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.
Episodes
341 episodes
EP 387 - Email Marketing Changes in 2026 Every Coach Needs to Know
Are you a life coach struggling to turn your email list into coaching clients? In this video, we will show you how to grow your coaching business by converting your email list into paying clients. As a coach, marketing for coaches is crucial to...
EP 386 - Why Your Coaching Offer Isn't Selling (It's Not Your Niche!)
Struggling to sell your coaching services? If you're a coach and you can't figure out why nobody's buying what you offer, this video's for you. There's one step almost every coach skips, and it's not your niche or your marketing. It's called va...
EP 385 - From ZERO to Coaching Clients: How to Get Your First Client
Struggling to find your first coaching clients? I am breaking down exactly what you are doing wrong so you can start building your coaching business today. If you have that inner itch to start a coaching business but find yourself stuck with ge...
EP 384 - Design Live Thrive Summit Fall 2026: Day Two Recap
If you've ever wondered what it's really like behind the scenes of a coaching summit, or you want honest answers on grief, burnout, money mindset, and boundaries from women who coach for a living, this conversation is for you.If you're ...
EP 383 - Design Live Thrive Summit Fall 2026: Day One Recap
If you want a front row seat to what real coaching looks like, this is it. In this video, I sit down with eight coaches from our Fall Design Live Thrive Summit to answer the questions our audience sent in live, on parenting, trauma, sleep, clut...
EP 382 - Why AI Is Actually the Best Thing to Happen to Your Coaching Business
If you've been wondering whether AI is going to replace what you do as a coach, I watched something happen this week that changed how I think about that completely. It shifted my perspective to see how AI is actually the best thing to happen to...
EP 381 - You're One Person Away From Changing Your Coaching Business
If you're a coach who's doing everything right but still stuck waiting on your next client, this episode is going to shift how you think about marketing for good. We often overlook the potential in our immediate circles. Whether it...
EP 380 - Coaching Business Not Working? Do This Today To Grow in 2026
If your business isn't working and you're thinking, "I've tried everything, nobody's interested, I'm about to give up," this one's for you. It's short, but it might be the most useful ten minutes you spend on your business this week. I'm going ...
EP 379 - How She Got Her First Coaching Client in Less Than 6 Months
Emily just got her first paid coaching client and is sharing exactly what it took to start her online coaching business and get that very first online coaching client. If you're building your online coaching business and waiting on that first c...
EP 378 - Is Your Life Ready for a Reset? Get to Know Our Summit Coaches | Design, Live, Thrive Fall 2026
Join the Design, Live, Thrive Summit for Women to explore if coaching is the right path for your personal growth journey. If you're a woman ready to change your life before this year wraps up, come join us at the Design Live Thrive Summit for W...
EP 377 - How To Market Your Therapy Practice in 2026: 5 Women Who Started Their Online Therapy Business
If you provide therapy in any form and want to build your online practice, this video is for you. I brought together five women who are all in the therapy field, and who have all recently started their online coaching business. We're talking ab...
EP 376 - Want to Redesign Your Live? Meet the Coaches of the Design, Live, Thrive Summit September 2026
If you're a woman ready to redesign your life, step into your next best self, and finish 2026 strong, you are going to love the coaches I'm introducing you to today. They're our speakers from the Design, Live, Thrive Summit, and each one gives ...
EP 375 - How To Use AI the Right Way to Save Time and Get Clients as a Coach
AI can save you hours every week in your coaching business, but it can also waste hours, sending you down rabbit holes that will never get you a single client. If you're a new coach looking to leverage AI in the simplest way possible, this vide...
EP 374 - ChatGPT for Coaches: 7 Ways to Use AI
ChatGPT is a superpower for your coaching business in 2026. As a coach, you're likely looking for innovative ways to streamline your workflow, create engaging content, and grow your online presence. ChatGPT can be a game-changer, and in this vi...
EP 373 - How To Use Google Voice In Your Coaching Business | Free Phone Number for Coaches 2026
As a coach, you need a simple and professional way to communicate with coaching clients - and it's not your personal phone number. Having a separate business number is essential to maintain professionalism and keep your personal life private. I...
EP 372 - How To Finally Choose A Niche For Your Coaching Business
If you want to choose a niche for your coaching business, watch this video to learn how to choose the best niche for your coaching business. If you're a new coach struggling to find your niche, or an existing coach looking to niche down, this i...
EP 371 - The Real Reason Your Business Hit a Wall + How To Regain Momentum
If your business felt like it was humming along one month and completely stalled out the next, hear this right at the top. It's not that you're not smart enough. You just took your foot off the gas. Nothing has actually gone wrong, and that's g...
EP 370 - Building A Coaching Business That Fits Your Life
You get to build your coaching business exactly the way you want to. You are one hundred percent in control. How many hours you work, whether you're on social media at all, how big it gets, all of it is your call. If you've been putting off you...
EP 369 - How to Sell Your Coaching in 2026 (Without Feeling Salesy!)
If you feel salesy or pushy when you talk about your coaching, or you honestly dread the whole idea of selling, this one's for you. That pushy feeling has almost nothing to do with sales, and no script will fix it. It's pointing to something de...
EP 368 - The Introvert Coach's Secret: Why Substack Works Better Than TikTok
Learn how to build a coaching business on Substack without relying on social media. This conversation offers a practical path for introverted coaches and creators. If you are an introverted business owner looking for a more sustainable way to c...
EP 367 - The Biggest Pricing Mistake New Coaches Make
Let's talk about how to price your coaching. If you're stuck on what to charge for your coaching, unsure of how to price your offer, there's a good chance you're not selling any coaching yet, and almost nobody lands on the right price out of th...
EP 366 - How to Get Coaching Clients: 7 Free Ways That Actually Work in 2026
If you're a coach with no clients, I want to say something honest. It's usually not a skill problem. It's not a certification problem. It's that nobody knows you exist. You've made yourself the best-kept secret, and in this video I'll show you ...
EP 365 - Think You're Not Qualified to Coach? 5 Signs You Are (2026)
Could I be a coach? If that question keeps circling in your head, stay with me. The qualification you think you're missing is almost certainly one you already have. You just haven't recognized it yet.If you're new to my channel, my name...
EP 364 - Coaches: The Real Reason You're Not Getting Clients (Hint: It's Not The Algorithm!)
I surveyed my clients and one question kept coming back. How do I get clients without relying on the social media algorithm? So let's talk about it, because here's the truth. The algorithm was never the thing standing between you and your first...
EP 363 - Why Coaches Burn Out (It's Not What You Think)
If coaches in your life are telling you that you're doing too much, or you're drowning in advice about funnels, software, and complicated systems, this one is for you.If you're new to my channel, my name is Debbie Shadid. I'm a Business ...