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Giovanna Capozza is the co-founder of Blue Hive Health and a Master Life Coach, Spiritual Teacher, Mind/Body Expert and Podcast Host. She dedicated most of her twenties to exploring what makes us sick and what helps us heal, and as part of this she grew a thriving alternative medicine practice. But in 2012, suffering from caregivers fatigue, she left her practice behind and found herself on an extended trip in Mexico reassessing her life direction. From there she trained to be a coach and used what she had learned from her alternative medicine practice to build a thriving coaching business. Alongside this, she went on to work on the teams of two industry-leading coaches, including The Prosperous Coach co-author Rich Litvin, and has a unique perspective on the world of coaching. More recently, her own health crisis has brought her back to the world of health care. In this episode, Giovanna talks candidly about her relationship with the coaching world and realisation that coaching alone was not the complete picture for her. Giovanna’s journey includes the launch a podcast, a memoir, and a talk that involved sharing the details of a previous abusive relationship with a room full of hundreds of people. Her interests have evolved from sickness, to relationships, to trauma and anxiety. Before Covid struck, Giovanna was on the brink of opening a new wellness centre in Toronto. She has since moved her venture online and the culmination of this work can be found at www.bluehivehealth.com. Her new wellness private practice is at www.wellwoman.ca. In this episode, we talk about:The trap of chasing high-ticket clients - why it’s okay to drop your prices and the pitfalls of measuring success by income.Her guide to coaching yourself through situations that don't feel right, including when your coaching business is what doesn’t feel right.Understanding that being a coach is being a business person.Coming home to yourself - the realisation that looking for more also meant looking back.Plus, we touch on the rarely discussed parts of the coaching world that feel... well... a bit icky.For more information about Giovanna, visit: www.giovannacapozza.com and www.wellwoman.caFor more information about Giovanna’s new wellness centre in Toronto: www.bluehivehealth.comListen to Giovanna’s talk here: https://youtu.be/zmuNYSh-KBc For information about Robbie’s wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgTo support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/communityThings and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):~12: Gay and Katie Hendricks: https://hendricks.com/~12: Giovanna’s Podcast with the Hendricks’: https://youtu.be/8rf3gibbYy8 ~12: Arielle Ford: https://www.arielleford.com~13: The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0061735361/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_nVfLFb93CP6KX~15: Tony Robbins: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/ ~18: Enneagram Types: https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/~18: ICF Certifications: https://coachfederation.org/icf-credential ~22: The Prosperous Coach by Steve Chandler and Rich Litvin: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prosperous-Coach-Increase-Income-Clients/dp/1600250300~22: Steve Chandler: https://www.stevechandler.com/~22: Rich Litvin: https://richlitvin.com/~25: Giovanna’s Podcast She Rises: https://giovannacapozza.com/podcast/~26: Giovanna’s Book Lovesick https://giovannacapozza.com/lovesick-book/~30: Blue Hive Health: www.bluehivehealth.com ~47: Giovanna’s Book Lovesick https://giovannacapozza.com/lovesick-book/~51: Giovanna’s speech: https://youtu.be/zmuNYSh-KBc~58: Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs 

Sat atop a Welsh mountain in 2007 in a moment of depression and despair, Chris Joseph had the first in a series of instances of clarity that would eventually lead him to coaching. On the brink of a meltdown, he knew his Ph.D. in Computational Mechanics was no longer serving him. Buddhism, yoga and mediation became the elixir for him and soon he found he couldn't sleep with excitement at the discoveries he was making. His life changed when he trained to become a mindfulness teacher with Breathworks, and Chris went on to complete his Ph.D. and launch his first coaching practice. But it wasn't a success and in the end he gave it up. His extraordinary journey includes a multitude of highs and lows, from making £10,000 a month in passive income to losing it all to a fraudulent trader. Now he’s back coaching and headed for a seven-figure year with his highly successful practice.In this episode, we talk about:Where his practice went wrong the first time round.Why the inner work is so important - understanding that you can only take people as far as you can go yourself.Why a true insight always comes packaged with an action - an ‘outsight’ or an ‘outer action’.How to invite an individual to coaching - how to make it feel like a gift to the individual and not a request for yourself.Alongside the practical we get into some big topics: death, impermanence, the importance of play and the effects of all these on our lives. And it is a total pleasure to be in a space with Chris' beautiful open-heartedness.For more information about Chris, visit www.christopherjoseph.co.uk, find him on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/drchrisjoseph/ or on Facebook: www.facebook.com/chrisjoseph.uk/ For information about Robbie’s wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.Music by My Good Man William listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgTo support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/communityThings and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):~8: Rich Waterman: https://www.richwaterman.com/ ~10: The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt: https://www.happinesshypothesis.com/~12: Michael Neill: https://www.michaelneill.org/~12: Dick Bettinger: http://3principlesmentoring.com/index.html ~12: Sydney Banks: https://sydbanks.com/~14: Breathworks: https://www.breathworks-mindfulness.org.uk/~20: Unleash the Power Within with Tony Robbins: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/events/unleash-the-power-within/ ~25: Unleash the Power Within with Tony Robbins: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/events/unleash-the-power-within/~26: The Coaching Academy: https://www.the-coaching-academy.com~26: Richard Bandler: https://richardbandler.com~26: John LaValle: https://www.nlplifetraining.com/trainers/john-lavalle~26: The Prosperous Coach by Steve Chandler and Rich Litvin: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prosperous-Coach-Increase-Income-Clients/dp/1600250300 ~26: Breathworks: https://www.breathworks-mindfulness.org.uk/~27: Simon Coulson: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Prosperous-Coach-Increase-Income-Clients/dp/1600250300~27: Peter Thompson: https://peterthomson.com/ ~27: Michael Neill: https://www.michaelneill.org/ ~27: Project Kairos with Rich Litvin: https://richlitvin.com/kairos/~30: Steve Hardison video: https://youtu.be/0Tine-9dz-Y~32: Rich Waterman: https://www.richwaterman.com/ ~33: Three Principles: https://threeprinciplesfoundation.org/ ~33: Eckhart Tolle: https://eckharttolle.com/ ~33: Bryon Katie: https://thework.com/ ~33: The Coaching Academy: https://www.the-coaching-academy.com~33: Tony Robbins: https://www.tonyrobbins.com/ ~37: Crazy Good by Steve Chandler: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1600250343/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_JMAKFbP0PYJ7E ~43: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield and Shawn Coyne: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1936891026/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_xlBKFbG7XW11B~50: Loom: https://www.loom.com~1.11: Cardiff University: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk ~1.29: Wealth Warrior by Steve Chandler: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1600250408/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_EFCKFbY9VGH7M~1.29: Time Warrior by Steve Chandler: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1600250378/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_kICKFbB90WCJN~1.29: The Hero’s Journey by Joseph Campbell: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1608681890/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_8RCKFbEEPT36Y~1.31: The Meaning Revolution by Fred Kofman : https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1524760730/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_BsSKFbKHQ773N~1.45: Chris’s contact details: email address: chris@christopherjoseph.co.uk, LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drchrisjoseph/, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chrisjoseph.uk/~1.50: Steve Hardison: https://theultimatecoach.com/ 

Well, this is fun. Here’s another episode featuring me, Robbie Swale. No guests this time, and no content from the past, either: this all new and includes some exciting announcements, as well as insights and stories I haven’t shared before from my experience of creating new ways of working in my coaching business.In particular, I talk about:The lessons I’ve learned from the three group coaching programmes I’ve launched: how do we start a group coaching programme? How do we sell one to people?The four criteria I use when deciding whether to create a new way of working in my business.And, most excitingly, I launch the new Coach’s Journey Community, a new way to work with me, starting from just £10 a month.That community is wrapped up along with the new opportunity to support the Coach’s Journey financially. If you value this work that I’m doing and want to make it easier for me to continue it, and give it the potential to grow faster and further, you might want to consider becoming a Supporter. But don’t worry, the podcast will always be free and there’s no presure at all from me to support the podcast financially.That’s only part of the episode, though - creating the Coach’s Journey Community and a new one-on-one engagement that I’m running with several clients this autumn made me really think about how and when I create new ways of working with clients. In this episode, I’ve tried to really share how I think about creating new ways of working, including why I’m excited about this one, and all kinds of things that might be valuable to you on your journey as a coach. If there’s anything I didn’t cover or anything you want to ask, let me know and maybe I’ll do a follow-up episode answering questions!For information about my wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.To read more about supporting The Coach’s Journey, or to become a Supporter or a Community Member, visit https://www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney.Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgThings and people I mentioned (that you might be interested in):~5: My article, ‘Jordan Peterson Is Not Evil and Why That Matters’ - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/jordan-peterson-evil-why-matters-robbie-swale/~10: My article, ‘How I Became A Full Time Coach Less Than Two Years After Finishing My Training’ on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/how-i-became-full-time-coach-less-than-two-years-after-robbie-swale~10: My 200th LinkedIn Article: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/lessons-from-200-linkedin-articles-out-robbie-swale/~13: Phil Bolton and on the podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-2-phil-bolton-from-forensic-accountant-to-the-go-to-career-coach-in-london-and-on-to-work-with-ceos-mds-and-founders~13: Mike Toller: https://www.michaeltollercoaching.co.uk/~13: Vegard Olsen: https://coachingpartner.net/cp/en/vegard-olsen-2/~14: Joel Monk on the podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-6-joel-monk-conversations-at-the-cutting-edge-of-coaching & The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Leap-Conquer-Hidden-Level/dp/0061735361~16: Rich Litvin and The Prosperous Coach: https://richlitvin.com/the-prosperous-coach/~16: My article, 6 Reasons Why Hiring A Coach Is The Most Important Thing For You To Do If You Want A Successful Coaching Business: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/writing/6-reasons-why-hiring-a-coach-is-the-most-important-thing-for-you-to-do-if-you-want-a-successful-coaching-business~20: Minor Arias on the podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-3-minor-arias-living-by-design-glz56~22: Warren Buffet’s 25 things game - see Number 2, here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/15-ways-transform-your-relationship-time-get-more-done-robbie-swale/~26: Kristen Kosinski on the podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-7-kristen-kosinski-power-of-being-truly-seen-with-all-your-messiness~33: My article, The Pioneering Women of Our Age on my website: https://www.robbieswalecoaching.com/writing/2018/9/10/the-pioneering-women-of-our-age and on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/pioneering-women-our-age-robbie-swale/~35: Katie Harvey on the podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-1-katie-harvey-14000-hours-of-coaching-being-part-of-the-uk-coaching-vanguard-and-being-a-generalist-coach~36: The Genius Accelerator Group Coaching Programme: https://www.robbieswalecoaching.com/the-genius-accelerator~44: Jordan Hall: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMzT-mdCqoyEv_-YZVtE7MQ and more about the Zone of Genius and Hall’s influence on my thinking about that in the introduction to The Power To Choose: https://www.robbieswalecoaching.com/writing/2019/12/30/the-power-to-choose-preview~55: My brother. Ewan Townhead: https://www.ewantownhead.com/ and Fred Kofman being interviewed by Ewan and his friends back in 2011: http://www.wakinguptheworkplace.com/fred-kofman/~58: Jamie Smart on the podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast~58: This Coaching Life Podcast:~58: Toku McCree on the podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-15-toku-mccree-sales-with-honour-and-love-on-the-end-of-a-sword~60: This Is Marketing by Seth Godin: https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Marketing-Cant-Until-Learn/dp/0241370140 and The Marketing Seminar: https://akimbo.com/themarketingseminarAnd, of course, support The Coach’s Journey by clicking Support at the top right of this page, or visiting https://www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney, or join the community by clicking on the Community page in the menu at the top or, again, visiting: https://www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney

Cathy is a former international economist and policy adviser turned three principles coach. For over twenty years she was an advisor to governments and international organisations around the world, including seven years as a development economist in Southern Africa.In her mid-40s, she left a job she loved for reasons she cannot describe. Having previously dipped into the teachings of Michael Neill, it took a challenge from a mastermind partner to prompt her to take another look at coaching. She went on to train in Micheal Neill’s Supercoach Academy and today works with clients in leadership roles and in the arena of social change.In this episode, we talk about:Why we lose our way when we talk about politics.The joy of making it up. How she structures her coaching packages and the great freedom of making it up as you go along.Listening for signals. And, the paradoxical nature of it. How determining what to pay attention to and what to ignore really comes back to the question of ‘Am I being my higher self?’.The things we get too attached to: our lived experience, the personal nature of creation and worshipping the god of intellect.Plus, the age-old debate about which way the forks go in the dishwasher - when it matters and when it really doesn’t. And, the simplicity at the heart of parenting how its really just about pouring love on your child..For more information about Cathy, visit: www.cathypresland.comFor information about Robbie’s wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.For more information on the new training from Marcia Reynolds (the guest in Episode #14), which Robbie mentioned in the introduction, visit https://coach.wbecs.com/Marcia-Reynolds/a182301Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgThings we talked about that you might find interesting:~18: Dave Snowden’s Cynefin Framework: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin_framework~32: Michael Neill: https://www.michaelneill.org/~42: Michael Neill Training programmes: https://www.michaelneill.org/sci/~44: Syd Banks: http://sydbanks.com/~45: The Three Principles: https://3pgc.org/~1.05: Jonathan Haidt: https://jonathanhaidt.com/~1.05: Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Righteous-Mind-Divided-Politics-Religion/dp/0141039167~1.05: Jonathan Haidt’s The Coddling of the American Mind: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation/dp/0141986301/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+coddling+of+the+american+mind&qid=1601048128&s=books&sr=1-1~1.06: Jonathan Haidt Quote: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/645384-morality-binds-and-blinds-it-binds-us-into-ideological-teams~1.09: Jordan Hall: https://www.youtube.com/c/JordanGreenhall/featured~1.26: Rich Litvin: https://richlitvin.com/~1.45: Robert Holden quote: https://tendingjoy.com/blogs/tending-joy/god-spoke-today-in-flowers~1.52: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield: https://www.amazon.co.uk/War-Art-Through-Creative-Battles/dp/1936891026~1.52: Robert Holden: https://www.robertholden.com/~1.54: Celtic Goddess/Sovereignty article: http://dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/11/15/the-dangerous-women-of-irish-;mythology/~2.01: The Inside-Out Revolution by Michael Neill: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Inside-Out-Revolution-Thing-Change-Forever/dp/1781800790~2.01: The Space Within by Michael Neill: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Space-Within-Finding-Your-Back/dp/1781806489/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=michael+neill&qid=1600694112&s=books&sr=1-4~2.01: Michael Neill’s Supercoach Academy: http://www.supercoachacademy.com/~2.02: The Three Principles YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaY2LdDLITzIlszwA8ubVxg

Jamie Smart, Sunday Times best-selling author, speaker, and coach, got to where he is today through a series of moments of profound realisation and insight. The first of which was a calling to public speaking even though he was terrified of it at the time.In 2003, Jamie started the company Salad, and quickly grew a tribe of over 80,000 people who devoured his articles and personal development products. Salad soon became one of the world’s leading NLP product businesses and, despite its success, Jamie once again found himself looking for something more. In 2008, a series of significant insights brought him to a new paradigm, the principles of CLARITY®. He stopped teaching NLP, sold Salad, and never looked back.Today, Jamie has five books to his name. He works with individuals and businesses helping them create the results that matter to them as well as running professional development workshops. He has appeared on Sky TV, the BBC, and in numerous publications including The Daily Telegraph.In this episode, we talk about:The two most valuable things that anyone can learn - the truth of how our experience is created and who we really are.Why he recommends working with a package model over charging by the hour - how to avoid losing your business over night.The breakthroughs in psychology that he believes are as significant as the discovery of germs were to medicine.The five questions to ask yourself and your client at the beginning of a new engagement.Plus, we find out about childbed fever in the 1800s and what we can learn from four-year-olds.For more information about Jamie, visit: www.jamiesmart.comFor information about Robbie’s wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.For more information the new training from Marcia Reynolds (the guest in Episode #14), which Robbie mentioned in the introduction, visit https://coach.wbecs.com/Marcia-Reynolds/a182301Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgThings and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):~5: Marcia Reynolds’ Keys to Breakthrough Coaching Masterclass: https://coach.wbecs.com/Marcia-Reynolds/a182301~11: Regent’s University: https://www.regents.ac.uk/~23: Jamie Smart’s books: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jamie-Smart/e/B00N7HMHL8?ref_=dbs_p_pbk_r00_abau_000000~23: Jamie’s fifth book, The Profitable Coaches Scorecard: https://www.amazon.com/Profitable-Coaches-Scorecard-Jamie-Smart/dp/0995613419#:~:text=In%20Jamie%20Smart's%20book%2C%20The,life%20and%20in%20the%20world.~24: The CLARITY® certification training module: https://www.jamiesmart.com/clarity-coach-training/~36: Salad NLP: http://saladltd.co.uk/~37: Tim Ferriss’s book The 4-hour Work Week: https://www.amazon.co.uk/4-Hour-Work-Week-Escape-Anywhere/dp/0091929113~38: Michael Neill: https://www.michaelneill.org/~40: Missing Link by Sydney Banks: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Missing-Link-Reflections-Philosophy-Spirit/dp/1772130176#:~:text=The%20Missing%20Link%20is%20the,read%20it%20to%20enjoy%20it.~44: George Carlin: https://georgecarlin.com/~46: Sydney Banks: http://sydbanks.com/~ 47: The Clarity Life Community Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/claritylifecommunity/~51: Christina Mitchell: https://www.christinamitchell.co.uk/~1.10: The Chimp Paradox by Dr Steve Peters: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Chimp-Paradox-Management-Programme-Confidence/dp/009193558X~1.17: ClarityPro: https://www.clarityacademy.co/ClarityProClosed~1.45: Ignaz Semmelweis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Semmelweis~1.45: Germ Theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_theory_of_disease~1.45: Gregory Bateson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Bateson~1.47: Hermann von Helmholtz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_von_Helmholtz~1.48: Anil Seth’s Ted Talk: Your Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality: https://www.ted.com/talks/anil_seth_your_brain_hallucinates_your_conscious_reality?language=en#t-991~2.06: Jamie’s book, Results: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Results-Think-Less-Achieve-More/dp/0857087096~2.06: Jamie’s book, The Little Book of Results: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Book-Results-Quick-Achieving/dp/0857087800~2.07: The Thriving Coaches Blueprint: https://www.clarityacademy.co/tcbclosed~2.07: The Career Transition Blueprint: https://www.clarityacademy.co/ctbclosed~2.10: The Clarity Life Community Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/claritylifecommunity/~2.10: The Thriving Coaches Podcast: https://www.jamiesmart.com/tcp/~2.10: Get CLARITY® with Jamie Smart Podcast: https://www.jamiesmart.com/claritynow/~2.10: The CLARITY® Certification Training: https://www.jamiesmart.com/clarity-coach-training/

Toku McCree is a former Zen Monk and a renowned Executive Coach. His life changed after meeting a man at a party who had a calmness about him that Toku had never seen before. From there he fell in love with mediation, spent two and a half years in a monastery, and went on to launch a six-figure coaching practice.Toku had over 30 jobs before he was 30 - from running a sumo chicken boxing ring to tuning guitars for rock bands, being a pre-school teacher and even working on a political campaign. But it took becoming a monk for him to realise that the sense of purpose and meaning he’d been avoiding through most of his twenties was in fact what he needed to turn his life towards.His writing and thoughts have been featured in The Huffington Post, Zen Habits, TEDx, The Change Blog, The Good Men Project, and Tiny Buddha. He launched Samurai Coaching Dojo to support coaches. And, he loves the practice of selling, so much so that his upcoming book, The Art of Honorable Sales, is a love letter to the process.In this episode, we talk about:Klaus and the Buddha - the characters that show up in his coaching and the roles they play.The practice of raising your rates - why there is a particular time as a coach to set a rate and stick to it.Sales as a spiritual practice - how to stop holding your nose through the sales conversation and the false choice between selling skilfully and living with honour.The magic questions to ask at the end of the enrolment process - how to find the tension that leads to commitment.Plus, we walk through an 'honourable' sales process and there's an exclusive offer to read the Beta version of Toku’s book before it comes out.For more information about Toku, visit: www.unexecutive.com.For information about Robbie’s wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgThings and people we mentioned that you might be interested in:~12: Rich Litvin Intensives: https://richlitvin.com/intensive-rli/~12: Toku’s Coaches Rising Podcast: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/transformative-enrolment-moving-beyond-yes-and-no/~30: The Prosperous Coach by Rich Litvin and Steve Chandler: https://theprosperouscoach.com/praise/~30: Jason Goldberg: http://www.thejasongoldberg.com/~30: Steve Chandler: https://www.stevechandler.com/~35: Hans Philips: https://www.ontoco.com/~39: Toku’s Coaching Dojo: https://samuraicoachingdojo.com/~57: Toku’s Coaching Dojo: https://samuraicoachingdojo.com/~1.59: Toku’s No Woman Vision Quest: https://www.kendracunov.com/ - https://www.kendracunov.com/no-man-diet/, http://unexecutive.com/no-woman-vision-quest/~2.00: A beta version of Toku’s book: http://unexecutive.com/sell-with-honor~2.01: Toku’s Coaching Mastermind: https://unexecutive.lpages.co/embodied-coach~2.03: Ben Allen: https://www.tonicbooks.online~2:03: Matt Thieleman: https://medium.com/@thieleman1~2.03: Partnership work with Matt Thieleman and Atlas: https://www.linkedin.com/company/project-atlasq/~2:04: Christina Salerno: https://www.s-l.xyz/

For Marcia Reynolds, coaching evolved as a highly effective learning tool, discovered through her work training leaders in the corporate world. She is now a world-renowned expert on coaching ranked #5 on Global Gurus’ list of coaching thought-leaders, has delivered programs and coached leaders in 41 countries, and has written four coaching books.She also turned 20 in jail and credits her transformation, at least in part, to the women she did time with. From the rabbit hole of drug abuse to achieving multiple master’s degrees, her first ‘tough coach’ was her cellmate who taught her to get out there and make a difference in the world.Marcia witnessed the rise in coaching ‘as a thing’ first hand. She trained as a coach in the mid-90s and was one of the first assessors for the International Coaching Federation and for training school, Coach U. She was also a founding member of the ICF where she went on to be president for over two years. In this episode, we find out Marcia offers so many insights from her years of experience that coaches at all levels with find things to take and use in their own practice.In particular, we talk about:Why now is the time to shut up and listen.Why coaching is the best learning technology we have.Why mastery is the deepening of presence not the perfection of skills and the importance of receiving as opposed to listening in great coaching.What to do if a client says they want a plan (and why making the plan with them is not always the most powerful thing to do).And, as Marcia launches her fourth book on coaching Coach the Person, Not the Problem, we find out what compelled her to write another book about coaching.Plus, some myth-busting about the things we think we can’t do in coaching and a story that features a snake and a roadrunner… That’s right, a snake and a roadrunner!For those who want to learn more about Marcia’s forthcoming Breakthrough Coaching Training, register for the free 90-minute masterclass here: https://coach.wbecs.com/Marcia-Reynolds/a182301For more information about Marcia, visit: www.covisioning.com or find her on Twitter: www.twitter.com/MarciaReynolds or LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/marciareynolds.For more information about Marcia’s recent book, visit www.coachtheperson.com.For information about Robbie’s wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgThings and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):~5: Time to Think by Nancy Kline: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Think-Listening-Ignite-Human/dp/0706377451~5: Effective Modern Coaching by Myles Downey: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Effective-Modern-Coaching-Myles-Downey/dp/190779476X~9: The International Coach Federation (ICF): https://coachfederation.org/~13: Coach U Training School: https://www.coachu.com/~13: CTI: https://coactive.com/~14: Fran Fisher: https://www.franfishercoach.com/~20: Marcia’s Memoir, Unexpected Angels: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Unexpected-Angels-Month-Journey-Light-ebook/dp/B0047GN9M4~ 21: Marcia’s TED Talks: https://www.ted.com/talks/dr_marcia_reynolds_dr_marcia_reynolds_how_to_handle_precocious_women_jan_2018~25: Marcia’s most recent book: https://coachtheperson.com~35: The Association of Coach Training Organisations (ACTO): https://actoonline.org/~38: Harriett Simon Salinger: http://www.hssalinger.com/~38: Julius Ordonez: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julius-ordonez-mcc-7948a911/~39: WBECs coaching demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2z_mvuEXPQ~43: The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay Stanier: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Coaching-Habit-Less-Change-Forever/dp/0978440749~46: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahnemann: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0141033576~46: Michael Gazzaniga: https://people.psych.ucsb.edu/gazzaniga/michael/~47: John Dewey: https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/How_We_Think.html?id=6-fof53Kq00C&redir_esc=y~48: Deb Barnard, Relational Dynamics 1st: https://relationaldynamics1st.co.uk/meet-the-team/~48: Byron Katie: https://thework.com/~49: Gretchen Rubin: https://gretchenrubin.com/~50: Marcia’s blog post referencing Straight Talk, Real Talk and Blunt Talk: https://covisioning.com/can-you-just-shut-up/~1.14: Shari Geller: https://www.sharigeller.ca/~ 1.16: Marcia’s three minute Goal Tending video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9sH3DrcCgE~1.22: Einstein quote: ‘If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask.’~1.33: Marcia’s Books: https://covisioning.com/books/

A couple of months ago, my friend and former client Adam Hulme asked me if we could catch up, as he was in the process of creating a new podcast. He wanted to ask me what I had learned from the first few months of The Coach’s Journey Podcast. I decided to record the conversation and release it as an episode, as I knew that Adam wouldn’t be the last person to ask how I made my decisions about creating a podcast.So this episode is structured around the brilliant set of questions that Adam brought to me, about how I went about creating this podcast, what I have learned, what I would advise other people to do, and what I might do differently if I started again.In particular, I talk about:How I structure my interviews (and what I have done to try and make them as useful to listeners as possible).Loads of the nitty gritty detail: RSS feeds, editing, hosting, gear/tech setup and more.My three ‘must do’s if you are creating a podcast.And you get to meet Adam, and great coach and dynamic entrepreneur, and hear about his new podcast (with co-host Kerry Hearsey), Two Coach Confidence.Of course I’ve only made 13 podcast episodes to date, but I hope that at the very least what I have shared in this episode and via the links below will help some people shortcut the research they need to do and - even better - help people feel empowered to get out there and make something cool.For information about my wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.For more about Adam visit https://mycoachforlife.com/, and to listen to his podcast Two Coach Confidence (which he hosts along with Kerry Hearsey), visit: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1071241Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgThings and people I mentioned (that you might be interested in):~4: The Joe Rogan Experience: http://podcasts.joerogan.net/ ~5: The Jordan B Peterson Podcast: https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/podcast/~6: Squarespace and a discount code: https://www.squarespace.com/coupons~9: Mums In Business Association: https://www.mumsinbusinessassociation.com/~9: Kerry Hearsey from Two Coach Confidence: https://kerryhearsey.com/~14: The Tim Ferriss Show: http://tim.blog/podcast~26: Tim Ferris’s blog about building a podcast: https://tim.blog/2016/04/11/tim-ferriss-podcast-business/~26: Tim Ferris’s page of podcast gear: https://tim.blog/podcast-gear/~26: The video I mentioned (made by Pat Flynn) about how to edit a podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcUBZHOljzU~27: The gear I bought: Audio Technica ATR2100-USB Cardioid Dynamic USB/XLR Microphone (not on Amazon.co.uk right now); mic covers (apparently help with sound): https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B019OO4IY6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1; some wired headphones to plug into my mic (so you can hear yourself - I wanted to get some special ones for this): https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07Q724CXS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. Plus Audacity https://www.audacityteam.org/, Zoom (free for one-on-one conversations, including recording): https://zoom.us/ and Auphonic (https://auphonic.com/).~28: Joel Monk, the podcast episode where I spoke to him: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-6-joel-monk-conversations-at-the-cutting-edge-of-coaching. The mic he uses for his podcast is a Yeti Blue (which looks like it’s gone up in price since last time I checked! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Recording-Streaming-Condenser-Adjustable/dp/B00N1YPXW2/).~36: Article I used about which podcast platforms to upload your podcast to: https://www.thepodcasthost.com/promotion/best-podcast-directories-where-to-list/~38: My sister’s podcast, Thank You For The Pain I Needed It For My Art: https://podcast.app/tyfta-lro-the-podcast-p803129/. She used Anchor.FM to host it: https://anchor.fm/~38: Auphonic: https://auphonic.com/~40: My ‘information for guests’ document.~43: My 12-minute blog: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbieswale/detail/recent-activity/posts/~65: The episode of the podcast with Katie Harvey about coaching curing coronavirus: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/coaching-during-coronavirus-katie-harvey

This is another episode of the podcast where I (Robbie Swale) share some of my thoughts. Like in episode 8, I’m going back to some content I previously created and sharing it again here as a podcast episode. As I listen back (sometimes for the first time), I also provideupdates, extra ideas and extra links as I go.The content I (re)share in this episode is what I created when I sat down to think about this question: what have I learned about the most important parts, aspects, shifts or stages that coaches almost always go through if they are going to create a sustainable, successful coaching business, whatever that means for them?So many of the ideas that have been most helpful for me in my journey are contained in this episode; in some ways these videos turned out to be a summary of what I had learned from the first three years of having transforming people’s lives as my work.In particular, I talk about:Why you need commitment if you are going to create a coaching business in line with your integrity (and why confidence is a con).The power of the shift to embodying the belief that you can create your own coaching business and how to make that shift.The many, many, many ways that doing your own work is fundamental to life as a coach, including what counts as doing work on yourself.Within that there are so many little details and nuggets in here, including: why I think the Prosperous Coach has been such an important book for so many coaches; how we slip into feeling under threat in our coaching work and how to move back into a sense of trust; and why, confusingly, making a commitment frees you rather than trapping you. Oh, and I dictate two invitations that any coach can use to jump-start their coaching business when they need to. Enjoy!For information about my wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.To watch the videos in their original form (and various other coaching videos), visit my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5aalWAQqFp6yTk2jghSpeQMusic by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgThings and people I mentioned (that you might be interested in):~2: My brother, Ewan Townhead, whose ideas these videos were originally: https://www.ewantownhead.com/~3: The One Thing by Gary Keller, The Four-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield.~4: The Coaching School Video with me talking really fast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhK4vS0nzk8~10: Resistance and Steven Pressfield - here’s a piece about this concept and its impact on me: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/writing/dancing-with-resistance-a-lesson-from-my-first-year-as-a-coach~11: The Three Gateways to a Powerful Coaching Engagement article: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/writing/the-three-gateways-to-a-powerful-coaching-engagement-getting-unstuck-growing-confidence-and-uncovering-possibility~11: Rich Litvin: https://richlitvin.com/~16:30: Nassim Nicholas Taleb: https://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/~19: Holly Aston: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/holly-aston-4a361553~22: Michael Neill: https://www.michaelneill.org/~29: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield: https://stevenpressfield.com/~30: Mike Toller: http://www.michaeltollercoaching.co.uk/~32: Tim Ferriss and The Four=Hour Body: https://fourhourbody.com/~36: My article, ‘Recommitting Is The Journey’ - https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/writing/recommitting-is-the-journey~45: My article, ‘How I Became a Full Time Coach Less Than Two Years After Starting My Training’ - https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/writing/how-i-became-a-full-time-coach-less-than-two-years-after-starting-my-training~47: The Prosperous Coach by Rich Litvin and Steve Chandler - https://richlitvin.com/the-prosperous-coach/~48: Carolyn Freyer Jones: https://www.carolynfreyerjones.com/~48: Coaches Rising: https://www.coachesrising.com/ (check out episode 6 of this podcast for an interview with Coaches Rising Co-Founder Joel Monk: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-6-joel-monk-conversations-at-the-cutting-edge-of-coaching)~50: Diana Chapman from the Conscious Leadership Academy on the Coaches Rising Podcast where I heard her talk about trust and threat: https://www.coachesrising.com/podcast/stop-being-so-serious-playfulness-and-coaching/~58: Robert Holden: https://www.robertholden.com/~62: The15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership by Diana Chapman, Jim Dethmer and Kaley Klemp: https://www.amazon.co.uk/15-Commitments-Conscious-Leadership-Sustainable-ebook/dp/B00R3MHWUE~75: Jamie Smart: https://www.jamiesmart.com/~76: Jo Hunter and her company, 64 Million Artists: https://64millionartists.com/about/~83: Joel Monk and the episode of this podcast where I interview Joel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-6-joel-monk-conversations-at-the-cutting-edge-of-coaching~84: The original 5-part Train Series of articles, in this order: https://linkedin.com/pulse/train-series-1-stories-robbie-swale/, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/train-series-2-change-robbie-swale/, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/train-series-3-time-alone-robbie-swale/, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/train-series-4-creativity-robbie-swale/, https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/train-series-5-habits-robbie-swale/~90: The Big Leap by Gay Hendricks~92: My article about time management, where I speak about some of Gay Hendricks’ insights: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/15-ways-transform-your-relationship-time-get-more-done-robbie-swale/~93: My article about the most important reasons to hire a coach, if you are a coach: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/writing/6-reasons-why-hiring-a-coach-is-the-most-important-thing-for-you-to-do-if-you-want-a-successful-coaching-business~94: Jordan Hall on Rebel Wisdom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_j3cCrpXERg

These are strange times to be alive, and that includes being alive and working as a coach.When I heard that Katie Harvey, who has racked up over 14,000 hours of coaching and 13 years of supporting other coaches, was putting together her thoughts on how to coach during a time like this, I invited her back on the podcast straight away.In this episode, Katie and I speak about the various ways that our coaching and our practices have changed or been affected by the coronavirus outbreak, and give some advice and suggestions to other coaches for how to survive and even thrive amidst the uncertainty: as individuals, in our coaching practices, and as an industry.In particular, we talk about:- How, more than perhaps ever before, coaches have a shared context with their clients, and the implications of this for our work.- How to manage the start of a coaching conversation, the client’s agenda and the need to address the greater context.- How to deal with technological problems when coaching online.- The implications for coaches as self-employed entrepreneurs, and in particular the importance of questioning our assumptions around what this will mean for our businesses.And we finish with a conversation about the opportunity that the current situation presents for coaches individually, and for the coaching industry as a whole. As Katie says, ‘The opportunity for coaching here is absolutely huge: it’s up to every one of us to take the opportunity to help our profession grow in whatever way lights your fire.‘For more information about Katie, email her at katie@katieharveycoaching.co.uk.For information about Robbie’s wider work and writing, visit www.robbieswalecoaching.com.Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQgThings and people we mentioned (that you might be interested in):~6: The preview of my book, which I have shared in case it may help you or someone you know in these times of uncertainty: The Power To Choose Preview - https://www.robbieswalecoaching.com/writing/2020/3/23/why-am-i-sharing-parts-of-my-forthcoming-book-the-power-to-choose~6: The latest articles in my blog: Things Get Broken by the Dark Times. But Things Get Made In Those Times, Too - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/things-get-broken-dark-times-made-those-too-robbie-swale/; Now Is The Time To Focus On Stability And Order: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/now-time-focus-stability-order-robbie-swale/; and What Did You Do During the Coronavirus Pandemic: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-did-you-do-during-coronavirus-pandemic-robbie-swale/~6: The offer of coaching from myself and some trusted colleagues: https://www.robbieswalecoaching.com/coaching-for-uncertain-times~7: Katie’s document for coaches, which inspired this episode: Coaching In These Unprecedented Times: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d286f97132cd000011e67f4/t/5e834324602f5702ab67febb/1585660709398/KHC_Coaching_Unprecendented_Times.pdf~15: Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps by Jennifer Garvey Berger - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07NWWRXC5/~46: Rich Litvin - http://www.richlitvin.com/~48: BetterUp - https://www.betterup.com/~51: My 12-Minute Articles - you can read the latest ones on my LinkedIn, here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbieswale/detail/recent-activity/posts/ and read a little about the process here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-commitment-robbie-swale/. The ones I have written about the coronavirus outbreak are linked to here: https://www.robbieswalecoaching.com.~52: Mike Toller - http://www.michaeltollercoaching.co.uk/~55: aim-you - https://www.aim-you.com/volunteers1~58: The offer me and two colleagues made: Coaching for Uncertain Times - https://www.robbieswalecoaching.com/coaching-for-uncertain-times~60: Kubler-Ross Change Curve - https://www.cleverism.com/understanding-kubler-ross-change-curve/