You'd think it gets easier once you've done it. Once you've signed the first client. Finished the first book. Proven yourself once. It doesn't. It just finds a new place to live.

Candy Motzek sits down with Jodi Casstevens-Short, award-winning author of the Willow Springs Cozy Mystery series. After 35 years as an elementary school teacher, Jodi retired and pivoted to her author dream. She's now published two books in her series and is working on her third.

This episode isn't technically about coaching. It's completely about coaching. Because everything Jodi shares about managing self-doubt, building community, staying accountable, and just putting her head down when the doubt gets loud - every bit of it applies directly to building a coaching practice.

You'll hear the Jodie Foster story that stops the "you'll feel better once you've succeeded" argument cold. You'll hear how Jodi's daily Zoom writing group - with writers in London, Texas, and Nebraska - keeps her writing even on the hard days. And you'll hear the simple, practical tools she uses every time imposter syndrome shows up.

Seventy percent of people experience imposter syndrome at some point. This is what you do about it.

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