Intro

In this unique crossover episode of The Coaching Inn and The Coach’s Journey Podcast, hosts Claire Pedrick and Robbie Swale come together for the first time to discuss their upcoming collaborative workshop, The Artful Coach and the Soulful Coaching Business, scheduled for 10th May, 2025. This episode is a delightful blend of humor, insightful conversation, and a deep dive into the themes of artful coaching and soulful business practices.

In particular:

Claire delves into the concept of the Artful Coach and why she prefers that to the idea of ‘mastery’.

Claire unpacks why it’s not coaching when the coach is doing more thinking than the thinker.

Robbie shares the accidental discovery of the phrase, The Soulful Coaching Business, and why it aligns with what he has seen in the coaching industry.

Robbie explains how we can follow our fear to create a business that fulfils us without us having to compromise who we are.

As Claire and Robbie wrap up the episode, it’s easy to feel the excitement and anticipation they have for the upcoming workshop… they hope to see you there!

Book your place on the workshop, The Artful Coach and the Soulful Coaching Business: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/3dcoaching/1504338

Robbie’s longer description of the workshop: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/robbieswale_the-artful-coach-and-the-soulful-coaching-activity-7285744469444812801-gBzq?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Book your place on the walk the following day: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/3dcoaching/1206619

Download Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction to The Coaching Business Flywheel, here.

For more information about Robbie, visit https://www.robbieswale.com/

Read more about The Coach's Journey at www.thecoachsjourney.com.

Music by My Good Man William: listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KmeQUcTbeE31uFynHQLQg

To support the Coach's Journey, visit www.patreon.com/thecoachsjourney and to join the Coach's Journey Community visit www.thecoachsjourney.com/community.

THINGS WE MENTIONED THAT YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN

Claire on The Coach’s Journey Podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-44-claire-pedrick-cutting-through-complexity-and-simplifying-coaching

Claire on The Coach’s Journey Podcast with Lucia Baldelli, talking about The Human Behind The Coach: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-55-claire-pedrick-and-lucia-baldelli-the-human-behind-the-coach

Robbie on The Coaching Inn: https://thecoachinginn.podbean.com/e/in-conversation-with-robbie-swale-how-to-start-when-you-re-stuck/ and https://thecoachinginn.podbean.com/e/in-conversation-with-robbie-swale/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKVEJqdqiTg and https://thecoachinginn.podbean.com/e/s4-episode-24-claire-pedrick-s-3d-supervision-community-with-guest-host-robbie-swale/

Claire’s workshop with Ruth Davey, also in Worcestershire: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/3dcoaching/1506834

Henley Business School: https://www.henley.ac.uk/

Robbie’s ebook, An Introduction to The Coach’s Journey Podcast Flywheel: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/the-coaching-business-flywheel

Fred Kofman: https://www.fredkofman.org/sobre-fred-kofman-ing.php

Elena Aguilar and Mind The Gap: https://www.edweek.org/education/opinion-the-key-to-working-with-adult-learners-mind-the-gap/2018/02

Jennifer Garvey Berger on The Coach’s Journey Podcast: https://www.thecoachsjourney.com/podcast/episode-42-jennifer-garvey-berger-the-answer-to-either-or-is-both

The War of Art: https://stevenpressfield.com/books/the-war-of-art/

Book your place at Robbie and Claire Pedrick’s event in Malvern in 2025: The Artful Coach and the Soulful Coaching Business. Read more here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/3dcoaching/1504338

BIOGRAPHY FROM CLAIRE

Claire Pedrick is, in her own words, a human who facilitates other people’s thinking. She is a business owner. A mother. A friend. A volunteer. An MCC Master Coach with over 13,000 hours of experience. And she is the author of Simplifying Coaching and host at The Coaching Inn podcast.

About these descriptions, Claire says: “All of these are true and each will impact how we start a conversation. With some definitions you might assign me power which I do not deserve.”

Claire established 3D Coaching in the 1990s to bring together the simplest and best learning from coaching, to support people in organisations to have more effective conversations with an edge. Coaching for more than 35 years, she believes that the essence of coaching is simple and that it takes time to learn to work that simply.