Have you ever reached a point where burnout reshaped your sense of who you are and what you want next in life? In this episode, we explore the tender, transformative journey that so many people move through when they decide to train as a coach after experiencing burnout. This conversation matters because burnout rarely leaves life untouched. It rewires priorities, reframes identity, and forces us to acknowledge that our wellbeing is the most important asset we have. Throughout the discussion, we...
Dec 01, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 222
Have you ever looked around at the growing number of coaches and wondered whether there is still space for you to build a thriving practice? In this episode we explore one of the most common concerns we hear from aspiring and experienced coaches: whether the coaching market is saturated. It is a question often rooted in fear and uncertainty, particularly for those stepping into the profession for the first time. As we reflect on this conversation, we notice how often this question reveals someth...
Nov 24, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 221
Have you ever wondered whether coaching is something you do or something you are ? In this episode, we dive into a powerful identity-based question that often emerges when people consider a future in coaching: is coaching fundamentally a skillset, or is it an expression of who we are at our core? We explore how coaching can be seen as an external activity, a profession where we learn models, techniques and structures to support people with their goals. Coaching becomes the thing we do to make a ...
Nov 17, 2025•18 min•Season 1Ep. 220
Have you ever felt drawn to help others navigate the unique challenges and strengths that come with ADHD, yet wondered what it truly takes to call yourself an ADHD coach? In this episode, we explore one of the questions we're asked most often; How to become an ADHD coach. As more people receive ADHD diagnoses, many coaches are curious about how they can ethically and effectively support this community. Through our discussion, we share insights from our experience as accredited training providers...
Nov 10, 2025•19 min•Season 1Ep. 219
Have you ever wondered how people manage to train as a coach while juggling a full-time job, family, and everything else life throws their way? In this episode, we explore one of the most common questions we hear: How can I train as a coach when I already work full time? We know from experience that most people who come to train with us are balancing busy lives, full-time jobs, caring responsibilities, and personal commitments. And yet, many find that their coaching qualification becomes the hig...
Nov 03, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 218
Have you ever felt like your emotions are running the show, as though you're at the mercy of how you feel rather than in control of it? In this episode, we explore one of the most liberating principles in emotional coaching, the idea that: You can choose your emotions. It might sound idealistic at first, yet through our conversation we unpack what it truly means to take ownership of your emotional world and experience greater freedom within it. As we close our six-part Emotions Coaching series, ...
Oct 27, 2025•19 min•Season 1Ep. 217
Have you ever noticed how emotions from the past or fears of the future can quietly shape the choices you make today? In this episode, we explore the fifth principle from our Emotions Coaching Practitioner Training that, …emotions are interlinked. We reflect on how emotions move through time, intertwining between past, present and future, and how this shows up in coaching conversations. We discuss how clients can become anchored in the future, unable to act in the present, and how others may car...
Oct 24, 2025•17 min•Season 1Ep. 216
Have you ever wondered whether the emotions your clients share are the full story or whether there's something deeper waiting to be uncovered? In this week's episode of the podcast we explore one of the most thought-provoking principles in our series: Emotions are not always Authentic. At first, this concept can feel like a puzzle. As coaches, we often take our clients' emotions at face value, believing that frustration, anger, or disappointment are clear and complete emotional truths. Yet, as w...
Oct 13, 2025•17 min•Season 1Ep. 215
Have you ever paused to ask yourself what your emotions are really trying to tell you? In this episode, we explore one of the most transformative principles in emotional coaching: the idea that emotions are unmet needs. This concept reshapes how we relate to our inner experiences, moving from seeing emotions as random or inconvenient to viewing them as valuable signposts guiding us toward greater self-understanding and balance. As we reflect on this principle, we're reminded of how often our emo...
Oct 06, 2025•16 min•Season 1Ep. 214
What if the emotions you feel are not who you are? Have you ever caught yourself saying, "I'm not confident" or "I'm an anxious person"? In this episode of the podcast, we explore principle two of our Six Principles of Emotion series: You are not your emotions. So many of us, and our clients, confuse feelings with identity. We slip into patterns of speech where we equate ourselves with an emotion, making it part of who we are. This is where coaching can create powerful transformation. By helping...
Sep 29, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 213
Have you ever caught yourself labelling your emotions as either good or bad, and wondered how that shapes the way you coach or experience life? In this episode of the podcast we begin a six-part series exploring the six principles of emotions coaching, drawn from our Emotions Coaching Practitioner Training. We open with the very first principle: Emotions are neither good nor bad. Too often, we attach labels to our feelings. We might view stress or anxiety as "bad" and chase after happiness as "g...
Sep 22, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 212
What is the greatest risk of not developing coaching skills, and how might that decision shape your life and career? In this episode of the podcast, we explore the risks of not training to be a coach. We reflect on the subtle but significant ways coaching skills transform lives, relationships, leadership, wellbeing, and what happens when we don't invest in them. As we explored this theme, we found ourselves thinking back to our own journeys. Had we not stepped into coaching, we know our confiden...
Sep 15, 2025•25 min•Season 1Ep. 211
Do you really listen to ignite transformation, or are you listening to respond? When we think about our journey as a coach, one of the most powerful realisations has been that listening is not a passive act. It is an intentional, transformational choice that shapes the depth and quality of our conversations. In this episode we revisit listening as a critical coaching skill. Out of more than 200 episodes, we've only devoted 1 to listening before, which shows how easy it is to overlook this essent...
Sep 08, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 210
Have you ever wondered how much deeper your coaching could go if you paused to reflect in a more intentional way? In this episode of The Coaching Crowd, we explore how reflective practice is the often-overlooked skill that truly elevates coaching. While questioning and listening skills usually get the spotlight, it is reflection that helps us to grow as coaches, find closure with clients, and unlock fresh insight. As we spoke, we found ourselves noticing how reflective practice is both a persona...
Sep 01, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 209
Have you ever found yourself torn between who you were before becoming a parent and the new identity that emerges after welcoming a child? In this episode we explore the deeply personal and transformative journey of maternity coaching. Becoming a parent is one of the biggest life transitions anyone can go through. We reflect on our own experience of having children while holding onto a strong ambition for our careers and the inner conflict that came with trying to reconcile those two worlds. We ...
Aug 25, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 208
Have you ever wondered how different life could feel if you were able to pause, step back, and coach yourself through challenges as they arise? In this episode we explore the practice of self-coaching, what it really means, how it works in everyday life, and why it is such a powerful tool for personal growth. As coaches, one of the greatest benefits of our training has been learning how to develop our own inner coach. This isn't about striving for perfection or trying to be a "superhuman." Inste...
Aug 18, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 207
Have you ever wished you had a trusted partner by your side in your coaching work, someone who elevates your ideas, shares the load, and helps you grow in ways you could never achieve alone? In this episode of the podcast, we explore the concept of co-coaching. Co-coaching is about more than simply sharing a client group with another professional. It is about building a relationship of trust, alignment, and mutual respect that enhances both the client experience and your own development as a coa...
Aug 11, 2025•17 min•Season 1Ep. 206
How can metaphor help your clients see themselves differently? Have you ever found yourself lost for words when trying to articulate how you feel? Or maybe you've worked with a coaching client who struggles to express their experience? In those moments, metaphors can open up powerful new pathways. In this episode, we explore the art and practice of using metaphor in coaching. It's a topic we've touched on before, but today we wanted to really dive in. Metaphors are more than clever imagery, they...
Aug 04, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 205
Are you stuck seeing a situation in only one way? That question is at the heart of this week's conversation, where we explore the powerful coaching skill of reframing, the gentle art of helping someone shift their perspective and unlock new possibilities. In this episode, we dive into the essence of reframing, what it is, why it matters, and how it can bring transformation in coaching conversations, leadership, and everyday life. We reflect on how reframing isn't about ignoring facts or bypassin...
Jul 28, 2025•26 min•Season 1Ep. 204
How do we create truly inclusive coaching spaces where everyone feels a sense of belonging? In this episode we reflect on the role of coaches in fostering environments rooted in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB). As we prepared for our upcoming Coaching Summit, it felt important to open this conversation up to share our own insights and challenges around this essential topic. When we think about DEIB in coaching, we are reminded that this is not about achieving perfection or tic...
Jul 21, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 203
How aware are you of the silent signals you bring into your coaching conversations? In this episode, we explore the subtle yet transformational role that co-regulation plays in coaching. Reflecting on our own experiences as coaches, we discuss how this often-overlooked aspect of human connection helps to create a foundation of psychological and emotional safety within the coaching relationship. Through this conversation, we reflect on how co-regulation is less about the words we say and more abo...
Jul 14, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 202
Have you ever felt confused by seemingly conflicting messages in your coaching journey? Whether you're training to become a coach, have been in practice for years, or are simply curious about coaching, you've probably come across contradictions that make you pause and wonder: Is this right? Or is it wrong? Or… could it be both? In this episode we dive into some of the most common contradictions that coaches face, especially during training and development. We reflect on the nuances we encounter ...
Jul 07, 2025•24 min•Season 1Ep. 201
Have you ever found yourself wondering why so many people are suddenly becoming coaches? What's drawing them in, and what are they finding once they're there? In this episode we reflect on a question we're often asked: "Why is everyone training to be a coach?" And the truth is, it's a powerful question with many deeply personal and professional answers. This is a warm, grounded, and honest discussion between the two of us as co-hosts, coaching trainers, and long-time practitioners. We unpack the...
Jun 30, 2025•21 min•Season 1Ep. 200
Ever wondered what it really looks like to hold safe, structured, and powerful space for emotions in a coaching session? In this episode we did something we've not done in a long time on the podcast, we brought you inside a real-life coaching demonstration, using one of the techniques from our Emotions Coaching Practitioner Programme. The session is a genuine conversation between us, non-scripted, not rehearsed. Just Jo as the coachee, working through a very real, emotionally loaded decision: wh...
Jun 23, 2025•27 min•Season 1Ep. 199
Are you a coach who secretly wonders if you're "doing it right"? You're not alone, and this episode is for you. In this episode we unpack a topic that nearly every coach wrestles with at some point: CONFIDENCE. Whether you're just starting out or years into your practice, it's normal to question yourself, "Am I doing this right?" "Could I be better?" We see it time and again in our training rooms and our own journeys, that shaky moment when you step into the coaching seat and doubt creeps in. In...
Jun 16, 2025•23 min•Season 1Ep. 198
Have you ever wondered what truly makes coaching one of the most rewarding careers you could pursue? In this episode we take a heartfelt wander through what we believe are the very best things about being a coach. Spoiler alert: we didn't stop at five! This conversation is all about celebrating coaching, not just as a profession, but as a way of living that aligns with our values, passions, and purpose. The 5 things we believe makes coaching the best profession: Combining passion and talent Meet...
Jun 09, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 197
How does coaching help individuals navigate the emotional complexity of fertility challenges? [TRIGGER WARNING: This episode explores themes around fertility coaching, including infertility, miscarriage, and the emotional complexities of family planning. Our goal is to provide insight, support, and resources for those navigating this journey. We approach these discussions with care, aiming to empower and inform rather than overwhelm. Please listen in a way that feels right for you.] In today's e...
Jun 02, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 196
NDI Coaching Programme & Resources https://igcompany.co.uk/ND Is kindness enough when it comes to creating inclusive coaching spaces, or do we need something more intentional, informed, and powerful? In this episode we explore something that sits deeply in our hearts and runs through our work: neurodivergent inclusive coaching. As coaches, we often say we're inclusive. We're empathic. We care deeply. But as we discovered through both personal experience and professional insight, good intenti...
May 26, 2025•25 min•Season 1Ep. 195
FREE ACCESS to Introduction to Group and Team Coaching – Group & Team Coaching: https://igcompany.co.uk/GTC Have you ever wondered if coaching could be the missing piece to thriving and not just surviving in your HR role? In this episode we take a heartfelt look back at our own HR roots and how those experiences eventually led us to embrace coaching not just as a skill, but as a calling. Back when we were in HR, we wore every hat going. One minute we were leading disciplinary meetings, the n...
May 19, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 194
FREE ACCESS to Introduction to Group and Team Coaching: https://www.igcompany.co.uk/gtcnow Why is team coaching often messier, harder and more rewarding than we expect? In this episode, we dive into one of the most nuanced areas of our work: team coaching. If you've ever been asked to work with a team after coaching an individual, perhaps a senior leader, you may have felt that wave of uncertainty: Can I do this? What do I need to know? Am I ready? We've been there too. Team coaching is richly r...
May 12, 2025•22 min•Season 1Ep. 193
