Prosperous Coach Podcast

Prosperous Coach Podcast

Prosperous Coach Podcast is hosted by Rhonda Hess, international business mentor and niche strategist for new coaches. Her weekly show offers eye opening guidance and inspiration about how to choose a profitable coaching niche, create authentic messaging, design magnetic coaching programs and other topics to help you get noticed by ideal clients who will pay well. Rhonda also shares coaching tools, client management tips, money mindset and moving beyond limiting beliefs. Rhonda has over 20 years of experience in coaching, marketing, curriculum development, copy writing and editing. Learn about her VIP Coaching Business Breakthrough private step-by-step program to launch your coaching business. https://prosperouscoach.com/vip

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September 2, 2025 8 mins

Find the full transcript for this episode and more resources for coaches at ProsperousCoach.com/350.

Also mentioned—the book Taming Your Gremlin by Richard Carson.

How is your money mindset, Coach?

A healthy money mindset is a make it or break it thing in coaching business success — especially when it comes to confidently asking for money from potential clients.

It’s fascinating because it doesn’t matter if a coach had a high-powered j...

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Also mentioned Episode #229.

A client of mine went home for a family reunion and was relentlessly picked on for becoming a coach.

People she loves who love her said things like:

“Coaching is not a real profession. It’s a pyramid scheme—an unethical line of business.”

“You’ve gone to the dark side.”

“There are a lot of dodgy coaches out there taking ...

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Also mentioned in this episode:

  • Episode #141 about INTEGRITY
  • Episode #187 about your AVATAR for your ideal clients
  • Episode #324 about the downside of automation and pushing for a fast 'yes'

What moves a potential coaching client over from ‘maybe’ to ‘YES’?

Your website? Low pricing? Free coaching?

No. Nope. And definitely not.

I asked my clients what m...

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Find the full transcript for this episode at ProsperousCoach.com/347. USE THESE QUESTIONS FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR COACHING CLIENTS.

Apply for Rhonda's 5-month PRIVATE Coaching Business Breakthrough program.

It’s an art to know how ask powerful questions.

You know your questions are landing when you hear “that’s a great question!” 

Or, when your coaching client’s answer reveals something to them.

It unlocks a door, opens a window and ...

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Also mentioned, Episode 310 - Why Some Coaching Clients May Not Be Right for You. Find that at ProsperousCoach.com/310.

In the coaching world, there’s a real issue that isn’t talked about much.

Sometimes coaching relationships can stray off course, become counter productive or even toxic.

It can feel like the client is being difficult. ...

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I meet a lot coaches who want to target leaders and even more since the pandemic.

In a recent Nail Your Niche session with one of those coaches, I asked: 

Do you want corporations to pay for your clients’ coaching?

Or, do you want your clients to pay out of their own pocket?

That decision will affect so many aspects of their business.

There’s a belief out ther...

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Recently, I overheard a coach that I didn’t know saying that her business had been doing well and then over this summer everything came to an abrupt halt.

Prospects weren’t showing up. People stopped opening emails and no body was engaging. 

Her income slowed way down, and was totally ready to give up on her business. 

And I thought to...

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Apply for Rhonda's 5-month PRIVATE VIP Mentoring program here. One opening left starting this summer as of now.

A coach I worked with kept backsliding. 

In session, their certainty would click in. 

But a day or two later, that dissolved and in its place was paralyzing overwhelm and doubt.

We’d meet again and their sense of purpose would roll back in. They left th...

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After choosing a niche, the #1 problem coaches face 

is attracting enough clients who are able and ready to hire them.

Some days you feel like you’re working so hard

and there’s this sense that no one is out there noticing. 

It’s de-motivating to say the least.

There are so many surprising and wonderful ways that clients can find you 

IF you are strategic, cons...

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Simple is better. Less is more. That wisdom has helped me have a better life in every way.

And, it’s how you can earn more while getting more done in less time in your coaching business.

I used to be hopelessly disorganized, but now I’m the most organized person I know.

What changed? I got curious.

Whoever you want to be or whatever you ...

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New coaches reach out to me every week and they almost always have the same set of struggles to get traction in their coaching business.

Do you recognize yourself in any of these?

  • Your head endlessly spins around niche ideas.
  • When you talk about coaching people get bored.
  • People you know aren’t referring clients to you.
  • You work hard ...
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You are out there every day taking actions to attract coaching clients so you can earn a good living and help them transform.

But is your content helping you or hurting you?

A big part of what I teach coaches is how to craft compelling messages. I help coaches speak to the hearts of their audiences.

A coach who had been out there a few ...

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What does it really take to make it as a coach and earn a good living from your own business?

My business, in all it’s various forms over the years, has been the territory of my greatest personal trans...

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Here's a teaser of what's in store in this teaching episode with ACC Mentor Coach, Laurie Cameron — the best coach I've ever experienced!

What do you think, Laurie, is a single word that describes the best coaching sessions with clients?

Laurie Cameron:

I think FOCUSED is a good word — because...

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Other episodes mentioned:

Episode 29 — Set Smart Boundaries with Coaching Prospects and Clients

Episode 271 — Inspire Your Coaching Clients to Give You Dynamic Testimonials

Do you ever have performance anxiety during coaching sessions? 

If you’re a new coach, that’s totally normal. With mindfulness and experience that feeling diminishes....

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May 6, 2025 10 mins

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Episode #292 about creating a Signature Program is also mentioned.


A coach I’m mentoring just doubled her prices ... 

and quickly enrolled a new client at that new price.

Did she have to push and convince that new client to hire her? No. 

She only needed to decide that from now on her services are worth more and stand behind her pricing. 

It ...

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Find the full transcript of this episode and all 22 powerful questions to create your Avatar here.

Two of my VIP clients were having trouble with their messaging.

One was not getting engagements from her posts or enough downloads of her podcast. Not enough people in her audience were: 

·      going to her website

·      taking actions to get on her list

·      filling out her application, and

·      grabbing a Discovery Call with her, so...

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In your coaching business, you know you’ve found the sweet spot when you: 

·      reliably earn well 

·      by offering services you enjoy to client’s you enjoy

·      and you’re in high demand. 

You’re well known and respected in your space.

Being in the sweet spot of your coaching business is fulfilling, fun and profitable. Working with ideal clients makes your hear...

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