Making the Transition (Lee Chaix McDonough)

Lee Chaix McDonough is the founder of Coach With Clarity. She guides women in discovering how to combine their talents, experience, and intuition to create fulfilling coaching businesses that serve their clients without selling their souls. In this episode we discuss:How to know if coaching is the right calling for you and when to trust your intuitionWhy it is crucial to learn both business management and coaching when you're just getting startedThe challenges faced by new coaches when making the transition into the fieldThe type of attitude and mindset needed to make it as a coachWays to transfer previous knowledge and experience into your new coaching practiceHow important it is to set realistic expectations and boundaries for yourself “Put yourself out there, be willing to make some mistakes, find mentors and resources that can support you, that is going to be pivotal to your growth as a coach.”  – Lee Chaix McDonough Lee Chaix McDonough is the founder of Coach With Clarity,  where women in helping professions discover how to combine their talents, experience, and intuition with a powerful coaching methodology, so they can create a flexible, meaningful business that serves their people and supports their families — without selling their souls. She is also the host of the Coach with Clarity podcast and author of the #1 Amazon bestseller, ACT On Your Business: Braving the storms of entrepreneurship and creating success through meaning, mindset, and mindfulness. After over a decade as a clinical social worker and public health professional, Lee became credentialed as a coach through the International Coach Federation (ICF) and now provides ICF-accredited initial training and continuing education for intuitive, innovative coaches. Her Coach with Clarity framework fuses meaning, mindset, and mindfulness with grounded intuition and solid business strategy to help coaches and clients excel at entrepreneurship and transform their lives. She holds the ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential, and the Board Certified Coach (BCC) credential from the Center for Credentialing and Education. Lee is a proud alumna of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she received her Bachelor of Arts, Master of Social Work, and Master of Science in Public Health degrees. Prior to founding Coach with Clarity, she worked in a variety of professional settings, including hospitals, local governments, non-profit organizations, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and as a civilian for the United States Air Force. Lee lives in North Carolina with her husband, two sons, and her pug Phineas.       Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:MiraseeCoaches ConsoleLee’s websiteLee’s LinkedInLee's fun quiz - Discover Your Coaching StyleLee's book: ACT On Your Business: Braving the storms of entrepreneurship and creating success through meaning, mindset, and mindfulness Credits:Guest: Lee Chaix McDonoughHost: Melinda CohanProducer: Cynthia Lamb Executive producer: Danny InyScripted and assembled  by: Michi Lantz Audio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher MartinAudio Post Production: Post Office SoundMusic soundscape: Chad Michael SnavelyMaking our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio If you don't want to miss future episodes of Just Between Coaches, please subscribe to Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you're listening right now. And if you liked the show, please leave us a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people. • Music and SFX credits: •Track Title: Clouds Artist Name(s): Acreage Writer Name: Marshall Usinger Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS •Track Title: Coastline Dream Artist Name(s): Wild Sky Writer Name: Adam Simons Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS •Track Title: Coo Coos Artist Name(s): Dresden, The Flamingo Writer Name: Matthew Wigton Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION •Track Title: Stars & Trees Artist Name(s): Outside The Sky Writer Name: Dustin Ransom Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION Episode transcript: Making the Transition (Lee Chaix McDonough) Coming soon. ~~~~~