{"podcast":{"title":"A Podcast for Coaches","slug":"a-podcast-for-coaches-5728616","podcast_index_feed_id":5728616,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/a-podcast-for-coaches","website_url":"https://beautifulbusiness.transistor.fm/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/kgzBR3oBidoN9214wl57DsLmY_6gyI4ldI5g3j0yOjw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM1MTUzLzE3MDY3/NjU1NTQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Mark Butler","episode_count":53,"summary":"A Podcast for Coaches shines a light on one of the most elegant, underrated business models in the world: one-on-one coaching. Mark Butler hosts the show, and he's been a coach and advisor to every kind of online business you can think of, having helped businesses earning everything from $0 to $25,000,000+. Although Mark believes every online business model has merit, he worries one-on-one coaching is viewed as a stepping-stone business for people who aren't ready or able to scale. But it's not true, and A Podcast for Coaches sets out to show people--through clear teaching and rich, current stories of successful coaches who love their business--that one-on-one coaching is one of the most gratifying and lowest \"hassle-per-dollar\" businesses in the world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T08:20:35.234038+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-podcast-for-coaches-5728616"},"episode":{"title":"Development over Diagnosis","slug":"development-over-diagnosis","published_at":"2025-05-09T16:39:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-podcast-for-coaches-5728616/development-over-diagnosis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-podcast-for-coaches-5728616","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/f39d3fff","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/f39d3fff/b28dd7fa.mp3","summary":"You Are Not Your Label I've noticed a concerning trend: clients who filter their experience through diagnostic labels rather than their actual thoughts and feelings. They're essentially \"othering\" themselves, asking \"Does this fit my diagnosis?\" instead of \"What can I learn from this experience?\" While labels offer comfort (I've felt it myself with ADHD), they risk becoming prisons of consistency. A client who can't get through five minutes without referencing their diagnosis is using it as both explanation and excuse. As coaches, our job isn't to categorize clients for our own comfort. It's to emphasize agency through thoughts, feelings, and behaviors—things clients can actually change. I'm not saying abandon frameworks entirely. Personality tests can be insightful! But keep them secondary, not primary. View clients developmentally (what can they learn and become?) rather than pathologically (how do we fix them within their diagnosis?). Remember this fundamental truth: You are not your label. You're a complex individual with capacities beyond any diagnosis.","meta_description":"You Are Not Your Label I've noticed a concerning trend: clients who filter their experience through diagnostic labels rather than their actual thoughts an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":860,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/a-podcast-for-coaches-5728616/episodes/development-over-diagnosis/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/a-podcast-for-coaches-5728616/development-over-diagnosis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}