The Financial Coach Academy® Podcast
A weekly educational podcast from the founder of The Financial Coach Academy®, Kelsa Dickey, that will teach you how to create and grow a profitable financial coaching business that you LOVE and are proud of. At The Financial Coach Academy®, we are passionate about helping you create the business of YOUR dreams – whether that’s a side hustle, part time gig, or 6+ figure company. Get ready to elevate your success!!
Episodes
166 episodes
136. How to Tackle This Real-Life Coaching Scenario
A client is tearing up about their debt in your first session together. You're feeling good about the progress you're making. Then weeks later, when you use the MeaningFirst Method™ to explore what getting out of debt would mean to them, they s...
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Episode 136
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14:14
135. The MeaningFirst Method™: Financial Goals You Want To Follow Through On
What if the way you're asking clients about their goals is actually making it harder for them to follow through?Most coaches ask what their client wants to accomplish, get an answer like "I want to get out of debt" or "I want to ...
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Episode 135
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8:58
134. Inside the Session: “I Thought I Was Doing Everything Right” - Client Seat Recap
Knowing what to say in a coaching session is one thing. Knowing when to say it, how to pace it, and what to listen for underneath the words… that's where real coaching happens.In this episode, we’re walking you through a coaching...
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Episode 134
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28:45
133. [The Client Seat] When Your Emergency Fund Creates More Stress Than Relief
Welcome to our first Client Seat episode, because even coaches need coaches.Mary Ann Stenquist teaches people how to break the shop-regret-shame cycle. She's a spending coach who helps ambitious women align their spen...
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Episode 133
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57:29
132. How to Create Buy-in: The Framework for Lasting Financial Change
You've identified the problem. You understand the instinct gap. Now it's time to fix it.In the first two episodes of this series, we talked about why financial content isn't creating change and introduced the conative mind, the m...
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Episode 132
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23:18
131. The Missing Piece of Financial Change: The Conative Mind Explained
You've given your clients the tools. You've shared the knowledge. They say they understand. They even seem motivated. But then nothing changes.This is the knowing-doing disconnect, and in this episode, we're showing you why it ha...
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Episode 131
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27:57
130. Why People Don’t Take Action With Money (and How to Fix It)
Financial content is everywhere. Personal finance is the second most talked about topic on the internet. And yet, people are more stressed about money than ever before. American household debt sits at an all-time high of $18.4 trillion and the ...
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Episode 130
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22:31
14 Simple Marketing Tactics to Grow Your Financial Coaching Business
You didn't start your coaching business to become a marketing expert.But marketing is how you get visible and attract the right clients. Without it, even talented coaches struggle to fill their practice and create the impact they want.
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129. From Information to Transformation: Why Your Clients Aren't Following Through
Financial coaching isn't about giving better advice. Most of your clients already know they should spend less than they earn. They know they need an emergency fund. They've heard the standard recommendations before.So why aren't they ma...
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Episode 129
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7:56
Bonus | Raising the Standard: The Future of Financial Coaching
People will tell you they want financial literacy. They'll say they need to understand their numbers better, get organized, learn the right steps. And those things matter, of course they do. But here's what I've learned after almos...
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18:43
128. Why Financial Coaches Should Talk About Transformation (Not Just Coaching)
Most coaches struggle to talk about their work in a way that makes people want to invest. They know they're getting clients results, but when it comes to marketing, something feels off. They're not sure if they should talk about financial coach...
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Episode 128
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12:59
127. Should You Add More Services to Your Financial Coaching Business?
“Should I add tax prep to my coaching business? What about investment management or insurance?”I hear this question from coaches all the time, especially when they're looking to grow their revenue. You see other financial professionals ...
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Episode 127
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22:30
Tackling Imposter Syndrome: A Financial Coach's Guide
First things first, friends: Imposter syndrome is not a thought: “I am an imposter” or a feeling: “I feel like a fake.” It’s a circumstance. And if we want to overcome it, we need to understand it…which means clearly identifying it for what it ...
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39:28
126. Why Your Great Q&A Calls Are Ending in Crickets (And How to Fix It)
You hang up from that Q&A call thinking you really connected with that person. They'd be so great to work with. You know you can help them. The conversation went great.And then it's crickets.They didn't give you an answer on...
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Episode 126
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28:15
125. Fear of Failure Is Sabotaging Your Coaching Business: Break the Cycle & Take Action
We've been watching talented, capable financial coaches hold themselves back from doing their best work, and it has nothing to do with skills or caring.They'll create a freebie but never really put it out there. Someone asks about their...
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Episode 125
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32:31
124. Should You Start a Group Coaching Program? Here's How to Know If You're Ready
There's a question that keeps coming up from coaches, and honestly, it's one that can make or break your business if you get the timing wrong.Should you start a group coaching program or membership?The appeal is obvious—leverage...
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Episode 124
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31:03
123. The 4 Missing Ingredients That Separate Thriving Financial Coaches From Those Who Struggle
There's something missing in your coaching business, and it's probably not what you think.You've got the big stuff figured out—your coaching skills, your programs, maybe even your marketing. But there are four smaller things that many c...
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Episode 123
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24:45
122. Why Conference Fears Are Actually Reasons Financial Coaches Should Attend
Philip Taylor started FinCon because he was tired of talking to his spouse about business ideas that didn't quite land. He needed someone to really riff off of, someone who understood the mission.His first WordPress conference back in 2...
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Episode 122
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30:20
121. How to Attract Your Ideal Clients by Being Authentically Yourself
When Debbie White says coaches don't need to be louder or slicker to stand out, she means something that might feel backwards at first. After spending 20 years launching brands like Starbucks and building multiple seven-figure businesses, she's...
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Episode 121
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39:43
120. How to Help Your Clients Build Their Financial Power Team
If you’re trying to do everything for your clients, you’re doing them a disservice. Yep, I said it. As financial coaches, we don’t know everything there is to know about finances, and that’s okay. We’re focused on our niche and expertise and wh...
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Episode 120
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18:29
119. Growing Your Financial Coaching Business Without Breaking the Bank
You want to grow your financial coaching business but you're not quite ready to make a big investment. Maybe you're just getting started, or you're building momentum but hesitant about spending thousands of dollars on training programs....
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Episode 119
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25:55
118. Why AI Makes Financial Coaches More Essential, Not Obsolete
There's something happening in the financial coaching world that's got a lot of us feeling uneasy. Maybe you've heard the whispers, or maybe you've been losing sleep over it yourself. AI is coming for our jobs, they say. Clients can jus...
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Episode 118
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21:31
117. From Content Creator to Coach: How Clear Invitations Transform Your Business
You can create the most beautiful, helpful content in the world, but if you're not inviting people to work with you, you're an educator, not a business owner.Walli Miller learned this the hard way. She was doing everything “right” as a ...
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Episode 117
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48:03
116. When Support Systems Shape Financial Success
Brian Haney has watched it happen more times than he can count. A client comes to him with what looks like a straightforward financial situation, but six months later, they're calling his office feeling completely overwhelmed. Not because the p...
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Episode 116
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45:13
115. Should You Coach Friends and Family? The Truth About Mixing Business with Personal Relationships
When you're starting your coaching business, your friends and family feel like the obvious first clients. They already trust you, they want to support your new venture, and honestly, it feels way less scary than reaching out to complete strange...
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Episode 115
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