What’s possible for YOUR coaching business? Owning your own business as a professional life coach, contrary to much popular belief, is (as we are all well aware) not always a "working in pjs all day sipping espresso" kinda life. In fact, it's quite the opposite. Every day, coaches like us who do this work are pouring our emotions, intellect, and skills into each and every one of our clients, into building our community and tribes, into making our business run like a well-oiled machine. You …
Coach Your Ass Off
Turtles Are Smart
This past week, I delivered a presentation at the American Family Insurance Dreambank in Madison, WI. The presentation, titled Kaizen to Creation, was all about reaching your dreams through taking a series of tens, hundreds, thousands, etc. of TINY steps, one step at a time. This idea of “one small step at a time” is the basis of kaizen, a Japanese philosophy for living. Creating a life by design and not by default is accomplished best through small steps, patience, and perseverance. As coaches, …
I don’t need no systems!
Think You Don’t Need Systems? Think Again, Friends! When I started this business, I hated the thought of having to have systems in place. Ack! I was NOT a “systems” person; I was a “creative, flowing, follow-your-feel-good” type. I always thought, “ME?!? I don’t need no systems!” Systems are too organized for me, too business-y, too formal. In the beginning, “system” was a four-letter word. So, I spent several years running my business by the seat of my pants. And you know what? It …
Lost (and Found!)
I remember early on in my coaching practice, I had A LOT of these kinds of statements running around in my head and heart: I’m just feeling lost. I just need someone to bounce some ideas off of…someone who KNOWS about running a coaching business. I just wanna figure out “what next?” and have confidence that I’m doing it RIGHT. I wanted NOTHING MORE than to have some fairy godmother sweep in and save me. That never happened. What did happen: I sought out real-life resources to …
Coaching is like your flower garden + when and how to follow-up post sample session
Okay, coachie love. You’ve completed that oh-so-awesome sample session, so what next? STOP. And before you do anything, get your mind in the right space. Your business is like your flower garden: if you want it to grow, you must consistently nurture it. When you first plant seeds in a garden, you must do some foundational things, like make sure you’ve got the right soil, the proper light, and the right spacing between plant. Once that sample growing ground is set, the flower is ready to …
