Coffee House Coaching
Coffee House Coaching is an Executive Coaching podcast where I speak with fellow Executive Coaches about their practice, their process and how they help their clients. I also speak with individuals impacted by coaching and how it has improved their lives. My goal is to shine some light on the wonderful world of Executive Coaching and explain what it is and how it works. So, grab a cup of coffee, sit back, relax, and enjoy my conversations about Executive Coaching.
Coffee House Coaching
Ep 167 Julia Holloway - Get Data / Challenge directly / Alignment / Denzel
•
Gary Nowak
•
Season 4
•
Episode 167
- Best coaching advice received?
- What happens in a session is not about the coach.
- Notice what’s happening without making it personal—it's all data.
- Still improving?
- Mastering detachment from being hijacked by emotions.
- Working to feel deeply without getting stuck in the goo.
- Most outrageous moment?
- Dropping an F-bomb in a session with a lawyer (and surviving).
- Using metaphor and creativity to “snap” clients out of logic loops.
- What still makes you squirm/feel triggered?
- Clients not taking accountability.
- Wrestling with when and how to challenge clients directly.
- Advice to new coaches?
- Don’t do this unless you’re ready to work on yourself… constantly.
- This is not a side hustle—it’s a practice that rewires your soul.
- Something you had to conquer?
- Letting go of judgment (of self and clients).
- Holding paradoxes: shedding and learning at the same time.
- Using AI?
- AI helps distill 360s, draft proposals, and spot themes.
- Used as a co-pilot, not a crutch—Julia’s still doing the heavy lifting.
- What you’ve learned about yourself?
- We’re all an expression of the evolving universe.
- The goal is alignment—being fully yourself as a coach and a human.
- Fun Stuff – Favorite Movie?
- Remember the Titans – because courage, change, and Denzel.