Selling Coaching in a Trust Recession: Why Urgency Isn’t Working Anymore

In this episode of The Coaching Edge, I’m sharing a real-time observation from my own business — and what it reveals about the current coaching market.

For years, offering a limited-time bonus after my BBB open house worked. People enrolled within the deadline. Urgency moved decisions.

But recently?

That pattern has changed.

People are still joining — but not because of urgency.

They’re joining when they feel ready.

In this episode, we explore:

  • What the “trust recession” looks like inside a coaching business
  • Why bonuses and deadlines aren’t driving decisions the way they used to
  • The rise of longer sales cycles and readiness-based buying
  • Why this shift is actually healthy for coaches and clients
  • How to adjust your marketing approach without resorting to pressure tactics
  • What I’m personally experimenting with in response

If you’ve been wondering why your launch didn’t spike the way it used to — this conversation will help you zoom out, regulate your nervous system, and a...

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When Marketing Feels Gross - 10 Things I Don’t Do in My Coaching Business (And Why)

If marketing feels heavy, awkward, manipulative, or exhausting… it’s probably not because you’re bad at marketing.

It’s probably because you’re trying to follow a strategy that doesn’t match your values.

In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain and sharing what values-based marketing actually looks like inside my own coaching business. I’m walking you through 10 things I don’t do — and why.

This isn’t about being moral or superior.
It’s about being congruent.

Because when your marketing aligns with your personal and professional values, everything gets simpler. Decisions get cleaner. Boundaries get easier. And you stop resenting your own strategy.

I share:

  • Why I don’t coach in niches I haven’t personally lived
  • Why I waited a full year post-separation before supporting women through divorce
  • Why I don’t manufacture urgency or use pressure-based launch tactics
  • Why I don’t overprice just because I can
  • Why I ditched ManyChat (even though it worked)
  • Why I don’t automate inti
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