STRENGTHENING YOUR SKILLS
Building Your Confidence and Competence
When we confidently partner with our clients in the coaching relationship we are honoring the process of coaching by being present, listening actively, asking questions and using reflection to evoke awareness and being useful in the process of designing forward movement. This collection includes episodes that:
- Sharpen coaching skills and mastery
- Explore different coaching niches
- Do deep dives into competencies
- Explore growth and learning journeys
- Provide ideas for self-care and compassion
- Look at mindset and neuroscience
- Increase awareness on credentialing
Focus on the Coaching Partnership
Let’s Strengthen Your Skills

105: Jane Adshead-Grant, MCC: Journey to MCC
Think about your coaching journey. Is it a journey that others can learn from? No matter what the field, all journeys are...

103: Cynthia Loy Darst, MFA, CPCC, ORSCC, MCC: Meet Your Inside Team
How do you manage internal conflict, facing the challenge of frustration, confusion and overwhelm? Inside all of us is a...

101: Ann Betz, PCC: The Neuroscience of Coaching
Have you witnessed the miraculous changes that can occur through coaching? If we take an honest look at true transformation,...

100: Coaching Wisdom from the First 100 Shows
Welcome to our 100th episode of the show! I created this platform in order to connect coaches with resources, and that continues...

99: Will Sharon: The Power of Dreams
What do your dreams mean? Does dream work intersect with the world of coaching? Today’s guest shows you exactly how dream work...

90: J. Howard: Coaching Service Members Through Transition
What are the challenges faced by our military service members who transition to civilian life? Have you ever thought about this...

89: Revisiting Coaching Across Generational Change – Judy Feld, MCC
This week we are re-visiting our interview with Master Coach Judy Feld to acknowledge and honor her recent induction to the ICF Inaugural...

87: Dave Gerber: Sources of Conflict
How many of life’s problems can be boiled down to simple conflict resolution? If we stop and think about it, most likely there...

86: Strength Strategies For Coaching
As human beings we are wired to focus on the negative more than the positive, we look for the deficit, the problem, and the...

84: Intuition and Coaching: Jille Bartolome, MCC
What is intuition and how do we use it in coaching? Whatever your approach to coaching, intuition is a tool that you may...

81: Coaching Through Overwhelm with Cynthia Henson
Sometimes, life can feel absolutely overwhelming. Our clients often experience it and so do we as coaches. What...

79: Client Energy Q&A with Our Listeners
Meg Mann is Master Certified Coach who is passionate about coaching and living a purposeful life. Meg has been in the coaching...

73: Energy Matters for Coaches
We are all energetic beings, and we all bring our energy into a room with us. The coaching process takes a good amount of energy...

72: The Antidote is Curiosity
What is the secret to a genuine connection? I don’t think its similarity, but curiosity. I believe to the core of my being that we...

70: Relationship Coaching with David Steele
Relationship Coaching sits beneath the umbrella of life coaching as its own specialty. So many people are looking for...

69: Mindfulness in Coaching with Patricia Thompson, PhD
Having a daily mindfulness practice can alter our perception in just about every area of life. We often use mindfulness as a...

65: Wire Your Brain for Confidence with Louisa Jewell, MAPP
It’s a new year, and I know that many of us are working on some brand new goals. The new year sets the stage for our personal...

63: EI Assessments with Ed Hennessy
As coaches, we have the ability to help bring our clients to an awareness of emotional intelligence. It is not enough to just make a...

58: Personal & Professional Sovereignty with Janet Harvey, MCC
What do you believe about your clients capabilities? How do we help our clients enjoy sustainable excellence? What does it mean to have...

53: Coaching With HEART with Vicki Escude, MA, MCC
Would you like to learn how to partner with your clients in a way that will really help them to transform themselves? Did you know...

48: The Mind Body Connection with Eileen McDonald
The guest for today’s show is Eileen McDonald. Eileen and her business partner, Pilar Angel, are partners at Axeos Performance...

45: Grow Beyond Your Mind with Dr. Lisa Lentino
Welcome to this week’s show! Today, we are excited to bring to the show Dr. Lisa Lentino, a passionate therapist and coach who is...

44: The Power of TED* with Donna Zajonc, MCC
Donna Jajonc, MCC returns to today’s episode to discuss applying the concepts around The Power of TED * (*The Empowerment Dynamic),...

43: The Gremlin Taming Method with Special Guest Rick Carson
Today, we’re talking to Rick Carson, the author of the book Taming Your Gremlin: A Surprisingly Simple Method of Getting...

42: Stop Rescuing, Start Coaching with Donna Zajonc
Today’s guest is Donna Zajonc, MCC, she joins us to explore the concepts and roles within drama triangle and the importance...

41: Becoming a Master Certified Coach with Teresa Pool, MCC
The guest for today’s show is Teresa Pool and we’re going to be picking her brain today to find out all about what it takes to...

40: Using Emotional Intelligence to Connect with Your Coaching Clients
Dr. Marcia Reynolds is the expert that organizations call on to breathe life into their connections, conversations, and...

37: Shift Positive 360 with Jen Ostrich and Pete Berridge
Have you ever noticed any “holes” or problems in something you use regularly? Did you try to fix those problems? Jen Ostrich and...

36: Caroline Miller, MAPP: Getting Grit
What lies just outside your client’s Comfort Zone? Is it a dream that feels just out of reach? Do you have a vision for your life...

35: Re-wire to Meet Extraordinary Goals with Dr. Jayne Gardner
How would you like to be personally coached to dispel your limiting beliefs and achieve the unachievable? Listen in today and find out...

33: Coaching with NLP with Peggy Dean
My guest today is Peggy Dean, who has built her 35-year career around coaching with NLP, or Neuro Linguistic Programming. She first...

31: Character Strength Coaching with Ryan M. Niemiec
Have you ever felt like you needed a new paradigm for coaching clients? Shifting from coaching from a place of “what’s wrong” to...

29: Discovering Divine Intelligence with Dr. Jayne Gardner
Is Divine Intelligence playing a role in your life? Do you know how to tap into Divine Intelligence? Many people find themselves...

28: Guideposts to Wholeheartedness
This week’s episode continues our series on Wholeheartedness. This is the concept taught by Dr. Brené Brown, that...

27: Being Wholehearted with Meg Rentschler
There have been a number of wonderful guests on the show over the past months and occasionally Meg goes solo and focuses on...

25: Group and Team Coaching with Dr. Ann Deaton
If you’re thinking about expanding your practice to include Team or Group Coaching and you would like to know more about what you...

23: Moving Beyond Client Blocks with Kathy Sparrow
If you’re plagued by past experiences, or you would like to move beyond where you are, right now, listen in to today’s show, with...

21: Coaching Across Generational Change – Judy Feld, MCC
If you would like to learn about generational perspectives and find out how this understanding will help you, when coaching your...

20: A Horse as a Coaching Partner with Dr. Suzanne Maxwell
If you would like to discover a whole new way to reach people and help them get in touch with their feelings, listen in to...

19: Coaching and Positive Psychology with Megan McDonough
If you would love to focus on the positive, rather than on the problem when coaching, listen in to today’s show, with Megan...

16: Lisa Bloom: The Story Coach
What is the common thread that weaves through your life that makes you uniquely qualified to partner with your target...

14: The Power of Coaching in an Educational Setting – Fran Schuster
Whether you have chosen to work in an educational setting or not, we all have experience in the realm of education. As a...

13: Using the Four Agreements in Coaching
Would you like to be free of self-limiting behavior patterns and become the best possible version of yourself? Today,...

10: Part 2 – The In’s and Out’s of Career Coaching with Mina Brown
Today we present the second part of the Mina Brown interview. If you haven’t already listened to Part 1, please...

09: The In’s and Out’s of Career Coaching with Mina Brown
Today’s guest is Mina Brown. I’ve known her for years and am so excited to be able to have her on the show. Mina is...

05: To Be an Effective Coach, Be a Lifelong Learner with Sara C. Smith
If you want to become a coach, stay the course in the helping profession and enabling profession; and go to training. TWEET THISIn...

03: Four Square Coaching Framework with Dr. Robert Hicks
Your STaR coach guest today is Dr. Robert Hicks, the Director of Executive Coaching at the UT Dallas, Naveen...