In this episode, she walks us through how she coaches her clients to success. You can gain so many great tools from this one podcast episode to change your life for the better. It’s time to start making progress and eliminate those limiting beliefs that have been holding you back. Listen now and gain the inspiration you need to move forward!
Today’s guest is Kate Hutson, Life & Career Coach at Shattered Glass Coaching. Kate is an Executive Life Coach providing trusted coaching for professional women to show up with confidence and take control of their careers. After years of passionate work as a business leader, teacher, and coach, Kate turned her passion for mentoring others into practical knowledge for the real world-- skills that executive women can use in their everyday lives to help them create a mindset for success, hone their leadership skills, and achieve peak performance. In her free time, Kate enjoys hiking, eating tacos, and reading novels on the beach.
Kate Hutson is a successful life coach with plenty of tips to help you find your confidence and change your life for the better. In this episode, she walks us through how she coaches her clients to success. You can gain so many great tools from this one podcast episode to change your life for the better. It’s time to start making progress and eliminate those limiting beliefs that have been holding you back. Listen now and gain the inspiration you need to move forward!
Memorable Moments:
4:34- When I was able to cross that finish line and get my Spartan medal and stand there and say I did it. I think it unlocked this whole new level of confidence that was translatable not just to my physical goals, but it's also impacted me personally and professionally and unlocked a new confidence in my business.
13:21- Whatever it is, you're striving for, find somebody who you can verbally articulate your goal to and have that source of accountability, no matter what area of your life. It is.
19:10- If you don't have impostor syndrome, you might not be pushing yourself out of your comfort zone as much as you should be.
23:24- When I see women making real changes in their lives that are getting them closer to what they truly want and desire for themselves. I'm thinking, this is why I do this. And that is something I'm really proud of
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Kate’s Book/Podcast Recommendations:
Robin Sharma
The 5am Club, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, and The Leader Without A Title
Brian Tracy
Eat That Frog, 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Start Getting More Done
Simon Sinek
Boss Babe Podcast
https://bossbabe.com/podcast/
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Nancy Surak 00:00
Welcome to She's Wild the podcast for women and land in development. I'm your host, Nancy Surak. I created this podcast as a way to collect conversations of women in the land and development industry. I've been a land broker on the west coast of Florida for nearly 20 years. And I love to empower other women and to tell them about this amazing industry. But I find often that there just aren't enough women being featured on big stages, whether that's at local conferences, or nationally. So I set out to find these women myself, that are killing it in my business across North America that are changing the communities that they live in every single day, whether they're building condos, multifamily, single family, office, or industrial projects, I hope that you will find this space to be inspirational, motivating, and educational. From time to time, I will feature women who are not only in my business, but also career coaches, and motivational speakers. Hi, welcome to She's Wild the podcast for women in land development. Today's guest is Kate Hutson. Kate, welcome to the show. What a great name. I'm sure you get lots of comments about that from time to time, what I'd like to do is normally let you go ahead and jump in and allowing you the opportunity to tell us about yourself and your background and your business.
Kate Hutson 01:32
Fantastic. Thank you so much for having me, Nancy, I'm excited to be here. And as you said, my name is Kate Hutson, I'm an executive life coach with shattered glass coaching. I coached professional women to show up with confidence and take control of their careers. When I was working in my 20s, I was working as a sales and marketing director at a company. And over the seven years I was there, I noticed a lot of the women who I was working with my colleagues as well as clients and friends and people I was interacting with. were struggling with a lot of the same things, personally and professionally. Some of these were self imposed struggles or internal struggles, self doubt, a lack of competence, not advocating for ourselves this fear of failure. Others were external things that were going on. People struggling with work life balance, struggling with burnout, not knowing how to have conversations and communicate in a way that was going to help them reach their goals. And I decided that I wanted to do something about it. I wanted to empower women to really step up a control, more confident so that they could live one the life they wanted to live but also have the career they wanted to have. So that was the impetus for starting my coaching business shattered glass coaching. As I said, Now I work with professional women. I work with business owners as well to provide life coaching. And it's all about showing up, you can lead an extraordinary life, more joy, energy and fulfillment.
Nancy Surak 03:00
Fantastic. So in preparation for having you on as a guest, I dug a little bit through your website. And one thing really jumped off of your pages. And that's the fact that you are a Spartan Racer. I am not personally a Spartan Racer, but my husband is and he scares the crap out of me when he goes to these races because I hear all about them, and how hard they are. And I just thought I would lead off with what have you learned about life after doing a Spartan Race or two?
Kate Hutson 03:34
That's such a good question. And I actually started doing Spartan Races because I was looking for a new challenge physically. I like working towards a goal always in every area of life. I think it makes it more fun it kind of gamified life. And physically, I've been a runner for a while, but I wanted a new challenge. And Spartan is a challenge. If any of your listeners have ever run a Spartan Race, it's a whole different kind of challenge. And by doing Spartan Races, I was working towards a goal. And when I got there on race day, it was not smooth sailing. You're running through mud, you're climbing slippery ropes, you're in all sorts of terrain steep uphill. And it was hard. And by doing hard things, I think we grow more resilient. And that's easier said than done right? But even physically by by doing a new physical challenge that was uncomfortable for me, and that was new and that tested my physical limits. When I was able to cross that finish line and get my Spartan medal and stand there and say I did it. I think it unlocked this whole new level of confidence that was translatable not just to my physical goals, but it's also impacted me personally and professionally and unlock to new confidence in my business. And so many of us forget to try new hard things. We get stuck in the day to day monotony of doing What's part of our schedule in our routine, we don't pick up new hobbies very often as adults, we kind of lose that as we grow up. And by by getting a new challenge or picking up a new hobby, or trying something difficult that you might not know how to do, that can lead to new levels of competence and success. That translates into every area of your life. And that's what I found by doing Spartan Races for myself.
Nancy Surak 05:23
No, that's, that's fantastic. And that's very similar what I hear when he comes home, you know, with a broken rib or some other ailment after a race, I'm like, what, what are you thinking, and he and for him, it's just this huge challenge that is outside of work, that it's outside of his regular personal life routine. But he's like, I did that, you know, and he comes back, just like sailing on this new high that he accomplished it and the friends that he does these crazy races with. So I definitely admire that. And they're always after me, you should do it. And I'm like, I'm not know I would die. But, you know, knowing a woman now that does it. I'm like, oh, maybe, maybe I'll try with these days. So let's let's transition from what you've learned about doing those races into how that helps you coach your clients, when they come to you. And they're struggling in their professional life? What are you typically seeing, are there any trends of the problems that they're facing that they're trying to overcome?
Kate Hutson 06:26
Sure. So just to start, I've already touched on the topic of confidence of it. And I'll start with that. A lot of the women who I coach are very successful, high performers, really confident in a lot of areas of their life, but might be struggling with confidence in a particular area, maybe it's a specific situation at work, maybe it's confidence in their relationships, maybe they've lost purpose or direction over where they are in their career, and they don't have the confidence to kind of step up and figure that out. So confidence is a big one. And I think that we can all look back and remember times when we were really confident. And sometimes we're like, where did that go? I've been so confident at times in my life. But But where is that? And it's all a mindset thing. It's all taking place in our minds. And so that's usually my starting place with a lot of a woman I work with is, let's start with mindset, and talking about what's going on in your head, what's going on, that's not happening out loud. And that relates to your confidence that relates to what you're telling yourself day to day. So that's definitely a common theme. And then I think especially over the past two years, trajectory, people's careers have been changing so much with pivoting to work from home, people, quitting jobs, starting businesses, everyone is questioning what am I doing with my career? And that's one thing that is difficult to answer by yourself, to really look inward and say, I've been doing this this job. I've been on this career trajectory for the last 1015 2030 years. And now all of a sudden, something is causing me to question it, or wonder if this is really what I was meant to do. And as a result, I'm working with a lot of women who are on this journey to decide what do I want to do with the rest of my career? Do I want to stick with what I'm doing? Do I want to go for a promotion? Do I want to switch companies? Do I want to turn my side hustle into a full time business? And giving guidance and mentorship over finding your purpose and facilitating that journey is something that's been really fun, particularly over the past year, as we're kind of coming out and adjusting to COVID? And what looking at what's next?
Nancy Surak 08:39
So when you start working with these women who are questioning all these things, is are there a series of questions or a key question that they maybe should be addressing or sort of journaling on themselves? Like if there's a listener who's like, okay, that's me? Is there a question you think that they could work on just to help give them some clarity?
Kate Hutson 08:59
Yeah, that's a great question. And I think clarity is the key word, as you said, and thinking through your future vision for yourself. And in three years, let's say I think that's a good starting place. What do you want your life to look like? And writing it all down journaling about it? What would your ideal day look like? What job would you have? Where would you be living? Who would be around you? Who would you be talking to? What would you be eating for breakfast? How much money would be in your bank account? I mean, getting really down to the nitty gritty details of what is your vision for yourself and what you desire for your life? And then how far are you from that right now? Where are you now and where do you want to be? And then kind of reverse engineering that okay, if I'm here now, and this is where I want to be in three years. What do I need to do to get there? What are the steps to get me there? And you might not know all of them. But that's the starting place in terms of clarity. And there's a lot of stuff books that go in between. But just to get started, look at what you really want for yourself and ask is what I'm doing today in alignment with that. And if not, what do I need to change? Or What's stopping me?
Nancy Surak 10:13
Great questions. So when you look at the women that you're working with, are there any major themes? Like what's getting in their way?
Kate Hutson 10:22
Usually the answer is themselves.
Nancy Surak 10:25
Beyond like mindset, like you said, like, it's mindset, but usually themselves. Okay, so let's talk about Yeah, usually themselves. I can see that, right. I mean, I'm not a coach, but I have friends. And I'm usually like, what do you do? And like, you're in your own way. I mean, I get in my own way. And I find that it's, it's almost heightened right now. Like women are just, they're second guessing everything and all stages. It doesn't matter. Age is not a factor right now. It's all stages of career. What do you think they can be doing to help move themselves forward? You know, is there any other particular patterns that are holding them back to, you know, getting in their way that they could just say, like, Clear that out of my clear out of my ramp , so that I can launch?
Kate Hutson 11:15
Yeah. And I think I'm feeling this burnout, this, this post COVID Hangover, as I'm making air quotes, but it feels just like burnout. And there's been so much talk of this, like, we have to pivot, we have to adapt, this is the new norm. And I think we are so burnt out from adapting and pivoting, that we are emotionally, physically mentally exhausted. And I agree with you, it's making a lot of people second guess themselves, regardless of age or stage of your career. So what do you do about it, you create a framework for what's going to work for you, and what is sustainable for you. And you, you chunk it down to the smallest bite sized pieces that you can. So I, I talk about the big five areas of life. And it's its health, finances, career, relationships, and that which is greater. So five kind of main categories of life. And I actually, when I first started talking to a new client, I have them rank them, they're their big five areas of life, on a scale of one to 10, how satisfied are you with that area of your life. And that allows you a chance to reflect on what's going well for me, and what's maybe not going so well for me. And from there, you can narrow down your goals and focus on either one particular area, or micro goals within certain areas. And then you got to create a framework for Okay, in that specific area, what am I going to do to make some progress. Of course, as a coach, I always recommend getting some form of accountability. And it might not be a coach, right? It could be an accountability buddy, it could be a mentor who you work with, it could be deciding to hire a personal trainer at the gym, if you have health goals, whatever it is, but finding some source of accountability is hugely helpful. There have been studies done by the American Association of training and development, that if you have an accountability partner, you're 85% more likely to achieve your goal. So whatever it is, you're striving for, find somebody who you can verbally articulate your goal to and have that source of accountability, no matter what area of your life. It is.
Nancy Surak 13:31
Great point, keep going. I'm Sorry.
Kate Hutson 13:34
Yeah. And then from there, I think it's making it sustainable. Yes, insane, saying that you're going to take tiny actions each day, those bite sized chunks to get there, and not setting yourself up for failure. You know, it's a cliche, but that if you if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. It's so true, you know, you've got you've got to plan your success, or else it's not going to work out. And you got to make that small, sustainable progress each day.
Nancy Surak 14:02
So let's talk about recognizing your successes along the way. I, I just did a presentation in front of a young professionals group last week. And one of my questions was, how do I keep myself self motivated? The audience asked me and I and I said, you know, it's always been in me, it's always it's just who I am. But then I went to you have to take your wins along the way, even if they're really itty bitty wins. Because if you don't, you're gonna find yourself empty. So we'd love to talk to you about recognizing accomplishments. And without, you know, I think women have this issue. I know I struggled from it. A while ago, I've been working on it. Talking about my wins without feeling like I'm bragging on myself. Right. I want you to kind of address like, how do you you have any advice for women who are maybe a little worried about talking about their wins? Because the rate of what other people are going to think
Kate Hutson 15:00
It's a great question for two reasons. One, people are so often thinking, what could I be doing? Or should I be doing better? And we tend to focus on those things. And then two, how do you celebrate yourself without making it seeming like you're bragging? Or, you know, you have a big head? So it's a great question. I actually start every single one of my coaching sessions by asking, What are your wins for the week? What can we celebrate? And what have? What have you done? Well, what has gone well in life in general, and I do it for two reasons, it trains the mind to be looking for the positives in between calls. So it conditions you to be like, I need to be on the lookout for what's going well, because I know my coach is going to ask me what's been going well. And then to it's a chance, like you said, to step back and reflect, and to really think through what have my wins been? What can I celebrate, even if it's tiny stuff? What's been going well, because there are things going well, that you have done well. And I encourage people to either with their accountability, buddy, have those those one once a week talks, where you're saying, This is what I've celebrated this week, or with a coach, or even just journal yourself, block it out, you can call it, you know, Friday, 30 minute reflection time, where you're journaling. What went well, this week, what did I do? Well, and then just what went well, in general, what can you celebrate, and start writing them down and keeping track. And if you do that, just for one month, 30 minute journaling session on Friday to reflect on your wins, you're gonna find that your mind starts being conditioned to look for those wins, and those successes along the way, because it doesn't happen automatically. But if you start scheduling it in 30 minutes a week, you'll find that it's going to start happening automatically. And you're going to be like, you know, what, I'm noticing my celebrations in my wins a lot more than I used to. And once you start noticing it, you get a lot more comfortable talking about it.
Nancy Surak 16:58
No, I love that I had a I had a guest on a few weeks ago, and she wrote me just the loveliest email after and she said, you know, she's a general contractor. And she said, I have all these great wins in my career and in my life. And it was the first time in a really long time that I spoke so openly about what I'm really proud of, in my career, she because it carried me for like two weeks after we recorded, which I thought was so cool. You know, because she was like, Here I am, like just grinding it out every day. But it was talking to somebody else who said, you know, tell me what are you most proud of? She's like that, I got to say, like. Yeah, I did that. And I'm really proud of myself. And I was like, wow, okay, like, as I do it normally, you know, like, what am I proud of? Because if I don't I'll I personally find myself slipping into that impostor syndrome space, where I feel like I don't really belong at that table. You know, so I have to remind myself to do it. So. So tell me, do you see women that are focusing on the journaling and focusing on their wins? Does that also, are you seeing that with our clients? So it's also helping them with the confidence and also not having impostor syndrome issues?
Kate Hutson 18:10
Yeah, absolutely. I do think it's a big shift. And two, it's a big realization of, I do have a lot to celebrate. And there's, there's a lot that I can be doing. To celebrate my progress, and impostor syndrome. It's interesting that you bring that up, because I think it's prevalent, particularly with women. Yeah, it's everywhere. And I actually have kind of a unique perspective on impostor syndrome that I'll share with you. I think imposter syndrome is fantastic. I do. impostor syndrome is feeling discomfort, with doing something that you're perhaps new to or is a little a little scary, for the right reasons. When you get too comfortable, you don't have imposter syndrome. You might have impostor syndrome when you take on a new job, but after a few months, or a few years, even, you're comfortable. You're confident. You've got this, you know what you're doing. And that's important. But if you don't have impostor syndrome, you might not be pushing yourself out of your comfort zone as much as you should be. I imagine the first time you recorded a podcast, Nancy that you felt impostor syndrome.
Nancy Surak 19:23
It was horrible. I now probably, I don't know 20 or 21 episodes recorded. It's now like my setup. I plugged the light in I get my computer. I like plug everything in and I'm ready. You know, I do a little bit of research before, but it's nowhere near what it was at the beginning. Constantly starting over, constantly just practicing it was it was insane. To the point where I was like, oh my god, this is way more work than what anybody told me it was going to be. But you know, it comes with anything else. Like you said it's The practice everything you sort of settle in. And it doesn't mean that I don't get intimidated every time I put the mic on. I mean, that still is there, right? Because I want to do a good job. And that's the same thing in my career, I want to make sure that I'm always doing my best. So I tend to agree with you like I hate impostor syndrome. But I tend to agree that, for me, it's sort of that gut check of, you need to do a little bit more work so that you're more confident. Don't beat yourself up and talk yourself out of it. But prepare a little bit better.
Kate Hutson 20:32
And by starting your new venture as the podcast host, it's new. And it's exciting. And it's scary. And it's daunting. If you didn't have a little bit of that, that fear and that impostor syndrome and that discomfort, it might be like, Why? Why? Why aren't you a little nervous about this. So it's a normal feeling, when you're pushing yourself to do something new for the first time. And the minute that you wake up, and you can podcast in your sleep, it might be time to start thinking about what's that next thing that's going to make me a little uncomfortable, because it's pushing me outside of my comfort zone.
Nancy Surak 21:09
It might take a little while, because we between business and everything else. But I do I do have goals for like a year from now, like I do say, okay, my goal with this space is x, like I can articulate that I know what it is, whether or not it happens, we'll see. But the reality is, is I do hope to see something in about a year. And it really has more to do with the collection of the conversations that I'm having on a regular basis is being able to communicate what I'm hearing back to the audience in a concise and unique way. And not to do a book or anything like that. It's really just hear the tear. The trends, here are the data points, here's what I heard and saw and felt. So so we'll see what ultimately will happen. Exciting, but back to your interview, because I could talk about myself all day long. When you look back at your career, pre coaching, and now that you've gotten your your coaching, business established, when you look back at all of that, what are you most proud of in your in your entire career.
Kate Hutson 22:19
One, taking the leap from corporate to business owner is something I'm really proud of that I have the guts to do it. And that I felt like an imposter in the beginning as well. And now I can share that with my clients and I've been in their shoes, I know what they're going through, I was bold enough to make that change in my own professional career. And I know other women can do it too. So from a personal standpoint, that's what I'm most proud of. But as a coach, I think seeing the results that my clients are getting is the most rewarding and fulfilling aspect of the last 10 years of my life. And knowing that by getting the right support and accountability, and by coaching, I'm helping women reach reach new salary levels, because they've never reached before. I'm helping people start the business of their dreams that they never thought they would actually have the guts to start like I did. I'm helping people who had a horrible work life balance, spend more meaningful time with their families. And so just when I see women making real changes in their lives that are getting them closer to what they truly want and desire for themselves. I'm thinking, this is why I do this. And that is something I'm really proud of
Nancy Surak 23:37
How fulfilling that must be to be able to see the success, right? To be able to celebrate that with your clients. What Yeah, but a great thing. Well, I want to thank you for jumping on with me. But I do hit at the very end of every podcast, I asked a series of questions pretty quick for you. So you're not going to be off the hook. Because you're you're not necessarily in Lander development. But I know I have listeners that are looking for life coaching, like insight and tips. So that's why I have you here. But if a woman called you and said, Hey, I'm thinking about working with a life coach, what are some of the things I should be looking for asking myself as I evaluate? Who I might want to do business with? What would you tell them are key things they should be really paying attention to?
Kate Hutson 24:26
Yeah, so there's so many great coaches out there. And the great thing is that most coaches will offer a free introductory session where you guys can get to know each other and talk about what your goals are for yourself. Maybe what's been stopping you from achieving those goals. And you can also start to have a conversation and develop rapport. So my first tip would be to take advantage of those calls in schedule three or four or five, with different coaches to see who are you going to connect with the most who can you establish the greatest rapport with because coaching is an investment in yourself. But that relationship matters. And I do think that that connection has to be there. So that that's really well worth your time. There's also, for whatever you're working on, there's a coach in that specific area. There are money coaches, relationship coaches, leadership coaches. So do your research and find you know, what coach has an area of expertise in whatever it is that I'm working on specifically. So make sure that you, you really know that this coach can help me address any issue or x challenge that I'm having. And then lastly, just check credentials. The life coaching industry is a fairly unregulated, there's not a particular governing body. So somebody can be calling themself a coach on Instagram and actually have no certificate or no training. So again, just doing your homework and know it and asking questions, you know, are you a certified life coach? Have you had any kind of training? What is your experience? Like, I always think is a good question to ask. So you know, that, that you are getting somebody who's had a little bit of experience or training or has knowledge about coaching specifically, and they're not just saying, I'm a coach. And then from there, I think have the conversations, and see if it feels like a good fit, look at testimonials. If there's video testimonials, watch those. And that would be a really great starting point.
Nancy Surak 26:19
Awesome. Thank you for those tips. Okay, so my last two questions. The next one is, is there a book or podcast that you particularly love, either personally or professionally that gets you hyped? Or motive, you know, keeps you motivated in your in your life? And would you name a few? Absolutely. Okay.
Kate Hutson 26:40
So in terms of books, I love Robin Sharma. He He's written several books, there's the 5am Club, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, and The Leader Without A Title. Your audience can just explore those books on their own. He's fantastic. Brian Tracy, author and business consultant, he has so many great books, but I particularly love Eat That Frog, 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Start Getting More Done. It's like the best productivity book that I could ever recommend. I love Simon Sinek for leadership tips and just in general leadership philosophy, and then podcast, Boss Babe, the Boss Babe podcast, it's specifically for female entrepreneurs. And I listened to it weekly, they really they really said a new episode every week. And it's really good stuff.
Nancy Surak 27:34
Awesome. Well, thank you for that. I can't wait to check out all of those titles and that podcast, it's not on my listening rotation. And then finally, where can our listeners keep in touch with you or look into your either coaching or follow you on social media? Do you do have any active social media handles that you would like to mention now?
Kate Hutson 27:56
Sure. So my website is www.shatteredglasscoaching.com. And that's where you can read more about my coaching. And you can take me up on that 30 minute introductory free session. So do you want to get to know me better? That's a great way. And then my instagram handle is Shattered.Glass.Coaching. And I provide a lot of productivity tips and content there as well. So you can check me out on Instagram.
Nancy Surak 28:23
Fantastic. What that's so so awesome, Kate, it's been such a pleasure talking with you. I appreciate everything that you've shared here today. And hopefully one day in the near future we'll be able to meet in person. And if not, hopefully you'll hear from some folks that are listening to she's wild. And they'll say Hey, Kate, I'm thinking about this. And can you help me out?
Kate Hutson 28:43
Thank you so much for having me, Nancy.
Nancy Surak 28:45
All right. Take care. Thanks. Thank you for joining us for another episode of she's wild the podcast for women and land and development. If you enjoyed today's show, please go out and rate us so that we can be found by other women in our industry. And if you know women who are working in land and development, please share this podcast with them. And if you know a total rock star woman, badass chick who is killing it in land and development anywhere in North America. I want to know who she is. Please reach out to me so that I can feature her on an upcoming episode.