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Melinda and guest Meredith Eisenberg dig into a crucial topic for any coach looking to optimize their practice: automation. In this episode, they discuss how automating essential tasks can streamline operations, deepen client relationships, and prevent errors.
Meredith Eisenberg is the Head of Coaching and Customer Success at Connect 365.
In this episode Melinda and Meredith talk about: 
The importance of automation in coaching practices Identifying and automating problematic and inconsistent tasks Automation’s impact on attitudes and accuracy Indicators for automation, including repetitive task frustration and mistakes Conveying the right tone through automated communication to maintain professionalism and trust Email automation best practices, including setting up separate test emails and ensuring tech functionality Measuring the effectiveness of automation by tracking lead generation, onboarding, retention rates, and time saved Overcoming fears and mistakes in automation while emphasizing authenticity and transparency Initial steps for coaches, focusing on onboarding and lead generation Advanced automation techniques, such as check-ins, post-call summaries, and personalized automated messages 
“By automating a constant stream of outreach to people who would be good referral partners, who would be good clients, you’re saving yourself from that up and down and up and down, because you have a pipeline of people ready to come in.” — Meredith Eisenberg Guest Bio:
Meredith Eisenberg teaches entrepreneurs how to get off the cash-flow roller coaster by creating a high-tech and high-touch sales system that allows her clients to focus on their zone of genius. Over the past 20 years, she has helped many business owners to scale their business to six figures and beyond, and she is currently the Head of Coaching and Customer Success at Connect 365.
Meredith lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with her husband Jamie and three dogs. Her daughter is currently studying astrophysics in college. During her free time, Meredith likes to hike, dance, and make the world a better place through her involvement in Rotary.
Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
Mirasee Coaches Console Melinda’s book: The Confident Coach Meredith’s LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/MeredithEisenberg Connect 365 
Credits: 
Host: Melinda Cohan Producer: Michi Lantz Supervising Producer: Cynthia Lamb Audio Editor: Michi Lantz Executive Producer: Danny Iny Music Soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely Making our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio 
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Music credits: 
Track Title: Clouds Artist Name: Acreage Writer Name: Marshall Usinger Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS 
Track Title: Coastline Dream Artist Name: Wild Sky Writer Name: Adam Simons Publisher Name: BOSS SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTIONS 
Track Title: Coo Coos Artist Name: Dresden, The Flamingo Writer Name: Matthew Wigton Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION 
Track Title: Stars & Trees Artist Name: Outside The Sky Writer Name: Dustin Ransom Publisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION 
Special effects credits: 
24990513_birds-chirping_by_promission used with permission of the author and under license by AudioJungle/Envato Market. 
Episode transcript: Automate to Elevate Your Coaching (Meredith Eisenberg) coming soon. 

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We’re digging into the truth behind the word “fine” with our guest, Lauren Lefkowitz. Ever catch yourself just saying you’re fine but feeling something totally different? Lauren shares her insightful tips on breaking free from the “fine” trap and empowering your clients (and yourself) to live more authentically. 
Lauren will share her poignant journey from a workaholic corporate HR professional to a transformative life coach, following a life-altering accident. She and Melinda will discuss why we often default to saying we’re “fine” even when our true feelings are far more complex, and how this can keep us from pursuing the richer, more gratifying lives we deserve. Lauren will offer insights into breaking down overwhelming feelings and tasks to move past our fears and the busyness that consumes us. We’ll also talk about practicing self-acknowledgment, celebrating our accomplishments, and genuinely being happy for ourselves — and how these actions can inspire others. 
Lauren Lefkowitz is a coach who partners with executives and emerging leaders who are ready to find joy, excitement, challenge, and balance in their careers and have a personal life to love. 
In this episode Melinda and Lauren talk about: 
The habitual response of saying “I'm fine” and how people often mask their true feelings The dangers of the “fine” trap, where individuals pretend everything is okay, covering up frantic, irrational, neurotic, and emotional states The toxicity of always pretending that everything is amazing and how it can harm personal growth Lauren’s personal transformation from a corporate HR role to a coaching career after a significant accident, emphasizing the shift from financial success to finding joy and purpose Busyness as a barrier to personal fulfillment and the importance of making space to pursue dreams Lauren’s coaching approach with high achievers, focusing on identifying what isn’t working in their lives and what they truly want Managing overwhelming tasks by breaking them down into manageable steps The need for self-acknowledgment, the importance of celebrating one’s accomplishments, and countering the tendency to minimize one’s own achievements The positive impact of openly sharing and celebrating successes to inspire others 
“I’d never really charged anyone for coaching. I felt like I was really good at it, and it came really easily to me, so it couldn’t be worth all that much money, which is not true at all.” — Lauren Lefkowitz 
Guest Bio: 
Lauren Lefkowitz is an executive coach who partners with executives and emerging leaders who have gotten to the middle of their careers and think, This is IT? She works with humans who are ready to find joy, excitement, challenge, and balance in their careers and have a personal life to love.   
Lauren was an 80-hour-a-week executive, is a recovering people pleaser, and has lived with chronic illness for nearly 20 years (and once, she broke both of her shoulders chasing a vacuum). She was living the “fine is a trap” way for years, convincing herself that working all the time and never feeling well were just part of life. Despite these challenges, she decided to take control of her life, learn to set boundaries, create opportunities for personal choice, and relaunch her own career to find her version of success and joy. 
She now coaches people and teams who function the way she used to so they can find their own versions of “amazing.” Lauren makes it comfortable to get uncomfortable, create powerful goals, and create sustainable career and life transformation. And Lauren is a certified Laughter Yoga Leader, which she found time for once she realized life could be about more than work.
Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:
Mirasee  Coaches Console  Melinda’s book: The Confident Coach  Lauren's website: Laur

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