191: How to Be a Coach YOUR WAY with Jennifer Faherty

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Apr 23, 2025

Jennifer Faherty, founder of Psych Paper, shares her inspiring journey from wealth management to coaching and designing positive psychology-based planners. She emphasizes that coaching isn’t one-size-fits-all—it's about finding your unique approach. The conversation dives into the significance of aligning personal values with business practices and the transformative power of self-coaching. Jennifer highlights the importance of flexibility and adaptability in both coaching and life, encouraging listeners to embrace authenticity and self-compassion in their journeys.

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ADVICE

Use Financial Planning for Clarity

Regularly review your financial plan, especially during life changes.
Use clear, neutral facts to reduce emotional triggers around money and guide your business decisions.

ANECDOTE

Jennifer's Perfect Storm and Planner

Jennifer Faherty faced a perfect storm in 2020 including pandemic shifts, empty nesting, and a running injury.
She created a self-coaching planner blending positive psychology and writing to overcome languishing and find balance.

INSIGHT

Plans Evolve with Action

Great plans often need tweaking after the first step is taken.
Clarity often comes incrementally, with each step revealing new paths and adjustments.

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"Coaching can take so many forms, and nobody gets an A if you don't do it YOUR way."

"Great things happen when you put pen to paper."

Today's conversation with Jennifer Faherty, founder of Psych Paper, is a great example of how to make your coaching business work FOR YOU!

Coaching is a skill set we can bring into anything and everything (even a positive psychology paper products brand!).

There is no one-size-fits-all template. The way that you coach best may not even be invented yet! Think about that...

Wherever you build your business, make sure it's somewhere (and with someone) you can PLAY and be well-supported in doing it your way.

If you use someone else's cookie cutter or become successful in someone else's way, you'll essentially become good at being someone else, and will likely have to stop and recover at some point to find YOUR WAY.

Why not just start there?

Jennifer's story is a great example of what's possible. The sky's the limit!

And because I know you want this... To get 15% off at psychpaper.com, simply enter the code: coachcaryn

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Our mission, at Psych Paper, is to help spread well-being through thoughtfully designed, high-quality paper products based on the latest research in positive psychology and the proven cognitive benefits of writing.

Website: psychpaper.com

Instagram: @psychpaper

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