1️⃣ Best Coaching Advice Received

• “Your presence is a present.”
• Presence is active, not passive — it requires intention and effort.
• Yoga and meditation built her ability to refocus repeatedly.
• Being fully seen and heard is itself support.

2️⃣ What She’s Still Improving

• Choosing what thread to follow when clients offer many entry points.
• Prioritizing the question that creates the greatest impact.
• Staying deep without chasing every possible avenue.
• Discipline in focus inside complexity.

3️⃣ Most Courageous Moment

• Stopped a recorded PCC session mid-way because it felt performative.
• Recognized she was coaching for assessment rather than authenticity.
• Restarted the session to return to intuitive presence.
• Refused to compromise integrity for performance.

4️⃣ What Makes Her Uncomfortable

• Very little — discomfort energizes her.
• She thrives when clients go deep.
• Challenge excites her, especially when clients feel hopeless.
• Real change happens below the surface.

5️⃣ Advice for New Coaches

• Learn business skills — coaching skill alone isn’t enough.
• Be ready to wear marketing, logistics, and operations hats.
• You need very little to start — just begin.
• Start before you feel ready.

6️⃣ Something She Had to Conquer

• Letting go of performance mentality.
• Learning to trust intuitive coaching.
• Separating empathy from emotional absorption.
• Feeling with clients, not for them.

7️⃣ Using AI in Coaching

• Does not use AI note-takers in sessions — protects presence.
• Uses AI for idea generation and blog structuring.
• Believes AI coaching increases accessibility.
• Human presence and intuition remain irreplaceable.
• Sees AI as enhancement, not replacement.

8️⃣ What She’s Learned About Herself

• She can put people at ease quickly.
• She holds space well, especially in emotional moments.
• Silence is powerful and intentional.
• Deep listening changes relationships beyond coaching.

🎉 Fun Stuff Highlights

• Favorite Yoga Pose: Viparita Karani, held for up to 60 minutes.
• Working On: Bird of Paradise — almost there.
• Favorite Movie: Titanic. Full heart. No apologies.

1) Best coaching advice you’ve gotten

• “It doesn’t have to be anything.”
• Let go of outcomes to make room for discovery.
• Presence creates space clients rarely experience.
• Coaching works precisely because nothing is being driven.

2) What are you still trying to improve about your coaching?

• Communicating the value of coaching in the marketplace.
• Calling in the right people, not everyone.
• Refining the “howl” so the wolves answer.
• Balancing intention with non-attachment.

3) Most outrageous thing you’ve done, tried, or said in a session?

• Saying the thing politeness says not to say.
• Naming contradictions clients don’t realize they voiced.
• Choosing courage over being liked.
• Trusting that bravery serves the client, not the ego.

4) What still makes you squirm or feel uncomfortable?

• Realizing you misunderstood where the client was going.
• Moments of energetic or values mismatch.
• Knowing a client is thrilled while you’re quietly dreading sessions.
• Recognizing when it’s not a good fit.

5) Advice for someone new to coaching

• Get serious about the business side early.
• Don’t confuse caring with giving it away.
• Channel generosity intentionally (not randomly).
• Coaching is a profession, not a hobby with invoices.

6) Something you had to conquer to become a great coach

• The need to rescue or make things better.
• Staying in your lane when therapy is needed.
• Knowing your edges and referring out.
• Letting clients have their stuff without taking it from them.

7) How are you using AI in your coaching practice?

• To get to people faster, not replace connection.
• For thinking partners, not final answers.
• Designing processes and exploring ideas.
• Speed to relationship, not content automation.

8) What have you learned about yourself through coaching?

• Messy you is still a gift.
• Perfection is optional, presence isn’t.
• Emotions carry wisdom when welcomed.
• Sharing beats performing every time.

Fun Stuff Question: Favorite meal

• It’s never about the food alone.
• Conversation is the real main course.
• Care, intention, and presence matter more than the menu.
• A great meal is a shared experience, not a transaction.

Question-by-Question Highlights

1) Best coaching advice you’ve gotten

• Coaching is more about listening than talking
• Ask multiple layers of questions before offering insight
• Let clients uncover their own answers
• Resist the urge to jump in early

2) What are you still trying to improve about your coaching?

• Slowing down despite decades of experience
• Asking more follow-up questions
• Avoiding knee-jerk solutions
• Letting the real issue surface naturally

3) Most outrageous thing you’ve done in a coaching session

• Told a CEO he was the primary problem
• Ended a lucrative engagement on ethical grounds
• Refused to be an “ally” to blame-shifting
• Walked away when accountability was impossible

4) What still makes you uncomfortable?

• Leaders who blame everyone else
• Lack of self-awareness and humility
• Resistance to honest self-reflection
• Coaching people who won’t look in the mirror

5) Advice for new or aspiring coaches

• Learn how to truly listen
• Know what you don’t know
• Stay in your lane
• Don’t pretend to be the expert in everything

6) What have you had to conquer to be a great coach?

• The urge to “fix” too quickly
• The temptation to impress with answers
• Walking away when coaching won’t work
• Accepting that not everyone is coachable

7) How are you using AI in your coaching practice?

• Content creation and thought leadership
• Eliminating the blank-page problem
• Expanding solution options for clients
• Supporting judgment, not replacing it

8) What have you learned about yourself?

• Delivery matters as much as insight
• Experience must be paired with empathy
• Trust and relationships drive change
• Coaching is art, not just science

Fun Stuff Question

• Favorite movie: Patton
• Why: history, leadership, discipline, stoicism
• Belief: ancient wisdom still applies today
• Leadership lesson: study history or repeat it