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Ep 88: The Future of Coaching - Why Your Unique Point of View Is Your Greatest Asset with Carey Peters
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- Jun 8, 2026
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In this episode of Soulful Abundance with Chris Williams, Chris sits down with her friend and former mentor Carey Peters, co-founder of Health Coach Institute, for a rich and deeply honest conversation about building a heart-led business, navigating a difficult exit, and what it truly means to evolve as an entrepreneur. Carey opens up about leaving HCI after its acquisition, the grief that followed, and the intentional season of rest and reflection she stepped into at 50. She also shares what she is doing now, the future of coaching in the age of AI, and why your unique human point of view is more valuable than ever. This is a conversation you will want to listen to twice. What You'll Learn What it really takes to scale a coaching company and what happens after the exit: Carey shares the full arc of building HCI from nothing to over $220 million in total revenue and a team of 200, only 18% of companies are ever successfully acquired, and Carey reflects honestly on why exits are rarely as clean as they look from the outside. She talks about the cultural mismatches, the grief of leaving something she loved deeply, and the clarity she found on the other side about what she actually wants her next chapter to look like. Coaching alone is not enough, and the future belongs to coaches who go deeper: Carey makes a bold claim: traditional coaching is primarily cognitive, but the things driving most people are happening in the limbic system and the amygdala. She shares why coaches who combine strong specialization, transformational skills, and an intuitive approach will thrive, while generalist coaches without a clear point of view will increasingly compete on price. She also talks about Emotional Brain Training as one of the most powerful tools she uses with her own clients to…