Ep 123: Coaching the High Achiever: Working With Clients Who Appear ‘Fine’ but Feel Lost
High-achieving coaching clients often look like they have it all together. They hit the goals. They manage the teams. They check every box....
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Craft of Coaching Podcast
A podcast to talk about the craft of coaching and the life coaching industry, created by Kate Swoboda, Director of the Courageous Living Coach Certification at
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20 of 124 episodesEp 122: Stop Starting From Scratch: How to Build a Simple Content Creation Plan That Actually Gets Done
A content creation system for coaches doesn't have to be complicated — but it does have to exist. Because the coaches who show up consistent...
Ep 121 - The Time Management System That Saved My Business When Life Fell Apart
Most time management advice for coaches assumes your life stays predictable. --> It doesn't. In this episode, we're breaking down the tim...
Ep 120 - "Where do I start?" How to come back to your coaching business after a break
It's exceedingly common for coaches to finish coach training, go all-in on building a business, and then...something happens. A loss, a part...
Ep 119 - Supporting Coaching Clients Through Grief + Loss
At some point, we all face loss--which means that at some point, you'll have coaching clients who are facing grief and loss. Because grief a...
Ep 118 - Your Client Lost Their Job. Now What? How to Coach Your Clients Through Career Transitions When the Market Is Brutal
Coaching clients through career transitions is always complex work — but right now, when the job market is genuinely difficult and economic...
Ep 117- How to Keep Believing in Your Coaching Business In an Uncertain Economy
Growing a coaching business in a difficult economy tests something most business advice doesn't prepare you for — not your strategy, but you...
Ep 116: You're Not Too Expensive: How to Stop Discounting Your Coaching Rates In an Uncertain Economy
Coaching business pricing during economic uncertainty is where a lot of coaches quietly come undone. Not publicly — there's no announcement,...
Ep 115: Creating Coaching Packages That Actually Work—for You and Your Clients
Most coaches create their offers by copying what they see others doing—but that leads to packages that don’t actually work. In this Craft of...
Ep 114 - How to Truly Start Embracing Imperfection (In Your Coaching, With Your Clients, and in Your Life)
This episode gets into why naming imperfection — genuinely, not as false modesty — is foundational to coaching well, leading well, and build...
Ep 113 - Why You (And Your Clients) Can't Do It Alone - The Role of Nervous System Regulation and Relationships
Most coaches finish coach training--and then they're on their own. Most clients are trying to make life changes on their own, and only...
Ep 112: Launching a Group Coaching Program? Here's How to Build Community
If you're a coach considering a group program, you need to know how to build a community. Building real community isn't about luck...
Ep 111: When can you call yourself a coach?
We’ve absorbed a quiet rule in the coaching industry: you’re not legitimate until your calendar is packed. If you’re not fully booked, you’r...
Ep 110: Stop the Comparison Spiral: Coaches Comparing Themselves to Other Coaches
Ever catch yourself scrolling and wondering, Why am I not there yet? You’re not alone. In this episode of the Craft of Coaching, we’re namin...
Ep 109: Coaching Clients Through Workplace Conflict: Melody Wilding on Managing Up, Communication Styles, and the Conversations That Change Everything at Work
When a client says "my manager is the problem," what do you do with that? In this episode, we're joined by Melody Wilding — executive c...
Ep 109: Live Like You Give a Damn with Andrea Owen
What does it really take to get honest and face hard things — in your coaching practice, and in your life? In this episode, we're joine...
Ep 107: Coaching vs. Mentoring vs. Therapy: What's the difference?
There’s a line—and every coach needs to know where it is. When a client starts unraveling childhood trauma, asking for advice, or bringing d...
Ep 106: Real Talk: Is the Coaching Market too Saturated?
Feeling invisible in a crowded coaching market? You’re not alone. In this episode of the Craft of Coaching podcast, we're giving you th...
Ep 105: Struck a Nerve With Your Client? That's "Identity Threat" in Coaching
Ever have a client push back hard on a reflection—not because the reflection was wrong, but because it hit a nerve? That’s "identity threat"...
Ep 104: Why You Can't Rush Client Readiness (Even if You Want to)
As coaches, we’ve all been there—you see what your client needs. You both know the actions that would help them break through. But they’re s...