When I was working on my doctorate, part of my schooling involved training new students just starting their Masters in Counseling. There was one thing that EVERY new counseling student did (myself included) that caused their clients to shut down. And that was to offer advice too soon. Each week, I would sit in a small conference room [ read more…]

​The following is an email I sent to my list this morning. At first, I didn’t even consider putting it up on my blog.  Even though I’ve had quite a few people unsubscribe from my list today, I’ve had several people take the time to reply to my email to thank me and/or let me know [ read more…]

I have a new client who confessed to me that she’s worried that clients won’t stick once she starts coaching. And it got me thinking about how important it is to show up in a way that we’re proud of disregarding the response we get from others. Back in 2012, I got in a huge fight with [ read more…]

As I’ve worked with coaches over the past several years, I’ve come across some who are naturally good “salespeople.” Meaning, they can sell their coaching services without even trying. They have a chat with a random stranger and before they know it, the random stranger is asking how they can work with them. I even knew a [ read more…]