Shownotes
When momentum fades, it rarely happens overnight. One missed post, one busy week, one small drift, and suddenly it feels harder to show up the way you intended. In this episode, Jo shares why that happens and how to gently rebuild your rhythm so your business keeps moving forward without burnout.
Timestamps
[00:00] The quiet drift away from momentum
[00:01] The myth of consistency and intensity
[00:02] Starting again with smaller, sustainable actions
[00:03] Why reflection is the fuel for motivation
[00:05] The hidden cost of doing it alone
[00:07] Simple ways to reconnect with your rhythm
[00:09] Building momentum one small step at a time
“Consistency isn’t loud or perfect – it’s rhythm, the quiet choice to keep going.”
This episode will be valuable for any coach who’s lost their rhythm, perhaps you’ve stopped posting, reflecting, or marketing and want to find a gentle way back to showing up with confidence and consistency.
Momentum doesn’t return through pressure; it rebuilds through one honest action at a time.
Take one small step today that reminds you you’re still in the game.
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Transcripts
Today I am gonna talk about
something that every coach faces.
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:Whether you are just starting out or
you've been doing it for years, it's
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:that slow drift away from momentum.
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:That moment when you realize I've
stopped showing up in the way I said I
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:would, and it's really subtle and you
don't consciously decide to step back.
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:It just kind of happens and drifts.
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:You get busy, you miss a few days,
and then it can feel really hard
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:to get back into the swing of it.
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:I'm Jo Lott, the host of this
podcast, and I help coaches get
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:clients with honesty, not hype.
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:Whatever the reason that you have stopped
showing up in the way you want to, that
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:gap between what you plan to do and what
you are actually doing starts to widen.
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:And when it does that,
self-doubt rushes in.
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:You can get all of the fear about coming
back to work, about posting again and
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:start to get a blank when you think
about posting on LinkedIn or whatever
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:it is that you have stopped doing.
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:So in today's episode, let's talk about
why it happens and more importantly,
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:how to get you back Started again.
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:The first reason this happens
is you are confusing consistency
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:with that huge level of intensity.
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:Often you can start with unrealistic
expectations that you're gonna post
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:every single day for a month, and then
you lose momentum because it's really
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:hard if you haven't done that before,
to maintain that level of activity.
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:So you can end up starting
with that intensity.
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:Keeping up for a while and then
essentially burning out, utterly exhausted
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:because you put so much energy in.
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:Consistency, on the other hand, is quiet.
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:It's rhythm.
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:It's a choice to do something
sustainably, not perfectly.
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:So if you find yourself saying, I've
lost all consistency, what you probably
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:mean is I've been trying to run at a
pace that isn't sustainable for me.
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:So start smaller than
maybe feels necessary.
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:If you've stopped showing
up on social media.
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:Don't plan an entire month's
content before you start.
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:Start with one honest post this week
without a plan to do another one.
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:The momentum will come
after you have taken action.
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:If you've stopped reflecting on
your business, don't rebuild your
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:planner or feel like it's too late.
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:Just take 10 minutes to write down one
page about what you learned this month.
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:Showing up doesn't always
need to be forceful.
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:It can a slow, steady rhythm
that you can actually maintain.
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:Reason two, you can stop showing
up, is working without reflection.
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:So if you forget to stop and see how far
you've come, this can be a real blocker.
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:It's really easy to just keep busy
all the time and maybe make the same
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:mistakes again and again and again.
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:I know I have often said to my coach,
I'm so tired of saying this because
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:it's just a pattern that's keeping
me going around in circles about
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:some of my own personal tendencies.
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:When you are not reflecting.
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:Your brain doesn't get that
feedback it needs to stay motivated.
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:When you aren't looking for the wins,
then it's really, really hard to continue.
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:That's why I send my clients a gratitude
journal when they start working with
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:me, because it's so important to allow
yourself to see the small wins, and
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:that builds the momentum to continue.
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:Each week ask yourself
three simple questions.
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:What worked, what didn't and
what did I learn and what are
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:my priorities for next week?
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:When you have a consistent
rhythm to reflection, you will
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:be amazed at what can happen.
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:Reason three you maybe have stopped
showing up, is that you're doing it alone.
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:This is the most common one.
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:It's that you're trying to hold
yourself accountable in isolation.
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:When you work for long enough, your
standards start to quietly drop.
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:No one will notice if
you've stopped posting.
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:No one will say, Hey, what's happened?
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:I haven't seen you lately.
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:And that doesn't mean you need
someone to chase you or constantly
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:keep you accountable, but often
we just need that reminder to
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:hold you to your own standards.
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:Why did this matter to you and remind
you that it did used to matter.
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:For coaches, that's even more
important as we often spend so much
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:time holding space and caring for
others and rarely get held ourselves.
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:I used to hold these great events
called Let's Coach, and every month
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:we used to coach and be coached.
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:And it was such a powerful space, I'm now
brainstorming how I can bring it back.
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:I was fortunate, although I say fortunate,
I made a decision to have a personal
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:coach all throughout my business building
journey, and I really did make huge
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:progress compared to most of the other
coaches that I was in contact with at
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:the time, and I really do put it down
to, yes, prioritizing the business,
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:but also actually being coached myself.
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:Because when we're starting out, we
are often cutting costs, therefore we
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:don't always invest in our own coaching,
so it's really important to me to be
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:able to figure out a way of providing
that opportunity to both coach and
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:keep your coaching skills up to date.
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:Because again, often when you're
building your business, you
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:are prioritizing that and maybe
haven't got the client work in yet.
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:But also actually being coached
consistently yourself, to hear your
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:own words reflected back to you, to
hear your own vision, for someone
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:to help ground you in what is really
important in the best possible way.
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:When you build some sort of structure into
your practice, it stops you feeling like
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:it's something you have to remember to
do, and it just starts to become how you
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:operate and your rhythm in your business.
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:So if you have drifted, if you found
yourself a little off rhythm or your
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:life, is a bit like most of ours, when
we do these things, when we remember
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:and when we feel like it, then here
is the simplest way to start again.
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:Don't try and fix it all.
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:Just do one tiny thing that you
used to do to return to your rhythm.
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:Maybe that is three minutes of
meditation, five minutes of yoga, sending
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:two connection requests on LinkedIn.
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:Just pick one very small
action that reminds you that
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:you are still in the game.
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:You are in control.
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:You are contributing to your goals.
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:Take some time once a week
to do a weekly reflection.
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:Like I mentioned earlier, I do each
week and ask myself what went well,
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:what didn't, what could have been
better, and what did I learn and
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:what are my priorities for next week?
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:And find a place where you can
keep all of these important
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:reflections in your business.
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:This is exactly why I created the Coach's
Planner because it's really easy to
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:have your niche statement somewhere
online and forget it, and it's really
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:easy to set quarterly goals and then
not really remember what they are.
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:So do download the 2026 Coaches
planner if you haven't got it already.
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:There is a free online version as
a gift to you, my valued community.
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:If you prefer a printed copy like I
do, then you'll also find the link to
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:the Amazon version in the show notes.
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:Or if you need even more help a
bit like me because planning is
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:not always on the top of my list.
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:Then join me on Thursday, the 4th of
December for the online planning session.
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:It's not just planning.
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:It's called Dare Greatly.
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:It's a beautiful space where you
will reconnect with your business as
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:a whole and plan your amazing 2026.
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:So you'll also find the link to
that workshop in the show notes.
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:So it doesn't need to be full speed ahead.
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:Momentum is built in quiet,
tiny, tiny steps like these.
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:Where you consciously choose your business
again instead of having to restart.
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:So if you are ready to build that rhythm
again, do take one of those three options.
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:Either download the planner, purchase
it on Amazon, or come join me to plan
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:together on Thursday the 4th of December.
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:The planner will take you step by step
through that process of building your
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:business and take one tiny step today.
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:Because you do not need to overhaul
your whole business or throw
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:the baby out of the bath water.
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:You just need to spend a few minutes
reconnecting with what's important for
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:you in a systematic way, which is what
the planner is designed to do, and start
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:showing up again one tiny step at a time.
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:I hope you are motivated to go
out there now and pay into the
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:value bank of your business so you
can eventually be paid in return.
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:It was wonderful to spend time with
you, and like I say at the end of
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:every episode, trust yourself, believe
in yourself, and be the wise gardener
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:who keeps on watering the seed.
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:Microphone (Samson Q2U Microphone):
Thank you so much for listening to this
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:episode of Women in the Coaching Arena.
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:I have a mess of free resources on
my website joannalottcoaching.com.
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:That's Joanna with an A
and Lott with two T's.
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:joannalottcoaching.com.
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:And I'll also put links in the show notes.
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:Let me know if you found
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:Share it with a friend and
leave me a review, and I will
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:personally thank you for that.
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:Remember to trust yourself, believe
in yourself and be the wise Gardner
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:who keeps on watering the seed.
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:Get into the arena dare, greatly and try.
