Host Rexhen interviews Anna Zschuppe, a certified stress and career coach, keynote speaker, and HR consultant. Anna helps individuals find purpose and joy through aligned work and mindful living.

Anna's journey began in HR consulting at Ernst & Young. During COVID-19, she shifted to individual coaching, embracing a holistic mind, body, and spirit approach. After a period of "inner healing," she launched Summer Solstice, her coaching business.

She gained certification and initial leads through Career Coach Services and volunteered as a career coach at her church. Early business years involved intense "doing mode," but a shift to a "Be, Do, Have" philosophy brought greater ease and client flow.

Anna primarily serves young adults and those in transition, emphasizing mindset work (80%) over traditional strategy (20%). Her client acquisition relies on in-person retreats and workshops, often partnering with parishes, along with Facebook Events and GroupMe.

Her future goal is to expand nationally with more in-person events and explore new niches like marriage coaching. Valuable investments include mindset development programs and Career Coach Services. She advises coaches to prioritize human connection and active listening over immediate strategic advice.

Find Anna Zschuppe:

• Website: https://www.summersoulsticecoach.com/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/annazschuppe?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

You can also watch this podcast on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/@CareerCoachingSecrets

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Host Rexhen interviews Alanna Shaikh, a global health leader, TED Senior Fellow, and executive coach. With 10+ years of coaching and a background in global health systems across 20+ countries, Alanna guides high-performing professionals through leadership, clarity, and change.

Her coaching journey began unexpectedly through her global health blog, leading her to formal coach training to transition from advisor to a powerful questioner. Her business is called "This World Needs Brave." She finds it most rewarding to see clients transform and find meaning in their work.

Alanna's clients, mostly referrals from word-of-mouth, span all career levels. She offers personalized programs (minimum 4 sessions, ideally 6-12 months) for lasting change. She does minimal marketing, preferring to rely on her strong referral network.

Currently, a challenge is coaching clients forced into career changes due to turmoil in the global health sector, which she calls "grief coaching." She balances this with a part-time global health job. Good investments for her were a virtual assistant, advanced calendaring software, and her blog (thisworldneedsbrave.com) as a client resource.

Her advice to coaches: define your own impact, and embrace it, as she coaches individuals striving to "shape human history for the better."

Find Alanna Shaikh:

• Coaching Website: thisworldneedsbrave.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alannashaikh?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

You can also watch this podcast on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/@CareerCoachingSecrets

If you are a career coach looking to grow your business you can find out more about Purple Circle at http://joinpurplecircle.com

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Host Regen interviews Christopher Ewald, a sales and leadership coach and author of The Intensity Method. With over 30 years of experience, Christopher helps electrical industry leaders transform teams and boost sales.

Christopher's journey includes coaching high school football and life coaching before specializing in the electrical sector, serving clients from multi-billion dollar firms to small contractors. LinkedIn is his primary client acquisition channel, where he emphasizes consistency, patience, and personal connection over AI or excessive upfront system investments.

His biggest challenge remains lead generation, and his core advice for scaling coaches is unwavering persistence: success comes from daily grit over years, not overnight. He also recommends leveraging one's existing network to "get customers" rather than just "finding customers."

Find Christopher Ewald:

• Website: intensitymethod.com
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/chrisewald

You can also watch this podcast on YouTube at:
https://www.youtube.com/@CareerCoachingSecrets

If you are a career coach looking to grow your business you can find out more about Purple Circle at http://joinpurplecircle.com

Get Exclusive Access to Our In-Depth Analysis of 71 Successful Career Coaches, Learn exactly what worked (and what didn't) in the career coaching industry in 2024: https://joinpurplecircle.com/white-paper-replay