Raving Coaches

What if the thing holding your business back isn't a lack of strategy, confidence, or effort? What if some of the challenges you're experiencing around visibility, pricing, receiving clients, or growing your business didn't actually start with you? In this conversation with Carolina Bakker we explored a fascinating topic that many coaches sense but rarely discuss. Carolina believes that some of the fears, limitations, and protective behaviors showing up in our businesses may be connected to inherited patterns, family conditioning, and survival instincts passed down through generations. We talked about why smart, capable coaches often know exactly what they should do but still struggle to do it. We explored the fear of visibility, the discomfort around receiving money, the pressure to earn success, and why so many coaches find themselves repeating the same business patterns despite investing in courses, certifications, and marketing training. If you've ever found yourself wondering, "Why do I keep doing this?" or "Why does this feel harder for me than it seems to for everyone else?" this episode offers a completely different lens through which to view your business challenges. Guest Bio Carolina Bakker is the Rat Race Release Coach and creator of Business Healing Bootcamp. She helps highly perceptive, spiritually open women entrepreneurs release generational patterns, protective reflexes, and inherited limitations that may be affecting their business growth. Through Family Constellation work, intuitive guidance, and energy-based coaching methods, she helps clients create greater confidence, visibility, and success. Connect with Carolina Website: https://coachingbycarolina.com LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/carolinabakker YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@rat_race_recovery Resources for Coaches Take the Endotype Formula Quiz and discover your Coaching Superpower:https://endotype.com/ Book a Connection + Direction Call:https://ravingcoaches.com/C&D

Most coaches think being a podcast guest is about exposure. It’s not. It’s about intention, preparation, and knowing exactly how a podcast fits into your client-attraction strategy. In this episode, I break down what actually makes podcast guesting work for coaches — and why so many people are wasting time saying yes to interviews that go nowhere. We talk through the unsexy but critical logistics that immediately impact whether people listen to your episode or turn it off — from sound quality and camera setup to how hosts decide who they book again. I also share what I look for as a podcast host, why filling out guest forms matters more than people realize, and how to position yourself so hosts see you as a professional, not a liability. Then we get into the part most coaches skip: converting listeners into your audience. I explain why vague CTAs don’t work, how to use podcast guesting to grow your list, and why sharing your own guest episodes is non-negotiable if you want clients to remember you and understand what you actually do. CTA:Book a Connection + Direction Call to map a podcast guesting strategy that actually brings in clients:http://ravingcoaches.com/c&d

If your marketing feels technically “fine” but people aren’t responding, this episode is for you. Because most coaches aren’t struggling with what to say — they’re struggling with where they’re saying it from. In this conversation, I explain how fear shows up subtly in coaching messaging, even when it sounds confident or well-written. I walk through how your protective “parent” energy can hijack your marketing, why it feels important to you but not to your clients, and how your true coaching superpowers create a completely different response. This is a deeper look at the Endotype Formula and how alignment changes not just your words, but the energy behind them. Timestamps 0:00 – Messaging from fear vs. alignment 3:30 – Sensory fear and marketing energy 7:05 – “I want to want this… but not from you” 10:30 – Naming client fears vs. writing from fear 13:20 – What your clients actually want to buy 15:00 – Next steps to audit your messaging CTATake the Endotype Quiz at https://endotype.com/ and learn what your clients are actually responding to.

Today I interviewed decluttering coach and psychologist Kate Evans about something most of us would rather ignore: the piles in the corner, the “I’ll deal with it later” rooms, and the way clutter quietly eats away at our energy and worth. In this episode Kate makes a sharp distinction between cleaning up a space and actually healing the patterns that created it. Clutter, she says, is a symptom—of stress, life transitions, perfectionism, anxiety, and old stories that whisper “you don’t deserve better anyway.” If you’ve ever shamed yourself for not being able to “just pick it up,” this episode is your permission slip to stop.We talk about why quick-fix shows like Hoarders make for great television and terrible long-term results. Kate explains how real change happens at the speed of your nervous system, not the speed of a binge-worthy series. We dig into the 80/20 rule, why aiming for 100% perfection is a guarantee for failure, the power of tiny wins (starting with one drawer), and the way evidence of success slowly rewires identity. Coaches will hear so many parallels to business: all-or-nothing thinking, ignoring small wins, and expecting a weekend workshop to undo years of conditioning.Then we bring in the Endotype Formula and talk about how different Endotypes experience clutter: the action-oriented types who need to move to think, the understanding types who need to know “why” before they touch anything, and the emotion-first folks who wake up on the “wrong side of the bed” for a year and drown in the energy of their space. We talk about how clutter connects to self-worth, why caring for your home is self-care, and how coaches can honor a client’s wiring while still moving them toward change. This episode will help you see your space—and your clients’ spaces—as a crucial part of their coaching journey, not an embarrassing side note.Timestamps:0:11 – Introducing Kate Evans and her work as a psychologist + decluttering coach2:27 – Why hiring a professional organizer often leads to more clutter later4:32 – Clutter as a symptom of stress, perfectionism, shame, and limiting beliefs7:29 – Biggest Loser, Hoarders, and why crash-change doesn’t stick9:28 – Brains, nervous systems, and the need for slow, sustainable change12:21 – Endotype quadrants, energy, and the different ways we get stuck16:28 – When you don’t believe you deserve a delightful space18:50 – Tank tops, file folding, and the power of one small success23:14 – The 80/20 rule for decluttering and making multiple passes27:42 – Using personality and Endotype to individualize decluttering plansGuest Bio & Links:Kate Evans is a psychologist and decluttering coach at Soulful Space Coaching. She helps people overwhelmed by clutter understand the mental and emotional roots behind their stuff so they can create sustainable change in their homes and lives. Drawing on yoga principles, therapy training, and practical systems, Kate blends inner work with outer order. She lives in Chicago with her husband and two calico cats.Website: https://soulfulspacecoaching.comInstagram & Facebook: @katesevans.coachingBook: Ditch Your Sh!t : Decluttering Your Mindset to Declutter Your Home – available online wherever you buy booksCatch this conversation and more Raving Coaches episodes here:➤ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7pNiUG0d05CTFM0MNJeuFE?si=dd985373802a470b➤ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/raving-coaches/id1673460023