What would happen if we flipped the script? The What if becomes a positive. It becomes a question full of possibility instead of limitations? What if? What if I take a chance and fill my calendar with clients? What if I try a new tool and it really resonates with my client? What if I craft a vision for my business and it inspires me and those around me? What if I find a community of like-minded coaches to offer support and collaboration?

Dr. Moira Hanna

Introduction

I’m Dr. Moira and 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 wasn’t sure if I could make it work or even what the best approach was to success and fulfillment. I decided to step up and step into my dream of guiding health coaches on their journey from Hesitant Health Coach to Committed Health Coach. With a unique approach to coach growth, the Health Coach Catalyst program creates a strong hexagonal effect. The Coaching Hive podcast is your glimpse into the concepts, ideas, and approaches that underscore the Hexagonal Effect while giving you the opportunity to implement tools and tips along the way. Are you ready to dive into today’s podcast? Then let’s go and remember that this podcast is family friendly so go ahead and play it through your speakers!

Diving In

Welcome to Episode 11 of the Coaching Hive Podcast!

After coaching conversations, emails, and just sitting in the silence, it feels like this month should stay in the trend of mindset. This might be because our Coaching Hive MasterClass for May will be all about mindfulness and I’ve already got that on my mind or it could be that I’m just really loving mindset and mindfulness as spring arrives and everything blossoms and blooms. It feels like a good time to be mindful and set a growth mindset in place.

Let’s recap quickly. Last week we spent time talking about progress over perfection and you had the opportunity to really start thinking about what you’d like to accomplish to just get started. We discussed the idea that if we wait for perfection, the chances of never even taking that first step are exceedingly high.

Let me walk you through a concrete example of this concept. Think about a baby taking their first steps. Do they wait until they know they can successfully and confidently walk across the room and back before they try? No! They take those toddling first steps and fall. The adults all cheer at the effort and the excitement of trying something new. And what happens? The baby gets back up, or some adult picks them back up, and the process begins again.

No one looks at that baby’s first attempts at walking as anything less than a success and worthy of celebration. This builds the baby’s confidence. They squeal with delight and try over and over again. They don’t know to be disappointed in their efforts. They know that they are doing something important and they want to get it right. They love the cheering and the feeling of movement.

What if we applied that same mindset to our business life? What if we chose to celebrate each small step, however wobbly, and have confidence in our ability to walk across the room even if we have never before accomplished the feat? What if we committed to being confident about our forward movement?

The Topic

That sounds nice, right? But you are thinking to yourself. Ok, but where do I get the confidence to get started? The confidence to keep going in the face of challenges and success? The confidence to embrace the doubt and say this is worth it and I am worth it? This kind of confidence that innately allows a baby to try thos