching sessions and offer honest feedback can lead to positive outcomes, there are numerous factors that make this approach ineffective for improving your coaching. Instead, there are better methods for examining and analyzing a coaching session, and that's what I'm sharing with you today.

Explore the concept of peer supervision in coaching and learn how it can enhance your coaching skills. I'm sharing my thoughts on why I don't believe getting someone else to watch and evaluate your calls is useful, and what you can do instead right after a call that feels sticky or challenging.

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