444: Coaching from the Inside Out: Using a Coach Approach on Yourself with Ellen Kocher, MCC

Today’s expert guest joins us to explore the essentials of business building through self-coaching and personal alignment. We discuss the importance of self-reflection, niching down, and adapting in today’s ever-changing coaching landscape. Join us to learn more! Ellen Kocher is a visionary entrepreneur, workplace wellness expert, and Master Certified Coach who works with coaches to be their very best. She has over two decades of experience empowering individuals, teams, and organizations to thrive through transitions. Her long career is a testament to her agility, creativity, and passion for building solutions that drive meaningful impact. The founding of three thriving businesses reflects her innovative approach to coaching and consulting. Her book, Wake-Up, Shake-Up, Thrive! How to Lift Up Your Life in Your 50s and Beyond, and transformative workshops have inspired professionals worldwide to embrace growth, possibility, and reinvention at every stage of life.  Show Highlights:Using a coach approach on ourselves, and what that meansAsk the important question—and re-ask it continually.Ellen’s personal example of using a coach approach on herself by listening and adaptingUnderstanding your “inside driver” to resolve and succeed in your values-based coaching businessFeeling “wobbly”? Here are Ellen’s tips:Ask, “Who am I?” (Use self-awareness, and focus on being and doing.)Align with your values, and re-align when necessary.Be open to growth and “pivot-ness.” (There is power in pivoting!)Niche down as specifically as possible by listening to internal and external feedback. (Try, listen, observe, and adapt.)Highlights of Ellen’s journey and the many pivots along the wayEllen’s #1 takeaway about collaboration, connection, and needing others Resources: Connect with Ellen Kocher LinkedIn, Whealthness Facebook, Wake-Up Shake-Up, Thrive,  Facebook, Wake-Up, Shake-Up, Thrive! How to Lift Up Your Life in Your 50s and Beyond book, and Email. Connect with Meg ENROLLING NOW FOR THE FALL MENTOR PROGRAM beginning in August 2025. Click here for more information and sign up now!  Explore the STaR Coach Community and see what’s available there for you! Visit the STaR Coach Show YouTube Channel! Subscribe today! Join our live show taping on the 3rd Thursday of every month at 1 pm CT.  Explore past episodes and other resources at www.STaRcoachshow.com.