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What if the career you've spent years building is the very thing keeping you from the life you actually want? Making a major career change can feel terrifying, especially when your résumé, experience, and identity are tied to a path you've worked so hard to create. But what if starting over isn't really starting over at all?

In this episode of Six Figure Certified, Olivia Chapman sits down with ICF-credentialed coach, career and life design expert, and IGC graduate Sarah Singer to talk about what it really takes to reinvent your career and build a successful coaching business. From leaving established careers to navigating imposter syndrome, perfectionism, and the pressure to have everything figured out, Sarah shares the unexpected lessons that changed how she approaches business, confidence, and success.

But here's where things get interesting. What if some of the things you're spending the most time on in your coaching business aren't actually moving you forward? Olivia and Sarah unpack the difference between being busy and building a business, why waiting until you feel ready might be keeping you stuck, and the surprising things you do (and don't) need to create a six-figure coaching business. Plus, don't miss their rapid-fire round that challenges some of the biggest assumptions about what it takes to succeed as a coach.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Career Change & Reinvention: How to approach a major career pivot without feeling like you're throwing away your experience.
• Becoming a Life Coach: The identity shifts and unexpected challenges of transitioning into the coaching industry.
• Imposter Syndrome & Perfectionism: What's really behind the hesitation to pursue something new.
• Business Growth vs. Busywork: The productivity trap that might be holding your coaching business back.
• Confidence & Messy Action: Why waiting for clarity could be costing you more than you realize.
• Building a Six-Figure Coaching Business: Which strategies, tools, and investments actually matter?
• Coaching Business Myths: A rapid-fire reality check on websites, social media, niches, mentorship, and more.

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What does building a career as a life coach actually look like? And is it really possible to turn your passion for helping people into a fulfilling, profitable business? In this special roundtable episode of Six Figure Certified, Liv sits down with eight IGC Coaching School students and graduates to pull back the curtain on what happens when you decide to pursue a career in coaching. From healthcare and accounting to the military, performing arts, and beyond, these women prove there's no single path to becoming a successful coach.

But what about the fears nobody talks about? Wondering if you're qualified enough, worrying about choosing the right niche, questioning whether people will actually pay for coaching, or trying to figure out how to build a business when you've never owned one before? These coaches have been there. And their honest perspectives on what surprised them, what they wish they'd known sooner, and what it really takes to make coaching a career might challenge everything you think you know about this industry.

Whether you're considering life coach certification, exploring a career change, or already building your coaching business, this conversation offers a refreshingly real look at what's possible. We're talking about money, confidence, identity, flexibility, and some of the unexpected ways becoming a coach can change your life. Because the most rewarding part of this career might not be what you think.

In This Episode, We Explore:

• Is becoming a life coach worth it? Real perspectives from coaches at different stages of their careers.
• Career changes and transferable skills: Why your professional background might be more relevant to coaching than you realize.
• Life coach certification and confidence: The fears, doubts, and questions that come up before getting started.
• Finding your coaching niche: The pressure to figure out exactly who you serve and what makes you different.
• Making money as a life coach: What it means to build a sustainable coaching business on your own terms.
• Imposter syndrome and self-doubt: What happens when you stop waiting to feel completely ready.
• Work-life balance and freedom: The opportunities a coaching career can create beyond financial success.
• Building a coaching business: The role of business skills, community, mentorship, and personal growth in creating a career you love.

Connect with our Panelists:

Sam Synett @thatswhatsam_said

Kendell Daly@kendellmdaly

Sarah Smith Warren @soulspacework

Teddi Stern Roseman @beautifulmesswithteddi

Erin Corine @identitybelongingcoach

Yoli Ray @theselfloveshutterbug

Laura Huger: https://www.facebook.com/laura.langdeau/

Eve Carmona: https://evecoconsulting.com/

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Thinking about leaving your current career to become a certified coach, but wondering if everything you've spent years building will go to waste? Whether you're a teacher, nurse, corporate professional, stay-at-home mom, or simply someone craving a different kind of career, there's something important you need to understand before making your next move. And it might completely change how you look at your experience.

In this episode of Six Figure Certified, we're talking about what it really takes to transition into professional coaching, how your previous career could become one of your greatest advantages, and why figuring out exactly what kind of coach you want to be might not be where you should start. We'll also explore the difference between having valuable life experience and actually knowing how to coach, especially if your goal is to build a legitimate, well-paid coaching career.

If you've been researching coaching certifications, wondering whether you need to quit your job, or feeling overwhelmed by the idea of starting a coaching business from scratch, this conversation is for you. You might be surprised by what you already bring to the table, what you still need to learn, and how much closer you could be to your next chapter than you think.

In This Episode, We're Talking About:

• Changing careers to become a coach: What to consider before making the leap
• Transferable skills: Why your previous professional experience matters more than you think
• Life coach certification and training: The difference between having experience and developing real coaching skills
• Finding your coaching niche: Why choosing a specialty isn't always the first step
• Starting a coaching business: Exploring your options without immediately quitting your current job
• Building a profitable coaching career: What separates a professional coach from someone who simply calls themselves one
• Career change at any age: Why it's not too late to pursue something entirely different
• Becoming a confident coach: The often-overlooked part of building a career you actually love

Ready to explore what kind of coach you could become? Take our free Coaching Niche Quiz at innerglowcircle.com/niche and discover potential coaching paths that align with your experience, interests, and goals.

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What if the reason you are not getting what you want has less to do with what you are doing, and more to do with who you are being while you do it?

In this episode of Six Figure Certified, Liv breaks down the powerful framework See It, Feel It, Be It, Do It, Have It, and why so many ambitious women get stuck trying to jump straight to the result. If you have been consuming strategy, checking boxes, posting more, tweaking your offer, or asking yourself what you should do next, this conversation will challenge you to look at your goals differently.

This episode explores the connection between vision, identity, action, and results, and why the version of you who creates the business, career, or life you want may require more than another to-do list. Liv also shares why embodiment matters, where manifestation can fall short without action, and the questions that can help you stop circling the same goal and start moving toward it differently. You may want a notebook for this one.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

• The See It, Feel It, Be It, Do It, Have It framework
• Why strategy and action alone may not create the result you want
• Identity shifts and becoming the person who can hold your next level
• Vision setting without building a life around other people’s expectations
• The relationship between manifestation, embodiment, and aligned action
• Why ambitious women can struggle to answer the question, “What do I actually want?”
• Building a successful coaching business from the inside out
• Moving beyond productivity and endless to-do lists
• Self-trust, courage, consistency, and becoming more decisive
• What it really means to act like the future version of you before the evidence is there

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If you’re considering a career change and keep circling the same question, “Do I go back to school, or do I become a certified coach?” this episode is for you. Liv has done both, and she’s breaking down the questions she wishes she had asked before investing years, money, and energy into figuring out what came next.

This conversation goes way beyond tuition costs or how long each path takes. Liv gets into career outcomes, earning potential, professional coach training, graduate degrees, ROI, and one of the biggest pieces people tend to overlook when making a major career decision: what you actually want your life to look like on the other side of it. Because choosing the path that sounds the most impressive is very different from choosing the path that gets you where you actually want to go.

If you’ve been researching coaching certification, considering grad school, questioning your current career, or wondering whether it’s too risky to take a different path, press play. Liv shares the framework she uses to think through these decisions, why traditional education is not automatically the safer choice, and the question that could completely change how you look at your next move.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• Coach certification vs. graduate school
• Making a career change without blowing up your entire life
• Career outcomes and earning potential
• The real ROI of education and professional training
• ICF-accredited coach certification
• How long coach training actually takes
• Turning coaching skills into income
• Choosing education based on the career you want
• Building a coaching business while still working full time
• Why lifestyle matters when making career decisions
• The difference between learning a skill and creating a career from it
• Fear, money, and investing in a future you cannot fully see yet
• Creating a career that actually fits the life you want
• Knowing when graduate school is necessary and when another path may make more sense

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Can you actually coach yourself through feeling stuck, or are there limits to how far you can get on your own? In this episode, Liv breaks down a simple self-coaching process designed to help you get clearer on what you want, what is actually true, and what may be keeping you in the same loop.

You’ll hear the kinds of questions professional coaches use to move a conversation forward, plus why clarity alone is not always enough to create change. Liv also explores the difference between insight and action, how easily we confuse fear or assumptions with facts, and why some of the hardest answers are often the ones we already know but have been avoiding.

This episode is part practical exercise, part behind-the-scenes look at what actually happens inside a strong coaching conversation. Whether you are working through a decision, considering becoming a coach, or simply tired of thinking about the same problem from the same angle, this episode will give you a new way to approach what comes next.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• Self-coaching questions for getting unstuck
• How to separate facts from fear, assumptions, and interpretation
• Getting clear on what you actually want
• Identifying what is really getting in the way
• Turning breakthroughs into specific action
• Building accountability when you are coaching yourself
• The difference between coaching, therapy, and advice
• Why blind spots can make self-coaching difficult
• How professional coaches listen for patterns you may not notice
• Confidence, decision-making, and taking action

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If you’re a new coach, getting your first paying client can feel way more complicated than it actually needs to be. Suddenly you’re thinking about your niche, your website, your Instagram feed, your branding, your offer, your email list, and approximately 47 other things before you’ve even had a real conversation with a potential client.

In this episode of Six Figure Certified, Liv is breaking down what actually matters when you’re trying to land your first coaching client. She shares the simple, relationship-driven steps she would focus on if she were starting a coaching business from scratch today, including where your earliest clients are likely to come from, why your existing network matters more than you think, and what most new coaches spend way too much time doing instead.

If you’ve been telling yourself you need more followers, a prettier brand, a perfect niche, or one more certification before you can start getting paid to coach, this episode is going to challenge that. Because building a coaching business starts a lot closer to home than most people realize, and the fastest path forward might have a lot less to do with marketing and a lot more to do with getting into actual conversations.

In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• How to get your first coaching client
• Starting a coaching business from scratch
• Finding your coaching niche without getting stuck in perfectionism
• Using your existing network to generate coaching referrals
• Why relationships matter more than follower count in the beginning
• Building confidence as a new coach
• Getting real coaching experience before obsessing over content
• Moving from passive marketing to actual sales conversations
• Why new coaches avoid asking for the sale
• What you really need before signing your first paying client
• Building a profitable coaching practice without a huge audience
• The difference between looking like a coach and actually coaching

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Can you really make money as a life coach, or is that just something people on the internet like to say? In this episode, Olivia is breaking down what a real coaching career can actually look like, what makes coaching financially viable, and why the answer is a lot more nuanced than simply picking a niche and posting on Instagram.

She also gets into the part most people skip over when they talk about becoming a coach: the actual business model behind the skill. From private practice to organizational coaching to executive work and beyond, there are multiple ways to build a legitimate career in coaching. The bigger question is which path makes sense for you, your goals, and the kind of work you want to be known for.

If you’ve been wondering whether coaching can become a sustainable source of income, how long it can realistically take to build momentum, or what separates coaches who create real careers from those who struggle to get traction, this episode will give you a much clearer picture of what’s possible and what it actually requires.

Key Highlights:

• Can you really make money as a life coach?
• Life coach salary vs. building a coaching business
• Coaching as a profession and professional skill
• Private coaching practice and one-on-one coaching
• How coaching certification can impact your career
• ICF credentials and professional credibility
• Finding your coaching niche
• Building a sustainable coaching career
• Coaching pricing and revenue potential
• Transitioning from a full-time career into coaching
• Why social media followers are not the whole story
• What actually helps coaches build long-term success

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Can coaching actually be a real career, one that pays you well, gives you options, and does not require becoming an influencer first? In this episode, Liv Chapman is pulling back the curtain on what a legitimate career in coaching can actually look like, and why the version you see on social media is only one tiny piece of the picture.

From private coaching and corporate opportunities to speaking, consulting, group programs, and beyond, there are far more ways to use professional coaching skills than most aspiring coaches realize. Liv also gets into the money side of the industry, what earning potential can look like, and the part people tend to skip when they talk about building a sustainable coaching career.

If you have ever wondered whether coaching could become more than a side hustle, whether certification actually matters, or what your own path could look like, this conversation will give you a completely different way to think about what is possible. The bigger question might not be whether you can make coaching a career. It might be what kind of coaching career you actually want to build.

In this episode, we explore:

• What a real career in coaching can actually look like
• Why coaching is a profession, not a business model
• Different coaching career paths beyond traditional 1:1 coaching
• The reality of coaching income and earning potential
• Private coaching, corporate coaching, speaking, consulting, and group programs
• Why professional coach training and credentials matter
• The role of marketing and client acquisition in building a sustainable business
• Creating a coaching career around your skills, goals, lifestyle, and vision
• What separates coaches who build long-term careers from those who do not
• The question every aspiring coach should answer before deciding what comes next

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If you’re considering becoming a professional coach in 2026, you’ve probably wondered whether an ICF credential is actually necessary, or whether it’s just another expensive box to check. In this episode of Six Figure Certified, Liv breaks down the newest ICF updates, what the latest coaching industry data is telling us, and why the credentialing conversation looks very different today than it did even a decade ago.

With the coaching industry continuing to grow, so are the expectations of clients, companies, and organizations hiring coaches. Liv digs into the distinction between coach certification and an ICF credential, what credentialing can potentially unlock professionally, and the surprising numbers behind client demand, earning potential, and employer-sponsored coaching. She also gets into who may truly need an ICF credential, who might have more flexibility, and why your long-term career goals matter when making that decision.

And yes, we’re talking about AI too. As more people wonder whether AI could replace coaching altogether, Liv shares her perspective on where the industry is actually headed and why becoming an excellent, highly skilled coach may matter more than ever. If you’re researching coaching certification, comparing ICF credential levels, or trying to decide whether professional coach training is worth the investment in 2026, this episode will give you plenty to think about before you make your next move.

In This Episode:

• The 2025 ICF Global Coaching Study and what the newest data reveals
• ICF credential vs. coach certification and why they are not the same thing
• Whether an ICF credential is worth it in 2026
• The continued growth of the professional coaching industry
• ACC, PCC, and MCC credential levels
• Why credentialing may matter for corporate coaching, executive coaching, and organizational contracts
• What the data suggests about credentialed coach income and paying clients
• How professional credentials can impact credibility and career opportunities
• The conversation around AI and the future of coaching
• Why coaching remains a skill-based profession where training and client results matter

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