Today we’re joined by a good friend of mine, Paul Levitin, where together we explored how to utilize bigger concepts such as mindset, expectations and creating real sustainable change in our clients to fuel the work that we’re doing as coaches breaking free from mainstream methods. Be sure to check out Paul’s podcast: The Healthy Happy Human Podcast for more juice from him! ---A few beautiful ways to continue journeying with me: ☁️ Read Softer, my free weekly-ish newsletter💌 Email m...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Listen, these 5 steps to standing out online have NADDA to do with your client avatar mmmkay? 🥱🥱OR your posting consistency...OR your brand colors...OR the fact that you "really need to be on TikTok"...These 5 strategies are going to feel quite a bit different than what you've heard preached before.They're going to get you to shift away from what you have traditionally been taught matters to gain traction online......and get you thinking about things in a whole new refreshing way.So. If you'r....
Nov 12, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Supporting a struggling nutrition client is never easy, but today Robin Beier and I break down a process that should alleviate a lot of the pressure you might be feeling to fix their struggle, and invite in a bigger conversation around failure.We talked about:Introducing (and continuing) the conversation about failure with your clients. How you can connect the dots for them to understand the struggle is part of the growth process. Letting them fail better and holding them through that proce...
Nov 10, 2021•42 min
If I had to pick one pattern I see that causes the most frustration, sabotage and stagnation for coaches inside of the work that they’re doing with their clients...the way they’re growing their business...and how they feel about their own personal growth journeys? Perfectionism would undoubtedly be it. But why do so many of us struggle with releasing control and being okay with surrendering into the flow of “letting good enough be good enough”? Why are we addicted to feeling validated by the ...
Nov 05, 2021•8 min
What is it that really holds us back from creating the coaching business we crave? Today we’re going to explore the anchors of certainty, control and the need to external validation, why we are addicted to staying stuck in the familiar and how to break free from our own sabotaging patterns so we can enter into a new place of total self-belief, vulnerability and cultivate the courage to chase what we really want.---A few beautiful ways to continue journeying with me: ☁️ Read Softer, my free we...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Despite what most online biz guru’s would have you think: Group Coaching Programs aren’t the right business model for everyone.In fact, if you make the mistake of rollin’ out a group offer: (a) before you know if it matches your coaching style OR (b) before you have a couple SUPER IMPORTANT pieces of your coaching practice in place first (psst...we cover these in today’s episode)…...you run the risk of your group program actually taking MORE time and making you LESS money than 1:1 coaching.In...
Oct 29, 2021•6 min
Today on EXPAND we’re joined by Robin Beier for a conversation I’ve been dying to have with him for quite some time. Robin and I both subscribe to the belief that as coaches it is our purpose to stand out...to speak up...and to learn how we can begin to hold bigger space for our own evolution and the evolution of our clients. Today, we’re going to be guiding you through an exploration around what it really takes to stand out from other coaches, and we’re going to lead you into the disco...
Oct 27, 2021•1 hr 7 min
No matter how available, helpful, open, and compassionate we are with our clients? Sometimes...they drop off the face of the earth and totally GHOST us.So what do we do when a client goes MIA??In this episode we're going to talk about WHY this really happens, HOW to prevent it from happening in the future, AND my 3 step process to getting them back on track if it does.---A few beautiful ways to continue journeying with me: ☁️ Read Softer, my free weekly-ish newsletter💌 Email me if you'd ...
Oct 22, 2021•12 min
If you know you need to go deeper with your clients...and that you’re SUPPOSED to be asking them more questions...better questions...in order to get them to open up to you?If you’ve read “Motivational Interviewing” a time or two...and perhaps even dabbled with implementing it into your client sessions? But it's still feeling...clunky...messy...like you can’t really hear what your clients are saying because you’re too busy trying to think of what question you’re going to ask them next?You are ...
Oct 20, 2021•1 hr 13 min
Every nutritionist understands how difficult it can be to coach emotional eaters.In the beginning, they show up with the best intentions to “stick to your plan”.They get hopped up on hope and convince themselves that “this time is going to be different than the last”However,It doesn’t take long before they fall-off-the-wagon and start caving to their cravings at night, and binge eating on weekends.Unfortunately, their hopes and wants are simply no match against their emotional attachment to f...
Oct 15, 2021•20 min
Let’s face it, most of us would LOVE to work with a full roster of clients who see things exactly the way we do and follow everything we give them...who never challenge our advice or resist our suggestions...and who see incredible results because of it.But in reality? We might be lucky to land a handful of these dreamy clients in our entire career.And what’s much more likely? Is that your clients will often feel “complicated”. ...They won’t always do what we say...They will struggle with...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Awareness tools and mindset “work” is great and all...but let’s face it...it’s not really creating the profound behavioral shifts and breakthrough moments we hope for, is it?Sure, we’re taught mindfulness strategies, affirmations, journaling, talk therapy, motivational interviewing, and other helpful awareness tools in our certifications.Plus it's ingrained into us how important changing our clients mindset and relationship with food is in order for truly sustainable change to occur…right?But...
Oct 08, 2021•10 min
What’s really the gap standing between being a “pretty good” coach...and reaching that expert level status? And how can you begin to ascend that ladder personally, in the work that you’re doing with your clients and in the way you are showing up for and leading your people?In today’s episode, Michael Keeler of The Business For Unicorns Podcast interviews me as I guide you through the exploration of this gap and leave you with tangible steps you can begin taking today to start that journe...
Oct 06, 2021•53 min
It's not new information for your clients to hear that "they really need to heal their relationship with food".They 👏🏼Already 👏🏼 Know 👏🏼That's actually the real reason they've hired you...to help them explore what’s really going on deep down....so then the real question is...Do YOU really know how to heal their relationship with food?Do YOU understand what’s really going on deep DEEP down?Cause the thing about how you’ve been traditionally trained to help someone with their mindset?Is that...
Oct 01, 2021•6 min
How you run the first session with a new client is crucial. It sets the stage for easeful adherence, unparalleled trust, unwavering buy-in, and long-term retention all while maintaining open & honest communication throughout the coaching journey with you. But the problem is that most of us kinda just wing it - and because of this we end up making a whole host of mistakes that are actually causing the opposite to happen, like: 👻 clients ghosting us when they struggle and quitting...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 9 min
The secret to making more money, feeling more confident, and building a more fulfilling coaching practice?Stop trying to fix people. That’s literally it.Why? Because when we hang our hat on our superhuman ability to fix things?It just forces us into this really gross place where we get hyper control-y over their adherence...we helicopter mom their myfitnesspal accounts...and we spend so SOOOO much time and energy thinking about whether or not they are doing what they said they would do.I k...
Sep 22, 2021•6 min
Hard Truth Time: YOU CAN’T CONTROL THE OUTCOME.You simply cannot control whether your client gets results...does what you say...texts you when they’re struggling...shows up for their coaching calls...checks in on time...or tells you what you need to know to really help them change.You just can’t (unless maybe you have some crazy voodoo powers I don’t have?🔮)But for some unknown reason this is the normal expectation we place on ourselves as coaches...we take it on as our responsibility t.....
Sep 15, 2021•5 min
It's natural to want to over deliver for our clients to give them the best possible experience working with us, right?But in order to do this (not to mention, get them awesome results) we often OVER-SUPPORT in a few detrimental places that can actually cause our clients to more easily fall back into past habits once they stop working with us.😯😖Think about it like this...If we spend the entire coaching relationship fixing problems they run into, picking them up off the ground when they fall, ....
Sep 08, 2021•7 min
In this episode, I’m tackling 3 of the most common questions I get asked by coaches just like you…#1) ”I'm trying to create a process to follow with my 1:1 clients...where do I start!?”#2) ”I have taken so many certifications and I'm always reading books and taking workshops to help my clients more deeply...but I still don't feel like I’m ready...what am I missing?”#3) ”I always seem to attract really difficult clients...and I know I can help them, but they just won’t open up to me about...
Sep 01, 2021•13 min
The fact is, most online coaches want more clients…and if they could get a steady stream of people reaching out to them and happily paying their premium prices? Even better. But not all of us want to be the wolf-on-wall-street in order to get em.So high-pressure marketing tactics? They feel kinda...gross. Amiright?Trust me, I get it.Which is why if you’ve ever felt frustrated by the lack of REAL information about how to market yourself as a coach…or if you’ve tried a few of those things ...
Aug 25, 2021•9 min
Connecting with our clients in a truly vulnerable way has never been more important than it is today. In this podcast, I’m going to show you how true connection *really* works and how powerful it can be to get to a place where you can guarantee life-altering change with EVERY client you work with…...charge the kind of money the pro’s do (we’re talking 1K/month here, love)…...keep your clients for as long as you want…...and have a waitlist of people who will pay you in advance just to sa...
Aug 18, 2021•14 min
We put a lot of thought into the way our clients will view the prices of our programs, don’t we?We play countless scenarios through our minds...mentally overcoming every possible objection we could face.And yet? We rarely ever stop to think about how the number we place on our value - and the way we justify what we’re charging - is actually affecting us on a deep, subconscious level.So, in today’s episode, you’re going to discover the deeper way this approach is setting yourself up to...
Aug 11, 2021•10 min
Let's face it, there are more coaches than ever flooding Instagram with their “I’ll help you change forever” promises…...which means it's also more confusing than ever for people to figure out who is going to be able to get them to their goals - and who is full of 💩(which also, unfortunately, means they hire no one and stay stuck trying to figure it out on their own).But who can blame them? When we all look and sound exactly the same, it’s no wonder people tend to armour up and approach .....
Aug 09, 2021•9 min
Your clients SAY that they want food freedom...that they really don’t want to weigh themselves every day…...that they want to just feel better in their lives...confident in their bodies...and free from the constant chatter in their minds, right?Yet...when they still struggle to separate their success on the scale from their off-scale victories...and every coaching call turns into a debate about what success “really” looks like…...and how “the scale doesn’t tell the whole story”...What are we ...
Aug 08, 2021•10 min
What if I told you that even the most “customized” programs out there are often still missing the mark when it comes to truly matching the plan to the way the client is uniquely wired to follow it?Our client's identity is the single most powerful part of the human psyche that controls whether or not someone changes or stays the same.And the thing is, when it comes to really understanding how our clients think?And using that as a cornerstone in how we guide them?Very few coaches get thi...
Aug 07, 2021•11 min
Knowing the right thing to say (and exactly how to say it) when working with our clients can be one of the most daunting things we come up against as coaches. In this episode, I aim to shine a light on the 3 of the most commonly overlooked mistakes we make in a coaching session that could be triggering our clients to get defensive (and sometimes even unknowingly resist what it is we’re asking them to do)......so that we can keep them more consistent, accountable, and invested in the proc...
Aug 06, 2021•14 min
You’ve heard it said before: if you want better answers, you have to ask better questions.And the questions we ask on our check-in forms? Are no exception.So if you want your clients to take their coaching with you seriously...to open up to you, go deeper with you, and give you all the information you need in order to get them the best results possible?Tune in to this episode.Inside I dish on the 5 check-in questions you need to be asking your clients every single week…...the subconscious rea...
Aug 05, 2021•14 min
It’s not always our clients' lack of adherence that is the reason for their lack of progress.Sometimes? It’s simply because we aren’t going DEEP ENOUGH. Which is no surprise, it’s not like our certifications taught us what questions to ask or how to ask them, right?But typically when we stop ourselves from really “digging in”? It’s because of these 7 things:- We convince ourselves that we already went deep enough...that we need to stay in our lane- We feel afraid of crossing the invi...
Aug 04, 2021•13 min
The fact that mindset work is crucial for the long-term success of our nutrition clients is not exactly 🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 or anything...Almost every coach has dabbled with mindset work in their clients' programs in hopes of freeing them from…😭 their negative relationship with food🍔 their chronic dieting cycles and yo-yo mentality❣️ and their incessant numbing/coping behavior patterns But why, then...with so much talk of mindset work in mainstream nutrition coaching? Why do so many clients ...
Aug 03, 2021•11 min
Even though our industry (and most of the business coaches in it) would have you believe that the road to coaching success is paved with super-specific strategies and tactics? The reality is that none of those will matter unless you master ONE CRUCIAL thing first.In fact, without this? Chances are you won't be able to stop yourself from accidentally sabotaging your success as a coach...causing you to burnout, doubt yourself, struggle with imposter syndrome, and try to death grip the grow...
Aug 02, 2021•8 min
