From Adversary to Ally confronts the inner critic—that relentless voice that sabotages both our coaching practices and our clients’ breakthroughs. You know this voice intimately. It whispers that you’re not ready to raise your rates. It insists you need one more certification before you’re “qualified enough.” It holds you back from the bold visibility your business desperately needs.
Your clients hear it too—paralyzed by imposter syndrome despite impressive credentials, procrastinating on dreams that matter, doubting themselves at every turn.
We’ve tried the quick fixes: the affirmations that ring hollow, the mindset tips that fade by Tuesday, the surface-level strategies that leave the real problem untouched and growing stronger in the shadows.
This session reveals a different path—one that doesn’t just quiet the critic temporarily, but transforms it entirely. From the enemy whispering failure into your foundation, to the ally calling you toward something bigger.
Learning objectives
Learning Objective 1: Understand the full impact of the inner critic
Learning Objective 2: Discover what drives common inner critic issues.
Learning Objective 3: Create a strategy for dealing with negative self-talk
CCEs: 1.25 core competencies, .75 resource development
Meet the Host
Paul Boehnke, PCC, ELI-MP
Paul Boehnke, sought after speaker, author and certified life coach helps coaches and entrepreneurs become more effective by clearing the fog of doubt, self-criticism and overthinking that prevents them from having their greatest impact.
As a classical musician, Paul Boehnke stumbled on a unique process that not only helped his performances but could easily be applied to taming the negative thoughts of his inner critic. Then he realized this process not only works for him but works for everyone, musician or not.
In his book, “Thoughts On Demand: Turn Negative Self-Talk into Unstoppable Confidence” he shares the process that he uses to help clients transform that little voice in their heads that argues for their limitations into a champion of their potential instead.
Paul Boehnke, PCC, ELI-MP
Paul Boehnke, sought after speaker, author and certified life coach helps coaches and entrepreneurs become more effective by clearing the fog of doubt, self-criticism and overthinking that prevents them from having their greatest impact.
As a classical musician, Paul Boehnke stumbled on a unique process that not only helped his performances but could easily be applied to taming the negative thoughts of his inner critic. Then he realized this process not only works for him but works for everyone, musician or not.
In his book, “Thoughts On Demand: Turn Negative Self-Talk into Unstoppable Confidence” he shares the process that he uses to help clients transform that little voice in their heads that argues for their limitations into a champion of their potential instead.
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