Do you ever worry that your clients don’t move forward quickly enough? Here’s a question I got on Instagram last week… What do you do when you see your client is not progressing due to lack of time, resources, or drive?  What do you see as your responsibility and course of action for the sake of the client?

Before I decided to be a mother, my favorite pastime was work. I am a Capricorn, after all. 🐐 I definitely worked 60 to 70 hours per week and didn’t even blink an eye because I loved every minute of it. I loved strategizing, engaging my clients, kicking around new ideas for launches… the whole thing was fun and deeply fulfilling for me. During that period of my life, I felt very ambitious about generating income. In fact, I measured success (and if we’re being honest, my worth) on how much money I made. Year after year, my revenue increased by a minimum of 50% annually – I was really going for it. The year my daughter was born, my business just kissed the 7-figure mark. What an accomplishment, right? Maybe…

Let’s take a little walk down memory lane… It was my first discovery session in my brand new coaching business. I had so much success in my first coaching business serving actors that other coaches began reaching out to me for mentorship. Between you and me… I was SO READY to expand beyond the same actor conversations I’d had for 15 years that I leaped at the chance to meet with my first ever lead for business coaching. Her name was Monica and I was stoked. The two of us met at Starbucks on the corner of Westwood and Pico in Los Angeles. I wore a red and white jumpsuit . Monica wore jeans and a crisp white blouse. (See… I told you I remembered all of it!). The discovery session could not have gone better. In fact, I got lucky and didn’t even have to invite Monica to become a client because she beat me to the punch. But here’s where things went sideways…