As I got going in my business, I realised that we always have the option of creating the coaching business that will work for our needs.

For instance, you may decide you would like to run two or three sessions per day only, with a basis of core clients that pay well. It is not a requirement to have to do 8 or more sessions a day, every day.

You can still earn a living in this way with the potential to increase your income, without having to overwhelm yourself with too many clients.

This is a great question and a very important area to discuss. What is most important to consider when starting a coaching business is who your ideal clients are.

Usually our ideal clients are versions of ourselves. In other words people who share similar values, a similar purpose and a similar ‘why’ in life.

They are usually people who are a couple of steps behind on a similar life path to you.

When we meet people like this, there is an instant connection. We feel a resonance and a knowing inside that the person in front of us is willing to do the work required to make progress and evolve.

Conversely, when we meet or invite someone to a discovery call who is not ready and willing to do what is required to change, we will be able to feel that.

This is the difference between a coaching session that is energising and one that is draining. It boils down to who we are coaching.

This is a question I get a lot when speaking with an HSP who is interested in becoming a coach.

Whilst it may not be clear right now, your own life path is your credibility as a coach.

You will find that the area of coaching that appeals to you the most, will be an area that already both fascinates and challenges you.

In other words, there will be an innate interest in you about a particular area of life. Sometimes this takes a little facilitation to help you see what this is, however I assure you it is there.

Once you identify this area, you will see that you already have a lifetime of working with this challenge.

The good news is you don’t need to have mastered this area. The fact that you have been in the arena of challenge, will mean you already have a great deal of experience in this area.

As a high sensory person, you have the advantage of being able to process the world around you more deeply. This means there is a wonderful phenomena awaiting your discovery…

It means that the ability to process more deeply serves the area of life that most fascinates you.

It is a phenomena we have observed in all the high sensory people we have trained over the years at Inluminance [a coaching training that is now closed].

Your version of this is awaiting your discovery and will help you to realise just how suited and naturally gifted you are at coaching or supporting your own ideal clients.

Once you are clear on your own innate area of expertise, you will also reveal your own innate methodology.

Once you have some experience of seeing this in action during sessions with your ideal clients, you will begin to understand your value more and more.

This then opens several possibilities. You may just want to work with a core set of clients on an ongoing basis.

However you also have the opportunity of working in groups on an ongoing basis, if this resonates for you. This will allow you to scale and earn more.

Once you become established in your own methodology, you will have the opportunity to create courses, books, programs and other valuable resources for your niche, potentially increasing your earning potential.

The most important thing to recognise is that you are unique and no one has had the life path you have. Even if your area of expertise is common, no one else has the angle of experience and perception you do.

All of this can be quite difficult to see by ourselves, and this was the case for me too.

To be able to speak to another HSP who has walked this path for many years, can be invaluable. Such as speaking with a coach who is also a highly sensitive person.