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
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 that this transformation actually begins with you and your development as a coach? If so, you will really enjoy this show,...
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 Institute, in Dallas, where they work with Executives and Business Leaders to help them to become extraordinary every day, by...
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 dedicated to help the world realize self-actualization. As coaches, we know the life-changing power of finding...
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), which is a book written by her husband, David Emerald. Donna has spent 15+ years as a professional coach, in addition to her...
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 Out of Your Own Way. Rick’s work is legendary, his concept of helping people to gain freedom from their self-defeating...
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 of empowering rather than rescuing our coaching clients. Donna starts out by explaining her journey from the...
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 become an MCC (Master Certified Coach), which is really a pinnacle that many people reach for. There are a lot of different parts...
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 cultures. She has influenced and coached multiple thousands of people around the world, in addition to writing three books and serving on...
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 Pete Berridge noticed some issues that most 360’s have, so they created their own. Listen to this episode to hear the story of...
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 and your coaching practice, but seem to be unable to stick with the hard work of getting it all done? Then this week’s guest on...
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 how you can make it happen! This week, Meg is delighted to have Dr. Jayne Gardner back on the show to share her incredible...
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 learned about the technique in the 70’s, and was immediately drawn to the power and effectiveness of this tool. She began...
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 focusing on “what’s strong” can dramatically change the results for you and your clients. Coaching a client from a place of...
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 spiritually seeking something, but may be unsure where to find what they are looking for or how to manifest it. Today we are...
28: Guideposts to Wholeheartedness
This week’s episode continues our series on Wholeheartedness. This is the concept taught by Dr. Brené Brown, that focuses on owning our stories and choosing to love ourselves through the good and bad. It also focuses on embracing our vulnerability and...
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 a relevant topic. Meg, who has been trained in both Psychotherapy and in Coaching, has been working with people for for over thirty...
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 can do, in order to get there, listen in to today’s show, with Meg’s guest, Ann Deaton. You will really benefit from listening...
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 guest, Kathy Sparrow, who appeared on the show a few weeks ago, when she shared about being a coach for authors and explained...
21: Coaching Across Generational Change – Judy Feld, MCC
Jordan Burt see thruIf you would like to learn about generational perspectives and find out how this understanding will help you, when coaching your clients, listen in to today’s episode, with Judy Feld to gain a better understanding of the behavioural...
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 today’s show, with Meg’s guest, Max, to find out about Equine Assisted Learning and how it can help you as a coach. Dr. Suzanne...
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 McDonough of the Whole Being Institute and find out about how you can implement Positive Psychology in coaching and how this can help...
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 clients? Stories bring us together. Stories allow us to connect with each other, learn from each other, and many times hearing another...
14: The Power of Coaching in an Educational Setting – Fran Shuster
Whether you have chosen to work in an educational setting or not, we all have experience in the realm of education. As a participant in the educational system, it’s pretty easy to spot the flaws. However, when your chosen career is in education and you...
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, Meg Rentschler, an Executive and Mentor coach and host of Star Coaches, shares a resource that she finds helpful, both professionally...
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 go back and take a listen. In today’s interview, Mina talks about networking, resources for helping clients with their careers, and the...
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 joining us today to talk about career coaching. The decision process around what type of coach you want to be is worth discussing. This...
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 this episode, Meg describes a brief history of the coaching profession in comparison to other helping professions. While the...
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 Jindal School of Management. His book,“Coaching as a Leadership Style: The Art and Science of Coaching Conversations for Healthcare...




