When we’re turning out passion into our career, we sometimes realize we need help, but we’re hesitant to ask for it. As Yoga Health Coaches, we sometimes have to shift our identity and lean into growing edges to mine our resources to get the help we need.

When asking for help from someone with whom you have a prior connection, lead with your heart rather than succumbing to fear. Knowing what their needs are and where they are coming from will help guide the conversation. Practice the deep listening skills we learn in YHC so that you can keep an open ear and an open mind to ideas they might have that might not have occurred to you. And while it’s easy to get caught up in conversation, in the end, we need to be really clear about what’s going to happen, what the next steps are, and what the timeline is.

We all have resources, connections in our communities; we have people who believe in us. We shouldn’t be afraid to step forward and ask for help in the interest of reciprocity and interdependence. It’s part of our identity evolution.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• The three questions you need to ask yourself as you try to grow your coaching business.
• How to approach potential resources.
• How to “close” a conversation with a resource.

Links Mentioned in Episode:

• Marcia’s facebook page
• Marcia’s website
• Tania’s facebook page
• YHC Have a conversation
• Watch the Masterclass NOW

Show Highlights:

• 0:00 – When we’re turning out passion into our career, we sometimes realize we need help, but we’re hesitant to ask for it. Sometimes it’s because we don’t want to “bother” others. Sometimes it’s because we’re not really sure who to ask or what to ask for. But we all of resources, people we’re connected to in some way, who believe in what we’re doing.4:00 – For Yoga Health Coaches, we sometimes have to shift our identity and lean into growing edges to mine our resources to get the help we need. Marcia has experience working with non-profit organizations, and it occurred to her recently that she needed to approach her health coaching business much the same way she would a non-profit: by mapping out a plan to get the word out about what she’s doing.

  10:55 – When asking for help from someone with whom you have a prior connection, it’s important to lead with your heart rather than succumb to fear. Knowing what their needs are and where they are coming from will help guide the conversation. Getting clear about the future state we believe is possible is also very important.

  15:00 – When meeting with our resources, it’s important to practice the deep listening skills we learn in YHC so that we can keep an open ear and an open mind to ideas they might have that might not have occurred to us.

  17:30 – While it’s easy to get caught up in conversation with like-minded resources, in the end, we need to be really clear about what’s going to happen, what the next steps are, and what the timeline is.

  18:48 – We all have resources, connections in our communities; we have people who believe in us. We shouldn’t be afraid to step forward and ask for help in the interest of reciprocity and interdependence. It’s part of our identity evolution.

Favorite Quotes:

• “If we don’t take the actions, and we’re not actually doing the work to make these things happen, they’re just not going to happen.” — Marcia Wilson
• “I love being in conversation, so if I get the tiniest little tidbit that helps me organically evolve what I’m working on, then I’m happy.” — Marcia Wilson

The Yoga Health Coaching community has a way of revealing our shadow issues and encouraging us to work through them while providing us with the space and the tools to do so. Through her work in YHC, Lynne uncovered one of her shadow issues, something she doesn’t like to admit needs work. Like many wellness pros, Lynne realized that in her urge to help others, she sometimes jumped the gun and went straight to giving advice rather than deeply listening to what others have to say.

In Yoga Health Coaching, we learn deep listening techniques that allow our course members to explore their own stories. It’s empowering for our course members and clients to first be heard and then to sit with their problems or questions so that they might have an opportunity to arrive at their own answers or solutions.

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

• What common coaching tendency impedes our ability to coach more effectively.
• How yoga health coaches uncover and work through shadow issues with the candor and care of a dynamic group.
• How Yoga Health Coaching prepare us to provide space for deep transformation.

Links Mentioned in Episode:

• Lynne facebook page
• Lynn’s website
• YHC Have a conversation
• Watch the Masterclass NOW

Show Highlights:

• 0:00 – Our work as yoga health coaches often prompts some self reflection around how we’ve shown up in our personal lives. Sometimes we realize we need to make a shift. Lynne realized that in her urge to help others, she sometimes jumped the gun and went straight to giving advice rather than deeply listening to what others have to say.
• 6:15 – There’s a lot of value in asking others if they would like your advice. It’s also empowering for our course members to allow them to first be heard and then to sit with their problems or questions so that they might have an opportunity to arrive at their own answers or solutions.
• 9:04 – In Yoga Health Coaching, we learn deep listening techniques that allow our course members to explore their own stories.
• 10:22 – The YHC community has a way of revealing our shadow issues and encouraging us to work through them while providing us with the space and the tools to do so.

Favorite Quotes:

• “As yoga health coaches, we have this immense opportunity to let our clients feel deeply heard and deeply nurtured in their growth path.” — Carly Banks
• “It’s been incredible going through the Yoga Health Coaching program. We learn all kinds of really immensely positive deep listening techniques: opening your energy body to receive somebody’s grief, for example, instead of filling uncomfortable spaces . . . and invite them to go deeper into their stories and invite them to uncover their own challenges. This model of coaching has just expanded my ability to connect with my clients a hundredfold.” — Carly Banks
• “I find that this wonderful, shining community brings up a lot of my . . . shadow issues, and that’s what I want.” Lynne Taillefer

Guest BIO:

Lynne Taillefer, A.K.A. Mama Lynne lives in Québec, Canada  with her husband and their two young boys. She offers educational yoga and Ayurvedic workshops for yoga instructors and Yoga Teacher Trainings, who wish to deepen and continue their evolution as teachers and students. Lynne is a Certified Yoga Health Coach and she teaches an 11 week course as well as a 7 month Yoga Immersion course to help revitalize and rejuvenate other mothers and their families. Connect with Lynn on her website and facebook page.