In this episode, Erin Aquin and Elana McKernan wade into a topic every coach eventually encounters but few talk about openly: what role, if any, should your personal spiritual or religious beliefs play in your coaching?
What starts with travel stories, tea rituals, and cats eating tea plants unfolds into a conversation about the complexities of belief inside a coaching relationship. Erin and Elana compare experiences coaching clients who are questioning their belief systems, leaving high-demand religions, navigating spiritual identity, or rethinking long-held life paths—business, creativity, family, and otherwise.
What You’ll Learn:
- How to stay grounded in your own worldview without imposing it on clients.
- Why some clients seek a coach outside their religious or spiritual background.
- The boundary between personal belief and professional responsibility.
- What to do when a client begins questioning the very identity your work was hired to support.
- The difference between spiritual openness and spiritual agenda.
- How prior experiences with religion, communities, or conditioning shape your capacity to hold space.
- Why general-life-coaching skills still matter—even if you have a tight niche.
Coaching is intimate work. Clients often speak truths they’ve never said aloud. If you coach humans long enough, belief, identity, and meaning will walk into the room. This episode will help you navigate that with integrity—without pretending to be either a neutral robot or a spiritual authority.
Erin Aquin is a Master Certified Life Coach and co-author of the #1 bestseller "Superabound: Live the Life the Universe is Dreaming For You." She provides whole life coaching for business owners, integrating success and personal fulfillment through her unique all-in-one approach.
Learn more at besuperabound.com
Elana McKernan is a Master Certified Life and Creativity Coach who specializes in helping perfectionists create more by treating themselves better. You can check out her free content here and learn more about coaching with her here.
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