The Life Coach School Podcast With Brooke Castillo

It’s natural for humans to want to conform to society’s norms and expectations. But doing so comes at a cost.   And when you choose not to conform, a whole host of other challenges can come up.   In this episode, Kara and I discuss why humans struggle so much with both conforming and non-conforming, and how you can figure out what you actually want. Learn how to handle disapproval from others, how to claim your own authority, and how to embrace what makes you different.  

Welcome to the last episode of a very special week on the podcast, the What’s Possible Special Series. This is the first half of a book I wrote a few years ago, and it includes the 10 truths extraordinarily successful women know.   In this episode, let it sink in that no matter how extraordinarily successful you become and no matter how many times you fail, your worth stays the same. If you are ready to do hard things over and over again, you are ready to blow your own mind. I share how to not just hear the 10 things all successful women know, but to really start believing them.   Ready to take this work deeper? I invite you to join me for What’s Possible Coach Week where I will be coaching you live on all of these topics and introducing you to the Possibility Formula which teaches you how to execute these truths in your life.  

Welcome to a very special week on the podcast, the What’s Possible Special Series. This is the first half of a book I wrote a few years ago, and it includes the 10 truths extraordinarily successful women know.   In this episode, I invite you to stop asking yourself “how” you will reach success and instead, start taking action. Find out how powerful knowing your why for wanting success is, and the reality that your life will not be better or worse once you get it. I share why the path to success is only visible after you’ve created it.   Ready to take this work deeper? I invite you to join me for What’s Possible Coach Week where I will be coaching you live on all of these topics and introducing you to the Possibility Formula which teaches you how to execute these truths in your life.  

Welcome to a very special week on the podcast, the What’s Possible Special Series. This is the first half of a book I wrote a few years ago, and it includes the 10 truths extraordinarily successful women know.   Today, I reveal one of the most important concepts for you to grasp if you want to be successful. When you can embrace this concept, and the idea that failure is required to succeed, you will see how limitless your potential is. Find out what happens when you learn how to process every emotion from humiliation to defeat on your way to success.   Ready to take this work deeper? I invite you to join me for What’s Possible Coach Week where I will be coaching you live on all of these topics and introducing you to the Possibility Formula which teaches you how to execute these truths in your life.  

Welcome to a very special week on the podcast, the What’s Possible Special Series. This is the first half of a book I wrote a few years ago, and it includes the 10 truths extraordinarily successful women know.   Today, I share how the key to making more money is creating more value. Women are often chronic underearners, never taught how to have money. So if you struggle to have enough money, listen in. Find out how to create extraordinary value so you can have extraordinary success.   If you’re ready to take this work deeper, I invite you to join me for What’s Possible Coach Week where I will be coaching you live on all of these topics and introducing you to the Possibility Formula.

Welcome to a very special week on the podcast, the What’s Possible Special Series. This is the first half of a book I wrote a few years ago, and it includes the 10 truths extraordinarily successful women know.   In today’s episode, find out what is truly possible for yourself and your business. You may have been taught to just go to college and pay the bills, but I challenge you to dream bigger. Discover how to create extraordinary success, how to make lots of money, and why you can have it all.   If you’re ready to take this work deeper, I invite you to join me for What’s Possible Coach Week where I will be coaching you live on all of these topics and introducing you to the Possibility Formula.

Most people spend 90% of their time thinking and talking about their past and the present - what isn’t working and what didn’t work.   In this episode, I share why you need to spend more time thinking about your future, your dreams, and your impossible goals so you can generate the feelings that help you create them. I call this a feeling good practice, and today, I walk you through what it looks like and how to implement this practice into your life.  

For 5 years, we have been helping people lose weight, build their businesses, stop overdrinking, mend relationships, build confidence, and so much more in Self Coaching Scholars.   In celebration of this huge milestone, I have invited five of my 5-Carat Diamonds, ladies that have been in Scholars since the start, on the show to share how being in Scholars has changed their lives. We talk about the tools that helped them the most, how to best utilize Scholars, and their advice for anyone new to the program or considering joining.  

This week, I explore the connection between chronic pain and emotional pain, and share why your fear of experiencing emotional pain is the most dangerous fear there is. Find out why understanding your emotional pain gives you authority over it and how to process your emotional pain so you can get to the other side.

Are you looking for deeper, more connected relationships?   In this week’s episode, I give you all the details on The 90 Day Relationship course. Find out why we created it, who it’s for, and some of the things you might discover about yourself and your relationships through it.  

There are five main mistakes people make with thought work (even if you’ve been doing it for a while) that make it unproductive and unhelpful.   So in this episode, I share what the five most unproductive ways to use thought work are and how to start using it more effectively. No matter how many intentional Models you create, you will always have a human brain (and that’s a beautiful thing). Learn how to use thought work to bring more awareness to your brain and to lean into your authentically human experience.  

Today, I use a recent personal experience of getting annoyed to show you how to manage this emotion effectively and genuinely.   Listen in to learn how to process negative emotions like annoyance and show up in an intentional way. I share why pretending you’re not annoyed doesn’t work, and instead, how to allow your irritation.  

The biggest fear I hear from people who want to become life coaches is the fear of being criticized.   They don’t want to put themselves out there because then people can judge them. Does this sound familiar?   In this episode, learn my top tips for dealing with criticism and how to use these tips when the criticism is coming from inside the house. Negative feedback doesn’t have to be excruciating, it doesn’t even have to be painful. The tips I share today will show you how to take feedback without beating yourself up for it.  

Have you ever wondered how the Model works when it comes to religion? Can you be religious and use the Model to create the results you want?   In this episode, discover how six coaches from different religions use the Model in their coaching and how it aligns with their values. They each share how finding thought work changed their lives and how it impacted their faiths, and they share any conflicts that arose when they discovered this work.  

How good are you at loving? What about when it comes to loving yourself or that really difficult person in your life?   In this episode, I show you how to increase your ability to love starting with yourself. Learn how to measure your love ability, how I suggest you practice this skill, and how to apply this practice to your work as a coach.  

Life coach certification is one of the best ways you can utilize your money. The knowledge you learn stays with you forever, and you can easily make back what you pay for tuition.   Don’t believe me?   This week on the podcast, my panel of guests share how they overcame the obstacle of tuition, and how they easily made that money back afterward. We give advice to anyone who feels like the investment is too high or anyone who is scared to bet on themselves.  

Kwavi and I discuss the one skill every woman needs to have and how developing this skill will help you live your best life at every age. Find out the reasons why women often feel invisible as they age, how to practice this skill, and how to truly live into the richness and depth of your life.   No matter how old you are, it is never too late to re-decide what you want your life to be. If you want a fantastic life, this episode shows you how to create it.  

In this episode, I tell you about a tool that will change the trajectory of your business forever, my dear friend Alex Hormozi’s new book, $100M Offers: How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No.   I share some of the things you will learn from this book, why I think it’s so impactful, and how you can come back to this book year after year when you want to uplevel your offers. It’s that good, my friends.  

In this episode, I share a recent webinar I did on Life Coach Certification and what you can expect from our program. I walk you through the curriculum, the tuition, the lifetime benefits, and the answers to all your burning questions.   While I hope this webinar leads you to become a life coach, what I truly want is for you to make a decision either way. You can be happy no matter what, so what are you going to do?  

If there are people in your life who don’t know about thought work or the Model yet, this episode is the perfect way to show them what it’s about.   Tune in today to find out the five insights I shared with a friend who had never heard of this work before. Some of these insights might serve as reminders of your total worthiness, or they might teach you something new about how you see the world. Either way, I know that whether you’ve heard of my work before or not, these insights will be useful.