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The Wholehearted Business ShowEp 172: Why your coaching business isn’t growing (and how to fix it)Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you’re struggling with getting your health or life coaching business to grow, you’re definitely not alone!Most coaches, even the most successful ones, will have struggled with their growth at some point. So if you’re stuck at an income and client ceiling, or if you’re even struggling to get out the gates at all, this episode is going to highlight some areas of your business to address so you can start growing and have your coaching business...2025-04-2818 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 171: How I manifest in my coaching businessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Manifestation has been a big thing in the spiritual and personal development world for a long time, but has now even broken into the mainstream too. We’re all interested in how we can bring about changes in our lives so we can attract more of what we want.In the coaching industry where many of us - me included - are a bit woo, we’re actively using manifestation to make our businesses more successful. In this blog post I’m going to sha...2025-04-2129 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 170: How to Build Recurring Income in Your Coaching Business with a Group Program / Membership Hybrid OffeGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Last year I hit a brick wall in my business and had a bit of a business wobble. I was struggling to create recurring income in a way that worked for me, and my offers just didn’t seem to be working the way I knew they could.I decided to make some significant changes to my core signature offer, and create something I like to call a ‘group program / membership hybrid’In this episode I’m going to share more on the g...2025-04-1413 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 169: Coaching Business Cashflow: How I Stopped Starting from Zero Every MonthGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!A very common challenge when running a health or life coaching business is creating a sustainable cashflow and establishing recurring income. When you don’t have this in place, it can make running your business especially stressful. It’s not enjoyable starting every month at zero and being stuck in a ‘feast or famine’ cycle.A couple of years ago my business was in this place, I’d often start a month with zero or very little income. As someone who really values financial...2025-04-0716 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 147: Defining your scope of practice as a health or life coachGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Understanding your scope of practice or scope of work as a health or life coach is essential in safely working with and supporting your clients. However, many coaches work without any form of scope of practice which can leave them without adequate boundaries in terms of their work as a coach.In this blog post we’ll be exploring what a scope of practice is for a health or life coach, how to develop one and other elements you need to consider....2024-10-2116 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 143: How to Create a Signature Coaching ProgramGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you're a health or life coach eager to design your own signature coaching program, you're in for a treat. Today, I'm sharing what a signature coaching programme really is, why it's a must-have, and a step-by-step guide to creating your own. Tune in to learn:What makes a signature coaching program different from a regular coaching programWhy having a signature program is so important for health and life coachesThe ways that developing a signature approach can help your business b...2024-09-2323 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 121: Pricing, Money Mindset and Selling as Yourself with Ray DoddGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!This week on The Wholehearted Business Show I’m chatting with the fabulous Ray Dodd.Often described as ‘Not your average Money Mindset Coach’, Ray's coaching is all about giving you the tools to break free from oppressive social expectations that are holding you back from reaching your full money-making potential.Ray’s very favourite place to be is infusing nuance and diversity into the conversation around money. As someone who understands the interconnectivity of culture and business, Ray helps he...2024-04-0834 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 120: Behind the Scenes: Making big changes to your businessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!I thought it would be interesting to share my recent experiences around making significant changes to my business and what prompted these changes, what the changes look like and some of my future plans.I enjoy sharing behind the scenes content because there’s so much to be learned from others' experiences and while my business might look a little different to yours I hope there’s still a lot of takeaways.Tune in to learn:Why it’s norm...2024-04-0134 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 119: Quitting Humble Mumbling and Owning Your Expertise with Laura Robinson of WorditudeGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!This week on The Wholehearted Business Show I’m chatting with the wonderful Laura Robinson of Worditude.Laura is an online marketing mentor and experienced digital copywriter. Over the last 10 years, she has helped hundreds of business owners create and sell 1-1 services, courses, memberships, and group programs. She’s taught thousands of people around the world, through the copywriting training she created for international business organisations including Female Entrepreneur Association, Enterprise Nation, and Membership Academy. She is also the author of th...2024-03-2538 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 118: Cleaning up and simplifying your coaching businessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Is your coaching business feeling a bit stuck or stagnant? Perhaps it’s feeling cluttered and messy? If so, now might be the perfect time to give it a spring clean (or an autumn refresh if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere!)No matter how long you’ve been doing this business thing, it can be a good idea to check in and review what you have going on in your business so you can clean up, simplify and invite in some fresh energy...2024-03-1818 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 117: Guide to Pre-selling Courses (and other offers) for Health and Life CoachesGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Thinking of creating a course or some other more passive offer in your health or life coaching business? You’re not alone, many coaches are now creating courses, memberships and group programmes to sell alongside their 1:1 coaching offers so they can help more people and make more money in less time.But creating a course - especially one that actually sells - requires a lot more than just a good idea. In this episode of the show I’m going to share...2024-03-1118 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 116: How I run my coaching business in less than 20 hours a weekGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Since I started my business, first as a health coach back in 2012 and then going on to become a business mentor, I’ve always worked around other commitments. Initially it was around a full time job, and then my children after I had my son in 2014.While the work I do in my business has evolved, I’ve consistently managed to make it all work in around 20-25 hours a week, with lots of time off too!This hasn’t just been a...2024-03-0430 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 115: Creating a life first business with Michelle PontvertGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!This week on The Wholehearted Business Show I’m chatting with the lovely Michelle Pontvert. Michelle is a Life-First Business Strategist and founder of the Business Chic Shop where she sells streamlined solutions to simplify growing a business around your real-life circumstances.She's also a neurodivergent, multi-passionate entrepreneur juggling running two businesses with being a hands-on Mum while living the expat life in Paris, France.I’ve been in the same online business circles as Michelle for ages, and her life-first busi...2024-02-2638 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 114: Get more clients without the hustle via spontaneous client enquiriesGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you would like more clients in your health or life coaching business, without having to ‘hustle’ for them, then you need to know more about spontaneous client enquiries and how to generate them in your business.‘Spontaneous Client Enquiries’ is my totally made up term for people who get in touch with you and would like to become a client - almost seemingly out of the blue.These type of client enquiries can be really exciting, I’ll always remember the first...2024-02-1921 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 113: Quick Guide to hiring and working with a VA as a Health or Life CoachGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you’re starting to feel like you’re reaching capacity for what you have time to achieve in your health or life coaching business, it could be time to start thinking about working with a virtual assistant.In this quick guide to hiring and working with a VA, we’ll be looking at some of the reasons you might want to explore outsourcing tasks, how to find the right VA for you and things to consider if you want to get the best o...2024-02-1214 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 112: What to email your list - for health and life coachesGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!A couple of weeks ago I ran a free training on all things email list building and email marketing for health and life coaches. One of the most common questions I was asked in that training was ‘what should I be emailing my list?’ In fact it seemed to be a reason that a lot of coaches put off trying to grow their lists - they just didn’t know what to email people once they had joined it. There was also a large n...2024-02-0513 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 111: How to sell your coaching services with more confidenceGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!One of the most tricky things to get used to as a coach is selling your coaching packages, essentially because what you’re selling is yourself! So how do you start to feel more confident with selling in general and how can you start and communicate the value of your coaching package so that selling feels much easier and much more fun?In this episode of the show I’m sharing a range of ideas, tips and strategies to feel better aroun...2024-01-2918 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 110: How to have more time freedom and balance as a busy coachGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Running a successful coaching business can be amazing, but it can also come with its own challenges. So many people leave unfulfilling and high pressure jobs and careers to become a coach so they can help others and enjoy a different lifestyle - but inadvertently create more of the same energy in their businesses that they had been trying to escape from.In this episode of the show we’ll be exploring how we can create more time, freedom and balance in...2024-01-2226 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 109: How to get more clients as a coachGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you’re wondering how to get clients as a life coach or how to get clients as a health coach, then this post is for you. I’m going to share some key strategies you can use to help you get more clients in your coaching business.Tune in to learn:Why getting more clients involves a lot more than just how you market your coaching businessMy attract, connect and convert system for getting more clients as a health or a...2024-01-1523 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 108: 2023 Review and my 2024 PlansGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you love behind the scenes content when it comes to online business and coaching then stay tuned because I’m going to be sharing a full rundown of behind the scenes of my online coaching business in 2023, how much money I made, my lessons learned as well as my intentions for 2024.Check out the blog post that accompanies this episode.Laura’s links:Laura's websiteLaura's InstagramLaura's YouTubeJoin Laura’s email list for up...2024-01-0832 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 107: How to up level your health or life coaching business in 2024Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Happy New Year!If you’re excited to be building your coaching business in 2024 and are ready to level it up then I’m going to share a bunch of tips you can implement to help your business reach new heights. Check out the blog post that accompanies this episode Laura’s links:Laura's websiteLaura's InstagramLaura's YouTubeJoin Laura’s email list for updat...2024-01-0128 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 106: Plan with me! Your 2024 Coaching Business PlanGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you want to create a successful business that achieves all the things you hope it will then you need a plan of action, and of course, the perfect time to get focused and create a plan is with the end of one year and the beginning of a new one!Here is an episode of the show that acts as a guided planning session for 2024. It’s best used with the accompanying workbook which you can download in PDF or editable Google Do...2023-12-0436 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 105: Planning Prep: Planning tips to create an amazing 2024Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!The end of the year is nigh yet again, and with it the pull to start planning for what comes next. I absolutely adore planning and creating that clarity about what it is I want to achieve in my life and business. As a bit of a self confessed planning nerd I wanted to share some tips that have helped me create plans that have inspired me to take action over the last few years.This is the first of a two...2023-11-2721 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 104: How does business mentoring help your health or life coaching business grow?Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!As coaches, we can all appreciate the unique magic that comes from working with someone in a coaching relationship whether that’s for improving our health, relationships or any other area of our lives. However, as someone who is more on the mentoring end of the coaching / mentoring scale, I thought it might be helpful to explore exactly how business mentoring, in the way that I approach it, helps your business grow.Tune in to learn:What business mentoring actually lo...2023-11-2027 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 103: A Sales Funnel Guide for Health and Life CoachesGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!So maybe you’ve heard about sales funnels and how you should have one as an online coach, but you have no idea what one looks like or how you should set one up in your coaching business?In this episode of the show I’m sharing a full guide on sales so you know everything you might want to consider building them out as a coach.Tune in to learn:What a sales funnel actually isThe key comp...2023-11-1322 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 102: Perfecting your marketing messaging for health and life coachesGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Maybe you’ve heard that to be a successful coach you need to have a compelling message. But what does that even mean? You’re talking about what you do and how you help people but something just feels missing and you can’t put your finger on it.In this post I’m going to share how you can perfect and improve your marketing messaging so you can grow your coaching business and get more clients.Tune i...2023-11-0619 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 101: Should you run a Black Friday Promotion in your coaching business?Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Black Friday is approaching! Should you put out an offer as a health or life coach? In this post we’ll be exploring whether or not doing a coaching Black Friday deal is a good idea for your coaching business. Let’s dive in…Tune in to learn:How to decide where Black Friday sits with your ethicallyUnderstanding if Black Friday is in line with your brand and messageFiguring out if Black Friday is worth your timeLooking at whether or not you have a...2023-10-3017 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 100: Why creating a ‘body of work’ helps you grow your coaching business (100 Episode Celebration)Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!I can’t quite believe it but we’ve reached the 100th episode of the Wholehearted Business Show! It’s a hard milestone to imagine when you first start something like this, but here we are! So I thought it would be nice to talk about what it means to create a body of work that promotes your business and some of the lessons I’ve learned on the way to building this show.Tune in to learn:The key things t...2023-10-2317 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 99: Getting Social Media Happy with Lauren LittGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!This week on The Wholehearted Business Show I’m chatting with social media manager Lauren Litt! If you don’t like social media but know you need it for your business Lauren can help you create a masterful social media plan. Since opening, Lil Shameless Plug has had the pleasure of working with a variety of independent entrepreneurs, brick and mortars, coaches and even an Oscar Qualifying Film Festival!Lauren now lives in Portland, Oregon, US with her hubby and 2 fur babies.I...2023-10-1634 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 98: Behind the Scenes of my Coaching Business - July - September 2023Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!I’m back with another Behind the Scenes post! I’m going to share a peek at what I’ve been up to between July and September 2023 in my life and business.Tune in to learn:What my income was each month last quarterWhat business projects I worked on and what I promotedThe shifts that have been going on in my life behind the scenesCheck out the blog post that accompanies this episode.Laura’...2023-10-0923 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 97: Success Stories - How my clients got their health and life coaching clientsGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!It’s always interesting to look behind the scenes of other people’s businesses for inspiration. In this post I’m sharing some stories and case studies from the work I do with some of my health and life coach clients so you can see how they were able to book more clients themselves and grow their coaching businesses.*Keeping everyone anonymous for privacy reasonsTune in to learn:How Client 1 booked 6 clients into her 1:1 offerHow Client 2 filled all he...2023-10-0221 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 96: A coaching business tune up - 5 areas of your business to tweak if you’re not getting the results you wantGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Is your coaching business just not quite working? Maybe you’re not attracting the number of clients you’d like, you’re not making enough income or you’re feeling burned out?If this sounds like you then read on, I’m going to share a number of areas of your business you should think about tweaking if you’d like to improve your results. Let’s dive in!Tune in to learn:Why your beliefs can have a big...2023-09-2521 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 95: Low key ways to be more visible as a coachGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!We all want to be more ‘visible’ as a coach but what does visibility even mean? And how can you be more visible if you’re an introvert, find visibility a bit scary or are simply finding your feet in your business?I’m going to share a few simple, low key ways to be more visible as a coach that won’t overtax your nervous system or give you a vulnerability hangover!Tune in to learn:The two...2023-09-1814 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 94: Creating financial safety in your coaching businessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!We can’t truly enjoy our businesses and the lives we get to live because of them if we can’t experience and enjoy financial safety. Other than the obvious money in the bank, what is financial safety and how can we better cultivate the feeling of being safe in how our coaching businesses support us?I’m going to share with you some thoughts, ideas and practical tips to enjoy more financial safety in your coaching business.Tune i...2023-09-1126 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 93: What season is your business in?Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Did you know that just like nature your business has seasons? Do you know what season your coaching business is in right now? If not, read on to learn more about how seasonal living can positively impact your business and help you enjoy more ease and flow.Tune in to learn:How to live more seasonally and the benefits of doing soHow the energy of each season shows up in your businessOther ways your business can benefit from seasonality in...2023-09-0430 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 92: 5 ways to use Pinterest to get more clients in your coaching businessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Perhaps you’ve heard of Pinterest and don’t really understand how it works or maybe you’re a Pinterest fan (like me!) but so far you’ve only used it to plan your new living room decor and have no idea how you can use it to grow your coaching business.Well in this episode of the show t I’m going to share 5 simple things you can do to use Pinterest to get more clients in your coaching business.When Pinte...2023-08-2811 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 91: How to Plan a Brand Photoshoot for Your Coaching BusinessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Whether you’re just starting your coaching business or you’ve been going for a while, at some point you’re going to want to have some professional photographs taken of yourself to use on your website, social media and to form part of your brand.Having had over 6 professional photoshoots over the last few years, I’ve learned what does and doesn’t work when it comes to getting the perfect shots.Tune in to learn:How to find a...2023-08-2118 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 90: How to grow a coaching business in less time - one for side hustlers and busy people!Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!For many people starting a coaching business they may find that they have to fit everything in alongside other commitments like a full or part time job, caring responsibilities and other things that require their time and energy.This can make it a little more difficult to carve out time to build your business. Often you find yourself stuck in a situation where you don’t have the time to grow your business which would ultimately allow you to quit the job or ac...2023-08-1424 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 89: How to start building an audience as a new coachGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you’re new to starting a coaching business, perhaps you’re wondering where on earth to begin when it comes to building an audience for your business.You’ve probably heard business coaches like me talk about why an audience is important, but perhaps you’re feeling overwhelmed and aren’t sure where to start.In this post I’m going to share all my best tips for getting started with growing an audience as a new coach.Tune in to...2023-08-0714 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 88: How to use blogging to market your coaching businessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!So perhaps you’ve heard that blogging can be a really great way to market your coaching business but you’re not really sure where to start?In this episode of the show I’m going to give you a bunch of tips to help you use blogging to market your coaching business and get more traffic, email subscribers and clients and customers. I’ll explain how blogging works as a method of marketing and how you can make it work for you and your...2023-07-3116 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 87: How to stand out in a saturated coaching marketGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Does it feel like everywhere you look, there’s more people becoming a coach? Perhaps your social media feed is full of coaches and it feels like there’s no room for you? Maybe you wonder how on earth you can get clients when there’s so many coaches out there these days?If any of this resonates then this episode of the show is for you, I’ll be sharing some tips to help you stand out from the crowd.Tune i...2023-07-2422 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 86: How to overcome comparison as a coachGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!When you start a business, and perhaps even if you’ve been running a business for a while, it can be really easy to find yourself caught up in comparison with another business owner or another coach.With social media we get to see everyone else’s highlight reel which can be triggering and leave you feeling like you aren’t enough. This is something I’ve struggled with in my own journey too, and in this episode of the show I’ll be s...2023-07-1716 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 85: What I learned at Atomicon (and thoughts on attending events as an introvert)Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!In June 2023 I attended my second business conference - Atomicon! In this episode of the show I’m sharing some of the main takeaways I picked up at the event and also a little bit about attending events and networking as someone who is a little more on the introverted side!Tune in to learn:How Joe Wicks built a customer base of over a million people (when he started by handing out leaflets!)Discovery call conversation starters from Chris Do...2023-07-1027 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 84: Behind the Scenes of my Coaching Business April - June 2023Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you enjoy knowing what goes on behind the scenes of coaching businesses then stay tuned! I’m sharing some of the specific things I did in my business in Q2, what my income and expenses were, the lessons I’ve learned and quite a personal and emotional chat about my health and wellbeing.Tune in to learn:My income and expenses numbers for Q2The big and small shifts that are helping me hit consistent £5K monthsWhere things are with...2023-07-0331 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 83: When is the best time to work with a business coach or mentor?Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!When it comes to growing your coaching business, seeking the support of a coach or mentor makes sense for many reasons. Whether it’s getting strategic support and guidance or working with someone to support you around your mindset or from an accountability perspective, working with a coach or mentor can help you take things to the next level.But how do you know when the best time to get support is in your business journey so your investment isn’t wasted? In this...2023-06-1219 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 82: How to use YouTube to grow your coaching business and get more clientsGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you enjoy video and you want to grow your coaching business then maybe you’re wondering how you can use a platform like YouTube to get more clients. Maybe you’re just done with social media and are looking for a new platform to use in your marketing.In this episode of the show I’m going to break down a whole strategy for how you can use YouTube to effectively market your coaching business and get more clients.Tune i...2023-06-0522 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 81: How can we create more ease in our coaching businesses?Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you are a coach who's feeling the struggle right now and you just wish things could be easier in your business, then this show is for you. We’re going to explore some ways you can create more ease and calm in your business.Tune in to learn:The block that might be keeping you stuck in struggle modeHow to set goals that feel goodThe multi dimensional ways your business can show up for youThe key thing you need to...2023-05-2919 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 80: How to get amazing client testimonials for your coaching servicesGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!When it comes to selling our services as a coach, one of the most powerful tools we have at our disposal is the humble testimonial! Testimonials from previous clients can play a very important role in how easily we sign new clients and sell other products and services, so it’s important that we collect those testimonials in the first place, and that they’re actually effective and communicate what they need to in order to help other people decide to work with you.2023-05-2221 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 79: Honest advice if you’re in ‘tricky phase’ of your coaching businessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you're a newish coach in the first couple of months of your business, or even a more experienced coach who just feels like you're hitting a brick wall and shouting into the abyss of the internet and getting nothing back, then stay tuned. I'm going to be giving you some really honest advice about things that you can change and do differently to help your business grow.Tune in to learn:⚡ The number one thing you need to ac...2023-05-1521 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 78: The best platforms to automate onboarding and managing your coaching clientsGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!As coaches, a big part of what we do is working directly with clients - that includes onboarding them, supporting them in their package and off boarding them too. That can include a lot of tasks! Thankfully a great way to save time is to use tech tools to automate and manage some of the processes you go through with your clients.However - there are a lot of options these days, so which is best for you and your coaching business? In...2023-05-0815 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 77: How I stay organised and productive as a Coach and a Busy MumGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!On this episode of The Wholehearted Business Show, I’m talking all about how I try and stay organised and productive as a busy coach and a busy mother. I chat about how a six-week period has been "magic" for planning and taking action, how being a mother has actually helped my productivity, and how I’ve been able to prioritise my own needs without feeling guilty. Whether you’re a mother or not, I hope this episode of the show gives you lots of...2023-05-0117 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 76: How to structure a group coaching programGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!On this episode of The Wholehearted Business Show, Laura’s exploring the benefits of group coaching programs for both coaches and your clients.We discuss the best time to start a group program, how to simplify the login process for course platforms to increase engagement and results, and how group coaching can lead to increased profitability and time freedom. We also provide tips on structuring a successful group coaching program, including how to differentiate between offers, offer additional support, and facilitate a tra...2023-04-2418 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 75: Creating Aligned Offers: My ProcessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!In this episode of The Wholehearted Business Show, we dive into the world of creating aligned offers for health, life, and spiritual coaches. We discuss why it's important to have an offer that aligns with your personal values and desires, and also provides results for your clients. Laura, shares step-by-step guidance on how to develop and sell your offer, using relatable language that shows how the product can benefit potential customers. Laura also shares her personal experience in creating the Create A...2023-04-1711 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 74: 6 easy ways to create content ideas for health & life coachesGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you use content to market your coaching business then I’m guessing that one of the biggest problems you face is coming up with good ideas. Whether that’s Instagram posts, Facebook Live topics, blog post ideas or even what to email your list - so much of what we create to market our coaching businesses is content based, so it makes sense to have a few ideas up your sleeve that you can come back to when you just aren’...2023-04-1010 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 73: Behind the Scenes of my Coaching Business Jan-March 2023Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you enjoy knowing what gets up to behind the scenes of people’s businesses then tune in, I’m sharing what I’ve been up to in my business and life for the first quarter of 2023.Tune in to learn:How much money my business made in Jan, Feb & MarchThe different things I promoted and sold in my coaching business this quarterThe vital admin tasks we worked on The mindset and energetic shifts I experienced since JanuaryA long chat about m...2023-04-0328 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 72: Feeling stuck in your Coaching Business? Here's how to break through to the next levelGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!We all have times in our business when we can feel a little stuck and stagnant. Maybe it’s that we’ve hit an income plateau, a ‘glass ceiling’ perhaps we’ve ‘fallen out of love’ with what we do, maybe we’re just feeling a little burned out. In this episode of the show I’m going to talk about why it’s so common to feel stuck in our businesses and 5 things we can do to break through to the next level.Tune in to learn:2023-03-2713 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 71: How to scale your coaching businessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you’re doing well gaining 1:1 clients and the idea of making more money and creating more impact in less time sounds appealing to you then it makes sense to start thinking about how you can scale your coaching business.But what is scaling and how do you do it? And is scaling even going to be right for you? I’m going to share some tips and a step by step process for how you can scale your coaching business, let’s dive i...2023-03-2013 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 70: How to Find Your Profitable Coaching NicheGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!When you decide to become a coach, identifying your niche is going to be one of the most crucial steps in creating a successful business.The good news is that it doesn’t have to be as scary as it sounds!Tune in to learn:The 4 key steps to identifying a niche that works for youHow to know if your niche is ‘profitable’My Wholehearted approach to niching if you want to work in a more broad...2023-03-1321 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 69: Coaching vs Mentoring: What's the Difference?Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you’re interested in the differences between coaching and mentoring and how that might apply to your coaching business, this is the episode for you. I'm going to be diving into this whole topic and looking at the differences between how a coach works and how a mentor works and how this might impact your business.Tune in to learn:The ‘official’ definitions of coaching and mentoringThe differences between these two ways of workingThe coaching / mentoring continuumWhy I call myself...2023-03-0616 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 68: How to sell your coaching without using Pain PointsGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you're a coach, you've probably heard that you need to focus on people’s pain points when it comes to selling.But what if that doesn’t feel aligned for you? The good news is there’s several even more effective ways you can sell without just focusing on people’s pain points and in this episode of the show I’m sharing 5 ways you can sell in a more positive way.Tune in to learn:Why usin...2023-02-2716 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 67: When should you raise your coaching prices?Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you’ve been coaching for a while, the question of when you should raise your coaching prices might be something you’re pondering. There’s a whole bunch of reasons why and when you should raise your coaching prices and in this episode of the show we’re going to explore a few of them to help you make the decision for yourself and your business.Tune in to learn:9 reasons why you might want to raise your pricesHow to look...2023-02-2010 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 66: Managing your emotional and energetic state for a more successful coaching businessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!We all know that to run a successful coaching business we need to get our heads around things like marketing and sales, but something that surprised me was how much I needed to master managing my emotions and energetic state in order to truly thrive in my business.Tune in to learn:What I mean by managing your emotional and energetic stateExamples of how this can positively and negatively impact your businessHow to become more resilient to the normal ups...2023-02-1315 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 65: Simple copywriting tips to attract more coaching clientsGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you struggle with writing copy in your coaching business to attract more clients, then stay tuned, I’m going to be sharing some simple tweaks you can make to help your potential clients feel more resonance, more connection and to feel more understood.Tune in to learn:The words we should not be using in our copywriting if we want to get more clientsHow to discover the right words to use insteadWhy we need to be mindful of using co...2023-02-0616 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 64. How to Create a Multi Offer Coaching BusinessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!There’s a lot of reasons why you might want to create a coaching business that has multiple offers and services.Although there’s been a trend around businesses just having one key offer or having a signature programme or course, creating a multi offer coaching business can have lots of benefits.Let’s look at what a multi offer coaching business is, why you might want to structure your coaching business in this way and how to actually do it...2023-01-3032 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 63: How to market your coaching business in less than 4 hours a weekGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you’re limited on time and want to be able to effectively (and realistically) market your coaching business in 4 hours or less a week, then this post is for you.I’m going to share the workflow I use and some other examples of how you can create content based marketing that helps you get your business in front of new potential clients on a consistent basis.Tune in to learn:How to be consistent in y...2023-01-2317 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp. 62: How to get clients in 2023 WITHOUT social mediaGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you’re a coach who wants to get clients this year, without social media, then you’re in the right place!In this episode of the show I’m going to be sharing everything you need to know about attracting clients without having to rely on social media. Tune in to learn:Why social media is not necessarily the best place to find clientsThe three different forms of marketing you need to know about off of soci...2023-01-1615 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp: 61: 23 ideas for growing a health or life coaching business in 2023Got some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you’re a health, life, spiritual (or anything in between!) coach who is seeking to grow their coaching business in 2023, then this is for you.I’m going to share 23 ideas you can implement that will help you get in front of new people, and connect with them - which for me is the foundation of getting more clients and customers. Not all of these ideas will be right for every coaching business but some of them could be the perf...2023-01-0932 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 60: 2022 Review and 2023 PlansGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!If you love behind the scenes content when it comes to online business and coaching then stay tuned because I’m going to be sharing a full rundown of behind the scenes of my online coaching business in 2022, how much money I made, my lessons learned as well as my intentions for 2023. Let’s dive in. Check out the blog post that accompanies this episode.Laura’s links:Laura's websiteLaura's InstagramLaura's YouTubeJoin Laura’s email list for upda...2023-01-0248 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 59: Plan for 2023 with me! 2023 Business Planning Session for CoachesGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Join me on the show this week for a full 2023 business planning session for coaches. I’ll guide you through a range of questions to help you reflect on 2022 and plan for your most aligned and wholehearted 2023 for your business. Get the workbook that accompanies this episode of the show and includes all the sections and journaling questions here: https://wholeheartedlylaura.com/2023-planningTune in and you’ll be guided to create a full effective plan for your coaching busin...2022-12-1234 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 58: The Joy of Email Marketing with Liz WilcoxGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!This week I’m delighted to be chatting to email marketing expert Liz Wilcox!The Fresh Princess of Email Marketing, Liz Wilcox is an Email Strategist and Keynote Speaker showing small businesses how to build online relationships, package up their “magic” and turn it into emails that people want to read and, most importantly, purchase from.I’ve been part of her Email Marketing Membership for over a year and find it super helpful whenever I’m a bit stuck on w...2022-12-0526 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 57: Why you should offer a ‘Power Hour’ style offer in your coaching businessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!I love experimenting with different things in my coaching business, and something I’ve really enjoyed offering is power hours.But why is it a good idea to offer a single coaching session as a service? And how do we make them work for us?In this episode of the show I’m going to be exploring why a power hour style offer is a good idea, where coaches often go wrong and how to make your power hour stan...2022-11-2815 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 56: How blogging can help you get more clients and grow your email listGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Blogging can be an excellent way to market your coaching business, but how does it work to actually get you clients and grow your list?Tune in to learn:Why you should consider blogging as a marketing option for your business - especially if you don’t love social mediaThe two must have strategies to use alongside blogging to get resultsHow to increase email signups on your postsHow to use blogging to create a better connection with potential clientsAdding blogging in...2022-11-2119 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 55: How to implement non client daysGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!When you first start a coaching business it’s natural to want to get as many clients as possible. This can sometimes mean you see clients at all hours of the day (and sometimes evenings and weekends!) which can quickly become challenging and energetically draining. It can also make it really hard to actually get any of the ‘on your business’ work done when you’re so busy working ‘in your business’ which means that your growth slows and you find yourself in the feast and famine c...2022-11-1416 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 54: How to do market research for your coaching businessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!At many different stages it can be helpful to perform market research to help you develop and grow your business. But what do we actually mean by market research? How do you do market research for your coaching business?Tune in to learn:Why market research isn’t just for people starting a coaching businessSome ways you can use market research to benefit your businessDifferent ways to perform market researchThe single most important thing you need to have in...2022-11-0714 minThe Wholehearted Business ShowEp 53: Identifying the best form of support for you and your businessGot some feedback or a question for Laura? Send it in here!Most of us recognise that to grow our business we’re probably going to need to access some outside support that will help through teaching us things we don’t know, coaching us, offering us accountability etcThis support can come in lots of different forms that all work in different ways, and therefore suit different people in different ways.In this post I’m going to talk about the four key types of support you can access to grow y...2022-10-3115 min