What do you need? So many black women feel like they have to be superwomen and take care of everything for everyone else. This goes back for generations where our mothers, grandmothers, and aunties just gave gave gave of themselves and didn’t really consider their own needs.

Today, I unpack this topic with Carla Martin, a past client I worked with inside 9-5 To Freedom for six months. She’s a stress and anxiety coach for black women and is striving to change the narrative around having to be the stereotypical “strong black woman.”

In this interview, we delve into what it means to really take care of yourself and talk about where she was before joining the program, where she’s at now, and how things have radically shifted for her. It’s an interesting, beautiful conversation you’ll want to listen to through the end!

4:39 - Carla introduces herself and describes how she helps black women

6:51 - How joining Janet’s visibility challenge helped Carla

9:52 - Why self-care goes beyond treating yourself to hot baths and massages

13:22 - Carla discusses her book and how it relates to her life coaching business

20:29 - The one thing women of different ages and careers have in common

24:36 - Carla’s coaching program and how it came together

29:25 - Two common problems with a lot of coaching programs offered

32:31 - Why the community experience inside 9-5 To Freedom still benefits Carla

36:18 - How Janet challenged Carla and the next stage on her business journey

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Ooh, I can’t wait to get into it today! This is such a great episode and is inspired by a question I posted inside of my client Facebook group. Inside it, I asked the question: what does freedom look like to you in your life coaching business? How would it feel? What does your day look like? What are the things you haven’t done that you’ve always wanted to do?

You’ll hear from two of my clients, Coaches Sherry and Denise, who share what freedom looks like to them. Afterward, I reveal my thoughts and experiences shared inside a Facebook Live on this very topic. I also discuss what happened to one of my mastermind members when she finally reached the business freedom she’d always sought out.

4:15 - Coach Sherry describes what freedom looks like to her in her business

6:15 - Coach Denise gives her perspective on business freedom

8:00 - An exercise to help you discover what freedom looks like for you... and taking it one step further

10:30 - A glimpse of what business freedom looks like for Janet on a daily basis

12:52 - The strange feeling Janet had when she reached her vision of freedom

Here’s my call to action to you right now:

I want you to stop feeling scared and thinking you can’t suddenly charge for coaching. Too many people have this fear of making money from what comes naturally to them. If you’re at a point in your life where you really do need to start charging for your services because you want to have your own clients and quit your job, I’m here to tell you that it’s doable for you!

All of my clients are somewhere on their path to making six figures (and then some). If that’s where you want to be, then get on a call with me and let’s have a conversation about where you are right now and where you might be stuck

I was doing some research and optimizing my podcast show notes when I came across something very surprising. Nobody pertinent really showed up on Google for the search term “how to get high-paying coaching clients.” Isn’t that crazy?! You’d think that term would’ve been saturated a long time ago!

So I thought, “Why shouldn’t I be the one to do it, then?” Not to mention that one of my clients inside the 9-5 to Freedom program was feeling a little hesitant about stepping into an area she knows like the back of her hand. So I’m taking the bull by the horns (or the microphone in hand, if you will) and talking about this for all my black life coaches out there.

If you want to know how to get high-paying coaching clients who want to work with you and are ready to say, “Yeah, I was ready for this last year,” then listen up, lovely! Because on today’s show, I give you some insights to ponder, including three core areas that set the foundation for your coaching program, and maybe some questions to ask yourself so you can bring in those high-paying clients.

4:05 - Janet mentions the episode that piggybacks off of this one

6:57 - The first thing to consider when you want to work with high-paying clients

8:33 - Why you need to get laser focused on this one area of your business

9:33 - The two ends of the high-paying client spectrum you need to be aware of

14:12 - The three areas where people will pay big money for a solution

18:14 - A past episode to help you create your program once the core foundational pieces are in place

20:48 - A very useful perspective to think about as you try to get high-paying clients

23:52 - Janet quickly recaps the points from the episode

You’ve listened to the whole episode. You’ve taken in all the steps I laid out for you in it. You know your area of expertise and can talk about it until the cows come home. But you feel like you’re stuck when it comes to moving your business forward.

Don’t worry, gorgeous! I can help unpack where you are right now and discover where you need to tweak and adjust things, so you can start bringing those high-paying clients to you. They’re out there and waiting for you to show up. So if you’re feeling it, book a call with me, and let’s discuss it!

9-5 to Freedom

Episode 30: How to Create a Coaching Offer

Episode 58: 2 Powerful Ways to Identify Your Ideal Coaching Client

Episode 62: Ditch the Coach Speak: How to Tell People What You Do

Episode 63: Why Being A “Life Coach” Isn't Good Enough, You Must Be A Specialist

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