As a life coach building a business around your 9to5, you’ve probably studied and learned a lot during your journey. But deep down, there’s this nagging feeling that you're not fully embodying what you teach your clients. It’s easy to become self-critical, thinking you’re not as far along as you should be.

If you’re growing your life coaching business while working full-time, here are some key insights to help you shift out of that mindset and scale your coaching business effectively.

1. Hyper-Independence: Sound Familiar?

Ever catch yourself thinking, "I should be able to do this by now. I teach my clients how to grow, so why can’t I take my coaching business to the next level?" You might be experiencing hyper-independence. You have a high level of conscious incompetence—you know what you don’t know.

If you’re like me, you may try to do everything yourself. This mindset often stems from a reluctance to ask for help and a struggle with vulnerability. While being self-led can serve you well in many ways, it can also hold you back from scaling your coaching business. Trying to do everything on your own instead of allowing yourself to be fully supported can become a roadblock.

2. Letting Yourself Be Fully Supported as a new Coaching Business Owner

To grow your life coaching business effectively, you need to ask yourself where you need support. Is it time to hire a Virtual Assistant (VA) to help manage tasks and free up your time for client work? Or maybe investing in a business coach to guide you through scaling your coaching practice?

Allowing yourself to be luxuriously supported means trusting that you don’t have to do everything alone. This trust can be the key to unlocking the next level of growth in your coaching business.

3. Practicing Humility

If you’ve invested heavily in your personal and professional growth, you might feel pressure to be further ahead in your business than you currently are. This self-imposed expectation can be a heavy burden to carry, especially when balancing a 9to5 job alongside your coaching practice.

Practicing humility and allowing yourself to be present in your journey helps remove the pressure. It’s okay to acknowledge where you are and appreciate the progress you've made. From this space of gratitude, you can build a foundation for future growth.

4. Shifting from Wanting to Having

One common mindset trap life coaches fall into is staying stuck in the wanting phase. You might say to yourself, "I want to make $10K this month" or "It’s coming!" But this language keeps you in the realm of "it hasn’t happened yet."

Instead, step into the energy of having. Embody what it feels like to have already reached your goals. Imagine yourself running a thriving life coaching business, earning $10K a month, while working fewer hours at your 9to5.

This mindset shift will help you align with the results you desire and take action from a place of abundance, not scarcity.

5. Embodying Your Vision

I remember when I worked a corporate job in London. I’d daydream about having a home office near the beach. Today, I live just 20 minutes away from some of the most beautiful beaches in Australia. That dream became a reality by allowing myself to be vulnerable and recognising where I needed help.

So, are you also ready to fully step into your next level and let yourself be luxuriously supported? 

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