From Fixing to Feeling: Coaching in the Power of Now! with Gabby Matzdorff

What if our feelings didn't need to be fixed or solved, but simply needed to be felt?

In this episode of the Coaching Magic podcast, Gabby and I sink into a deeply human conversation about emotional presence, vulnerability, and the value of feeling your feelings as a coach (Major shoutout to our dear friend, Sara B. Stern for giving us the words and space to do this!). We explore what it looks like to clear ourselves out so our clients can fully arrive—and how true transformation happens when we invite feeling instead of rushing to resolution.

We talk about energetic listening, creating safety for emotions to move, and why rereading familiar material can open entirely new doorways when we meet it with fresh presence. This episode is an invitation to trust the now, to honor what’s arising, and to remember that coaching magic lives in connection—not correction.

If you’ve ever felt the pull to do less and be more in your coaching, this conversation will feel like a deep exhale.

Meet Gabby!

I work with entrepreneurial leadership teams to help you simplify all of this. To clarify and achieve your vision. To live your best life. My passion is helping entrepreneurs do what you love, with people you love, making a huge difference, while being compensated fairly, with time for all the passions in your life.

I have over 30 years of business and financial leadership experience. Most of it fun and full of learning opportunities! I bring the experience of sitting in your seat, as an entrepreneurial leader, the lessons learned of getting stuck and unstuck, and a solid track record of achieving results.

Show Links

1. Join Coaching Magic: https://www.jillyoung.com/coaching-magic

2. Go through the Tunnel of Slowing Down: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/coaching-magic/id1820956653?i=1000717384132

3. Learn more about Sara B. Stern's The Experiment: https://www.sarabstern.com/theexperiment

4. Get an Orca Card deck: https://www.orcamagic.com/

5. Get a Sweet Ass Affirmations deck:https://ragecreate.com/products/the-sweet-ass-affirmations-deck-affirmations-to-motivate-your-creative-maniac-mind

P.S. Remember, you are magic!