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The Future Coach: How to Succeed As A Life Coach Today, Tomorrow & Beyond

by Kara Loewentheil
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    My guest today told me that organic social media now has a 98 percent failure rate. Meaning even the people who chose to follow you are, statistically, not going to see what you post. She would know. She quit social media entirely on…

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    During a recent call in my coach certification program, one of my students explained, with complete sincerity, that charging for coaching felt unfair because when clients pay, they're giving both their time AND their money, while she's…

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    A sixty-three year old nurse showed up to a coaching call in her pajamas, hadn't brushed her hair, and got on camera anyway because she didn't want to miss her chance to ask one question: am I too old to become a coach? It's a question…

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    August 12, 2026 · 12 min

    Your brain has done something sneaky. The moment you started thinking about becoming a coach, it decided that everything you've built in your career no longer counts. That you'd be starting over from zero. That's not a fact. It's a…

  • What Clients Actually Want (And Why You Can't Get It Wrong)

    July 29, 2026 · 15 min

    One of the biggest things that stops new coaches from charging, or charging more, is the fear that they won't be able to deliver what their clients want. It feels responsible, even. But it's based on a misunderstanding of what clients are…

  • The Mindset Work That Actually Gets You Started

    July 15, 2026 · 28 min

    Getting started as a coach isn't really a skills problem. It's a mindset problem — and nobody talks about what to actually do about that. This episode is pulled from the daily mindset broadcasts I shared inside Coach Curious Prep School…

  • Highlights from Coach-Curious Prep School: The Traits That Make Someone a Great Coach

    July 1, 2026 · 29 min

    Most people who are drawn to coaching spend too long asking the wrong question. It's not whether you're good enough yet. It's whether you have the traits that make coaching a natural fit — and most people who are seriously asking already…

  • How to Evaluate a Coaching Certification

    June 17, 2026 · 29 min

    Do you actually need a coaching certification? Technically, no. Life coaching is unregulated, and nobody can stop you from hanging a shingle. But I really don't recommend skipping it, and in this episode I break down exactly why, and how…

  • Why Coaching Will Thrive in the Age of AI

    June 3, 2026 · 29 min

    The headlines have it backwards. Coaching isn't going to be replaced by AI. It's going to become more valuable because of it. I'm making the case, with five specific reasons, for why this moment is actually one of the best times to become…

  • 3 Ways to Use Coaching in Other Jobs

    May 20, 2026 · 26 min

    If you've ever thought "a coaching certification isn't really for someone like me," you might be wrong about that. The most valuable thing it could ever do for you might happen in a meeting, a performance review, or a conversation with…

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About the show

If you’ve ever thought about becoming a coach you want to know: Who is cut out for this career, where is the industry going, is coaching secretly a pyramid scheme, what does it take to succeed? Every episode of this podcast answers the questions you were afraid to ask, or didn’t even realize you needed to. Master Coach Instructor Kara Loewentheil made more than $25 million as a coach before she ever started training coaches (or offering business coaching). With the expertise drawn from her decade as an internationally renowned coach, her top-ranked podcast, and her New York Times-bestselling book, she’s sharing all her best secrets for making coaching a part of your career. Whether you want to be an entrepreneur, coach in someone else’s business, or bring coaching in-house in your current career, this podcast will walk you through how to build a fulfilling purposeful and mission-driven career that also makes money in every economic climate. You might be a mindset coach, a career coach, an executive coach, a parenting coach, a feminist coach, a business coach, a mentor, a manager, a team-leader, a C-suite executive - it doesn’t matter. If you work with people to grow and develop, this podcast will help you do it better. *What does it take to become a coach? *Who makes a good coach? *Do I have to be an entrepreneur to be a coach? *Do I need a license to be a coach? *Is coaching a MLM or pyramid scheme? *Do coaches just coach other coaches? *Is the coaching market saturated? *How do I build a profitable coaching business? *How do I become a better life coach? *How to improve work-life balance as a new coach? *How do I manage my time and stop feeling so busy? *How do I balance running my coaching business with my life? *Am I too old to become a coach? *Is coaching a real job? *How do I know if I’m helping clients? *What if my clients don’t get results?