Coach of the Month: Megan Macdonald

06/28/22 • 24 min

Podcast Intro:

Whatever happens in your journey, happens for a reason. Every mistake, obstacle, and challenge that you encounter in life is meant for you to overcome. How you face your challenges today will determine your journey tomorrow.

In this episode, our Coach of the Month Megan MacDonald is joining us today to share about her journey of Yoga Healing. She will also share some of the things she has learned and how she faced those challenges. Stay tuned!

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

What tools and strategies did Megan use to get to where she is today?
How do you stay focused?
What problems does Megan like to solve?
Who’s attracted to working with her?
What are Megan’s biggest takeaways from her yoga health coaching journey in order to be able to guide people over the threshold into the journey?
What potential does Megan see for a long journey?

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Timestamps:

[02:47] Megan’s Yoga Healing Journey
[04:24] Megan’s 12-Week Journey
[07:10] Tools and Strategies Megan has Learned
[09:46] Working with Megan
[14:08] Becoming the Solution
[16:20] Megan’s Potential Future
[17:52] Activating the Dynamic Group
[18:44] Megan’s Biggest Challenge
[21:12] Megan’s Words of Wisdom

Quotes:

“If you trust how things are unfolding, it will happen.”
“When frustration comes up in your life, there is a deeper reason behind it. If you have somebody bump into you and you end up falling down on the pavement and knocking your knee, there's a lesson for you in there somewhere.”
“Getting what you want in life is not a journey of using a cookie-cutter that punches you through the other side where you can make it what you want. It is a lot of work because anything worth having is a lot of work.”

Guest Bio: Megan Macdonald

Megan Macdonald guides people to find their own answers, helping them to get unstuck and thrive. She is an educator and facilitator, combining training in holistic health and a Ph.D. in the study of belief. It was curiosity about her own chronic pain as a teenager that led to investigating over 20 healing modalities. As her health improved, she started to not only feel the benefits in her own body and mind but see the changes that deep health brought to every aspect of life. Along with yoga and reiki, the most profound changes have come through two practices – the self-healing Dalian Method (profound work on the unconscious, beliefs, the shadow, and ego) and Urine Therapy. She offers multi-week programs to help people improve sleep, and digestion, develop healthy habits, promote well-being, and raise consciousness.

Her background in theatre, and organizing and delivering national high-profile events and ceremonies for the Government of Canada helped develop her knowledge of social rituals. She did her graduate work at Queen Mary, University of London, UK, and has published, and taught widely on theatre and ritual. She is currently based in Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Podcast Intro:

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

What tools and strategies did Megan use to get to where she is today?
How do you stay focused?
What problems does Megan like to solve?
Who’s attracted to working with her?
What are Megan’s biggest takeaways from her yoga health coaching journey in order to be able to guide people over the threshold into the journey?
What potential does Megan see for a long journey?

Links/CTA:

Timestamps:

[02:47] Megan’s Yoga Healing Journey
[04:24] Megan’s 12-Week Journey
[07:10] Tools and Strategies Megan has Learned
[09:46] Working with Megan
[14:08] Becoming the Solution
[16:20] Megan’s Potential Future
[17:52] Activating the Dynamic Group
[18:44] Megan’s Biggest Challenge
[21:12] Megan’s Words of Wisdom

Quotes:

“If you trust how things are unfolding, it will happen.”
“When frustration comes up in your life, there is a deeper reason behind it. If you have somebody bump into you and you end up falling down on the pavement and knocking your knee, there's a lesson for you in there somewhere.”
“Getting what you want in life is not a journey of using a cookie-cutter that punches you through the other side where you can make it what you want. It is a lot of work because anything worth having is a lot of work.”

Guest Bio: Megan Macdonald

Previous Episode

When does Enrollment Get Easy? Cate with Shannon McCall

Podcast Intro:

Yoga Health Coach Shannon McCall is also a Writer, Ayurveda Practitioner, and Yoga/Meditation Teacher who leads her group to results and guides them toward life transformations. While the year-long, trimester structure of her program is working well, the enrollment process every trimester is not.

Tune in on this Coaching Gym where Cate helps Shannon get clear on what’s working and what needs to change for enrollment. Through this conversation, we will discover how to use our authentic voice in our marketing messages, while also giving potential members a sneak peek of what is in a dynamic group is all about. You will feel inspired to figure out what you care about most and design messages around it to help those who need to hear it most!

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

How to create a community of belonging.
When to step back and reevaluate your course.
Why use anger in marketing.
How to get clear on your core messages.

Links/CTA:

Check out the latest happenings in Yogahealer here
Shannon McCall’s website: https://www.livingintobalance.com/
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Highlights:

Cate talks about the magic of the eastern perspective creating a life beyond us.
Cate teaches about a Ken Wilber-inspired inquiry practice.
Shannon talks about her Hiro Boga training.

Timestamps:

[3:11] Understanding the R.O.I.
[6:16] Reevaluating course.
[7:39] Inquiry practices- getting felts sense for business
[11:59] Understanding who your course is for.
[14:14] Using anger in marketing
[17:17] Marketing from the inside out.
[21:32] Understanding your core messages.
[24:20] Speaking to the results.

Quotes:

“You need to know what you do and you need to know what people are thinking at the different stages so that they can get to lifetime customer value.”
“Your course has a life that's beyond you and you are channeling in where the group goes and building a structure to do that.”
“You're sleeping anyway, you're eating anyway, you’re showering anyway, you're exercising anyway, so you might as well do it in a way that actually supports you.”
“Channel your anger for transformation.”

Guest: Shannon Shanti McCall

Writer, Ayurveda Practitioner, Yoga and Meditation teacher, Yoga Health Coach

Next Episode

How to Find Where You Lose a Lead in Sales Stages

Podcast Intro:

Using strategy sessions with any kind of client, dealing with any kind of issues, to determine what goals they have will definitely help you. What challenges does this person face in achieving those goals? Why does this matter right now to this person? Then, do they have the willingness to invest and change?

Getting the most out of anything should be everyone’s goal especially when learning things. Doing this ensures that time isn’t wasted on things that are unnecessary. Focusing on a specific goal will help a lot in undertaking such a task.

In this episode, Cate talks about how you can do all those things. She will share some stories that relate to these predicaments and how she went about solving them. Stay tuned!

What you’ll get out of tuning in:

How do you get a lot out of something?
What do you do to keep focused?
What questions should you ask so you can come up with a solution?
How do you tell other people about your course?
What are the issues that healers faced?
How can you ask for permission strategically?

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Highlights:

Cate talks about the Madrid hotel she’s in
Cate mentions in-person events she’ll be participating in

Timestamps:

[1:13] Getting the most out of courses
[4:03] Setting up Strategy Sessions
[7:01] Dealing with Different Issues
[11:17] Talking About Events
[12:17] Discussing Solutions
[15:55] Challenges
[21:55] Finding the Best Way to Help

Quotes:

“You can get a lot out of a small amount of dedicated engagement, as long as you know that that's where your attention is going 100% in that time.”
“I like to start with a challenge, but then go a little deeper and probe a little bit more in or have to be willing to be uncomfortable. It’s not just friends hanging out. Strategy sessions are coaching to find the goal and the challenge.”
“You got to dig a little deeper, like underneath that little layer of Teflon, and be like How long have you had this goal? For how long have you had these challenges and helped them get real? Because otherwise, you're not going to know how willing they are to invest.”