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Ep 114 - How to Truly Start Embracing Imperfection (In Your Coaching, With Your Clients, and in Your Life)
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- Craft of Coaching Podcast
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- May 11, 2026
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Summary
This episode gets into why naming imperfection — genuinely, not as false modesty — is foundational to coaching well, leading well, and building community that's actually real. We talk about assumed role power, the guru model that's quietly everywhere in the coaching industry, and what it costs coaches who are still performing perfection when a client brings them something messy. We also get into the flip side: owning imperfection means owning the cleanup. The repair. The willingness to stay i...