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

289: Being a Neurodiversity Coach, with Tracy Winter, Ph.D.
289: Being a Neurodiversity Coach, with Tracy Winter, Ph.D.

My guest today , Tracy Winter, Ph.D.,does intriguing work in the neurodiversity field, working with gifted people and those diagnosed with ADHD, autism, and more. Join us to open up your mind to all the different areas of life in which coaches can touch and help people.

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272: Disrupting Our Default Path: Irene Pace
272: Disrupting Our Default Path: Irene Pace

We all have areas in our lives where we want to make better choices. The problem is that our default patterns keep us trapped! Join us to learn how to disrupt those old patterns while giving yourself permission and freedom! Irene Pace is a dietitian and...

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266: Optimize Your Learning Superpower: Lucas Root
266: Optimize Your Learning Superpower: Lucas Root

Today’s show focuses on an often-overlooked resource that we each have within us: our superpower of learning. Join us for this interesting conversation about the different ways in which we learn and how to maximize our learning. Lucas Root led numerous...

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265: How to Build a Positive Mindset: Julie Davis-Colan
265: How to Build a Positive Mindset: Julie Davis-Colan

We are always interested in engaging with the world and our coaching clients in the best way. Today’s show covers how to apply a positive mindset to healthy leadership principles. Join us to learn actionable strategies from today’s expert guest! Julie Davis-Colan is the co-founder of The L Group, Inc., a management consulting firm that […]

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264: The Road to Coaching Mastery with Annie Gelfand, MCC
264: The Road to Coaching Mastery with Annie Gelfand, MCC

I hope you can focus on gratitude during this Thanksgiving season. I know that I’m immensely grateful for every listener and each wonderful guest of the STaR Coach Show. Today’s discussion is about getting past stumbling blocks to be a powerful partner for our clients. We are also talking about credentialing opportunities for your coaching […]

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260: Find Your Edge, Live More Deeply: David Wood
260: Find Your Edge, Live More Deeply: David Wood

Welcome to the STaR Coach Show! However you show up in this big world of coaching, there is something here for you in today’s show. We are discussing how finding the edge lights you up and propels your business forward. Join us to learn more! David Wood is a former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 […]

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254: Dare to Be Bold: Rick Tamlyn, MCC
254: Dare to Be Bold: Rick Tamlyn, MCC

Today’s show might challenge us to think differently and expand the ways we engage and bring our impact into the world. Let’s explore together how we can dare to be brave, bold, and courageous with our clients! Rick Tamlyn inspires people to be their best. He teaches that every experience, emotion, reaction, and relationship is […]

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251: Reframing Stress with Meg Rentschler, MSW, PCC
251: Reframing Stress with Meg Rentschler, MSW, PCC

Today’s solo episode takes a deep dive into the stress we’ve all been dealing with over the past 18 months or so. We are now seeing an uptick that tells us that the pandemic isn’t over yet. There are many stressors today, like going back into the workplace or sending our kids back to school. […]

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250: Having Difficult Client Conversations: Becca Ribbing
250: Having Difficult Client Conversations: Becca Ribbing

Today’s episode covers the important topic of having difficult conversations with our clients. I’ve seen this come up frequently for coaches, and frankly, it involves taking steps that we are often reluctant to take. We have to remember that being in the highest service to our clients means that we can’t avoid the things that […]

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247: Exploring Human Design: Erin Claire Jones
247: Exploring Human Design: Erin Claire Jones

Today’s show explores a tool that may be unfamiliar to most of us. As coaches, we have to be willing to open up new ideas and explore tools that help people be the best that they can be. Join us to learn more about Human Design. Erin Claire Jones uses a process called Human Design […]

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241: What is the Transformation You Offer?
241: What is the Transformation You Offer?

What are the results you offer to your coaching clients? If you don’t have a ready answer, or you default to a vague and lofty generalization, then today’s show is just for you. It is absolutely key that coaches have clarity about the transformation we bring to our clients. How we speak and present our […]

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240: Finding Alignment: Kristin Kaufman
240: Finding Alignment: Kristin Kaufman

What does it mean to live a well-aligned life? The concept of alignment is essential for the effective coach to understand. Today’s focus brings a different perspective than our recent discussion of soul alignment back in Episode 238, so I hope you’ll join us to learn more. Kristin Kaufman is the founder of Alignment, Inc., […]

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238: Soul Alignment: Sara Loos
238: Soul Alignment: Sara Loos

One thing I love about doing this show is getting different perspectives from different guests. Today’s show explores how coaches can use soul alignment to help clients tap into their greatest potential. Sara Loos is a transformational coach who, for 20 years, has been helping women in leadership roles learn to make soul-aligned choices so […]

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237: The Marvels of Mastering Memory: Chester Santos
237: The Marvels of Mastering Memory: Chester Santos

One thing we all need to improve is our memory skills. How important is it for a coach, leader, business owner, or entrepreneur to have sharp memory skills? How can these skills increase your value and profitability? Does it take superior intelligence to sharpen your memory, or are there practical techniques that anyone can learn? […]

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236: The Empathic Leader: Kris Plachy
236: The Empathic Leader: Kris Plachy

What does it mean to be an empathetic leader? Empathy is a good quality for anyone, especially a leader, to have, but it also brings challenges. Today’s show covers the intersection between feelings and leadership and how coaches can help their clients navigate this tricky pathway. Join us to learn more! Kris Plachy is THE […]

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233: Follow Your Divine Spark: Cherie Burton
233: Follow Your Divine Spark: Cherie Burton

Today’s show covers the important topic of tapping into the wisdom within each of us. Sometimes the spark inside us gets buried by the obstacles and challenges of life. Are you listening to and honoring the voice within you? Join us to learn more! Cherie Burton is a pioneering spiritual psychologist whose evolutionary STAND SPEAK […]

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232: Trauma-Mitigation Coaching: Kemia Sarraf, M.D.
232: Trauma-Mitigation Coaching: Kemia Sarraf, M.D.

This is an important show full of impactful and relevant issues. The truth is that no one is immune to trauma at some point in life. Join us to hear the truth about trauma. Dr. Kemia Sarraf, also known as “Dr. K,” is an internist, educator, and physician and leadership coach who focuses on leadership […]

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229: Exploring Vocal Empowerment: Brienne Hennessy
229: Exploring Vocal Empowerment: Brienne Hennessy

We are exploring a new topic in today’s show as we consider the gift that is our voice, the instrument we use for communication. Join us as we learn about a unique perspective on coaching through vocal empowerment. Brienne Hennessey is a licensed Speech-Voice Pathologist who became a vocal empowerment coach with 13 years of […]

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225: Our Beautiful Diversity: Genena Armstrong, ACC
225: Our Beautiful Diversity: Genena Armstrong, ACC

Today’s show brings a unique perspective about the coaching journey. Our topic is timely as we wrap up Black History Month with a conversation about racism, bias, and the primary need for curiosity. Genena Armstrong is a highly sought after ICF-certified professional and personal development coach, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, and best-selling author. She has […]

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222: Honoring Cultural Diversity:  Rebecca Eldredge, Ph.D.
222: Honoring Cultural Diversity:  Rebecca Eldredge, Ph.D.

There is no more relevant topic in today’s social setting than cultural diversity. As coaches, we need to continually examine how we partner with our clients in cultural respectfulness and responsibility. Join us to learn more! Dr. Rebecca Eldredge is a licensed psychologist who focuses on facilitating guidance and support for aspiring allies and anti-racists […]

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218: Embodies a Coaching Mindset: Meg Rentschler, MSW, PCC
218: Embodies a Coaching Mindset: Meg Rentschler, MSW, PCC

As we move into a new year, I wish you good health, wellbeing, peace, and prosperity. The challenges of 2020 remain, so we must commit ourselves to constant improvement in our coaching practice. Join me to learn more. In this solo episode, we consider key...

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207: Honoring the Art of Deep Listening: Tijen Genco, MCC
207: Honoring the Art of Deep Listening: Tijen Genco, MCC

We know that it’s vital for coaches to show up with curiosity and deep listening skills. The deep listening we are referring to carries many nuances, and those are the focus of today’s show. Join us to learn more about the importance of listening and...

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205: Exploring Spiritual IQ: Amy Lynn Durham
205: Exploring Spiritual IQ: Amy Lynn Durham

Today’s show looks through a different lens to bring a different perspective to an essential element of a coaching practice. My guest shares considerations in bringing back the human element to the workplace through spiritual intelligence. Amy Lynn Durham...

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198: Bring Coaching to the Ends of the World: Mel Leow, MCC
198: Bring Coaching to the Ends of the World: Mel Leow, MCC

Mel Leow is a Master Certified Coach. He is sharing the impact that coaching has had on his business, family, and views on social responsibility around the world. Mel is transparent, open, and authentic about the highs and lows of his coaching business, what motivated him into coaching, …

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196: The Neuroscience of Prosperity: Ursula Pottinga, PCC
196: The Neuroscience of Prosperity: Ursula Pottinga, PCC

Ursula Pottinga is the co-founder of BEabove Leadership and the co-developer and leader of a popular program for advanced coaches around the neuroscience of coaching. In today’s show, we are talking about the neuroscience of prosperity, which is Ursula’s focus as the president of Profound Growth,…

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191: The Art and Skill of Resilience: Pegah Kadkhodaian
191: The Art and Skill of Resilience: Pegah Kadkhodaian

Pegah Kadkhodaian is the owner of PK Coaching. She’s a renowned speaker, international trainer, and resilience expert who believes wholeheartedly in the transformative nature of resilience. Pegah is bringing her 7 Pillars of Radical Resilience to us so we can better understand how to rise up, take care of ourselves, and nurture the resilience within us.

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169: Coaching Creatives: Coleen Chandler, PCC, CPCC
169: Coaching Creatives: Coleen Chandler, PCC, CPCC

We are always exploring different aspects of the coaching industry as we look for those strategies, tools, and resources that make us more excellent as coaches. One unique branch of the coaching profession is the coaching that goes on with “creatives,”...

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165: The Bigger Game: Rick Tamlyn, CPCC, MCC
165: The Bigger Game: Rick Tamlyn, CPCC, MCC

In this final show of 2019, it’s the perfect time to think about how you want to show up in the new year. Today’s show is about your calling to make a difference in the way you show up with your family, friends, business, and in the world. Rick Tamlyn...

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162: The Superpower of Gratitude: Meg Rentschler, PCC
162: The Superpower of Gratitude: Meg Rentschler, PCC

In this Thanksgiving episode, we’re talking about an incredible superpower that deserves our attention and focus. Gratitude is something that is immediately available to all of us, and sometimes we need a friendly reminder of its impact and power. Join me...

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