Seth Braun, Author at Health Coach Weekly

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Are you winging it with your coaching?

Do you have a system for predictably getting results with clients? I’ve heard some version of this story many times over the last 10 years. I feel like a fraud because I don’t really have confidence as a coach. I freeze up when a client resists what I am saying and I start beating myself […]

The Roots and Lineage of Great Coaching

Coaching. You have committed yourself to this path. You’ve invested money, time, energy and attention to developing a health coaching business. I get it. You are a health geek. Admit it. You love food, herbs, supplements, Ayurveda and Chinese medicine. But how much do you know really know about coaching? We stand on the shoulders […]

Speaking Freak: The Real Scoop on Speaking for Holistic Health Professionals

In 1998, I boldly took the stage at a University auditorium. The audience, busloads of teens from inner city schools, were primed from a day of music, dance and art. Their hearts were uncharacteristically open. This was my shot at making an impact. There may never be a more fecund opportunity to plant the seed […]

How To Help More People

The sun streamed in through the flowing natural fiber curtains clinic in Boulder, Colorado. The walls were filled with jars of Chinese and Western herbs, superfoods, and high end whole food supplements. The chewy sweet potency of goji berries mixed with the bitter brash cacao nibs in the mouths and minds of the practitioners. It […]

A Niche for A New Year: Why Most Advice Sucks and What You Need To Know To Master Your Target Market

Most Marketing Teachers Get This Wrong Because of the good-intentions but wrong approach of many business coaches, health coaches end up turned off by the idea of “niche” or “target market.” But it shouldn’t be this way. There are too many people that need your help. That is why you need to understand the power […]

5 Unfortunate Reasons Health Pros Fail (Based On An Analytical Approach)

What Brain Are You Using In Your Business? Are you reaping the benefits of both right brain and left-brain perspectives in your business? Many of the talks we give, classes we teach and even my books, including, Indestructible Success, give you tools for the inner and outer game of success. Lately, we have noticed that […]

Why Don’t They Teach This For Your Niche?

Paying Clients I graduated from the only Buddhist University in the United States. My major was music and my double minor was theatre and dance. My peers were either: 1. Musicians 2. Dancers 3. Poets 4. Environmental Studies Grads 5. Buddhist Clergy / Religion Geeks So when I graduated from IIN as a health coach, […]

Niche, Target Market and Health Coach Success: Clearing The Confusion To Get Focused, Confident and Productive

What Is A Niche? Niche: a. A situation or activity specially suited to a person’s interests, abilities, or nature b. A special area of demand for a product or service Why Do I Need A Niche? Successful health coaches develop two foundation characteristics: 1. The ability to focus 2. The ability to persist “Say no […]

Why I Hated Narrowing My “Niche” & How I Finally Found It

“You have to find a niche to make your business work.” I heard the advice and adamantly stated, “this does not apply to me, I am going to build my business without a niche.” And I did. Ha! But I burned out. Oh. You can learn two lessons from this and avoid the pain and […]

Health Coaches: Four Essential Skills for Getting Clients

Getting clients is a lot like dating. And in a way, can be just as intimate. You are about to spend a minimum of six months with this person and they with you. In truth, you are signing up for a potential life-long relationship. Case in point, I am still working with one of my […]

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