I was speaking with a fellow coach last week who had 14 people book a discovery call over 6 months. She Converted 6. The other 8? She'd followed up once, didn't hear back, and moved on. She did put on reminders etc but somewhere life got in a way and she forgot to follow up. What do you do with the ones who don't convert right away? Would love to hear your thoughts.
Hi all, I am very interested in becoming a life coach. I’ve worked along family and friends as well as individuals who are at a pretty rough point in their life and they’ve all recommended I take a swing at life coaching. Before I ever wanted to start taking clients I attempted to coach myself in a way and practice different tricks as well as educate myself deeply. All of this being said I now feel like I’m at comfortable spot to take a strong step towards becoming a life coach and want to figure out how I should go about it. I’m currently working a friend to who has agreed to a 2 month trial of me trial running what it’d be like so that I can start to develop a workflow. Any and all tips or ideas would be appreciated.
I’ve been thinking about the AI coaching conversation, and I think a lot of the fear around it makes sense.
If someone is selling AI as a replacement for the actual coaching relationship, I get why people push back. The human part is the product. The presence. The space. The accountability. The way a coach notices what is happening in the moment. The way the client feels seen by another person.
That is not the part AI should be trying to replace. Where AI actually makes sense, at least to me, is around the coaching relationship. A coach should not have to spend hours cleaning up notes, organizing client thoughts, writing follow-ups, remembering every small admin task, chasing scheduling, drafting homework, or trying to manually keep track of patterns across months of sessions. That is the kind of work AI is good for. It can help prepare before a session. It can summarize messy notes after a session. It can draft follow-ups that the coach edits in their own voice. It can help spot patterns across client history. It can keep admin and repetitive work from taking over the business. That does not make the coach less human.
If anything, it gives the coach more room to actually be human with the client. I think the mistake is treating AI as the coach. AI is not the product. A better coaching experience is the product. A smoother coaching business is the product. More time for the actual client relationship is the product.
Hi! I’ve officially set my heart on taking some courses, applying them to myself, even more so for my audhd son, and our home in general to make it more functional and supportive peaceful environment. Back story- I have 2 kids. 12 is audhd. 7 also has adhd. I was an elementary teacher for 17 year. I got so incredibly burnt out I had to get out of the classroom. Landed a dream role of instructional coaching. I learned so much. I loved it. Year 2 of coaching 12 yr old had an extremely rough year. It was rough, but professionally I learned even more coaching skills, led several PDs and was really growing as a coach.
TLDR Oldest is audhd, a new dx of epilepsy 6th grade started very rough-repeat I get dx CPTSD and PTSD Can’t wake him up one morning I get put on leave He transfers to therapeutic school ( thriving and part of the inspiration)
*Long background story * It was traumatizing for us both- him having daily, repeated meltdowns in front of peers for the first time, me getting the daily calls, watching him suffer, trying everything, calling all the places to help etc. Summer comes and one July morning I couldn’t wake him up. Scariest day of my life, but at the time I had been living in fight or flight for so long, the fear and emotional pain didn’t show up for quite a while. Turns out it was a seizure, but we didn’t have answers until October. He went on to have more. EEG in October confirmed it was epilepsy. That’s when I fell apart. I couldn’t take anymore. There’s more details, but I’ll attempt to keep it short. I ended up on leave. The entire fall was a repeat of the previous school year with meltdowns and phone calls. His new middle school transferred him to a therapeutic school. Since November he’s been there doing amazing. He’s so much happier at home. It’s truly amazing. I’ve been in weekly therapy and bi weekly therapy since ( yes 2 therapist). Basically I had developed CPTSD from the years of teaching, managing his dx, my own adhd, 2 bouts of ppd, 7yr hospitalization at 15 months old, covid, 3 school/job changes, the horrible 5th grade year ( there’s more, but chronic, not breaths were breathed. So when I couldn’t wake him up, it was so traumatic I couldn’t allow myself to acknowledge the seriousness of it and went into action, no emotion. Weeks later physical symptoms began- intense hip pain, air hunger, chest pains, hyper vigilance, random memory of that morning. Then school starts and I’m just not in it. I’m constantly on my phone with his school or doctors. So many doctors. I fell apart. Panic attacks galore. So I went on leave. end of the long story
I’ve been so much better. I ready to add the next step to my recovery. I’ve been resting and healing and now I know what I need going forward. I need a complete reset of my environment. I’ve already started the health aspect. But I need my house reset- organized, styled and functional in adhd supportive ways. This means the kids as well. I also want concrete strategies to start modeling and implementing for the kids. So I figure a coaching certification program would make the most sense. Efficient coach keeps getting advertised to me. This seems perfect for me- it’s inexpensive and I first and foremost want the knowledge to help my child as he moves into the teen years. I’m going to lie though- Im pretty I. would LOVE to coach other moms and children in my community. From my years of teaching, extensive professional development and coaching while parenting an audhd child, another adhd child all while having adhd, I feel like I have so much to share. I would continue with additional certifications, but with disability payments ending I have to start on the most affordable end. Is there another training or course that could get me started other than Efficient coach? I don’t need a lot of the coaching/business stuff to start, just the adhd/neurodivergent content.
I posted recently about keeping coaching human as AI gets more common, and a few people asked for practical examples.
So I’m not using AI to coach people for me. I’m using it for the work around coaching so I can be more present in real sessions with clients.
A few examples:
Stuff to avoid:
Rule of thumb: AI around the relationship, not instead of it.
How are others drawing the line between useful AI support and overreach in coaching?
Believe in your dreams, even when they feel distant or hard to explain.
Not everything that’s meant for you will make sense right away. Some things just live in your heart before they ever take shape in your life.
Let that be enough.
Move with love and compassion as you go. Let your heart guide you, even in the quiet moments where nothing seems to be happening. There’s still movement there.
And along your journey, remember, kindness is always a choice.
Not just for others, but for yourself too.
So choose it.
And whatever unfolds, whatever shifts, whatever comes and goes,
keep your smile with you along the way, it's your superpower!
I am studying for my life coaching qualification right now and loving it
However I am finding it limiting by only practicing my coaching with other trainee coaches.
How have people gone about finding clients to practice with???