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Welcome to Professional Christian Coaching Today with Chris McCluskey and Kim Avery, a weekly podcast dedicated to informing, inspiring, and equipping Christians in the art and science of professional-grade Christian coaching. Along with cutting-edge content, you'll hear great interviews with guests such as Dan Miller, Michael Hyatt, Dr. Gary Collins, Kary Oberbrunner, Dr. Marilee Adams, Dr. Richard Swenson, C.J. Hayden and more. Our goal is to raise the standard in coaching and change the w ...
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Learn how to become a life coach with a strong skillset in the craft of coaching through the Craft of Coaching podcast. The Craft of Coaching is hosted by Kate Swoboda, Director of Training for the ICF-accredited life coach training program, the Courageous Living Coach Certification. Learn more about our coach training program at https://TeamCLCC.com
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A Very Special Celebration of Christian Coaching #441
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Coaching has come a long way—and today, we’re celebrating just how far. In this episode, we honor key milestones in the growth of professional coaching and Christian coach training, reflect on where the field stands today, and cast a hopeful vision for what’s ahead. Whether you’re new to coaching or have been part of the journey for decades, this c…
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What makes a team thrive? If you've ever been part of a dysfunctional team, you know how frustrating it can be—miscommunication, lack of trust, and an endless cycle of unmet expectations. But what if there was a way to turn that dysfunction into deep connection and shared success? In this episode, we explore the power of team coaching, how it diffe…
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Building Resilience and Reducing Anxiety #439
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Feeling overwhelmed and unsure how to break free from the cycle of stress? In this episode, we dive into the heart of stress resilience, unpacking what stress really is, how it affects our brains and bodies, and why it’s essential to approach it with practical strategies and spiritual wisdom. If you or your clients seek simple habits to build resil…
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Leveraging Speaking to Build Your Coaching Business #438
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Speaking can be a powerful tool for building your coaching business. In this episode, Dale Wilsher shares her inspiring journey from being a single mom speaking in faith-based spaces to earning five figures per keynote. From starting with simple survey cards to leveraging coaching success stories, Dale unpacks the strategies and pivotal moments tha…
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A Few of Our Favorite Things: Episode 3 #437
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Join us as we wrap up the year with six of our favorite things from 2024—some practical, some inspiring, and all centered on God’s faithfulness in every season. From memorable moments to fresh insights that have shaped our lives and work, this conversation is packed with encouragement and reflection. Whether you’re looking to discover something new…
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Looking to help your clients bring clarity and intention to their family life? In this insightful episode, Geremy Keeton, Senior Director of the Counseling Services Department of Focus on the Family and a licensed marriage and family therapist, dives deep into family values, vision, and creating a purpose-filled family mission statement. Christian …
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Sustainable Success: Soul Care Series #435
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Success that leaves you drained and burned out isn’t really success at all. In today’s conversation, we explore what it means to pursue sustainable success—success that doesn’t sacrifice your soul on the altar of achievement. We’ll unpack: The Pitfalls of Hustle Culture: Why chasing bigger, faster, and more can lead to diminishing returns in both b…
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Boundaries are not just for our clients. Life coaches also need to be aware of client boundaries that set up their relationships for success. In today's episode, you'll learn the four areas where boundaries for life coaches are most important, both so that your clients are happy with the direction of their coaching process, and so that your coach-c…
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Ep89: Business Operations for Life Coaches
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Yes, you know that you need to market your business--but what about actually running your business? That's the domain of business operations, and in today's podcast we're going to explore the different domains of business operations for life coaches, and the questions to ask to identify your most important high priority tasks. Coaching + Courage + …
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Ep88: Identifying Cognitive Distortions with Clients
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The biases and assumptions that your clients hold will either help them or hinder them. In psychology, these narratives/Stories are called "cognitive distortions" and there are specifically identified cognitive distortions that are particularly common. In today's Skill Drill series, I'm going over common cognitive distortions and how life coaches c…
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Understanding and living out God’s calling is one of the most significant pursuits in our Christian walk. While it's easy to grasp the concept of calling, translating it into our daily lives can often be challenging. But knowing our purpose and calling keeps us aligned with God's design, inspires others, and brings clarity and intentionality to our…
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Ep87: 5 Ways to Be Authentic When Marketing
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Life coaches love to coach their clients, but most dislike marketing to find clients--but it doesn't have to be that way. As a coach, you can learn approaches to marketing that are authentic and aligned with who you are and the body of work that you are creating in the world. Today's episode will guide you through 5 ways to be authentic when market…
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Ep86: Help Clients Focus on What they Can Control
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Today's episode is part of our Skill Drill series and we're offering an exercise that you can use with your clients to help clients focus on what they can control. We live in a world full of things that we have no control over, and getting attached to outcomes and frustrated when we can't control things does not serve our clients. Using this exerci…
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Ep85: The Top 5 Best Coaching Questions to Ask Clients
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Wondering where to start with what questions to ask your clients? Or do you already have your questions that you love to ask, and you want some new questions to explore to energize your client sessions? These are the top 5 best coaching questions to ask clients to stimulate new ways of thinking, mindset shifts, and help clients move into proactivel…
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Combine Learning with Community through Group Coaching #433
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God created us for connection—with Him and with one another. The clients we serve are hungry for it. They crave real relationships, genuine warmth, deep caring, and a healthy community. Now, more than ever, we, as coaches, have the opportunity to help our clients combine learning with community through group coaching. In this episode, you'll learn:…
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When most people think of becoming a life coach, they're imagining a one-on-one private practice working with clients. The growth of the life coaching industry has paved the way for far more career options than just a one-on-one coaching practice, and in today's skill drill I'm giving you an overview of careers in coaching that go beyond just one-o…
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Ep83: Morning routines that maximize your potential
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If you're running a coaching business as a side hustle while you juggle a full-time job, parenting, or other responsibilities, then you definitely want to listen in on today's episode to maximize your personal morning routine. With a few simple shifts to your morning routine, you can maximize each day's potential by starting off feeling more resour…
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Ep82: Design Your Client Onboarding Experience
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We're introducing a new series as part of the Craft of Coaching Podcast: The skill-drill series, where we offer a short-form episode on a coaching exercise or topic related to the craft of coaching or running your coaching business. Today's skill drill is on how you design your life coach client onboarding experience, thinking through the questions…
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Ep81: Simple Pricing Strategies for your Coaching Business
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How do you set your rates and price your coaching packages, group offerings, and more? That's what I'm diving into in today's Craft of Coaching episode, where we look at the business side of coaching as you figure out what to charge. Pricing doesn't have to be complicated and you can identify simple pricing strategies for your coaching business usi…
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The Intersection of Coaching and Evangelism #432
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As coaches, we have the privilege of partnering with individuals to help them move toward their goals. Goals around: Career Advancement Health and wellness Personal growth and self-improvement Relationship building Entrepreneurship and more However, the non-directive nature of coaching often leads us to overlook its powerful potential in evangelism…
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Ep80: 5 Questions to Ask Clients Who Are Stuck
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Have you ever been in a coaching session with a client who was "stuck" and the more you talked about it, the more they just kept saying that they were...stuck? When that happens, you need a way of gaining an entry point to explore not just why the client is stuck, but how to start thinking of their situation differently so that they can get unstuck…
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Ep79: Relationship Coaching with Kira Sabin
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Relationships to others mirror our relationship to ourselves. Today’s Craft of Coaching guest has been a coach for more than 15 years and has a wealth of information to offer on modern dating and relationships. Kira emphasizes the importance of foundational skills in dating, such as setting boundaries, managing expectations, and understanding the n…
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Marketing can feel tricky for coaches—you want to do something heart-centered, not “market to people.” Today’s Craft of Coaching guest, Cory Huff, understands how to walk that line in helping artists and creatives (and coaches!) to effectively leverage strategies that make more money and help your business thrive. Coaching + Courage + Community = T…
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Ep77: How to Pivot Your Business with Michelle Ward
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Coaches feel some pressure when they're first standing up a business because there are a lot of decisions to make--what do I call myself? who do I want to work with? what should my branding be?--and every decision feels like it's set in stone. In reality, you can pivot as often as you need to, and in today's episode with coach Michelle Ward, we're …
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Ep76: IKYMI - Continuing Education for Coaches
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Continuing education and self-coaching for life coaches are critical to advancing your skill-set even after you’ve finished life coach school. Self-coaching is a process of being able to evaluate your own life’s strengths and weaknesses, set new intentions and goals, and start seeing progress--all while addressing the challenges that come up along …
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