The Thriving Coaches Podcast (Jamie Smart)

In this week’s episode you will hear a recording of a 1-1 coaching session I did with one of my clients Tanya Alexander. Tanya is a professional photographer, Therapist and life coach and she is doing a programme of mine called ‘Escape Velocity – The Transition Blueprint’ and during that programme people get 1-1 coaching in a group context.

When Tanya came on the call for her coaching session she wanted to get coaching around a number of fears – agoraphobia, claustrophobia, fear of flying and generalised anxiety, and so the reason I thought that would be such a great topic for this podcast is because the solution with those is the same as it is for ALL our fears, worries and anxieties.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/pcp/15 

In this episode of the Thriving Coaches Podcast you will hear a brief recording of a broadcast I did called 'The 5 Paradoxical Clues to Doing the Work You're Here to Do'.

On June 7th (2018) I'm doing a free 2 hour training about the 5 Paradoxical Clues to doing the work you're here to do and you can get access to that by going to: https://www.jamiesmart.com/fiveclues

Welcome to the podcast. In this session, we’re doing a kind of warmup for the free live training I’m kicking off on Friday 29th October, called the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass series.

And this time, we’re doing something new: We’ve got a theme for the Masterclass series, “Decoding the Principles Behind Transformation”.

In the course of helping you grow a thriving coaching business, I want to make the principles I’m so passionate about practical and highly relevant to you. Why? Because these principles are the most practical thing I know for helping you get clients and make a big difference in a way that fits with who you really are.

So every day for 10 days I’m reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It’s called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.

The focus of the book, and the masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your business and having an impact in your clients’ lives, and we’re going to be covering the stuff that’s most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including…

1.  

   Demystifying the whole domain of ‘niching’

2. Setting your price

3. Engagement and growing your audience

4. The whole ‘visibility’ thing

5. Getting clients and making a difference to them

6. The question of ‘coaching packages’ vs ‘hourly’ vs ‘retainer’

7. The best so-called ‘business model’ for coaches

8. How to talk about what you do

    

And all the way through, I’m going to be decoding the principles behind transformation and making them practical.

So to register for this free masterclass series, go to https://www.jamiesmart.com/business-masterclass.

It's totally free, and my aim is to give you more value in this free course than most people give in their paid-for courses. 

By the way, you can join me in my free secret coaching business channel. I’m doing a new experiment where I’m sharing bite-sized client-creation tips & exclusive free extras for helping you grow your coaching practice. So if that appeals, you can join me there free at www.JamieSmart.com/secret.

Now here’s the episode…

Kimberley Hare is Managing Director of Kaizen Training Limited, a consulting firm she co-founded 27 years ago. She draws from a variety of approaches, and works now exclusively from a Three Principles perspective. She is also an expert in the Neuroscience of Leadership, Engagement and Culture Change, Positive Psychology, Social Psychology and Influencing, NLP, and Brain-Friendly Learning. She is a regular keynote speaker at conferences all over the world, and has published numerous articles on learning, leadership and organisational change. Kimberley is a CpF (Certified Professional Facilitator) certified by the International Association of Facilitators. She is the author of two best-selling books about the brain and learning.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp12

Jeanie Honey is an experienced social worker and founder of the highly regarded TEDxExeter event. She’s had an interesting and diverse life involving growing up in a variety of countries with a pioneering family, and has done social work, child protection and writing. Jeanie is deeply inspired to share the principles behind clarity as widely as possible, and she's now taking on coaching clients, as well as embarking on 'Transformational Travels' where she'll be meeting and working with a variety of different people. In this session (recorded during a module of the Certified Clarity Coach Training programme), I coach her in front of the group around direction and purpose; what to do and where to start. As you'll hear when you listen to it, I pause regularly to explain to the group where I'm going, what I'm doing and why I'm doing it as I coach Jeanie.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp33

• Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching'
• Setting your price
• Engagement and growing your audience
• The whole 'visibility' thing
• Getting clients and making a difference to them
• The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer'
• The best so-called 'business model' for coaches
• How to talk about what you do
• and lots more

A simple solution to stress, pressure and burnout in the NHS.

this episode is one we’ve been trying to organise for a while, because it’s with Louise O’Dalaigh, a woman who’s been working to introduce the principles behind clarity into he National Health Service (NHS). 
 
As you may know, the issue of stress and burnout is pretty much an epidemic in the world of healthcare, so it’s one of the places where subtractive psychology has so much to offer. Why? Because in a domain where people are insanely busy, and have crucial, life and death decisions to make,  subtractive psychology is the only thing you can learn that takes things off your mind automatically and uncovers your true potential.

Louise went into the NHS because she’s passionate about helping people and caring for others. She started out as a nurse, and rose through the ranks to become a senior manager leading services. 
 
In the process, she experienced a huge amount of stress and pressure, to the point where she was really struggling at work. Her doctor had put her on anti-depressant medication and even advised her to find a different career. 

That looked like a last resort to her, so she started exploring the principles behind clarity. During the first workshop she attended, she had an insight into where her experience was coming from, and who she really is. 
 
She suddenly realised that no matter what happened, she’d be OK; that she could never be a victim of circumstance, and there was nothing she couldn’t handle.

Within weeks, she was off medication, and living with a knowledge of her innate resilience and wellbeing that is with her to this day.

Once she saw the power of this understanding for herself, it was a no-brainer to see how it could benefit her colleagues. And you may be able to relate to this. Have you had a realisation into some aspect of these principles, then wondered “Why doesn’t everyone know this?” or “How can I get this out there?”
 
That’s what happened to me when I first saw this, and it’s also what Louise experienced.

Of course, knowing these principles can make a huge difference is one thing, but it’s quite another thing to answer the question, “How do you share this understanding with the people in your workplace? How do you share it with your colleagues? With your friends? With your loved ones?” 

Louise is a mum to four children, so you can imagine how important this last one is to her. 

In this episode, you’re going to hear how Louise is answering that question, and is now sharing this understanding with senior health professionals from all around the world.

You may also get your own insights and realisations about how to ‘get these principles out there’, and share them with the people who matter to you.

To watch the original video this show was taken from click here: https://youtu.be/P-ADDLE0_FU

A keynote I did at the Popup Business School in Westminster.

In November of 2018, I was invited to speak to 100 students at the PopUp Business School in Westminster, London.

The founders of Popup created it as a response to traditional startup advice, because they felt that stuff was completely inaccessible to some of the people they wanted to inspire...

- Unemployed people
- People doing jobs they hated
- People who were trapped in the benefit system
- People who were struggling with addiction, mental health and other issues

Basically, people who were traditionally excluded from the kind of support that helps when you're starting up. Not only that, but they’re people who often don’t get to experience the kind of work I do.

They run their programmes in partnership with Housing Associations and Local Authorities, to help their constituents get a handle on their financial situations by creating their own income streams.

Popup help people start their own business, fast!

I was talking with one of the founders, Simon Paine, (Simon was personally impacted after reading my books and listening to this podcast, and we’ve ended up becoming friends), so we were having lunch and I asked him this question:

"What's the number one thing that stops people taking action and creating the business they want to?"

He thought about it, then he said "It's the psychological stuff"; confidence, motivation, resilience.

- Believing they were broken - that past experiences had damaged them

- Thinking that they couldn't change - that their lives couldn't transform

- Feeling like they lacked the qualities they would need to deal with the ups and downs of doing their own thing

When he asked if I could do a talk to help his students with that stuff, I instantly said "YES".

You see, my team and I believe the most valuable thing a person can discover is how their mind works and who they really are.

We want to share this far and wide and reach people in every walk of life.

We want to inspire and educate a generation about what they've got going for them, so this means reaching the kinds of people who would rarely get the chance to hear about this sort of thing, in fact one of the audiences we want to be reaching is the very people that popup business school are working with.

As you can imagine, I was really excited to see how the simple message of the principles behind clarity landed with the Popup audience.

It was a big experiment for me AND for Popup.

So in this recording, you’re going to hear what happened when I shared this understanding with a group of people who were hearing about it for the first time. Enjoy!

This episode is one lots of people will relate to because it’s called “Getting Out of Your Own Way, and really I’m delighted to share this episode with you because it’s a recording from the ClarityLive! event we held earlier this month. The theme for the event was “How to make 2022 your most beautiful year yet” and it was really lovely. We had people joining us from all around the world, and there was a great sense of community, with lots of profound realisations. And one of the things we did was I had ‘fireside chat’ conversations with Certified Clarity Coaches who’ve been having a big impact in the world, and I picked their brains about what it means to live a beautiful life, and how this understanding has helped them do exactly that. And my idea for this was that we would be talking shop; the kind of conversation that I have with my colleagues over a coffee, and that most people never get to hear. So in this podcast, you’re going to be hearing one of those, a conversation I had with bestselling author & coach, Marie Arymar. And Marie specialises in working with young people and parents.

Just before we get to that, I wanted to mention that the doors are now open for the final intake of our flagship Clarity Certification Training programme. I say ‘final’ because as you may have heard, I’ve decided to stop all business activities except for delivering programmes that I already have on the calendar for 2022. And I’m doing this so I have the time to write the second edition of my book CLARITY, and to create the space for what’s going to come next. You know, when I first came to the principles, it was relatively unknown, and very few people knew how to share this understanding with others. And it was clear to me that we needed a cadre of highly-skilled coaches, trainers and change-workers who could share this understanding and have a big impact with their clients. 

Ten years on, and we’ve trained over 300 Clarity Coaches and I couldn’t be more delighted. We now have that cadre of highly-skilled people with a deep understanding in place. Now it’s time to get these principles out into the world in a bigger way, and I need the space to do that, so… 

This is the last time I’m going to be delivering Clarity Certification Training. 26 of the 36 places are now taken, so there are 10 places left as I speak. And I’m really looking for leaders who want to take this understanding out into the world at a time when there’s never been a greater need for it. And for the first time ever, I’ve added a massive bonus package worth over £13,000, including the chance to sit in on a 3-day coaching intensive with a corporate client, later this year.

And we have an EarlyBird price so you can save up to £1,500 when you book your place by Monday, January 24th. Just go to www.JamieSmart.com/coach to learn more.

And Clarity Certification Training is the programme Marie did a couple of years ago when she was earlier in her journey. So now to the episode. 

• Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching'
• Setting your price
• Engagement and growing your audience
• The whole 'visibility' thing
• Getting clients and making a difference to them
• The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer'
• The best so-called 'business model' for coaches
• How to talk about what you do
• and lots more

During a recent podcast episode, I mentioned that while climate change is one of the threats facing humanity, there are many others, including artificial intelligence, exponential technology, authoritarianism, pandemics, nuclear winter and many more. This week’s episode is another in this series of ‘public service announcement’ conversations, this time with one of my favourite twitter-follows, Vinay Gupta.

Here’s the back story. Last year, I heard a podcast episode with a chap called Vinay Gupta and started following him on twitter (his handle is @leashless).

He's proved to be one of my more fascinating follows, and has a unique perspective on a number of things (including the environment / climate change, the future of money, modern-day slavery, the rise of warlord entrepreneurs and more).

Just to provide some bona fides, Vinay helped organise the launch of the crypto-currency Ethereum a few years back, is the designer of Dubai's national blockchain strategy and is the inventor of the hexayurts you may have used / seen if you've ever been to the Burning Man festival.

Among other things, he's introduced me to the idea of 'goat rodeos' (an explanation of why certain national-level problems prove resistant to resolution, and what you can do about it).

So I reached out to him and said this:

"I find your perspective on the whole 'welcome to the world of the people who grow your coffee' overlap with racism / modern slavery / environment / meditation and fairness super-important. Would you be up for being interviewed on my podcast? (It’s called the Get Clarity Podcast). It only has a few thousand listeners but they’re mostly people who want to make a difference in the world."

He said, "Yes", and what you’re about to hear is the conversation that followed.

By the way, SCIM stands for Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps; an approach for planning for survival in the case of societal collapse

Follow Vinay Gupta on twitter: @leashless
Learn more about Mattereum at https://mattereum.com/
Learn more about Simple Critical Infrastructure Maps at http://resiliencemaps.org/

• You’re going to learn the fundamentals of working with limiting beliefs, so you’re standing on solid ground as you discern what’s really going on for your client.
  
  
• As a result, you’ll be able to increase your impact-confidence and make a bigger difference (it’s a lot easier to help someone when you understand the landscape.)
• As a lovely side-effect, you’ll start seeing through your *own* limiting beliefs so you can create the results that truly matter to you as well as your clients.
• You’re going to be getting a felt sense of the nature of true identity (this is crucial, because this is one of the main ‘leverage points’ you have to share with your clients).
• You’ll also be learning the linguistic and sensory structure of limiting beliefs (language is a doorway into your client’s world, so I’ll be showing you specific questions you can ask to uncover what’s been holding them back until now). 
• You’ll be learning about the paradoxical nature of double-binds, and why most coaches innocently end up reinforcing the bind, rather than dissolving it (true story!) 
• You’ll learn how to point people to their true identity and their innate capacity for realisation, the keystone for truly transformational impact. People regularly cry tears of relief when you help them see through their perceived limitations, and wake up to the truth of who they really are.

When the event hosts asked me to deliver the final keynote speech at this year’s Viva Event, I asked them what gift they’d love the participants to walk away from the conference with.

Their answer inspired the title of my talk: Troubleshooting Enlightenment - How to Keep the Feeling Alive When You’re Back in the Real World.

During the talk, I shared:

• What gets in the way of that feeling staying with you,
• How to 'reconnect' to the principles, even in the midst of life’s challenges,
• Practical insights to help you keep showing up with clarity and ease, and
• Insights for those looking to share the 3Ps professionally.

So I invite you to ask *yourself* this question if you've ever wondered where the feeling goes:

Q: How do you keep ‘the beautiful feeling’ alive when you're back in the real world?

This is exactly what today’s episode is all about, featuring the full recording of my keynote.

When I listened to the recording myself, I picked up on the Viva vibe of fun and playfulness throughout the episode.

As well as being really enjoyable (if I say so myself) I heard from multiple people that they came away from the session with a quiet mind and new, fresh insights on the principles and what they make possible.

There's something else you'll find relevant if you're a coach or therapist:

During the talk, I asked who had asked themselves these questions:

Why doesn't everyone know this?

That's the question I hear most often from people when they first catch a glimpse of the principles, followed by...

How can I get this out there?

It was almost everyone in the audience (around 200 people).

So, during my talk, I shared some of the distinctions and 'mindsets' that can make you unusually good at having a transformational impact with this understanding and experiencing more of the feeling in your own life.

Because as Sydney Banks said:

“The more you help others, the more you help yourself. Believe me, that’s really true. The more you help others, the better the feeling you will get.”

Delivering this speech made me realize how much more we can do to bring these insights into practical, transformative action for ourselves and the world.

My team and I are already moving in this direction—more to come soon.

The 9 minute clip you’re about to listen to is an excerpt from an interview where I was asked the question, “What are the 3 principles.” As you’ll hear, my response started in somewhere that’s probably pretty familiar to most people and ended up somewhere much deeper.

In fact, by the time we’d reached the end of my answer, the feeling was so deep and profound that my interviewers (Lea Wernli and Shailia Stephens-Würsig) fell completely silent, and we sat in that insight-friendly space for the next 25 seconds.

We’ve left that 25 seconds of silence in at the end of this recording, and I haven’t recorded an outro because you may find that you want to sit in that silence for a while once we get to it.

And here’s the thing: You may have heard me say that I see my job in sharing the principles as ‘helping make it easy for my clients to have the insights that are going to make a difference to them in their lives.’

What I’ve found is that when we spontaneously fall into that quiet, peaceful, ‘insight-friendly’ space, that’s a time when people are particularly open to having some big realisations.

Here’s the episode.

In this episode you are going to hear a coaching session I did with executive coach - Kim Kaase back in 2015 on a BETA test of my programme 'The Thriving Coaches Blueprint'.

One of the things that is interesting about this episode is that after the session Kim went on to enrol clients on coaching packages and to put what she learned into practice with great effect!

This episode is sponsored by my new book - The Little Book of Results.

You can find out more about the LBOR and purchase your copy here: https://www.jamiesmart.com/getresults

Randall Preiser has spent the past 35 years leading, mentoring and training executives and team members to foster winning teams and organizations. And one of the interesting things about Randall is he was the CEO of iPEC, one of the world’s largest coaching organizations.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp09

A conversation with a good friend and Clarity Coach Christine Mitchell. 

In this episode of The Thriving Coaches podcast, you’re going to be hearing a conversation I had with a good friend and colleague, Clarity Coach Christine Mitchell. Christine works with people who arrive with a variety of challenges and objectives, particularly around anxiety, stress and OCD. And one of the interesting things about Christine is she’s working more and more with nurses and first-responders.

And here’s one of the reasons I’m really excited to be sharing this conversation with you. As you may already know, at our company, we’re passionate about what we call subtractive psychology: the only thing you can learn that takes things off your mind automatically and uncovers your true potential. 

It works on the basis that human psychology functions perfectly; that every person is born with innate resilience, clarity, natural motivation, the capacity to enjoy life, and navigate its ups and downs with ease. 

So what does that actually mean, in rough going?

What it means is that there’s something very simple a person can discover for themselves that makes the difference between stress and freedom, between a lifetime of mental health challenges, and complete recovery.

And in this interview, you’re going to hear about an extraordinary example of how that happened for Christine and her family. 

You see, when you discover the truth about how your mind works and who you really are, it sets you free.

And once you know the truth about this, your very *presence* can set others free. 
 
Christine saw the truth of this so clearly that those around her saw it too.  Two of her closest family members recovered spontaneously from lifelong depression and OCD after a single conversation.  
 
Here she shares in her own words what she realised, how she shared it with her loved ones, and the dramatic difference it made to them. She also talks about the differences it’s making with her other clients.
 
Christine didn’t have years of training or the so-called “right way” of talking about it,  she had two things: certainty and the willingness to share what she’d seen so far, that:
 
- Clarity, resilience & wellbeing are pre-existing capacities rather than things to be achieved
- People aren’t broken and they don’t need fixing
 
 And this episode was first aired back in 2017, but I’m re-publishing it because I want it to be heard by so many people who missed it the first time around. So sit back, relax and prepare to discover just what a difference it’s possible to make when you’re sharing what you’ve seen for yourself.

To find out more about Christine and her work you can visit her Facebook page here

Welcome to the podcast; I’m Jamie Smart. And I’m wondering... how would you like to be able to melt your clients' objections and concerns away in a way that's ethical, respectful & relationship-enhancing?

Whether it's "I can't afford it", "It's not the right time" or "I'll go away and think about it"...

I know so many coaches whose hearts sink when they hear these words.

But they have the opposite effect on me.

When I hear a client's concerns, my ears prick up and I start getting excited. Why?

Because I LOVE objections and concerns, and I recorded this episode in the thriving coaches community to show you exactly why.

By the way, this episode is brought to you by the Thriving Coaches Blueprint programme, my 90-day coaching intensive to help you get clients, grow your coaching business and make the difference you’re here to make. Doors close this Friday, August 6th, and you can learn more and register now at JamieSmart.com/thriving

So here’s the episode...

The episode you’re about to hear is a mentoring session on visibility & growing your audience that I did with Matt Fox. Matt’s one of the coaches taking part in the Clarity Advanced Coach & Facilitator Programme, and he and I met just over a year ago when he joined the Thriving Coaches Blueprint. And one of the things he developed while he was on that programme was his podcast, “The Heart of Dad”.

Matt’s a father himself, and he’s passionate about supporting dads to really be there in their children’s lives. In fact, many of his coaching clients are entrepreneurs who are also dads and want to experience more clarity and heart in their work and in their lives as a whole.

So about a month ago, Matt mentioned that he was planning to do the ‘Heart of Dad’ summit, an event where he was going to interview coaches and teachers who have had an impact in Matt’s life, and who are also fathers. Many of these people are dear friends and colleagues of mine, guys like Dicken Bettinger, Dr Bill Pettit, Amir Karkouti and Dr Mark Howard.

If you want to register for the summit, go to https://www.heartofdad.com/summit

Matt invited me to be one of the people he interviewed, and he happened to mention that he wanted to get more visibility and grow his audience for the summit, and that’s when I had an idea.

During my most recent Clarity Certification Training, I was talking to the students about the whole domain of business and the principles. We had a really great time, and everyone learned a lot, and it inspired me to start working on something new: the Clarity Pro Business Accelerator. I haven’t formally launched it yet, but I’m starting to get a group of founder members together, and I had an idea…

I invited Matt to have a one-hour conversation with me where we’d explore how he can grow his audience for his summit, and we’d stream it LIVE as an example of Clarity Pro Business Accelerator content.

We did the session, and lots of people found it really useful, so I’ve decided to launch it on the podcast. So here’s the episode!

PS it’s worth knowing that we’ve only got 2 places left on the 2021 Clarity Certification Training. There’s an early booking price which expires at the end of this month, on November 30th, but it’s likely that the programme will be sold out by then (we’re limiting it to 36 places and the first 34 have already been taken), so if you want to find out more, go to www.JamieSmart.com/coach that’s www.JamieSmart.com/coach

During this series of mini-episodes I'm reading chapters from my book - The Profitable Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your practice.

In this episode I am talking about multiplier No. 6 - Results Creator.

This series is brought to you by The Thriving Coaches Blueprint which you can find out more about at http://www.jamiesmart.com/thriving

Michael Neill is the author of numerous bestselling books, and is one of the people who’s made a huge difference in getting the principles behind clarity out into the world in a big way. And one of the interesting things about Michael is that he was the first person to really get my attention with these principles when I hired him to coach me way back in 2008.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp29

The episode you’re about to hear is an excerpt from one of the private laser-coaching & Q&A sessions I do each month with my ClarityPro Members.

Just to give you a bit of background, I’d been telling my clients about something my team and I do called ‘Project Gretsky’, inspired by a quote from the phenomenal hockey player, Wayne Gretsky who famously said, “Skate to where the puck is going, not where it’s been.”

In Project Gretsky, my team and I look to the future, and make guesses about where the world’s heading, how we can best guide our clients and how we can inspire and educate a generation to experience lives of clarity, resilience and wellbeing. It’s how we ended up developing our state of the art live-streaming facility, as well as a number of other innovations we’ve got in the pipeline.

So during last night’s Laser-coaching / Q&A session, one of our ClarityPro members (Andrea Bruno) asked a question that stopped me in my tracks.

Andrea said he was thinking about Project Gretsky, and thought it would be very cool and useful to do something like that, but he said that in the past, whenever he tried to predict the future, he got frustrated because he wanted to be right about it. If things didn’t go his way he got increasingly worried, and in the end, he just stopped trying to make any predictions because it wasn’t worth the anxiety factor. But something in Project Gretsky spoke to him, and he wanted to get some clarity about that.

So why did this stop me in my tracks? Because I’d never given much thought to how I relate to this whole domain of prediction and future trends.

What you’re going to hear in this episode is this: first you’ll hear Andrea’s question, then you’ll get my counter-intuitive answer, then finally you’ll hear how it lands with Andrea.

So here’s the episode:

Ankush Jain is a successful coach and a leader in the coaching community. He has spoken at conferences in the USA and Europe, and works with clients from around the world, helping them achieve extraordinary results. And one of the interesting things about Ankush is that he runs Immersion events for men and women around the subject of showing up more powerfully in life.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp16

Mahima Shrestha is a crisis management consultant who’s passionate about bringing people together, finding solutions to complex problems and facilitating long-term change in culture and communities. And one of the interesting things about Mahima is that she’s got a background in journalism and PR.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp15

Welcome to the podcast. In this session, we’re doing a kind of warmup for the free live training I’m kicking off on Friday 29th October, called the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass series.

And this time, we’re doing something new: We’ve got a theme for the Masterclass series, “Decoding the Principles Behind Transformation”.

In the course of helping you grow a thriving coaching business, I want to make the principles I’m so passionate about practical and highly relevant to you. Why? Because these principles are the most practical thing I know for helping you get clients and make a big difference in a way that fits with who you really are.

So every day for 10 days I’m reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It’s called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.

The focus of the book, and the masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your business and having an impact in your clients’ lives, and we’re going to be covering the stuff that’s most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including…

1. Demystifying the whole domain of ‘niching’
2. Setting your price
3. Engagement and growing your audience
4. The whole ‘visibility’ thing
5. Getting clients and making a difference to them
6. The question of ‘coaching packages’ vs ‘hourly’ vs ‘retainer’
7. The best so-called ‘business model’ for coaches
8. How to talk about what you do

And all the way through, I’m going to be decoding the principles behind transformation and making them practical.

So to register for this free masterclass series, go to https://www.jamiesmart.com/business-masterclass.

It's totally free, and my aim is to give you more value in this free course than most people give in their paid-for courses.

By the way, you can join me in my free secret coaching business channel. I’m doing a new experiment where I’m sharing bite-sized client-creation tips & exclusive free extras for helping you grow your coaching practice. So if that appeals, you can join me there free at www.JamieSmart.com/secret.

Now here’s the episode…

In this episode, you’re going to hear the introduction to a session that I did at the Realising Potential conference.

The introduction was to a set of coaching demonstrations that I did. The reason I’m sharing the introduction is because I got a lot of feedback from people saying how powerful it was because what you’ll hear me do is lay out my approach to coaching people from a principles-based understanding.

What I also explain is why coaching from a principles understanding is so different to how I used to coach (when I was an NLP coach) and to how a lot of people approach coaching. So if you’re interested in moving to coaching from a principles understanding this might be particularly interesting to you.

By the way later this year (or early next year) we’re going to be running The Thriving Coaches Blueprint program and a lot of people on that program have come to it from other modalities such as NLP, hypnosis, therapy etc. and they have found that the programme was a great way of starting that transition into working with people from a principles-based understanding.

If you want more details about The Thriving Coaches Blueprint go to jamiesmart.com/thriving (we haven’t opened the doors yet but you can put your name down to so you will be alerted when we do).

And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on July 30th.

• Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching'
• Setting your price
• Engagement and growing your audience
• The whole 'visibility' thing
• Getting clients and making a difference to them
• The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer'
• The best so-called 'business model' for coaches
• How to talk about what you do

and lots more.

Welcome to the podcast - I’m Jamie Smart. It’s now nearly two months since the tragic killing of George Floyd sparked a wave of protests that's echoing around the globe. And it got me wondering...

"As a member of the principles community, what does it make sense for you to say or do in relation to this?"

And as I wondered about this, I realised something...
I realised that I didn't know the answer to the question.

So I reached out to my good friend and colleague, Clarity Coach Davida Arnold.

Davida is a coach and educator based in Columbus Ohio. She's a mother with young children, and she’s a black woman.

You can find out more about Davida at this website: https://davidaiarnold.com/

As Davida and I talked, I realised it could be valuable for us to have a conversation to release more widely.

Our discussion didn’t have an agenda per se - the purpose was to have a connected conversation to see what we could discover about 'the truth of the matter'.
We had a great conversation, and afterwards, we both felt it might make sense to have a follow-up chat in a month or so. For now, here’s the episode...

Mary Schiller is an author, teacher and coach who’s passionate about helping her clients live a happier, less stressful, more creative life. And one of the interesting things abut Mary is that she loves writing short, easy-to-read books.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp21

• Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching'
• Setting your price
• Engagement and growing your audience
• The whole 'visibility' thing
• Getting clients and making a difference to them
• The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer'
• The best so-called 'business model' for coaches
• How to talk about what you do
• and lots more

In today's episode, I’m sharing a simple but profound coaching demo from a recent workshop.

During this session, you’ll hear Morag, a coach, open up about a “marketing problem.”

She’d been struggling to connect with a key organization, feeling stuck on how to communicate the value of her work in a way that truly landed with them.

Together, we explored what I know to be the two essential things you have to have before a client will decide to enroll with you.

By the end of the session, Morag had a powerful realization - one that could shift your perspective on how to engage potential clients, too.

I won’t spoil the surprise here, but I’m confident you’ll find plenty of value in listening to the coaching session.

What I love about this demo is how relatable it is. Whether you’re just starting out or have years of experience, we’ve all faced moments where we’ve felt stuck or unsure of how to approach or connect with the people we’d love to work with.

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A few weeks ago, I asked a group of coaches what they most wanted to improve in their practice. The top answer? Getting better at enrolling clients.

That’s why this week, I’m sharing a short extract from my ClarityPro programme, where we dive into what I call Deep Enrollment.

Deep Enrollment isn’t just about ‘signing people up’—it’s about connecting with something else entirely… An ‘X-factor’ that’s deeply authentic, profound and highly motivating. 

Because let’s face it; if someone’s going to invest their time, their money and their energy in working with you at a deep level, it’s got to be for something that really matters to them. 

And here’s the most surprising aspect of it: you need to eat your own cooking first. Before you can ‘deeply enroll’ your client, you need to deeply enroll yourself!

In this episode, I share: 

• The ‘X-factor’ that’s essential for enrolling clients at a deep level 
• A personal story of how I hit a wall when trying to teach this concept—and the realization that got me unstuck. 
• Simple yet profound questions to help you uncover what truly matters. 
• How aligning with your own heartfelt desires can transform the way you connect with clients. 

Enjoy the episode!

Tons of love,
Jamie 

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This episode is a recording called Instant Clarity by Jamie Smart. Most people think it takes iron discipline and hours of practice to achieve mental clarity and peace of mind, but you're going to discover that it's as natural and effortless as watching a sunrise or smiling at a friend.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/pcp/08

John El-Mokadem is a breakthrough coach based just outside of London in Tunbridge Wells, UK. He’s a Certified Advanced Transformative Coach but he’s quick to point out that more importantly he’s a human being who has lived and struggled like all of us do. He sees his struggles as a gift these days - an opportunity to open up and understand more about what this life is and to share what he has learned to help others to live happier lives. And one of the interesting things about John is he’s spent a lot of time working with individuals with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and other chronic health syndromes and has been amazed at the progress that his clients have been able to achieve with a deeper understanding of how their minds really work.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp25

• How to create a ‘business profile’ so people understand what it is you offer
• Should you stick to your guns charging high fees, or lower your prices to make it easier for clients to enrol
• Questions about cutting through all the ‘noise’ on social media
• How to break through an ‘earning ceiling’, from someone who had limiting beliefs about how much they could earn

And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on July 30th.

• Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching'
• Setting your price
• Engagement and growing your audience
• The whole 'visibility' thing
• Getting clients and making a difference to them
• The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer'
• The best so-called 'business model' for coaches
• How to talk about what you do

and lots more.

In this episode of the show, I coach Russell Davis, a performance and mind coach. Russell works with his clients using a coaching package model, but he noticed that he wasn't always offering potential clients the size of package he really thought they needed. It turns out that the reason why was because of fear of rejection, judgment and criticism. At the start of the session Russell said he wanted to play a bigger game, so that he could inspire his clients to do the same. During the session we explored the whole domain of courage, and Russell discovered that his challenge wasn't the one he thought it was!

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/pcp/01

I’m really happy to share this episode with you, with the unusual title of ‘Burning It All Down’, because it’s a recording from the ClarityLive! event we held earlier this month. The theme for the event was “How to make 2022 your most beautiful year yet” and it was really lovely. We had people joining us from all around the world, and there was a great sense of community, with lots of profound realisations. And one of the things we did was I had ‘fireside chat’ conversations with Certified Clarity Coaches who’ve been having a big impact in the world, and I picked their brains about what it means to live a beautiful life, and how this understanding has helped them do exactly that. And my idea for this was that we would be talking shop; the kind of conversation that I have with my colleagues over a coffee, and that most people never get to hear. So in this podcast, you’re going to be hearing one of those, a conversation I had with business owner & entrepreneur Charlie Madison. 

Just before we get to that, I wanted to mention that the doors are now open for the final intake of our flagship Clarity Certification Training programme. I say ‘final’ because as you may have heard, I’ve decided to stop all business activities except for delivering programmes that I already have on the calendar. And I’m doing this so I have the time to write the second edition of my book CLARITY and to create the space for what’s going to come next. You know, when I first came to the principles, it was relatively unknown, and very few people knew how to share this understanding with others. And it was clear to me that we needed a cadre of highly-skilled coaches, trainers and change-workers who could share this understanding and have a big impact with their clients. 

Ten years on, and we’ve trained over 300 Clarity Coaches and I couldn’t be more delighted. We have that cadre of highly-skilled people with a deep understanding in place. Now it’s time to get these principles out into the world in a bigger way, and I need the space to do that, so… 

This is the last time I’m going to be delivering Clarity Certification Training. 26 of the 36 places are now taken, so there are 10 places left as I speak. And I’m really looking for leaders who want to take this understanding out into the world at a time when there’s never been a greater need for it. And for the first time ever, I’ve added a massive bonus package worth over £13,000, including the chance to sit in on a 3-day coaching intensive with a corporate client, later this year.

And we have an EarlyBird price so you can save up to £1,500 when you book your place by Monday, January 24th. Just go to www.JamieSmart.com/coach to learn more.

And Clarity Certification Training is the programme Charlie did a couple of years ago when he was earlier in his journey. So now to the episode. 

In this session, you’ll hear me coaching Liz Scott. What starts out as a 'tactical' question about coaching packages (what's involved, how do they work etc) turned into a much deeper conversation about value, integrity and who you really are. Liz is a coach and trainer who works with a wide variety of individuals and organisations, ranging from police forces to education authorities. She collaborates with schools and works directly with children, teachers and head-teachers. And one of the interesting things about Liz is that she worked as a reporter and producer for the BBC for 12 years. And following this coaching session, Liz went on to train with me as a Clarity Coach.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/pcp/12

And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on July 30th.

• Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching'
• Setting your price
• Engagement and growing your audience
• The whole 'visibility' thing
• Getting clients and making a difference to them
• The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer'
• The best so-called 'business model' for coaches
• How to talk about what you do

and lots more.

I hope the new year is off to a wonderful start for you.

This week, I’m sharing a coaching demo where Roberto opens up about a challenge many of us face: feeling disconnected in relationships and life.

In this session, we explored:

• Why the experience of connection comes and goes
• What you can rely on that’s deeper and *always* present
• How resisting the feeling of disconnection can actually give it power
• The surprising insight that shifted Roberto’s perspective—and might shift yours, too

If you’ve ever felt “out of connection” and judged yourself for it, this clip is a powerful reminder that both connection and disconnection are valuable signals.

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And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on July 30th.

• Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching'
• Setting your price
• Engagement and growing your audience
• The whole 'visibility' thing
• Getting clients and making a difference to them
• The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer'
• The best so-called 'business model' for coaches
• How to talk about what you do

and lots more.

As well as being a leadership coach, consultant and international speaker, Chantal Burns is also the author of the number 1 bestselling book Instant Motivation. And one of the interesting things about Chantal is that she runs the Conscious Leadership School.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp01

In this excerpt from a Clarity Coach Training Masterclass, you’ll hear me coaching Ann Bridges. Ann is a registered nurse with over 20 years of experience, currently working as a community nurse. She teaches birthing classes to couples and is currently organising a women’s empowerment summit in Sydney, Australia. We start the session with with a discussion about how to create packages for prospective clients, but soon dive into the domain of eliminating habits and compulsions, and into the power of being a perpetual beginner.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/pcp/11

Are formless principles too 'woo-woo' for a corporate lawyer?

In this episode of the get clarity podcast, we’re going to be answering this question about subtractive psychology: are formless principles too 'woo-woo' for a corporate lawyer?

Here’s the back story.

You may recall that I conducted a 3-day Clarity 1:1 Coaching Intensive with a corporate lawyer named Andy, in front of a live audience of coaches, therapists and trainers.

A year later, I did a live follow-up interview with Andy in front of an audience, to find out how the experience changed his world and give people the chance to ask us BOTH questions.

There were some real surprises – for instance someone asked Andy whether he would have been prepared to pay full price for the intensive, knowing what he knows now (Andy paid £4,000 instead of the usual fee of £30,000, in return for letting an audience watch and listen as he went through the entire experience).

As you can imagine, I was waiting with baited breath to hear his answer in front of an audience of over 100 people!

I’ve decided to share the whole interview with you, because it’s so aligned with the purpose my team and I are working to.

As you may know, we believe the most valuable things a person can discover are how their mind works, and who they really are. Well, this interview demonstrates why they're so valuable– the immeasurable, practical, real-world benefits of learning just these two things, specifically.

And when I say learning, I mean realising them insightfully – not just as concepts, beliefs or ideas, but as bedrock facts that make a go-forward difference in your life.

These two facts (how your mind works and who you really are) are what Andy realised insightfully during his intensive, and what you’re going to hear is the difference those two discoveries have made in his work, and in his life as a whole.

In the interview he reports on the changes in:

- His sense of trust in himself and his decision-making
- His levels of relaxation
- His productivity
- His parenting and family life
- Starting his own coaching practice
- His deep-down knowing about whether he can handle anything that comes his way, including a company shakeup following the intensive, that took the team of nine senior executives down to just two people (one of which was Andy)

Here are some of the questions Andy gave answers to:

- How did how you operate in the world before VS after the intensive? What changed for you?

- How did things change around your career transition and your ability to take action and be productive?

- Knowing what you know now, would you have been prepared to pay the full price (£30,000) for your intensive?

- What was the biggest new belief that you gained about yourself in the intensive that you felt was most transformative? (Andy’s answer to this was particularly interesting, because of the ‘subtractive’ nature of this work)

- How did you go about building your coaching practice alongside your corporate lawyer role?

- What impact has the intensive have had on your relationships - for instance work colleagues, family etc?

- What do you think the difference would have been if you'd had regular coaching in hourly sessions rather than an intensive?

I was also asked some technical questions (E.g. do you ever do Intensives remotely? The answer is “yes”), as well as what I’d learned personally from the intensive, so it was great to share my insights from the session.

If you'd like to contact Andy to find out more about his coaching services, you can reach him on andyjsmith101 at gmail dot com or at his "Business Success Made Simple" Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/130424981156517/

Certified Transformative Coach Kim Kaase used her creativity and 25 years of experience in corporate America to build her practice, LEAP Business Coaching, from the ground up. She works with Fortune 100 companies and some of the world’s leading firms in design and related fields in the areas of leadership, sales and business development. And one of the interesting things about Kim is that she has the ability to see a person’s uniqueness, even if they can’t yet see it themselves.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp03

Dr Mark Howard is a licensed psychologist and a very experienced therapist, teacher, and trainer of trainers. Mark is one of the pioneers who first brought the principles behind clarity into the field of psychology. And one of the interesting things about Mark is that he spearheaded bringing these principles to Santa Clara County's Department of Alcohol and Drug Services.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp27

This week, I’d love to share a clip from a recent masterclass exploring how our everyday personality can align with who we truly are.

Here’s what’s inside:

- Why the spark of who you really are never disappears, no matter how disconnected you feel.

- Seeing beyond old illusions of ugliness or brokenness within.

- A simple shift that lines up your personality with peace and possibility.

- An illuminating diagram (courtesy of my beloved Emma McDevitt) highlighting the relationship between the truth of our being, our unique qualities and our ego identity.

If you’re listening to the audio version and want to see the diagram, you can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/4eJbNoZ2yB8

“You might call it source energy, or god, or divine intelligence… Bohm calls it the implicate order [...[ Your soul or spirit - however you wanna think about it - that’s a local  instantiation in you of that universal divinity.” 

Tons of love,
Jamie

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Hi, I'm Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. In this session, we're going to do something a little bit different. Earlier in the week, I put up a post on my Thriving Coaches community asking for questions in preparation
for a Q&A Session.

The question I asked was: "Coaches, what are the questions you'd love to ask about how to build thriving and successful coaching business?"
So we've got fantastic answers.

We've got:
- How do you actually create a coaching package?
- How do you find coaching clients if you live somewhere, where coaching isn't a part of the culture?
- What are the doubts that stop people from signing up with a coach?
- How to choose a price for my coaching package? I don't know what to charge?
- How do you find coaching clients when you live somewhere where there aren't many people?
- What if I'm uncomfortable with, or afraid of being visible?
- What if I have doubts about my abilities to make real difference to people?

We get a session on a Facebook group and I answered as many of those questions I could get through. And that's what you're going to be hearing in this podcast episode.

Now before we go into that, I just opened the doors on my Thriving Coaches Blueprint programme. The full programme is starting literally this weekend.

The Doors are open, you can find out all about it at jamiesmart.com/thriving. There's a £6000 bonus package when you sign up.
The doors close at friday at midnight.

Head over to jamiesmart.com/thriving, you can find out all about it. See if it's a good fit for you, and there are also case studies there with graduates of the programme.

If that's something that's interesting to you, go to jamiesmart.com/thriving, and there's also a video where I explain it to you.

Without further ado, here's the Q&A Session...

During this series of mini-episodes I'm reading chapters from my book - The Profitable Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your practice.

In this episode I am talking about multiplier No. 3 - Authentic Leadership.

This series is brought to you by The Thriving Coaches Blueprint which you can find out more about at http://www.jamiesmart.com/thriving

And this series is sponsored by the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass, a series of free live training sessions we're launching on July 30th.

• Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching'
• Setting your price
• Engagement and growing your audience
• The whole 'visibility' thing
• Getting clients and making a difference to them
• The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer'
• The best so-called 'business model' for coaches
• How to talk about what you do

and lots more.

Marina Pearson is an international bestselling author, trainer and coach who’s done a Tedx Talk and spoken at Awesomeness Fest. She’s been on ITV, Sky TV, been featured in MarieClaire, Glamour and the Daily Mail to name just a few. And one of the interesting things about Marina is her focus on what she calls Effortless Living, and this forms the basis of her practice, working with people to create a business and life that’s effortless, and aligned to who they are.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp08

In this coaching demo from the Certified Clarity Coach Training Programme, Jamie Smart coaches homeopath and coach, Susie Spens and helps her have an experience of her inner self, her true identity. When you listen to this demo, you'll hear how Jamie works with issues around 'self-belief' and 'self-doubt'. Jamie switches between coaching Susie and unpacking what he's doing for the audience of coaches, therapists, trainers and consultants. You can watch the video of this live coaching session on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JamieSmartCom/videos/10154826974561528/

I’m Jamie Smart. Welcome to the podcast. 

The recording you’re about to hear is a conversation with my dear friend and colleague Garret Kramer on the state of the world today.

It often seems to me like we’re living in the pages of a Marvel comic, and a lot has changed since Garret & I last spoke together in public, so it seemed like a good time to catch up.

We had a great conversation, and we covered topics as wide-ranging as the 3 principles, authoritarianism, true identity, various mandates and much more.

Just before we get to that, I wanted to mention that the doors are now open for the January 2022 intake of our flagship Clarity Certification Training programme. 

Clarity Certification has recently been accredited by the International Coaching Federation (the ICF) as a provider of Continuous Coach Education, so if you’re already an ICF-certified coach, you can use the programme to earn CCE units. Either way, you can take part in CCT with full confidence that the programme is fully accredited by the ICF as a Continuous Coaching Education provider. And you can save up to £2000 when you book your place by the end of November. Just go to www.JamieSmart.com/coach.

So now to the episode.

Sarah Phipp is a transformational professional who works as a wellbeing coach and a nutritional therapist. She works with people who have often severe chronic health problems. And one of the interesting things about Sarah is that over the last 10 years she’s been on a journey of recovery from a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome, and is now fully recovered.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp14

In this episode, I speak with author, podcaster and coach, Anke Hermann. Anke is author of the book, “Taming the Technology Monster”, but her work with clients is as much to do with their thinking and their ideas about themselves as it is with their technology projects. In this brief conversation, she reveals how her passion for the work she does today was steadily tapping her on the shoulder while she looked somewhere else for work she loved doing. This conversation speaks to the wisdom that’s guiding every single one of us, once we know how to tune into it.

You can find out more about Anke Herrmann here: https://www.ankeherrmann.com/

Find out more about the guest's podcast here:
https://www.ankeherrmann.com/passionbusinesspodcast/

Find out more about the book here:
https://taming-the-tech-monster.mn.co/

By the way, I’m about to kick off a free masterclass series on sharing the principles in these turbulent times. If you want to join in, just go to www.ClarityAcademy.co/free3p to register.

Now here’s the episode.

In this episode you’re going to hear a group session I did in Amir Karkouti’s ‘What the F*#$ Are The Principles?’ group and it was not only a lot of fun (the session was called “Outsmart Jamie Smart”); it was also super-impactful for a lot of people, so I wanted to share it with you. Here’s what it was about: I asked people to think of the most difficult and challenging people to discuss your work with - especially clients – and then they came on the session LIVE and role-played those people and scenarios so I could demonstrate how I’d handle it. 

Here are some of the examples: A psychotherapist who’s deeply embedded in a different way of working, and is defensive about the idea that transformation can be fast, simple and sustainable. A victim of child abuse who’s outraged at the idea that their suffering has anything to do with their thinking. A judge working in family court who’s got lots on their plate and needs things to be explained clearly and simply. We’ve also got the classic example of a coaching client who says “I know it’s my thinking, but how does that help me?” 

When I tell you my response involved a hotdog made of cheese being fired into space, that may give you an idea of the kind of creativity and imagination that can help you when you’re dealing with these kinds of situations.  In the process, I give plenty of pointers about what I’m responding to, and what’s informing the different ways I’m working with people, and how you can do this for yourself.
 
By the way, this episode is sponsored by the certified Clarity Coach Training programme, a 10-month immersion into the principles behind clarity. The programme is formally open for registration and it’s not just for coaches, we’ve had all sorts of people go through the programme including computer programmers, doctors, call centre workers, layers, parents PR specialists, therapists, office workers, entrepreneurs, surgeons, people who are already coaches and consultants and trainers and even a professional footballer and if you’re interested it’s worth knowing that we’re not running the programme next year so the intake that’s starting this September (2018) is the last chance you’ll get to join us until 2020 at the very earliest. So if you want to find out how to become a Clarity Coach and see what’s involved in bringing an understanding of these principles into every aspect of your life go to jamiesmart.com/coach

This episode is a coaching session I did with coach and therapist Pete Bryceland nearly 4 years ago during the beta test of the Thriving Coaches Blueprint programme. I did the session in a group setting and the reason this may be of particular interest to you is that in the 3 weeks following the session Pete signed up two coaching clients on packages of 10 thousand pounds each. So he made more money in that month than he’d made in the previous year.

By the way we are about to kick off the final Thriving Coaches Blueprint of 2018. The doors close this Frida, august 10th and for the first time in 3 years I’m going to be doing all the group coaching sessions on this intake personally.

That means that each person who come on this intake of the programme is going to get 1-1 coaching with me in a group context. So if you want to find out what’s involved and see if you’re a good fit go to www.JamieSmart.com/thriving

Colin Hunter is the CEO of Potential Squared, a consultancy that works with Fortune 500 companies developing refreshingly direct leadership of innovation and change. And one of the interesting things about Colin is that he’s putting the finishing touches on a new book, Lighting Fires: The Unlikely Leader.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp24

• Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching'
• Setting your price
• Engagement and growing your audience
• The whole 'visibility' thing
• Getting clients and making a difference to them
• The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer'
• The best so-called 'business model' for coaches
• How to talk about what you do
• and lots more

In this coaching demo from the Certified Clarity Coach Training Programme, I coach Claire Russell, who wants to make a decision about whether she's in the right place with her work and business. In this demo you’ll hear me switching between coaching Claire and unpacking what I’m doing for the audience of coaches, therapists, trainers and consultants.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/pcp/09

During this series of mini-episodes I'm reading chapters from my book - The Profitable Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your practice.

In this episode I am talking about multiplier No. 7 - Ethical Influence.

This series is brought to you by The Thriving Coaches Blueprint which you can find out more about at http://www.jamiesmart.com/thriving

This week, I'm sharing the full recording of the masterclass I delivered on Wednesday, exploring a topic that's clearly resonating with a lot of people: Impostor Syndrome.

Here's a sneak peek at what's inside:

- Why impostor syndrome appears exactly when you're on the right track (and what it's trying to tell you)

- The most overlooked element in becoming an inspiring, transformational speaker (it’s not about technique)

- A live coaching demonstration on dissolving impostor syndrome in real-time

If you’ve ever held back from stepping into your full voice—whether with a client, a group, or an audience—you might find this particularly valuable.

Tons of love,
Jamie

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I’m Jamie Smart - welcome to the podcast. And in this episode, you’re going to be hearing another of my ‘fireside chat’ conversations with a Clarity Coach who’s having a big impact in their client's lives. The idea for these chats is that you’ll hear us talking shop; the kind of conversation that I have with my colleagues over dinner, and that most people never get to hear. So in this podcast, you’re going to be hearing a conversation I had with Clarity Coach Ann Bridges.

Just before we get to that, I wanted to mention that the doors are now open for the January 2022 intake of our flagship Clarity Certification Training programme. And you can save up to £3000 when you book your place by this Wednesday, June 30th. Just go to www.JamieSmart.com/coach 

So now to the episode. 

Russell Davis is a performance and mind coach who loves helping people find peace of mind, grow, and create more of the life they want. And one of the interesting things about Russell is that he left a very successful career to re-create himself and be more ‘him’ in work and play. He wanted to wake up and be paid for being himself, and now he is!

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp19

You’ve probably heard me say this before:  the two most important things a person can realize are:

1. How your experience is created
2. Who you really are

During a recent event, “Get Unstuck and On-Track,” I shared how these insights apply directly to breaking free from feeling stuck and moving forward with clarity.

• Why misunderstandings about where your experience comes from keep you stuck.
• How reconnecting to who you really are can bring the clarity, freedom, and ease to get back on track.
• A simple yet powerful formula for unsticking yourself (it’s easier than you might think).

If you’ve ever felt like something is holding you back - whether it’s in your work, relationships, or life - this episode will give you a fresh perspective that can make all the difference.

Tons of love,

Jamie

PS - Thanks to Roberto Talarico for organizing this online event!

This week, I'm sharing a clip from one of my recent program calls, focused on discovering your authentic voice.

Here's a glimpse of what's inside:

- The unexpected insight I had about authenticity while attending a public speaking course.

- A surprising comedy lesson that completely changed the way I think about developing your voice.

- Why your audience might actually be your greatest ally in expressing your true self.

If you've ever wondered how to communicate more authentically and resonate deeply with others, this video is for you.

Tons of love,
Jamie

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I'm Jamie Smart - welcome to the podcast. You don't need me to tell you that, as I record this, we're living through a time of extreme volatility and uncertainty. One aspect of that is the coronavirus and its health impacts. Another aspect is the societal and economic impacts of our response to the pandemic. But the third, and for many people the most troubling aspect is the psychological and emotional distress that people are dealing with in relation to all this.

This week's podcast is a recording of an online masterclass I did recently called "Finding your bearings in turbulent times."

As you listen, we’re going to be exploring the things that can help you to…

- Navigate these rapidly changing circumstances.
- Keep your bearings (and find them again quickly if you should lose them).
- Be of real help to the people around you when they start losing their sh*t.

You'll also hear me do live Q&A as I deal with the various questions and concerns people (quite naturally) have as they're navigating these strange times.

So here's the Masterclass...

I’ve got a short, 4-minute clip that dives into a question I hear all the time:

Are non-duality and the Three Principles really different? And what if you love them both?

In it, I explore why they’re actually pointing to the same truth in different ways, a key distinction that sets the 3 Principles apart, and how you can blend whatever resonates to spark new insights - for yourself, your loved ones, and your clients.

If this catches your interest, I think you’ll really enjoy this conversation.

Tons of love,
Jamie

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Jon Mason has worked for over 20 years as a low-force chiropractor, but now frames the work he does with clients as part of a “coaching relationship”. And one of the interesting things about Jon is that he’s acutely aware of the link between thought-patterns and health.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp06

Earlier this month, I had the privilege of speaking at a Masterclass hosted by my dear friend Simon Paine, co-founder of the Rebel Business School. Simon is a Clarity Coach and a successful entrepreneur in his own right, and it’s always a pleasure to speak with his community.

One of the highlights of the session was a live coaching demo I did with Evie, who shared her struggles with imposter syndrome and her dream of stepping into her full potential.

What unfolded was one of those transformative conversations that cuts through noise and gets to the heart of what really holds us back - and what’s possible when we trust the wisdom within.

In this week’s podcast episode, you’ll discover:

• Why imposter syndrome is nothing more than a case of mistaken identity - and how to see past it.
• The truth about fear and courage
• How to uncover the path life is calling you to take (the one your heart already knows), even when your head doubts it.

After our session, Evie sent me a heartfelt email about her experience. With her permission, here’s what she shared:

Hi Jamie

​I just wanted to drop a personal thank you for yesterday's Master Transformational Impact session via Rebel Business School.

​Whilst I found the whole session to be inspirational, the one on one section did exactly as it said on the tin. I've awoken today with a released sense of clarity and purpose. So much of what you spoke about resonated deeply with me, and our conversation cracked open something inside that I've been working on for a number of years. 

It felt as though in that held space I finally felt my heart take over from the negativity in my brain. It was powerful.

​So, thank you again. I am truly grateful for our conversation yesterday.

​Warmest wishes

​Evie Jones

This episode is a chance to reconnect with your own inner wisdom and say yes to what life is calling you to create.

Tons of love,

Jamie

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Welcome to the podcast. In this session, we’re doing a kind of warmup for the free live training I’m kicking off on Friday 29th October, called the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass series.

And this time, we’re doing something new: We’ve got a theme for the Masterclass series, “Decoding the Principles Behind Transformation”.

In the course of helping you grow a thriving coaching business, I want to make the principles I’m so passionate about practical and highly relevant to you. Why? Because these principles are the most practical thing I know for helping you get clients and make a big difference in a way that fits with who you really are.

So every day for 10 days I’m reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It’s called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.

The focus of the book, and the masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your business and having an impact in your clients’ lives, and we’re going to be covering the stuff that’s most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including…

Demystifying the whole domain of ‘niching’
Setting your price
Engagement and growing your audience
The whole ‘visibility’ thing
Getting clients and making a difference to them
The question of ‘coaching packages’ vs ‘hourly’ vs ‘retainer’
The best so-called ‘business model’ for coaches
How to talk about what you do

And all the way through, I’m going to be decoding the principles behind transformation and making them practical.

So to register for this free masterclass series, go to https://www.jamiesmart.com/business-masterclass.

It's totally free, and my aim is to give you more value in this free course than most people give in their paid-for courses.

By the way, you can join me in my free secret coaching business channel. I’m doing a new experiment where I’m sharing bite-sized client-creation tips & exclusive free extras for helping you grow your coaching practice. So if that appeals, you can join me there free at www.JamieSmart.com/secret.

Now here’s the episode…

Welcome to the podcast. In this session, we’re doing a kind of warmup for the free live training I’m kicking off on Friday 29th October, called the Thriving Coaches Business Masterclass series.

And this time, we’re doing something new: We’ve got a theme for the Masterclass series, “Decoding the Principles Behind Transformation”.

In the course of helping you grow a thriving coaching business, I want to make the principles I’m so passionate about practical and highly relevant to you. Why? Because these principles are the most practical thing I know for helping you get clients and make a big difference in a way that fits with who you really are.

So every day for 10 days I’m reading you a chapter from my book for coaches, therapists and consultants. It’s called The Thriving Coaches Scorecard, the 10 multipliers that are either growing or slowing your professional practice.

The focus of the book, and the masterclass series is on getting clients, growing your business and having an impact in your clients’ lives, and we’re going to be covering the stuff that’s most crucial for coaches to learn (especially in these times of uncertainty and volatility) including…

Demystifying the whole domain of ‘niching’
Setting your price
Engagement and growing your audience
The whole ‘visibility’ thing
Getting clients and making a difference to them
The question of ‘coaching packages’ vs ‘hourly’ vs ‘retainer’
The best so-called ‘business model’ for coaches
How to talk about what you do

And all the way through, I’m going to be decoding the principles behind transformation and making them practical.

So to register for this free masterclass series, go to https://www.jamiesmart.com/business-masterclass.

It's totally free, and my aim is to give you more value in this free course than most people give in their paid-for courses.

By the way, you can join me in my free secret coaching business channel. I’m doing a new experiment where I’m sharing bite-sized client-creation tips & exclusive free extras for helping you grow your coaching practice. So if that appeals, you can join me there free at www.JamieSmart.com/secret.

Now here’s the episode…

This episode is a little bit different to the usual format because it’s the recording of a conversation I had with Clarity Coach and Mentor, Nick Bottini. I met Nick a couple of years ago when he was in the beta-test group for the programme that became 'The Thriving Coaches Blueprint’. Nick is a coach; he wanted to grow his practice and he got more and more interested in the principles behind clarity. Now Nick has written a book called ‘Just Play’. He’s doing amazing stuff, some of which you will hear about in this episode.

 We got on a call because he wanted to explore ideas about how he could get his book to reach as many people as possible and how to get it on to the bestseller lists. Part of it is a coaching session and part of it is a chat between friends about something he wants to accomplish - something I have experience of. But as you’ll hear at certain points in the conversation it goes much deeper and into the domain of Clarity Coaching and (as you’ll hear), that’s where the turning point in the conversation is.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/pcp/14

This episode is a little different, because rather than me interviewing someone, it’s me *being* interviewed for The Coaching Show, by Master Coach Christopher McAuliffe and another coach, Alex Terranova. And this was an interesting one. 

As you’ll hear, it was pretty fast-paced, and I really enjoyed the challenge of making the value and approach involved in principles based coaching explicit to a couple of experienced coaches who were brand new to the subject. 

We talked about 3-day intensives, and what has to happen before a busy executive is willing to take 3 days out of a packed schedule to do an intensive with you. 

We also talked about the whole domain of growing a coaching practice, so we explored that too. 

Speaking of which, this September, for the last time ever, I’m kicking off my 12-week Thriving Coaches Blueprint programme, so if you want to grow a thriving practice in a way that fits with who you really are, head over to jamiesmart.com/thriving to find out more. Like I said, this is the last 12-week coaching immersion I’m doing - going forward we’re going to release Thriving Coaches Blueprint as a digital-only programme, and maybe do a six week version. So if you’ve been thinking about doing this with me, the train is leaving the station! And of the 48 places on this programme, half of the places have already been booked, so it’s probably going to sell out. So once again, go to jamiesmart.com/thriving to find out more about the Thriving Coaches Blueprint.

On Monday, I hosted a masterclass called Speaking Behind the Mask, and it was incredible to see how much this resonated with people.

I’ve decided to share this clip from the recording for anyone who wants to explore how to speak in a way that connects the true self in you to the true self in your audience.

Here’s a taste of what you’ll discover in this episode:

• What “speaking behind the mask” really means - and why it’s so important for a speech to be transformative.

• The role of the beautiful feeling - and how it can shape the natural flow of your conversation.

• A shift from pushing content to creating a space where insights unfold - and transformation happens effortlessly.

If you’re looking to have deeply impactful conversations and help others reconnect with their inner wisdom, this episode is for you.

Tons of love,

Jamie

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In this episode, I’m coaching Verena Debnar. Verena works with her partner, educating people around the financial system, but she wants to transition to doing something with more freedom, meaning and purpose. She wants to find something she really loves doing, and so that’s what I coach her on.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/pcp/07

Q: Want to really support others, the world, and yourself through the US election aftermath?

With the US election results fresh on everyone’s minds, there’s been a palpable wave of emotions echoing across social media and personal conversations—some are celebrating, while others feel deeply unsettled.

Even many folks outside the USA are feeling it, with some conversations turning to confusion, disbelief, and fear.

In today’s rapid-fire 7-minute podcast episode, we dive into how to navigate emotionally charged situations—whether you're struggling yourself or supporting someone who is.

And even if you're feeling great, there’s an opportunity here to embrace empathy and understanding.

Here’s a taste of what we'll cover:

• How media keeps us hooked by amplifying fear and uncertainty.
• Emotional reactions like shock, disbelief, grief, fear, and anger—and how they might be showing up.
• How seeing "separate realities" in this aftermath can help you deepen your understanding of how our human experience works.
• How the power of deep listening helps us truly understand someone’s world, even if profoundly different from our own.
• And why there's a huge opportunity for connection here...

... because when we listen for each other’s wisdom, we discover common ground—and that’s where real personal and societal transformation begins.

This episode is a recording from one of my advanced programs, where I answered a powerful question from a Clarity Coach.

The insights felt especially relevant right now, so I decided to share them with you right away.

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For this episode we're doing something different. This is a recording of an interview I did with my dear friend and colleague Garret Kramer, six years ago. Both he and I have continued growing and evolving since we recorded this, but there's still plenty of gold in here. Garret Kramer is a coach, trainer and the founder of Inner Sports. He has provided consulting and/or crisis management services to hundreds of athletes and coaches; from well known professionals, Olympians, and teams, to high school and collegiate players across a multitude of sports. A former collegiate ice hockey player, Garret is credited with bringing the inside-out understanding to the athletic community at large. And one of the interesting things about Garret is he’s the author of two books, Stillpower: The Inner Source of Athletic Excellence, and The Path of No Resistance: Why Overcoming is Simpler than You Think.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp22 

Bev Holden is co-founder of the Clear Thinking Partnership, and works with household name companies to cultivate a spirit of collaboration in their teams and culture. And one of the interesting things about Bev is that she’s had management roles with companies such as Sainsburys, Burger King, Tops Shop and the Disney Store.

For full show notes, please visit http://www.jamiesmart.com/yepp18

• Demystifying the whole domain of 'niching'
• Setting your price
• Engagement and growing your audience
• The whole 'visibility' thing
• Getting clients and making a difference to them
• The question of 'coaching packages' vs 'hourly' vs 'retainer'
• The best so-called 'business model' for coaches
• How to talk about what you do
• and lots more