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I'm Dr. Moira. I'm a college professor, instructor, coach, and passionate mentor to health coaches around the world. But I haven't always been that confident and committed to my coaching career. I was hesitant to take the next step and wasn't sure what the best approach was to success and fulfillment. I decided to step into my passion and purpose of guiding health coaches on their journey from hesitant health coach to committed health coach,

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Introduction

Welcome to a brand-new month with the Coaching Hive. And this one is going to be special. This month is all about passion and purpose. And in this month, I have an extra special something coming your way. Next week, I am sitting down with book author, Amy McLaren, to talk about her brand-new book that is releasing on August 10th about called Passion to Purpose. In fact, Amy’s new book is so empowering that I am offering a free virtual book club for Passion to Purpose. If you are interested in joining the book club, we will have a private Facebook group, private Telegram channel with daily inspiration, and live virtual discussions to create authentic connection and progress toward leaning into our passions and purpose. Head on over to bit.ly/passiontopurposebookclub to sign up today.

Before we jump into today’s topic, I just want to share with you a little about the book. I cannot wait for you all to read this book. I have been pouring over it for the last few weeks, and it is already filled with sticky notes and ideas and insights and thoughts and aha moments that are really driving a lot of things right now. I keep going back to it and finding new nuggets of wisdom. Each time I read the book, it is with different insights. I think this book is a game changer. So much so that my Founding Members inside the Coaching Hive membership are receiving a free copy as a gift.

The book club begins this week with our first live discussion on Monday, August 16. Join today to catch the conversations leading up to the book launch. Again, that link to join is bit.ly/passiontopurposebookclub.

Purpose

Ok, now let’s dive into today’s episode with something that I saw pop up in a health coaching group that I'm a part of. It just really stuck with me, especially because I had Amy's Passion to Purpose book on my mind. I thought it might be helpful to have a conversation here about the post I saw. A health coach posted they were feeling frustrated about how to find jobs and it's frustrating because the health coaching arena is still very new.

Not everyone respects the health coaching certification, even the national board certification isn’t always recognized just yet. And many employers are still trying to look for nurses instead of recognizing what a health coach, even without that RN degree can offer to their clients. And this coach was sharing that she was feeling very frustrated, kind of beaten down that there weren't jobs. She felt like it was a situation where it was kind of like that hidden secret until you're in the club.

You don't know that there aren't as many jobs as you might expect until you are a health coach. And while that's changing, you know, th