{"podcast":{"title":"The Coaching Edge: A Business Building Podcast","slug":"the-coaching-edge-a-business-building-podcast-6603400","podcast_index_feed_id":6603400,"rss_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/2147512635/feed","website_url":"https://www.wendymccallum.com/podcasts/the-coaching-edge-a-business-building-podcast","image_url":"https://kajabi-storefronts-production.kajabi-cdn.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/site/120418/podcasts/d836b12-572e-c800-44a2-07783881fd7_Podcast_Cover_3_3_.jpg","author":"Wendy McCallum","episode_count":96,"summary":"On The Coaching Edge: A Business Building Podcast, host Wendy McCallum provides coaches with bite-sized tips to help them build an aligned, profitable, and sustainable coaching business. Real coaches with real business challenges are featured and practical strategies and tools for success are shared. It's not about making a million dollars overnight. It's about creating a resonant and fulfilling coaching business that keeps you out of burnout and thrilled about going to work every day. Realistic and packed with actionable advice, this podcast is perfect for coaches serious about building the business of their dreams.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T08:17:25.094002+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-coaching-edge-a-business-building-podcast-6603400"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 76 The Most Versatile Coaching Questions I Use Again and Again","slug":"ep-76-the-most-versatile-coaching-questions-i-use-again-and-again","published_at":"2026-02-22T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-coaching-edge-a-business-building-podcast-6603400/ep-76-the-most-versatile-coaching-questions-i-use-again-and-again","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-coaching-edge-a-business-building-podcast-6603400","url":"https://www.wendymccallum.com/podcasts/the-coaching-edge-a-business-building-podcast/episodes/2149150070","audio_url":"https://app.kajabi.com/podcasts/medias/2149150070.mp3","summary":"There’s a lot of pressure in the coaching world to ask the perfect question — the one that unlocks instant clarity or creates a dramatic breakthrough. But in real coaching sessions, that’s rarely how it works. In this episode of The Coaching Edge , I’m sharing the most versatile, workhorse coaching questions I use again and again — not because they’re clever or flashy, but because they reliably open insight across nearly any topic. These aren’t scripts or “magic questions.” They’re question types you can adapt moment-by-moment, depending on what your client actually needs. In this episode, I talk about: Why coaches often over-hunt for the “perfect” question — and why that usually backfires Why versatility and timing matter more than clever wording How powerful questions work because of how and when they’re asked , not just what’s said Five core question buckets I return to again and again in real client sessions Simple go-to questions you can always use when a session feels stuck You’ll hear examples of questions that: Gently surface limiting beliefs without arguing or fixing Reconnect clients to agency and choice Expose unspoken assumptions driving the problem Bring emotions and the body back into the conversation Widen perspective without minimizing the client’s experience I also share why learning when to use these questions matters more than memorizing them — and how this skill is something I teach explicitly inside the Confident Coaching Skills Intensive (CCSI) . If you’ve ever left a coaching session with imposter syndrome and wondering whether you asked the “right” questions, this episode will help you trust yourself — and the simple questions that actually do the work. LINKS + RESOURCES 👉   Get all the details and register for the next Confident Coach…","meta_description":"There’s a lot of pressure in the coaching world to ask the perfect question — the one that unlocks instant clarity or creates a dramatic breakthrough. But…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1595,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-coaching-edge-a-business-building-podcast-6603400/episodes/ep-76-the-most-versatile-coaching-questions-i-use-again-and-again/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-coaching-edge-a-business-building-podcast-6603400/ep-76-the-most-versatile-coaching-questions-i-use-again-and-again.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}