In this enlightening episode of the Coaching Business Spotlight, host Kat Knecht and guest Judy Shevelev delve into the multifaceted nature of the coaching businesses, highlighting the integration of diverse business modalities with coaching. Judy, a certified coach and dog trainer, shares her unique approach of combining positive reinforcement dog training with coaching techniques. Together, they explore how blending various professional skills and personal passions can enrich a coaching practice, offering listeners invaluable insights into customizing their coaching careers to match their unique interests and expertise.
The conversation underscores the transformative potential of coaching when merged with other fields, such as animal behavior consultancy. Judy’s experience illustrates the profound impact of coaching on both personal and professional development, emphasizing the importance of understanding and enhancing the human-animal bond. This episode serves as a compelling testament to the versatility and depth that unconventional pairings can bring to the coaching profession, encouraging listeners to think creatively about their own coaching ventures.
In this episode, Kat and Judy talk about:
- Combining different business modalities with coaching to create unique service offerings.
- The significance of integrating personal interests, such as animal training, with coaching techniques.
- The role of coaching in enhancing communication and understanding between pet owners and their animals.
- Using mindfulness and awareness techniques to foster a deeper connection between individuals and their pets.
- The benefits of coaching in addressing and adjusting human behaviors that impact pet relationships.
- The importance of being open and vulnerable in coaching sessions to achieve effective results.
- Techniques for managing client expectations and fostering a collaborative coaching environment.
- Exploring the potential for coaching to enhance various professional roles, from veterinarians to financial advisors.
- The concept of “co-regulation” in coaching to establish harmony and balance in relationships.
- Encouraging coaches to leverage their diverse backgrounds and passions to enrich their coaching practices.
Judy Shevelev is an ACC and CPCC life coach and is accredited with the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants as a positive reinforcement dog trainer. She has been coaching for 3 years, and training dogs and their people professionally for 15 years, first in Mexico, where she lived for 30 years, and now in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
Her dog training practice has always focused on teaching people how to train and manage their dogs; however, she is now purposefully using her coaching skills as she works with people and their dogs so that people become more aware of how they influence their dogs’ behavior. They gain new insights, which motivates them to take the appropriate steps to strike a balance between their needs and their dog’s needs, to better understand canine communication and, ultimately, strengthen the bond with their dogs.
In addition, she coaches clients who deeply love their pets (of any kind), and have goals they want to achieve to lead a more joyous life. She uses mindfulness techniques and the bond with their pet in a variety of ways to give them the courage to move forward towards their goals.
As a lifelong animal lover and pet guardian, Judy knows first-hand how powerful the bond we have with our pets truly is. Her pets have also been her greatest teachers, and she is passionate about supporting her clients so that they can open themselves to receiving the wisdom their pets offer.
