The How-To School For Health Coaches - with Julia Sarver

When you’re starting a business, it can feel like it’s taking FOREVER to make a profit. At first, you’re dumping money into courses, business licenses, websites, and all kinds of things you didn’t even know you were going to need. It can feel like your business has become a money pit instead of the successful, profitable practice you were dreaming about. Let’s take a moment and get serious about this question - how long does it REALLY take to start making money in your health coaching business? A month? Six months? A year?In this episode, I’m going to answer this question. I’m sharing my path to profitability, and how long it took me to go from having a very expensive hobby to actually bringing home an income that contributed to my household. I think you’re going to want to hear this!If you find this episode helpful, please take a moment to like this podcast, and leave a 5-star review!

Every business owner I know has gone through a phase of feeling stuck. There are so many things to think about and so many decisions to make, it’s a wonder we ever get anything done at all. It’s especially common if you’ve never run a business before - it can be hard to know what to do next!If you’re feeling stuck, don’t worry - in this episode, I’ll share my fail-proof strategies for getting you out of your head and back into doing the work you love.If you find this episode helpful, please take a moment to like or follow this podcast, and leave a 5-star review!

If you’re a health coach who has ever spent way too much time fiddling with creating graphics and trying to figure out your marketing plan, then this episode is for you! I’m talking with my friend and colleague, Jamie Jones, about what coaches can do to simplify their marketing plans. Jamie and I both know what it's like to juggle running a business with raising a family along with other life stuff, and she's a big fan of planning content in advance and re-using materials where you can. She's an expert at prioritization and organization, and she's going to share some of her top tricks with us in this episode.Listen in to learn more about how to simplify your content marketing calendar, as well as how Jamie and I became internet friends, the time she stayed up way past midnight to see how I reacted to something, and to find out more about how you can simplify your content calendar each and every month. If you find this episode helpful, please take a moment to like this podcast, and leave a 5-star review!

When I first started health coaching, I was TERRIBLE at running my client sessions. Honestly, it's a miracle that I made it this far because in hindsight, my lack of structure was pretty embarrassing.These days, I'm much better at helping my clients get exactly what they want (and need!) out of our coaching sessions. I wanted to pass on what I've learned to you, which is why I've recorded this episode.If you find this episode helpful, please take a moment to like this podcast, and leave a 5-star review!

I'm on vacation with my family this week, so we're offering a replay of the most popular episode of my podcast, The How-To School for Health Coaches. In this episode, I share my best strategies for helping my clients find clients and finally start earning income in their businesses. Even if you've listened to this episode before, I highly recommend revisiting it as I'll bet it will give you some reminders about how to keep signing clients. If you find this episode helpful, please take a moment to like this podcast, and leave a 5-star review!

Owning a business has been one of the biggest forms of personal growth I’ve ever experienced, outside of becoming a parent. Some days, it can feel like running a gauntlet, facing challenges that you never expected to face!That’s why it’s so important to think about the types of obstacles you’ll undoubtedly face as a business owner, and how you can handle them. Running a business can be tough, which is why it’s important to learn from people who have been there and done that. In this episode, I’ll break down the 5 biggest obstacles I’ve faced as a business owner, and what I did to overcome them.If you find this episode helpful, please take a moment to like this podcast, and leave a 5-star review!

When I was a health coach, one of the best strategies I used to grow my audience was networking events. I would go to different events and connect with other business owners, many of whom would sign up for my detox program. I know networking can feel like a drag, but it can be much easier (and more fun!) than you think. Listen to these seven tips to learn how to make networking work for your business, and then let me know which tip you’re going to use first.

Detox Done is my signature program to help health coaches launch their very first detox program. In this episode, I interview one of my superstar clients, Tina-Marie de Lamerens, about her move from teaching to health coaching, and how she earned nearly $11K with just two Detox Done launches. I always love talking to Tina-Marie because she’s the kind of coach who is smart, kind, and willing to work hard to reach success. Tina-Marie drops a lot of great advice and shares how she went from zero clients to supporting herself full-time from her coaching practice.When you join Detox Done by Monday, August 7th, you’ll save $600! Go here to learn more and enroll in the program.

Why is it that so many health coaches have so much passion for their work, but struggle with earning an income? It’s something I see happening all the time, which is why I want to share three simple strategies health coaches can use to make money in their business. This episode is brought to you by my upcoming live training on How to Run a Cleanse, one of the strategies I’ve used to boost my income in my health coaching practice! The training is on August 1st and is 100% free - click here to register.

In the last 14 years, I’ve built TWO online coaching practices from scratch, and there’s one strategy I always use whenever I want to sign more clients, and I promise it’s much simpler than you might think. This strategy makes a difference when I’m signing clients, filling group programs, or even back when I ran my highly-successful 5-day detox program. In this episode, I’m breaking down exactly what to do to implement this strategy in your coaching practice. It might be just a little outside of your comfort zone at first, but I promise it’s going to change your business! Listen now to learn how.If you haven’t yet, subscribe to the podcast! I’m adding bonus episodes and success stories with real live health coaches, and if you aren’t subscribed you might miss out. If you loved today’s episode, I’d be so grateful if you rated and reviewed my show.

As a new health coach, I was really afraid to admit to anyone that I didn’t know what I was doing. I felt like I had to show myself as an expert, both in health coaching and running a business. The truth? I had no idea what I was doing. Over the past 14 years, I’ve started not one but TWO profitable and successful coaching practices. In that time, I’ve learned a lot, and there are 5 business lessons that I wish I had known earlier. Since I can’t go back in time to tell the younger me, I’ll do the next best thing and share these business lessons with you. I hope they make things easier for you!If you haven’t yet, subscribe to the podcast! I’m adding bonus episodes and success stories with real live health coaches, and if you aren’t subscribed you might miss out. If you loved today’s episode, I’d be so grateful if you rated and reviewed my show.

I've been running my online coaching business for almost 14 years now, and in that time, I've learned a TON. But there are THREE key things that, if I were starting over today, I would do differently.Why? Because if I’d been a faster learner, these three things would have completely changed the trajectory of my business! I would have had fewer days stressed out about what to do next and more time working with clients and earning income. In this episode, you’ll find out what they were so you can learn from my mistakes.If you haven’t yet, subscribe to the podcast! I’m adding bonus episodes and success stories with real live health coaches, and if you aren’t subscribed you might miss out. If you loved today’s episode, I’d be so grateful if you rated and reviewed my show.

One of the biggest challenges health coaches face is figuring out how to create programs that people actually want to buy. I’ve seen way too many cases where a health coach has worked really hard to build a program only to discover that no one wants it! It’s honestly heartbreaking. That’s why I want to share my very favorite trick for making sure my programs are EXACTLY what my clients want. This trick is really easy to do, although you might feel a little weird about it at first. If you want to learn how knock your program out of the park every time, be sure to listen to this episode!If you haven’t yet, subscribe to the podcast! I’m adding bonus episodes and success stories with real live health coaches, and if you aren’t subscribed you might miss out. If you loved today’s episode, I’d be so grateful if you rated and reviewed my show.

Have you ever wondered if you’re actually ready to start a health coaching business? Sure, it’s fun to think about - but what about really going for it? This is a question I get asked a lot, which is why I decided to create this podcast episode. In it, you’ll learn three signs that will help you determine whether you’re ready to take the leap and start your own health coaching practice.If you haven’t yet, subscribe to the podcast! I’m adding bonus episodes and success stories with real live health coaches, and if you aren’t subscribed you might miss out. If you loved today’s episode, I’d be so grateful if you rated and reviewed my show.

When I first met Liane, she had been working night and day to grow her coaching practice. She was trying everything she could think of, but nothing was working. She felt like she was working all day, but wasn’t signing any clients. Liane joined my Activate mentorship community, hoping to come up with some ideas for how to find more clients. After working together, we came up with a solid strategy for her to grow her network and get the word out about the work she does. Lo and behold, it worked, and Liane soon found herself with a fully booked practice. In this episode, we dig into EXACTLY what Liane did to shift momentum to build a fully booked coaching practice.If you haven’t yet, subscribe to the podcast! I’m adding bonus episodes and success stories with real live health coaches, and if you aren’t subscribed you might miss out. If you loved today’s episode, I’d be so grateful if you rated and reviewed my show.

If you’ve ever tried signing a client into your health coaching practice, you may have found that it can feel a little…awkward. This is especially true if you’re using a health history like the one my nutrition school taught me to use. I found the health history process to be uncomfortable, for both me AND my potential clients, not to mention that they didn’t really work!I swapped out health histories for a much simpler conversation with my potential clients, and, with this method, I was signing clients left and right! I’m going to break down everything I do in a “getting to know you” conversation with potential clients, including sharing all the questions I ask, so you can feel more confident the next time you talk with someone who wants to know more about your services. If you haven’t yet, subscribe to the podcast! I’m adding bonus episodes and success stories with real live health coaches, and if you aren’t subscribed you might miss out. If you loved today’s episode, I’d be so grateful if you rated and reviewed my show.

Fourteen years ago, I took a huge leap of faith by quitting my corporate job and enrolling in nutrition school. In a matter of 6 months, I pivoted from being a fundraising professional at a national nonprofit to running my own health coaching practice. It took a lot of work and learning to get from there to here, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. Since becoming a health coach, I’ve built two successful online businesses, retired my husband, bush camped through Southern Africa for 3 months, and moved my family to a beach town in Costa Rica for 7 months. None of this would have happened if I hadn’t taken the chance on becoming my own boss all those years ago.If you’re curious about how becoming a health coach might shift your life, listen in to find out all the ways my life has changed since I signed up for nutrition school over 14 years ago.If you haven’t yet, subscribe to the podcast! I’m adding bonus episodes and success stories with real live health coaches, and if you aren’t subscribed you might miss out. If you loved today’s episode, I’d be so grateful if you rated and reviewed my show.

Health coaches tell me all the time that they are looking for ways to teach inside corporations. Who wouldn’t love to waltz in the door at a Fortune 500 and present to their employees? Corporate clients are a great way to boost your credibility AND access a lot of people at once.In this episode, I share three simple strategies for getting hired by corporate clients, and I share how I signed my biggest corporate client, too. Listen in if you want to learn how to add corporate clients to your health coaching practice.If you haven’t yet, subscribe to the podcast! I’m adding bonus episodes and success stories with real live health coaches, and if you aren’t subscribed you might miss out. If you loved today’s episode, I’d be so grateful if you rated and reviewed my show.

One of the biggest challenges I face in my business is finding time to work on creative projects. I often get caught up in the day-to-day operations, and it can be tough to carve out time and space for bigger things. That’s why I took myself on a 2-day work getaway. I booked a condo right on the ocean, and I had a serious plan for what I wanted to get done. How’d I do? Well, you’ll have to listen to the episode to find out. If you haven’t yet, subscribe to the podcast! I’m adding bonus episodes and success stories with real live health coaches, and if you aren’t subscribed you might miss out. If you loved today’s episode, I’d be so grateful if you rated and reviewed my show.Want my help with your business? Check out Activate, my business mentorship community, where you’ll get regular group coaching, business trainings, focused planning sessions, and accountability. Find out more and enroll here.

Almost every health coach I’ve talked with over the years shares the same problem: they’re looking for more clients! Finding clients doesn’t have to be hard, and there’s definitely a fast way and a slow way to get them. In this episode, I’m sharing what I think is the fastest path to finding paying clients. I outline exactly what to do and how to do it, so you’ll be able to take action right after listening. If you want to add more clients to your health coach practice, this is an episode you won’t want to miss!If you haven’t yet, subscribe to the podcast! I’m adding bonus episodes and success stories with real live health coaches, and if you aren’t subscribed you might miss out. If you loved today’s episode, I’d be so grateful if you rated and reviewed my show.