How Validation Can Sink Your Coaching Business

How Validation Can Sink Your Coaching Business

“So, what do you do?”  Hearing this question used to be my worst nightmare.  Telling people I was a life coach seemed to elicit either confused looks or the proverbial pat on the head before they moved on. Either way I was pretty sure it was a slightly patronizing...
5 Reasons Why Not to Blame Yourself

5 Reasons Why Not to Blame Yourself

5 Reasons Why Not to Blame Yourself “I don’t know if I should tell you this.” She said.  I was intrigued. This person just hired me for 6 months of coaching – and in our first session she was openly considering holding back.  “I don’t want to be blamed for...
Am I Enough?

Am I Enough?

I, like many of us, believed from a young age that I wasn’t as worthy as those around me. Let me be clear – I had a great family. This is not a story of hardship. But like a lot of people, I had a great childhood and still emerged with life-altering...
When I Finally Learned to Relax

When I Finally Learned to Relax

I’m a tough cookie.  I’ve always had the brush-yourself-off-and-carry-on mentality. I’m pretty sure I learned it from being the youngest of five children and growing up with a mother from England.  That soldier-on mentality has taken me far.  But for a long time, I...