Mastering Coaching Skills
Lindsay Dotzlaf
If you want to compete in the coaching industry, you need to be GOOD at coaching.
But there are some things you simply couldn't know when you were training to be a coach - and while it's tempting to keep studying, take another course, or dive into a certification program, you really need to build the practical skills and confidence to handle whatever your clients throw at you.
Each week life coach Lindsay Dotzlaf shares stories, tips and advice to continually develop your skills as a coach. She knows what it's like to feel overwhelmed and anxious about coaching in the moment, and will teach you why shifting your mindset around your own abilities as a coach will make all the difference.
If you've got clients but want to become the absolute best coach you can be, you'll find answers, advice and support here. Learn more at lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com!
But there are some things you simply couldn't know when you were training to be a coach - and while it's tempting to keep studying, take another course, or dive into a certification program, you really need to build the practical skills and confidence to handle whatever your clients throw at you.
Each week life coach Lindsay Dotzlaf shares stories, tips and advice to continually develop your skills as a coach. She knows what it's like to feel overwhelmed and anxious about coaching in the moment, and will teach you why shifting your mindset around your own abilities as a coach will make all the difference.
If you've got clients but want to become the absolute best coach you can be, you'll find answers, advice and support here. Learn more at lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com!
Episodes
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May 9, 2023 • 22min
132. How Thought Models Get Messy
If you've been to coaching schools, trainings, or gone through coach certification, you've likely been taught some form of coaching that often looks like an equation. These tools are amazing, and there's a reason we use them. However, when we use tools like this to pick out one single thought or emotion at any given time, it can get a little messy and sometimes isn't actually useful. This is what I'm diving into today. Hear when it's useful and when it isn't to explore one thought or feeling at a time, whether in relation to working with your clients or in your self-coaching. I'm sharing my thoughts on what you might miss out on when you prioritize this over exploration, and examples from my own life of where this practice can be valuable. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/132
May 2, 2023 • 42min
131. Creating Iconic Work and Coaching Mastery Q&A
Who comes to mind when you think of an icon? What is it about that person that makes them an icon in your eyes? How can becoming an icon be translated into the coaching industry, and what might that look like for you? Hear my equation for what creates iconic work, and how you might be preventing yourself from creating coaching mastery. I'm showing you what becoming an icon means and doesn't mean. I'm also sharing my answers to your questions about the Advanced Certification in Coaching Mastery. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/131
Apr 25, 2023 • 52min
130. How Coaching Changes the World with Deb Malkin
Deb Malkin is a feminist mind/body coach, specializing in using the tools of neuroplasticity, bioplasticity, and consciously curious hypno-coaching to help her people unlearn pain and emotional stress symptoms. She works with her clients to act with their human experience and transform their lives so they can feel better and pursue their amazing lifestyles. Discover the magic that happens in my Advanced Certification in Coaching Mastery. Deb is sharing how being in this certification has helped her get to know herself more deeply, serve her clients at the highest level, and the power of showing up with commitment and vulnerability to master your craft. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/130
Apr 18, 2023 • 1h 1min
129. Finding Your Voice with Christine Stuart
Christine Stuart helps folks do what they love the way they love doing it and works with creatives with disparate skills and experiences that fit perfectly together. Christine is a life coach, herbalist, and lover of the outdoors, and she teaches marketing and selling through the lens of nature. Christine shares how her love for childhood summer camp inspired her to develop a coaching offering to help creative entrepreneurs develop their marketing and selling skills through their sense of play. Christine unpacks how my coaching container has provided the security and feedback necessary to create her dream offering. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/129
Apr 11, 2023 • 26min
128. Should Coaches Coach Coaches?
You might think coaching coaches is taking the easy route, that too many coaches are doing it, or that coaching coaches is the only way to make money in this industry. Whatever your thoughts are in this area, I'm discussing how these beliefs might stop you from showing up as the best possible coach for your clients, whoever they are. Tune in this week to get clear on your thoughts about coaches coaching coaches, and get some much-needed perspective on some alternative viewpoints on this subject. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/128
Apr 4, 2023 • 17min
127. When Your Clients Aren't Getting Results
No matter where you are in your coaching journey or what kind of coaching you provide, this episode is packed with useful tips to help you with your coaching process especially if you have some clients that aren't getting results yet. Discover what to do when your clients aren't getting results. I'm sharing how to dig in and figure out how to solve this problem without making it mean anything about you or your clients, and I'm showing you some common mistakes you need to avoid when deciding on your next move in this situation. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/127
Mar 28, 2023 • 21min
126. The Skill of Being Calm
My clients recently shared that one of their favorite things about working with me is my calm energy and the ease with which I coach them, and it got me thinking about the skill of being calm as a coach. I share five thoughts that keep me in a calm mindset while I'm coaching and how you can implement these in your coaching sessions to cultivate a calm energy. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/126
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Mar 21, 2023 • 25min
125. A Simple Way to Improve Your Coaching
What thoughts do you have about yourself as a coach? Getting clear on how you think about yourself as a coach is a super simple way to improve your coaching skills because whether you notice them or not, these thoughts are always reflected in how you coach your clients. Discover the thoughts that are currently holding you back from showing up as the best coach you can be. Learn how to use these thoughts to gain awareness and knowledge to start improving your coaching. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/125
Mar 14, 2023 • 46min
124. Inside The Coach Lab with Chelsea Simone and Jolene Hermanson
I'm excited to bring you another episode with a couple of my students from The Coach Lab! Chelsea Simone is a general life coach who partners with humans and their spirits to cocreate different realities through clarity and embodiment. Jolene Hermanson is a life and health coach for women that are in sciences, engineering, and tech, and she helps them with everything from confidence and finding their voice, to health, wellbeing, and stress management. Chelsea and Jolene are sharing what they found most useful about this environment, and everything you need to consider to build a simple and welcoming space to deliver effective coaching. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/124
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Mar 7, 2023 • 31min
123. The Truth About Transformation
Something I see come up in my communities of coaches is this belief that we always need to be changing and evolving our coaching styles or as I call it: transformation chasing. Trust me, you don't want to miss this one. I'm sharing everything we get wrong about transformation, showing you how to recognize where your thoughts about transformation are preventing you from being the best coach possible, and most importantly, what you can do about it. Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/123
