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

Kara Loewentheil 8 Episodes Jul 15, 2026

This podcast explores the world of coaching, answering questions about who is cut out for the career, where the industry is heading, and what it takes to succeed. Host Kara Loewentheil, a master coach instructor who has made over $25 million as a coach, shares insights from her decade of experience. Episodes cover topics like building a fulfilling, mission-driven career that also generates income, whether as an entrepreneur, in-house coach, or within another business. The show is aimed at mindset coaches, career coaches, executive coaches, and anyone who works with people to help them grow.

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7. The Mindset Work That Actually Gets You Started Jul 15, 2026 28:27 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, and it covers the three things I think every aspiring coach needs to hear before they take the leap. First, why nerves are not a signal that something is wron

6. Highlights from Coach-Curious Prep School: The Traits That Make Someone a Great Coach Jul 1, 2026 28:38 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 do.This episode is pulled from highlights of my live Coach Curious Prep School, where I walk a room full of aspiring coaches through the core traits that actually

5. How to Evaluate a Coaching Certification Jun 17, 2026 29:20 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 to find the right one.There are three categories of certification programs: university-based, ICF-accredited, and independent. Each has tradeoffs, and I walk you

4. Why Coaching Will Thrive in the Age of AI Jun 3, 2026 28:46 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 a coach. You'll also hear where AI genuinely helps coaches who are building a practice and, just as importantly, where letting it take the wheel will quietly unde

3. 3 Ways to Use Coaching in Other Jobs May 20, 2026 26:26 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 your teenager.I'm walking through what actually changes when you understand how the brain works: why the problems most professionals keep trying to solve are the wr

2. What Being a Life Coach Actually Requires (And What It Doesn't) May 20, 2026 22:21 The bar for becoming a coach is different than you think, and so is what actually makes someone good at it. You don't need a psychology degree, a perfect life, or shared experience with every client you'll ever have.I'm breaking down the real objections that stop people from getting started, why most of them are rooted in how women are socialized to see themselves, and what three qualities actuall

1. What Life Coaching Is and Isn't May 20, 2026 22:35 Most people who could be extraordinary coaches never get started because they believe something about coaching that simply isn't true.I'm tackling the three biggest coaching misconceptions head-on: you’ll learn what coaching actually is, why it's nothing like therapy, and why the "wellness grifting" criticism says more about sexism than it does about the profession. You'll also hear what real coac

Introducing: The Future Coach Podcast May 18, 2026 02:22 I'm Kara Loewentheil, host of Unf*ck Your Brain and author of the New York Times bestseller Take Back Your Brain. After a decade coaching thousands of women and building a multi-million dollar business, I'm putting everything I've learned about succeeding as a coach in one place.I created The Future Coach for anyone who wants to coach: whether you're starting a business, working in-house, or bring

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

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