268: How Coaches Can Stop the Cycle of Shame and Get Unstuck

Also mentioned, episode 80 called Competition, Comparison and Shame in the Field of Coaching.The upside of talking about shame is that once you acknowledge it you can quickly realize what has triggered it and let it go.A new coach in my VIP program — I’ll call her Barbara — got caught in a shame spiral because she wasn’t meeting up to some big expectations that she had for herself.I’m so grateful to Barbara for giving me permission to share some of our discussion in this episode.When you are willing to show your vulnerability with your coaching colleagues, that helps everyone become more successful at this big coaching business endeavor.We coached through it and came to an important realization:Shame rises up whenever you’re doing something that you care deeply about that you haven’t done before.Let’s talk about the typical way for coaches that shame snowballs into something ugly and leaves you feeling stuck. I’ll also share how you can quickly get unstuck and move forward powerfully.