{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Courageous Coach Podcast","title":"Stop Trying to Be Perfect: The Power of Ordinary Everyday Courage in Coaching — with Claire Pedrick","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3274,"description":"About The Guest:Claire Pedrick describes herself as \"a human who facilitates other people's thinking\" - and this beautifully captures her approach to both coaching and life. As an MCC Master Coach with over 15,000 hours of experience, Claire has been coaching for more than 35 years and established 3D Coaching in the 1990s to bring together the simplest and best learning from coaching.Claire is the author of two influential books: Simplifying Coaching and The Human Behind the Coach, both of which challenge coaches to move beyond performative techniques toward authentic human connection. She also hosts The Coaching Inn podcast, where she continues to explore what makes for true partnership in coaching.In 2022, Claire received the Outstanding Contribution to Coaching Award from Henley Business School and a Points of Light Award from the UK Prime Minister. When she's not coaching or developing other coaches through training and mentoring, you might find Claire taking very long walks - in 2022, she walked 600km on the Camino in Spain.Claire's learning lab consists of the coaches she listens to three days a week, and her current focus is understanding and sharing what makes for true partnership in coaching. She believes that the essence of coaching is simple, and that it takes time to learn to work that simply.About The Episode:Welcome to episode 17 of the Courageous Coach podcast, where we pull back the curtain on what it really takes to be courageous with your clients, your business, and your life. In this deeply moving conversation, host Melissa Hague is joined by Claire Pedrick, an extraordinary coach whose work has profoundly shaped Melissa's own courage-building journey.Claire and Melissa explore the transformative power of simplifying our coaching approach, moving away from heavy toolboxes and performative techniques toward genuine human connection. This conversation delves into the emotional landscape of coaching, examining why our industry might be raising a...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/-sBbW561ziLa679qwuxDeurChUGnZtd7fIbz5c3WVCg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kNTVj/YjY4MWVlMGFmYjA4/MjBkN2Q4MTkyYmUz/NDEwNi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}