“Can I pick your brain for a minute?”
“Just popping into your DMs for a second since our Voxer sessions ended…”
“I know it’s 8pm, but I really need your help with this - tonight.”
Sound familiar?
Boundaries get blurred in coaching. We form relationships with our clients, we’re in their lives, we know what’s happening with their families.
And while that’s amazing for their *transformation*, it can leave us exhausted when we don’t have good boundaries in place.
Having clear expectations all around, and knowing how to keep the coach-client relationship from drifting too far into “all access” territory is *vital*.
It doesn’t just protect *you* energy and space, but it also helps your clients be better clients.
And better clients get better results.
If you struggle with what to say
- when you get free coaching requests in the DMs
- when paying clients ask coaching questions in the wrong container (like sending 1:1 DMs when they paid for a group container)
- when clients push the coaching call time limit
- when graduated clients ask questions after they aren’t paying clients anymore
- when clients expect access outside designated coaching times (such as on your CEO day or on the weekends)
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when clients write novels or flood you with lengthy audio messages in Voxer/chat
Use these scripts to help you find the right wording to handle exactly these situations.
Download my scripts for exactly how to address the most common boundary issues you'll have - with paying clients, but also with people asking for free coaching in the DMs.