Mastering Coaching Skills

Discover how to identify your strengths as a coach and leverage them for a bigger impact, rather than striving for perfection. Explore the trap of focusing on weaknesses and learn how to break free. Host discusses the importance of recognizing strengths and weaknesses in coaching, leading to improved sessions and client relationships.

Explore the impact of COVID-19 on coaching, the rise of new coaches, and the shift to more social-focused coaching. Learn about adapting to changes in the industry, the importance of transparency, and a transformative nine-month program for coaching businesses.

Business coach Jasmine Myers discusses the importance of embracing failure for success. Topics include using failure as a tool for growth, redefining failure, and becoming a better coach through learning from mistakes.

Explore the power of asking 'What do you want?' in coaching and life decisions, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing personal desires over obligations. Learn how sitting with uncertainty can lead to transformational growth in both life and business.

Learn how to create an effective coaching process by avoiding common mistakes. Discover the importance of simplicity, flexibility, and transitioning to group coaching or program creation.

Thought interruption is a coaching trick that helps you pause and question those default thoughts. If you find yourself spiraling in negative thoughts that aren’t serving you, but they happen so often that they feel like the universal truth, this is the simple redirection you can practice that will change your entire life.   Learn what the trick of thought interruption entails and a specific example of it in practice. Hear why it’s worth starting with a thought that doesn’t bring up a ton of heavy emotion, and how, once you master this skill, you’ll be able to use it with your clients in your coaching sessions.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/190        

Explore the transformative impact of focusing on one project in your coaching business. Embrace the journey, not just the outcome, to unlock growth and clarity. Discover the concept of a 'summer project' that fosters accountability among coaches. Learn how overcoming challenges enhances your skills and leads to phenomenal results for your clients. This conversation highlights the importance of commitment in making your coaching practice thrive.

When big emotions come up for us, we often tell ourselves something along the lines of, “I don’t have time for this,” especially if it happens out in public or around other people. It might present as heaviness or tightness in your chest, a catching in your throat, or that feeling that you’ll cry if someone just glances your way. The truth is the emotion will bubble up and spill over into your life if you don’t address it, and that’s why I’m guiding you through this process today.   Learn what processing emotions means, and how practicing it creates self-awareness, self-trust, and self-safety. I’m showing you what processing emotions might look like in real time, my favorite, simplest way to process my emotions, and how you can help your clients navigate their big emotions.    Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/188

It may feel great to you to opt out of doing certain things. For me, this list includes cold plunges and scheduling early morning meetings. However, what do you do when you say you don’t want to do something, but you want the result it could create for you? This is the piece most people aren’t willing to dig into, and I’m showing you how to start today.   Discover what to do when you want a particular result but experience resistance to the activity, method, or strategy. Learn what happens when you’re unwilling to explore your reasons, why we tend to stay steadfast in our unwillingness, and one question to help you start the exploration process.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/187

How do you manage your energy in your coaching practice? I often talk about tips for improving your coaching skills, but this week's episode is focused a little more on the practicalities of actually running your coaching practice. Of course, your energy ultimately affects how you show up as a coach, so it's really a vital lesson in coaching skills too.   Discover why sometimes you're on and sometimes you're just off. Learn why it's not always your thoughts that are responsible for your lack of energy, why it's vital to have a contingency plan for when your energy is feeling off, and I'll give you tips you can implement right now so you can keep showing up the way you want to in your coaching practice.   Get full show notes and more information here: https://www.lindsaydotzlafcoaching.com/186