Connect with Christian Lessing→LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/christian-lessing-6a4357122/What this episode is about→Why real growth requires walking through discomfort→How trust shapes every coaching relationship→What “initiation” looks like in leadership and coachingWho this helps→Leaders who want to develop people, not just manage tasks→Coaches working with clients who avoid discomfort, feedback, or follow-throughKey takeaways→If you want transformation, you cannot keep dodging the painful parts.→Coaching that actually works takes time, trust, and repetition.→A real coach helps you see blind spots you cannot name on your own.→Initiation matters, someone needs to point at what you are missing.→Curiosity is a cheat code for growth, in work and in life.→Self-awareness makes feedback usable instead of threatening.→People-pleasing can look like “progress,” while quietly killing the work.→Good coaching includes healthy friction and honest disagreement.→If trust is missing, say it out loud and deal with it directly.→Sometimes the best coaching move is referring someone to a different kind of help.Quotables→“Don’t avoid pain.”→“Trust is CRIS.”→“Let’s go for a walk and let’s talk.”→“You can learn from each and every person that you meet.”→“If you don’t have trust with your coach, quit.”Practical tools and frameworks→CRIS trust check: credibility, reliability, intimacy, and self-interest.→Johari Window prompt: ask someone what they see in you that you do not see yet.→Initiation sentence: “I think there’s something you could pay attention to.”→Anti-people-pleasing rule: digest the feedback, challenge it, and keep what fits.→Relationship reset: name the trust gap directly, then decide if you continue.Books mentioned→The Schopenhauer Cure by Irvin D. YalomHosted by Jordan Ring→ I’m Jordan, ghostwriter, book coach, and developmental editor.→ Let’s turn your coaching insights into a book that builds trust and grows your business.→ Connect with me at jmring.com#Coaching #Leadership #Trust #Feedback #Growth #Coachability #SelfAwareness #PersonalDevelopment

Connect with Candice Van Dertholen
→ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/candicevandertholen

→ Instagram: instagram.com/candice_elizabeth.co

→ Website: heal.me/candice

→ Email: thewarriorwithinhealing@gmail.com

In this episode, holistic energy practitioner Candice Van Dertholen shares how grounded energy work helps entrepreneurs reconnect with themselves, clear old patterns, and build the capacity for real growth.

We talk about identity, embodied confidence, breaking cycles, and the truth about why some people stay stuck even when they are doing all the “right” things.

What this episode is about
→ Understanding energy work without the overwhelm or woo

→ Why high achieving people lose their inner connection

→ How clarity and grounded awareness shift everything

→ Patterns that repeat across relationships, business, and money

→ What energy actually is inside the body and how to work with it

→ How clients sabotage themselves when they are not ready

→ Why inner work prepares you for aligned clients and growth

→ The real reason coaches struggle with confidence and capacity

→ How to trust your intuition in your business

→ Using energy practices to reduce burnout and rebuild presence

Who this helps
→ Entrepreneurs and practitioners who feel disconnected or stuck

→ Coaches who want to understand how energy impacts client results

Key takeaways
→ Most people are disconnected from themselves long before they feel stuck.

→ Energy work is not about performance, it is about clarity and identity.

→ Your patterns repeat until you finally look at them.

→ Inner work increases your ability to hold clients, money, and visibility.

→ When you embody who you are, the right people find you.

→ Confidence grows from consistency, not overnight breakthroughs.

→ You cannot fake grounded energy.

→ Success does not arrive until your nervous system can hold it.

→ Clarity comes from doing the deeper work, not skipping around it.

→ You attract clients at the level of your own alignment.

Quotables
→ “People are scared to look at themselves because they think they will not like who they find.”

→ “You cannot sell what you are not aligned with.”

→ “Embodiment is the real confidence.”

→ “Your business has its own energy and its own signature.”

→ “Most entrepreneurs are hyper independent until it breaks them.”

Books mentioned
→ The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg

Hosted by Jordan Ring
→ I’m Jordan, ghostwriter, book coach, and developmental editor.

→ Let’s turn your coaching insights into a book that builds trust and grows your business.

→ Connect with me at jmring.com

#Coaching #EnergyWork #Leadership #Identity #Entrepreneurship #PersonalGrowth #GroundedConfidence #HolisticHealing #Coachability

Connect with Brian LaFontaine→ LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/brian-lafontaine→ Instagram: instagram.com/blafontaineymhs→ Website: brianlafontaine.comIn this episode, actor turned public speaking coach Brian LaFontaine shares the truth about confidence, presence, and dropping the exhausting need to perform.We talk about transitioning careers after 30 years in acting, how to bring the real you on stage, and what happens when fear, ego, and identity get tangled up in your work.What this episode is about→ How to shift careers after a long season of identity dressing→ Bringing the offstage version of yourself onstage→ Why audiences connect to authenticity more than perfection→ How to help clients who are terrified of visibility→ Releasing the pressure to be the smartest person in the room→ Coaching people who never practice between sessions→ How rejection builds resilience and trust in your craft→ Learning to speak in a way that people can actually hear→ Why trying to sound like everyone else kills your impact→ Using your strengths to build your business from the ground upWho this helps→ Coaches working with clients who struggle to show up as themselves→ Anyone building a speaking or communications based businessKey takeaways→ Your audience wants you, not the polished performance version of you.→ You cannot fake presence.→ Confidence comes from talking about what you already know.→ Speaking is personal work, not just professional work.→ Silence is not danger, silence is power.→ People buy from energy, not scripts.→ You cannot coach someone who refuses to practice outside the session.→ Rejection is not a stop sign, it is training.→ If you want to stand out, stop blending in.→ Your first strength is the one you should build your business on.Quotables→ “Be unapologetically you.”→ “Don’t change who you are the moment you start talking.”→ “You don’t have to be the smartest person in the room.”→ “Most people are terrified to let themselves be seen.”→ “Blending in is for makeup, not for speaking.”Practical tools and frameworks→ Start with what you know to build your speaking confidence→ Practice being the same person onstage and offstage→ Let clients rehearse imperfectly so they can find their real voice→ Ask clients where they feel most confident and build from that→ Use simple, human language in place of rigid corporate scriptingBooks mentioned→ Superfudge by Judy Blume→ The Coaching Habit by Michael Bungay StanierHosted by Jordan Ring→ I’m Jordan, ghostwriter, book coach, and developmental editor.→ Let’s turn your coaching insights into a book that builds trust and grows your business.→ Connect with me at jmring.com#Coaching #PublicSpeaking #Authenticity #Leadership #Communication #Coachability #StagePresence #Confidence #PersonalGrowth