Life Coach Business Building School with Debbie Shadid
Welcome to the Life Coach Business Building Podcast. Join Business Growth & Life Coach Debbie Shadid as she teaches you simple (organic) strategies to gain more paid clients in your life coaching business. Debbie's coaching style is unique. She focuses on the specific actions you need to take to market your life health, career, and weight loss coaching business to your ideal client. Debbie teaches life coaches how to design, price, and sell their coaching offers. She helps you craft an impactful marketing message. Building your coaching business is easier than you think when you know what to do. So, if you're ready to be a well-respected life coach with paid clients, this podcast is for you! Debbie will inspire you to take simple, consistent action to grow your coaching business.
Life Coach Business Building School with Debbie Shadid
EP 339 - From Local Therapist to Online Coaching Business with Dr. Michelle Alden
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If you’re a local therapist or counselor wanting to start an online coaching business, or transition from local therapy to online coaching, this episode is for you. You’ll learn how Dr. Michelle Alden shifted from in-home therapy to online coaching and grew a national audience of thousands of parents.
Dr. Michelle is a licensed counselor, author of Parenting Emotionally Distressed Kids, fourth-degree black belt, and adoptive mom - to talk about her powerful work helping parents of children with challenging behaviors, ADHD, autism, and adoption trauma.
In this episode, Dr. Michelle shares how she transitioned from going into families' homes in Idaho to building a national coaching business, growing from 400 to 20,000+ Instagram followers, and finding the confidence to own her expert niche. Whether you're a parent at your wit's end, a therapist thinking about coaching, or a helping professional ready to expand your reach - this conversation is packed with real talk, practical insight, and genuine hope.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why parents of kids with adoption trauma, ADHD & autism often feel unsupported, and what actually helps
- How to create safety and calm in a home when a child's behaviors feel out of control
- Dr. Michelle's journey from in-home therapy to online coaching and national reach
- The mindset shift that helped her go viral on Instagram and clarify her ideal client
- What therapists and counselors need to know before transitioning into coaching
Connect with Dr. Michelle Alden:
Website: https://www.parentingchallengingkids.com/about.html
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parentingchallengingkids/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-michelle-alden-24558656
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HealthyFoundationsFamilyProgram/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@parentingchallengingkidsHF
Connect with Debbie Shadid:
Website: https://www.debbieshadid.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/debbieshadid/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz6RS8kQGMLJqJrK9uKdjtg/
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