#111: From Social Work to a Seven-Figure Coaching Empire with Julie Parker
Today, we interview Julie Parker, founder of the Beautiful You Coaching Academy.
Julie, a former social worker turned self-made seven-figure business owner, reveals the path she took to becoming a successful coach and mentor.
We'll share Julie's 20-year journey in the coaching industry and how she slowly transformed her side hustle into a full-time business.
Julie Parker is a leading life and business coach from Australia. She is the CEO and Founder of The Beautiful You Coaching Academy, where she trains and supports heart-centered people to become life coaches.
Julie is a published author and a Tedx speaker, and has received several awards, including the Australia Day Citizenship Award and the Business and Professional Women's Woman of Achievement Award.
Learn more about Julie: https://juliesuzanneparker.com/
Transcript
Bryan McAnulty [00:00:00]:
If you wanna know what it takes to build a 7 figure coaching business, then listen to what Julie Parker has to say. She is the founder of the Beautiful You Coaching Academy, a renowned coach education provider that trains the next generation of life coaches. The coaches who graduate from her academy go on to become prominent business owners in Australia and worldwide. Today, Julie Parker will share the secrets for making it as a life coach, and what she's learned from the 20 plus years of experience in the coaching industry.
Julie Parker [00:00:30]:
But the overwhelming majority of people who study with us are life coaches who are helping people with their spirituality, their relationships, their parenting, their health and well-being, and many other areas of life. And they're doing very very well. And many of them making more than those business coaches.
Bryan McAnulty [00:00:51]:
Welcome to the creator's adventure, where we interview creators from around the world hearing their stories about growing a business. Hey, everyone. I'm Brian McAnulty, the founder of Heights Platform. Let's get into it. Many have asked me what software I use to record such high quality video for this podcast. I use Riverside, and what's great about Riverside is it records the local camera feed from you and your guests around the world, which means crisp 4 k video without having to worry about blurriness due to Internet hiccups. Riverside is also a great editor, fitting with my philosophy of making it easy for yourself to create because there is nothing that your guests or you have to download. We also use Riverside's AI magic clips to find interesting moments for our episode intros.
Bryan McAnulty [00:01:37]:
And I'm happy to announce that Riverside is sponsoring this episode. And if you sign up at creators. Riverside.fm/creatorsadventure and use code creators adventure, you'll get 15% off. You can find the link in the episode description as well. Now back to the show. Hey, everyone. We're here today with Julie Parker. She is a leading life and business coach from Australia.
Bryan McAnulty [00:02:00]:
She is the CEO and founder of the Beautiful You Coaching Academy, where she trains and supports heart centered people to become life coaches. Julie is a published author and TEDx speaker and has received several awards, including the Australia Day Citizenship Award and the Woman of Achievement Award. Julie, welcome to the show.
Julie Parker [00:02:23]:
Thank you so much, Brian. It's a pleasure to be here.
Bryan McAnulty [00:02:27]:
Yeah. I'm glad to have you. My first question for you today is what would you say is the biggest thing that you did or that you are doing that has helped you to achieve the freedom to do what you enjoy?
Julie Parker [00:02:40]:
What a wonderful question to start an interview. I absolutely love it. And I think the first thing that really comes to mind, Brian, is that I've really created my business, and I've been in business now for more than 20 years. Not always doing exactly what I'm doing now, which I think is a good thing if we're still doing what we did 20 years ago exactly. There might be something a little bit wrong, that I've always really focused on building in my personal values into my business and really focusing on those as lighthouses for how I want to feel every day in my business, how I want to show up, the type of legacy that I would like to create. And I really believe that they have helped me to focus on what's most important to me personally. And that's then allowed me to create the freedom and the success that I now enjoy and have enjoyed in business for many years. And, yeah, I think that's the main thing in in all honesty because the last thing that any of us do as creatives and entrepreneurs is to go into business and have ourselves become completely beholden to them in a way and not enjoy the freedom and the fun and the joy, and the success that we want on our own terms.
Bryan McAnulty [00:04:07]:
Yeah. I think that's great, and there's a a great explanation of it as well because I I don't I don't know when maybe people tend to realize this, but I'm sure most people watching or listening have seen someone or heard of someone who's running a business, and they're clearly unhappy. They're clearly stressed out. They're not actually enjoying what they're doing. Maybe they're successful monetarily in some way, but they're definitely not enjoying it. And the reason that most people here are getting into business in the first place is to be able to do what they enjoy and to have freedom for themselves in some way.
Julie Parker [00:04:43]:
So Absolutely. Yeah. For sure. And you know what? I'm I am far from far from perfect in regards to that. I've been there. I have been one of those business owners over the last, you know, 20 plus years I've been in business that has definitely had times when I have been working too hard, not taking care of myself enough, you know, long hours, not delegating enough, not getting enough help and support. But we learn from those times and experiences and and hopefully then put things in place to not go back there. So I think that the freedom and the success that I enjoy now in part is only due to the fact that I had to make some mistakes along the way.
Julie Parker [00:05:31]:
Mhmm. And I think many of us do because we can come from a place of thinking that we can't burn out or we can't get overwhelmed or stressed about something we love to do, and that's actually not true. We can 100% have those things happen to us even when we're doing something that we love.
Bryan McAnulty [00:05:53]:
Yeah. And, well, I like the metaphor that you used of the the lighthouses and and using that to focus on the things that you're are important to you because it's maybe, the most common thing that that people need money first. So they think of, okay, money, that's the the lighthouse, and then they they forget about the other things or they neglect the other things in some way.
Julie Parker [00:06:16]:
Yeah. Absolutely. And this is where oh gosh, Brian. This is a whole interview and a whole topic in and of itself because we see a lot of marketing, you know, Facebook ads, social media, you know, all of those kinds of things out there. As coaches, creatives, entrepreneurs, let's face it, we're constantly being bombarded with advertising, promotions, marketing, and messages that has a very, very sharp focus on money. Use this blueprint to make 6 figures in 6 weeks. Follow my formula to 7 figure plus success, you know, seemingly overnight. And we they're very seductive.
Julie Parker [00:07:07]:
They're very, very seductive, but so so rarely do they ever result in what people say they result in because they they don't actually allow for people's individual circumstances. Blueprints and formulas very rarely work with differing human beings of different ages, with different responsibilities, different levels of debt, that they may be carrying, how their mindset works, and so many different things. But it's so easy for us to fall into places where we can think that business the primary thing about business is all or should be all about making money. And, of course, we must make money, as you said, to survive and and to thrive as well. But if that's the primary focus that we have, and and we're not guided by how we wanna feel every day, our personal values, what's important to us, then eventually at some point in time, we're we're gonna have a a dark night of the soul moment that brings us back hopefully to ourselves and our core center and what it is that we're truly here to do as a human being.
Bryan McAnulty [00:08:28]:
Yeah. Yeah. I agree. I was gonna get into this more later on, but since we're talking about now, I wanna go further into this. So Yeah. You talk about how your approach to marketing is heart centered. And I think exactly what you're saying that especially entrepreneurs, we see all these ads and people talking about exactly these pitches that you you said about, this is how you're gonna make money quick. And I think it's actually maybe more difficult when, like, you're in this niche and that's what you see.
Bryan McAnulty [00:09:03]:
And, like, I've realized that an an interesting maybe phenomena around that is that in some ways, like, coaching and courses and things like that can get a bad name because people are trying to figure out what they can do to make money, and then they they see all these people, making these crazy claims and and everything. And what's interesting is there's actually such a small percentage of creators who are teaching courses about directly how to make money and this kind of thing. But it it seems bigger than it is. And, like, I can say that for a fact because we have thousands of creators using my platform. And it's a it's a small percentage of people who are actually teaching somebody else how to make money directly in in that kind of way. It might be teaching you how to, like, make money through being, I don't know, a photographer, a musician, or or other creative subjects. Mhmm. But it's not so much of the, like, do this thing with your marketing to make 6 figures in 6 weeks type thing, that that we may tend to see just because we are entrepreneurs and we're being targeted by that.
Bryan McAnulty [00:10:09]:
But I think because we're targeted by that so much and we we begin to feel like this is the only path to promote myself. And so I also don't like the, like, the sleazy fear inducing kinda advertising. And I think that some people, when they're bombarded by that, they think it's the only path. They would say, like, okay. Well, if I I try to take some alternate approach, what does that mean? Does that mean I'm just not gonna get sales? So what would you say to somebody who's who's worried about that but but wants a different way?
Julie Parker [00:10:46]:
Well, I agree with everything that you say, Brian. And it is very easy for someone to think to themselves, well, you know, in my industry, which is coaching also, I'm not gonna make money as a coach. And, also, then further to that, that if I'm not a business coach who's directly focused on that kind of marketing and helping people make money rather than, say, for example, their health and well-being and self care and mindset as a business owner or an entrepreneur, I'm also then not gonna make money. And this is just not true. But those who shout the loudest and pump the most money into Facebook ads and things like that are often the most seen. And therefore, that's what it is that we can make the assumption about. But I certainly know you know, I've trained thousands of life coaches from all over the world now, and, it's just simply not the case. And, yes, we have some people who study with us who who are business coaches, and they're amazing at what they do.
Julie Parker [00:11:58]:
But the overwhelming majority of people who study with us are life coaches who are helping people with their spirituality, their relationships, their parenting, their health and well-being, and many other areas of life. And they're doing very, very well. And many of them making more than those business coaches or just as much in 6 figure and sometimes even 7 figure businesses. And so it is possible, but I think you have to find you have to be careful about what you're being exposed to. And I know that this might sound like a really simple thing, but for anybody that's listening that's out there, if you are being bombarded by this stuff, you need to have a look at how you're curating what is coming in front of your eyes. Be careful about the newsletters that you're subscribed to. What it is that's coming through on your Instagram feed or your social media feed or what you're being exposed to on LinkedIn, if that's where you are, and curate that for yourself. You can stop that from happening.
Julie Parker [00:13:02]:
If that's all you're getting or all you feel like you're getting, you can stop that and you can start to search for other more heart centered different focused type of people in your industry because they are out there and they're doing well. You just might not know about it.
Bryan McAnulty [00:13:21]:
Yeah. Exactly. That and like the the person teaching, like being a life coach or helping somebody with health or teaching pottery or something like this, they don't have any incentive to go tell everyone, hey. I'm I'm making $1,000,000 a year doing this. They're they're just doing the thing that they enjoy. So and that they certainly don't have an incentive to spend money on ads to tell you that.
Julie Parker [00:13:43]:
Yeah. That that is exactly right. I just had a wonderful coach when you said that her her face flash in front of my eyes. She's running a very, very successful business as a life coach. She is she's not a business coach at all, and I had spoken to her before. I've actually interviewed her on my podcast, and I said to her, I'm really interested to ask you. I know that you are a multi six figure coach, but you don't mention this in your marketing, in your sales. You don't talk about client success stories or marketing in that way at all.
Julie Parker [00:14:20]:
And she said, I have no issue with anybody else doing it, but she said it's not for me. Said it's not it's not my focus. I don't want people to work with me solely on the basis that I'm making x amount of money. I want them to work with me because they believe that I am the right person for them. That's heart centered marketing. That's that's having a different focus. That's not believing I have to show everybody I make x amount of money for me to feel worthy or for them to think I am worthy of working with. Because measurement of success is not just solely about or how good someone is at what they do.
Julie Parker [00:15:06]:
It's not just connected to how much money they earn.
Bryan McAnulty [00:15:10]:
Yeah. That's great. So for yourself, you've been doing this for 20 years, like you said, and you started out actually as a social worker on a low income and and now transitioned to becoming a 7 figure business owner. Can you share, kinda like the the brief rundown of how that transition happened?
Julie Parker [00:15:34]:
I'm so glad you mentioned that word brief, Brian, because we could be here for a long time over all of these years. Well, when I was a a social worker working in community health, I I loved that work, but eventually became, quite burned out by it, to tell you the truth. I was working with people who were significantly mentally, psychologically, emotionally unwell, but I knew that I had a passion for people. And that's the the short version of the story is I accidentally found through a work colleague coaching, which is something that looked very different 20 years ago than it does now. And I instantly knew that it was a really dynamic and amazing way to work with people that I wanted to learn. So I trained and then slowly when I first started in business I worked 1 on one with people as a coach because back then, there was no such thing as group programs and no such things as wonderful platforms like yours, where you could be creative and create courses and do things like that with people. That's something that is a much newer phenomenon more in the last 10 to 12 years or so. Slowly over time I built that business up, and the operative word was slowly, particularly in early days when very few people knew what coaching was.
Julie Parker [00:16:59]:
And I I worked hard and was diligent about it because I wanted that freedom that we were talking about. As soon as I got a taste for what it was like to work from home, to set my own hours, to be my own boss lady. I was like, hang on a second. This is pretty cool. I want more of this, and then eventually wanted it the whole time. So I went all in and built that up over many years, eventually to the point where I started to have lots of coaches come to me and saying, Julie, you've got a waiting list. You're getting lots of invitations to be guest interviewed, to speak places. What's the secret sauce? Well, there was no secret sauce, but what happened was that more and more coaches began to come to me, and I just found myself eventually primarily working with them to help them get their help their clients get better results, really focus on how they could be the very best at what they were doing with their clients and also that heart centered marketing.
Julie Parker [00:18:04]:
That eventually moved into being the Beautiful You Coaching Academy because I reached a point in time when I couldn't work with the waiting list that I had, which was 6, 8 months long, sometimes, 1 on 1, and I had to create a group experience for that. Initially, I thought it was just gonna be a course, to tell you the truth, every year. And it was like, this will help me stem the 1 on one tide, but it actually ended up being significantly bigger than that. I was not prepared for the demand. It was a beautiful surprise, and we're now 10 years old this year. We've just celebrated our 10th birthday, and we've trained more than 2 and a half 1000 coaches from around the world. So, very humble beginnings to where we are now, but that's kind of the abridged version of of the story, so to speak.
Bryan McAnulty [00:18:58]:
Yeah. That's great. That's, really impressive. I I was thinking of it actually earlier today that what's interesting is once you you get a taste of what's possible and that freedom, then you you really wanna find a way to stick with it no matter what. And I think it's rare for you to see, like, for for those out there listening who are at the beginning of their journey now and they're worried that it's it's not gonna work out or they're not gonna be able to turn this into a business, It's rare to see somebody who's been doing it for 10 years, 20 years, longer than that, say, oh, well, actually, I'm I'm not happy with what I chose here. I I I should have probably went and got a job, or or even and even apart from the happiness, like, they're usually pretty successful. You you never see somebody saying, like, oh, well, yeah, I have this business. I've been running it for, like, 20, 30 years now, but actually, not really it's not really paying the bills for me.
Bryan McAnulty [00:20:03]:
It's been really tough this this whole entire time. It's probably been tough at some point, but by by that time, usually, they're they're doing pretty well. And so I think there's a lesson to be had somewhere in that if you can find a way to do it long enough and stick with it, then you can have that freedom and you can reach success.
Julie Parker [00:20:26]:
Yeah. There there is absolutely, Brian, a level of grit and resiliency that I think if you are going to step onto this path, you have to be ready to tap into inside yourself. And going with that, my intuition has just told me to say as well, patience, because I was not an overnight success. 20 years ago, when I first started coaching, which was not right at the forefront of the industry, but still pretty early. Like, I'm a dinosaur in all honesty when it comes to the the coaching industry. There's not a lot of folks out there that have been doing this for, you know, pure coaching for or in the coaching industry for 20 plus years. We're around, but there's not a lot of us. And, you know, the first few years, I was absolutely working full time as well as, you know, as some folks say side hustling.
Julie Parker [00:21:31]:
I don't necessarily love that word, hustle, because I think it can contribute to burn out, but that's what was happening. And then I dropped back a day at work to 4 days a week at about the 3 year mark and then at two and a half days. But it took me 7 years of building before I was at the point where I could leave behind the safety of other income. That's a long time and you can think to yourself multiple times within that 7 years or this is not working or this is so slow, But also at that time, and I think this is important to say, there was no such thing as the bombardment of advertising or level of comparison that I might have fallen into that exists now. I was doing something that I couldn't see anybody else doing so I didn't have those ads telling me oh you should be at this stage or she's done this in 2 years or he's done it in 6 months, and then my ego turn on me and say, well, why haven't you done that, Julie? I didn't have any of that, and I know that that's something that lots of folks, all of us now, have to deal with. So in many ways, I was kind of lucky with that, but I didn't have I didn't have anything to say you needed to do this quick. In fact, it was a well known fact that if you wanted to start a service based business back then, it it could take years before you got to the point where it was, you know, full time for yourself. Whereas if you tell someone that now, they might go, no.
Julie Parker [00:23:21]:
I want this in 6 months. It's like, well, you go for it, girl, but be prepared. It might take longer than that.
Bryan McAnulty [00:23:30]:
Yeah. Yeah. That's great. And I I like to think of it myself personally. I I find that this is a a good way to frame it for yourself as well. If if you can do something that you enjoy doing that you would be doing the same thing tomorrow regardless of the outcome of today, then, like, you've won. Like, that that's what you need to do. And so it's not about, like, if you if you get there yet in 6 months because if you're if you're not there, would you still do the thing tomorrow? And if it's what you wanna be doing, then, like, that's that's already good.
Bryan McAnulty [00:24:01]:
So
Julie Parker [00:24:01]:
Keep going.
Bryan McAnulty [00:24:05]:
So for now, what is the the actual offer that that you provide for your clients? You I think you mentioned it a bit, but has it changed at all? Or is it, is it still kind of the same thing, what you were last touching on before?
Julie Parker [00:24:21]:
Yeah. It's still essentially the same thing, which also makes us a little bit unusual as well. And as an academy, we offer one primary thing, which also is a little bit unusual. So, essentially, we offer an ICF certified international coaching certification, through the Beautiful You Coaching Academy. And it is a course that can be taken online, and we also have in person days, but you don't need to attend those to attain the certification, and we have trainees from all over the world. And our focus is very much on training people to become heart centred coaches that really focus on working with their clients in a way that helps them to bring forth all of the wonderful things in their life that some of which we've been talking about today, such as, you know, how can you get to turn wake up every day and feel the way that you want to feel? What is truly important to you? How can you set goals in a way that go beyond, you know, I just want a hot husband or to make a squillion dollars or, you know, to lose £50 or whatever it may be. And instead, really really tap into the desires that you have that come from a soul level. And that's what we really focus on training our coaches in, and so we attract people who are very, very interested in that.
Julie Parker [00:26:02]:
And the result of that, I feel, is that it's one of the most wonderful things about the academy is the community because we attract very heart centred people, and this is one of the things I know you would know, Brian, from working with creators and creatives that are putting wonderful courses out to the world. The one of the most wonderful things about that is that it draws like minded people together, And when that happens there is a whole other alchemical process that takes place of friendships, brotherhoods, sisterhoods, connections, that become deeply personal and really also make this journey of entrepreneurship feel less lonely and deeply, deeply more connected. And one of my core values is connection. And so that's something that I'm so so happy that the academy has been able to create.
Bryan McAnulty [00:27:05]:
Yeah. That's great. And I completely agree with that. I think community is so powerful and important, And I think everybody should try to offer it in some way, whether they're a course creator or a coach. And it's something that I feel like is almost, kinda undervalued or or maybe the value is not fully understood in a way by creators because they think, oh, well, if it's, like, if it's in my software that I can turn on the community, then what do you mean I should sell that or or I can I can increase my price because I'm offering that? Because I all I did was, like, click a button to, like, turn it on kind of. And they they think it's not as valuable in some way because they didn't put as much effort into initially, like, creating all the the coaching program or the curriculum for the course. But it's so valuable because that's how you've got all these like minded people that you just brought together. And now to give them a place to interact with each other and get to know each other, the connections that they make sometimes can be potentially even more valuable than the the direct program that they got they got from you.
Julie Parker [00:28:10]:
I 100% agree with you, and I also understand for any, course creator and coach or creative out there listening how you can very easily think to yourself that that part of what you do is not as valuable, given that there's only a certain amount of you that you can put into that before other people need to take over. And they're the ones that need to talk to each other, and they need to create connections and relationships. But you have to keep remembering to yourself that those connections, relationships, community, valuable partnerships that may come from that would not exist if it wasn't for you and your initial creation. So you essentially have created the container. You've built the structure for that community to actually be able to gather and connect. And if that didn't exist, then those connections wouldn't exist. And so you are 100% a primary primary driver of that connection and community for people. We've had people through the academy say the enrolment fee was worth the people that I met alone.
Julie Parker [00:29:32]:
It was worth the community, let alone the education. And so sometimes while you might not necessarily think that the community aspect of what you've created is highly valuable, You will have other people tell you that it is, and you have to pay attention to that because that means it's real.
Bryan McAnulty [00:29:53]:
Yeah. Definitely. So you've been in this, as you said, for over 20 years. What would you say is interesting to you right now? Is there anything new or different you feel that you've been thinking about recently?
Julie Parker [00:30:08]:
Well, I think actually it a lot of it the things that I'm finding most interesting now actually has been a part of what we've been talking about today. And what I am seeing is more and more folks actually realising, and I'm going to use this word, how toxic that type of marketing that we were speaking about earlier in our interview actually is, how harmful it is to people, and even how, shaming it can be, for people. And they're going, hang on a second. This does not feel good. Why do I sit think of myself less than when I see this? Why am I not achieving these things? And I'm not saying that everybody that is marketing and trying to help people make more money is doing that. Not at all. That's not what I'm saying because we know that that's not the truth. But one of the things that I'm seeing is that there are many people that are increasingly, and I think this is very very powerful, looking at their work through a more anti capitalist lens.
Julie Parker [00:31:18]:
And they are starting to think, hang on a second. Money is actually not the most important thing about myself, what I do, and my business, or the business that I wanna have. What I actually really want this to be about is what kind of service can I bring to the world? What sort of difference can I make? How can I build community? How can I make people feel less alone and more connected to themselves and to others? And yes, I want to make money and thrive while I do that, but I want to do it in a way that's really meaningful and rich and deep and has sustainability. And I think that more and more people are realizing that that is possible. We've got so many examples. I like to consider myself an example as well, and I love that. And I hope that that shift continues to significantly grow more and more and more because I believe that we can have both. I believe that we can be financially abundant, and I believe that we can run very soulful, heart centered businesses as well, and that that financial abundance can be created through that heart centeredness and soul centeredness.
Bryan McAnulty [00:32:45]:
Yeah. Yeah. I completely agree. And, I'm proud myself to say, like, when I see, like, like, those kind of ads about people, being so pushy to put it nicely, I guess, that, like, I don't have those people as customers, and they they're loud online, but there's really not as many of them as you think. And, like, I can't think of a single customer I have out of 1,000 who is like, oh, man, that guy or or that woman, like, she's the she's being a little bit too too much with, telling people about making money and and all that. And, yeah, I I don't think we really have that. So I I think if you're listening to this or watching this and you resonate with that, come work with Julie or or work with me because Great. There there are are many business owners out there, who don't take that approach.
Bryan McAnulty [00:33:37]:
I'm curious if someone's interested in becoming a life coach, what do you think are the main skills that somebody needs to have?
Julie Parker [00:33:46]:
This is a a really wonderful question. Well, I I know that some people might not consider it to be a skill, but it can be if you look at it through a a particular lens or a particular way. But I think one of the first great hallmarks of all really wonderful coaches is that they are, as much as they possibly can, their own greatest space holder, their own greatest coach. And that means that if they ever feel something is not going well for them or they need something or they're having feelings or, you know, bubble up that don't that don't feel necessarily amazing, but, of course, are completely normal, whether it be sadness or frustration or anger. They are able to look for ways that they can hold themselves with that. How do I work through this? What do I need right now? Because it doesn't necessarily mean they do that on their own. It may be I need to ring a friend or I need to, you know, sit in my meditation spot or I need to take myself for a walk. When someone is able to really tap into their own self awareness and how they're feeling and do that for themselves, and I'm not saying that we can do it all the time.
Julie Parker [00:35:08]:
Sometimes we absolutely get to be a puddle of a mess, of course, because that's human. Right? And I have been that sometimes too, and I will be again. I know you have, Brian, because you're human too, we all have. It's not about being perfect. It's not about saying we have to get that right all the time. But, definitely, if you can learn to hold yourself well and you you work on your mindset, you work on your own self awareness, then that places you in a really wonderful place to be able to help other people to do that too. I think that's one of the primary things that really great coaches are focused on. It's also a skill that someone can learn.
Julie Parker [00:35:51]:
So if you're listening to this at the moment and you think to yourself, well, I'd like to be that more for myself, but I don't know how, That's certainly one of the things that we focus on in our own course is, like, we think the personal development journey that an actual life coach goes on to helping other people, the journey that they go on to helping themselves is just as significant with that. Branching off from that, Brian, is then all the other things such as being a great listener, being somebody who is empathetic and and caring, being a wonderful encourager because one of the roles of a great coach is being a really good cheerleader. And that doesn't necessarily mean you have to be, you know, like, Elle Woods, rah rah pom pom cheerleader type because that's not the way that everybody encourages people. For some people, their encouragement is more gentle and subtle than that. Although we need the Elle Woods type of coaches too, this is about getting to be you and how you are with other people. So there are many many skills, but I think the primary one is about how you hold and work with you first.
Bryan McAnulty [00:37:03]:
Yeah. That's great. Alright. Well, I've got, one more question for you. And that is on the show, I like to have every guest ask a question to the audience. So if you could ask our audience anything, whether it's something you're curious about, something you kinda wanna get everybody thinking about, what would that be?
Julie Parker [00:37:22]:
My question for everyone is one that I hope prompts some reflection, within you because that's kind of what great coaches do. And so my question for all of the coaches, creatives, course creators out there is how do you want to feel every day in your business? When you wake up and you sit at your desk and you get to do what it is that you've stepped onto a path of doing, creating your own sense of freedom and the way that you want to serve in the world, how do you want that to help you feel? Because once you've worked that out, whether it is that you wanna feel inspired, lit up, passionate, calm, at ease, soulful, whatever it may be for you, focus on that feeling because when you focus on that feeling, the most wonderful things begin to happen. Ideas, next steps, the evolution of where it is that you are and where it is that you're going will begin to unfold for you in the most amazing way.
Bryan McAnulty [00:38:33]:
That's great. Excellent question. Alright, Julie. Well, before we get going, where else can people find you online?
Julie Parker [00:38:41]:
You can find us online at beautifulyoucoachingacademy.com. I also have a personal website. I steal when I have the time, not a lot, but I still do do some mentoring and high level business strategy for folks. You could find me at juliesuzanneparker.com.
Bryan McAnulty [00:39:00]:
Alright. Awesome. Thanks so much, Julie.
Julie Parker [00:39:02]:
It's a pleasure. Thanks for having me on, Brian.
Bryan McAnulty [00:39:05]:
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