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The Coaching Hub Podcast
Are you a coach or coaching curious? The Coaching Hub is the place for you to explore coaching, use coaching methods and experience powerful coaching techniques. If you are wanting to change the way you think and feel about your life this is the place for you to listen!
Episodes
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 141: My Coaching Journey and Why I Love It!
Join Ruth as she takes us on a journey through her own coaching evolution. She shares how she first encountered coaching in the late nineties and how it has…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 142: The Power of Looking Back and What I've Learnt from 2023
Today, Ruth takes a reflective look back at last year and shares the highs and lows of her journey. From her significant increase in revenue and the…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 143: Looking Forward to 2024
Ruth shares her intentions and goals for 2024, reflecting on the impact she aims to make in various areas of her coaching and training businesses. She…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEpisode 140 - The Nervous System and Coaching
Does every coach perform in the same way? I think its easy to assume that they do - especially ICF coaches. I am an ICF master coach. I'm also an energy coach…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEpisode 139 - What Even Is Leadership?
Leadership is something that all of us will more than likely aspire to, whether it’s because of the security and money that a leadership role can offer, or if…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEpisode 138 - A Focus On Self-Acceptance and Self-Awareness
A huge part of the coaching process is self-awareness. Understanding who we are, what motivates us, and what our personal goals are. Before we put ourselves…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEpisode 137 - Building A Successful Coaching Business
In today’s episode I raise the question of what success looks like for you. It’s important to have your own vision of success, because your goals are driven by…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEpisode 136 :How Coaching Has Helped Me
In today’s episode I share my personal journey to happiness and contentment, and how coaching has led me to become a more confident person who takes bigger…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEpisode 135 Interview with Laura Taylor
Episode 135 – Interview with Laura Taylor In today’s episode we are talking to Laura Taylor. Laura is a business coach who helps female coaches sign consistent…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEpisode 134 - Interview with Naomi Tyrrell, PhD
Today we are talking to Naomi Tyrrell, PhD, who is a coach and a mentor who specialises in evidence-based strategies to support families when they're moving…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 133: The Power of Self-Belief with Tamzin Hall
Self belief is powerful and in this episode with Tamzin Hall we explore how we can build and develop it. Tamzin is a coach with a degree in Psychology she…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 132: Life as a business owner and coach with Helen Hill
In this episode I speak to multi-passionate business owner and coach Helen Hill who is currently studying on the Optimus diploma. She shares about how to…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 131: Neurodiversity in coaching with Gwendolyn Jones
In this podcast we talk to Gwendolyn Jones about Neurodiversity in coaching - both working with Neurodiverse clients and how to create your own way of doing…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 130: How parent coaching is on the rise and how transformational it can be with Penny Philips
If you are a parent this is a must listen. I am joined by Penny Phllips, a graduate of the Optimus Coach Academy program and the founder of a new charity…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 129 : How can a coaching qualification help you with your business? With Isabelle Fielding
How can a coaching qualification help you with your business? Today I spoke to Isabelle Fielding who graduated from our diploma just over a year ago.. In that…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 128: What makes a real difference to you as a client? With Nicole Louise Winer
What makes a real difference to you as a client? In a world of courses promising the world so many people are feeling disillusioned.. And the fact is that…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 127: Life After Coaching Training with Nonie Leonard
Here’s another episode from our ‘Life After Coach Training’ series. In these special episodes, we follow-up with our coaching graduates to see what they’re up…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 126 - Life after Coach Training with Marilu Revelli
What can your life look like after graduating as a coach? We’ve been interviewing past students to discover the diverse directions they’ve traveled in. In…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 125: Life after coach training with Mike Cole
You’ve heard what our coach training involves. Now, we’d like to give you an insight into what life could look like after training. What have our students gone…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 124 - Different shades of leadership coaching with Lucie Lachnitova
In today’s episode, Ruth talks to Lucie Lachnitova about her experience training with Optimus, where she expected to be after the training, and where she is…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 123 : Coaching for Marketing Success with Anna Badcock
In today’s episode, Ruth chats to a previous Optimus Student, Anna Badckock. Together, they discuss Anna’s experience of our coach training and where she is…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 122 - Behind the scenes: married and in business together (with Christian Kudzi)
In this episode, Ruth chats to her husband and marketing director of Optimus, Christian Kudzi. They discuss what it’s like to work with your partner –…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 121: The truth about resilience (and how to build it)
Are you resilient? Now, before you answer, remember: resilience doesn’t mean hardiness. It doesn’t mean soldiering on when you’re running out of steam. So what…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 120 - How to really listen to others with Dr. Lulu Little
In today’s episode, Ruth chats with Lulu Little – a doctor working in emergency medicine and a soon-to-graduate coach! Lulu explains how learning to be curious…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 119 - Build your confidence with powerful self-coaching techniques
What does confidence mean to you? What would your life be like if you could be more confident? Most of us find ourselves battling with a lack of confidence at…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 118 - Finding your purpose with a job with Lisa Staker
Ever felt like something is missing in your work life? Like something is missing no matter what job you do. In today's episode, Lisa discusses how she felt her…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 117 - The Incredible Power of Gratitude
Everybody talks about gratitude, don’t they? If there’s one piece of advice people are handing out, it’s to practise feeling grateful. Originally sceptical…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 116 - Coaching as a Leadership Skill with Ruth Kudzi
How can we strengthen our role as leaders? Through coaching our team members, of course. Coaching is a coveted leadership skill. And it’s not hard to see why…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 115 - Business Coaching for Entrepreneurs with Sara Mobarhanfard
When people think about coaching, their minds often hop straight to life coaching. But there are other niches and areas of coaching that exist. Business…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 114 -Coaching in Early Childhood with Joanne Burke
Introducing coaching within early childhood can set your child up for future success. In today’s episode, Ruth chats to Joanne Burke about why embedding…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 113: Becoming an Energy Leader with Ian Browne
Leaders spend too much time exhausted and overwhelmed, wishing they had more time to accomplish every task on their todo list. While we cannot create more…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 112: Coaching Others to Be Sustainably Visible with Laura Taylor
What gets students signing up for our coach training programme? For Laura Taylor, it was to help her clients become sustainably visible. Laura works with…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 110: The Introverted Coach: On Learning to Embrace Introversion
Are you an introvert? Being an introvert in a world that seems to favour extroverts can be tough. However, that doesn’t make introversion a weakness! In…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 109: Insights into coach training with Amber Doughty
Is our coach training programme worth the investment? Amber Doughty says yes! Hear what it’s like on our coach training programme from her – a recent graduate…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 108: The Confidence Curse for Women in the Workplace
What holds back women in the workplace? For so many women, it’s what Gemma Witts calls the ‘confidence curse.’ In this episode, Ruth and Gemma talk us through…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 107: Insights into Coach Training with Maj Saleem
What’s our coach training like and how does it change our students for the better? Find out in today’s episode! Ruth chats to entrepreneur, Maj Saleem, about…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 106: Coaching for Educators: Time to Think
Welcome to our first podcast episode for 2022!! Can coaching help teachers perform better and cultivate stronger relationships with their students? Elizabeth…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 105: Personal Growth: Lessons Learned in 2021
In 2021, Ruth continued to grow her business. It was a year full of lessons! Ruth learned a lot about effectively running a business, but she also learned a…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 104: Growing a Business: Lessons Learned in 2021 with Ruth Kudzi
Running a business is already difficult. However, running and growing a business during a pandemic comes with an extra set of challenges. Ruth shares the…
The Coaching Hub PodcastBusiness lessons from 2021
In this episode I share my big business lessons from 2021. 2021 was a year of massive growth in the business and lots of lessons learned. I go under the skin…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 103: How to Embed New Habits in 2022 with Ruth Kudzi
How can we form unshakeable habits? Creating long-term habits is something so many of us struggle with. Yet, we continue to make New Year’s resolutions every…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 101: What is a Divorce Coach with Salma Khan
Divorce is a complicated and chaotic process. But working with a divorce coach can make the process easier. In this episode, Ruth talks to Salma Khan about the…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 100: Experimental Approaches and Innovations in Coaching with Suzie Richards
Our 100th episode is here! In this episode, Ruth talks to Suzie Richards about experimenting as a coach.Coaching is a varied field with lots of scope for…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 99: How to Beat Stagnation with Mel Cheng
Mel Cheng knows how to break you out of your comfort zone and bring excitement back into your life. Listen to this podcast episode and hear Mel tell us how she…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 098: Coaching Female Entrepreneurs to Overcome Mental Health Challenges
So many of us are affected by mental health struggles. Our graduate, Kate Curtis, speaks about her mental health challenges and how coaching helped her…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEps 097: Adopting a Growth Mindset
What does it mean to embody a growth mindset? So many of us cognitively understand the growth mindset, yet we struggle to fully adopt one. In a culture…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 096: How Coaching Changes the Way You See Yourself
Can coach training transform your life and how you see yourself in the world? Yes, it can! Charlene Kidd tells us how building those core coaching foundations…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 095: Coaching Gives Courage To Own Your Story
Do you ever struggle with imposter syndrome or ‘comparisonitis’? Or ever dealt with an identity crisis?When Val Hassall entered the online world, she found…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 094: Combining Coaching and Writing for Wellbeing
What stories and narratives are you holding about yourself? In this episode, Adanna Onuekwusi talks about the profound impact writing can have on wellbeing. We…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 093: The Key to Becoming an Effective Leader
Want to become a better leader? To be a great leader and to make the best decisions for your team, you first need to lead yourself. In this episode, Ruth…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 092: Evidence Based Coaching: Why I Believe it is the Future
Is your coaching evidence-based? In this episode, Ruth discusses why she’s a huge proponent of evidence-based coaching and why coaches ought to use these…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 091: How business coaching advances children’s learning with Cheryl Dodd
How can we help kids accelerate their learning and love the process? Cheryl Dodd realised her bright daughter struggled with school. She found the lessons…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 90: How coaching increases your self-awareness and gives you time to think with Fay Blakey
Ever felt confused or directionless? Knowing what we want or what moves we should make isn’t always easy. In this episode, Ruth talks to Fay Blakey about how…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 089: Changing Direction & Reimagining Your Future with Eleanor Tweddell
Think you’re the same as you were last year? It’s unlikely! We’re reinventing ourselves all the time – even at microlevels. If you think your identity is tied…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 088: Leadership Coaching with Francesca Aaen
Get a peek behind the curtains at life as a leadership and performance coach with Francesca Aaen. In this insightful episode, Ruth chats to Aaen about her…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 087: Building Out a Coaching Business Which Gives You Joy with Rebecca Daniel
In this episode, Ruth talks to Rebecca Daniel, an Optimus Coach Academy graduate and former teacher. We discuss the importance of working with other people…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 086: How Training Has Helped Me Find the Strength to Believe and the Power to Keep Going with Laura Ellera
Our new Coaching Hub podcast episode is out now! In this episode, we talk to Laura Ellera, about how training has helped her find the strength to believe and…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 085: The Power of Coaching with Helen Bowling
In this episode, I speak to Optimus graduate, transformational mentor and founder of Mind Matters life coaching Helen Bowling. We discuss the power of…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 084: Merging Old & New - How I Harnessed My Uniqueness with Mike Cole
In this episode, Ruth chats to Optimus graduate and professional coach Mike Cole. Mike is somebody who was on the coaching diploma in October 2020. He is now…
The Coaching Hub PodcastEp 083: I Found My Inner Cheerleader While Training with OCA with Caroline Garlick
In this episode, Ruth talks to Caroline Garlick about the benefits of completing a coaching diploma. Caroline is a graduate of the Optimus course and is now…