# Grow Your Practice By Doing the Inner Work -- A Conversation with Chantel Allen Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-podcast-for-coaches-5728616/grow-your-practice-by-doing-the-inner-work-a-conversation-with-chantel-allen Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-podcast-for-coaches-5728616/grow-your-practice-by-doing-the-inner-work-a-conversation-with-chantel-allen.md Podcast: [A Podcast for Coaches](https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-podcast-for-coaches-5728616) Published: 2024-10-21T18:43:06+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/9b076e26 Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/9b076e26/4e069961.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-podcast-for-coaches-5728616/episodes/grow-your-practice-by-doing-the-inner-work-a-conversation-with-chantel-allen Duration seconds: 2298 ## Resource My friend Chantel Allen uses personal practices like "the hour of silence" to calm her mind, heal her pains, and prepare herself to coach her clients in the way that feels right to her. I brought her back on the show today to discuss how coaches can serve their clients better and grow their practices through doing the inner work. To find out how you can with with Chantel, join her waitlist here: https://www.chantelallencoaching.com/waiting-list Here's a GPT-generated outline of the conversation: 1. Coaches Often Focus Too Much on Providing Answers Instead of Asking Questions: The episode discusses how coaches may feel the need to prove themselves by giving advice and answers, rather than facilitating deeper client insights through powerful questioning and active listening. 2. The Impact of Unresolved Personal Issues on Coaching: The conversation explores how unresolved personal challenges in a coach’s life can unconsciously affect their coaching, causing them to project their own need for validation onto their clients. 3. The Shift from Hustle to Heart in Coaching: Mark and Chantel highlight the growing importance of slowing down and focusing on internal work and connection, rather than obsessing over external achievements and hustling to gain clients or success. This shift in mindset leads to more genuine and impactful coaching. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-podcast-for-coaches-5728616/episodes/grow-your-practice-by-doing-the-inner-work-a-conversation-with-chantel-allen/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-podcast-for-coaches-5728616/grow-your-practice-by-doing-the-inner-work-a-conversation-with-chantel-allen.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.