Passionate & Prosperous with Stacey Brass-Russell Ep 216 | [Coaching Episode] How to Get Unstuck and Find Your Next Business Move with Jessie Kwak
Coaching episodes are some of my favorites to record — and if the messages I get are any indication, they're some of yours to listen to. There's something that happens in a real, unscripted coaching conversation that you just can’t do in advance. I have no idea what the person is going to need at the moment and that’s what makes these conversations so authentic to what coaching really is! Just an actual human working through something real, in real time, with all the honest uncertainty and genuine clarity that comes with it.
In this episode, I'm joined by my friend Jessie Kwak — author, ghostwriter, and story coach — who came to this conversation at what I'd call a true pivot moment in her business. Jessie had built a successful ghostwriting practice, one that grew almost entirely through reputation and referrals, and yet something needed to change. The work she was doing could only scale so far, and she was ready to figure out what came next. She just didn't know which path to take — and that not-knowing was starting to feel like something was wrong with her. (Spoiler: nothing was wrong with her.)
What unfolded was one of those sessions where things start to click, one by one. We got into her business model, her natural gifts, and the real difference between being confused about your next move and being bad at what you do. By the end, Jessie went from feeling like she was standing in a field full of unclear game trails to having one obvious path forward. If you've ever been at that exact crossroads — good at your work, ready for more, but genuinely unsure how to make the leap — this one is going to land.
In this episode:
- Why confusion about your next business move has nothing to do with whether you're actually good at what you do — and why collapsing those two things together makes everything harder
- The "one sun" business model concept and why everything in your business needs to revolve around one clear center offer
- Why narrowing down to a specific niche isn't limiting — and why the fear that your audience is "too small" is usually the thing keeping you stuck
- Why starting one-to-one — even when you're dreaming of a group program — is actually the move that sets you up for long-term success
- How to build your offer around what your client actually needs to get results, and then charge accordingly — instead of building it around how little access you want to give
- What boundaries in business actually mean, and how knowing your own needs shapes your offers in ways that work for everyone
When Jessie came into this conversation, she was standing at a crossroads that so many of us know well — good at the work, ready for the next chapter, but genuinely unsure which direction to walk. By the time we wrapped, the path was clear. That's what coaching can do. And if anything in this episode cracked something open for you too, I hope you'll let us know.
You can connect with Jessie on Instagram and at www.story-rebel.com.
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