Jill Young sits down with her friend Sophia Qadri, a registered herbalist and Reiki master, for a rich conversation about coaching, healing, and the power of energy exchange. Together they explore how plants can support us as human beings, how coaches can think about themselves as healers, and why replenishing energy matters just as much as giving it.

Three Takeaways:

1. Coaching is an energy exchange

Sophia shares how she learned the hard way that giving too much without receiving back can lead to burnout. The conversation reframes coaching as something energetic, not just transactional, where support flows best when there is a healthy exchange.

2. Plants can teach us how to support and restore

Jill and Sophia connect herbalism to coaching by exploring how plants communicate, nourish, ground, and guide us. The episode highlights schisandra as a “five flavor berry” with qualities that support stress, focus, digestion, and overall resilience.

3. Healers come in many forms

One of the most expansive ideas in the episode is that healing does not have to look one way. A healer might be a coach, a herbalist, a shop owner, or even someone helping others feel better in a bank. The episode invites listeners to see support, care, and presence as part of everyday human work.

Meet Sophia!

Sophia Qadri is a registered herbalist, Reiki master, and the owner of Spring to Help Apothecary in Keller, Texas. She supports people through herbal medicine, energy work, and holistic practices that help mind, body, and soul. Sophia brings a grounded, intuitive, and expansive perspective to the conversation about healing and coaching.

Resources & Links

• Spring to Help Apothecary
• Caroline Myss books, including Anatomy of the Spirit and Why People Don’t Heal and How They Can

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In this conversation, Jill Young talks with Jennifer Deroin about how EOS becomes more than a work framework—it becomes a way of life. Together, they explore long-term thinking, manifestation, gratitude, and the tension between creating a future vision and staying present in the moment. Jennifer also shares how her personal and professional worlds have blended over time, and how that blend has shaped the way she leads, lives, and dreams.

Key Themes:

1. EOS as a way of life
Jennifer shares how EOS permeates not just her work as an implementer, but also her home life, conversations, and the way she thinks about the world. The principles show up everywhere because they are rooted in values that apply beyond business.

2. Visioning with intention
The conversation explores the power of writing down what you want, visualizing it, and recognizing it when it appears. Jennifer describes how imagining her future helped her notice opportunities and move toward them with confidence.

3. Unattached to the outcome
Jennifer’s story about creating a version of her dream home shows how visioning can still lead to something even better than the original picture. The process matters, but the final form may look different than expected.

Presence, gratitude, and people
Jennifer and Jill reflect on gratitude as a grounding practice that brings people back to the present. Jennifer also notes that the people in our lives are often the clearest expression of EOS values in action.

Meet Jennifer!

Jennifer Deroin is an EOS Implementer who brings both practicality and heart to her work. She is known for her thoughtful approach to leadership, her belief in long-term thinking, and her ability to connect vision with real-life action. Jennifer also brings a strong personal perspective to the conversation, weaving together work, family, wellness, and intentional living.

Resources & Links

• Follow Jennifer on LinkedIn
• Learn more about her EOS practice

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In this episode of Hunch for Lunch, Jess Stavem and Jill Young explore the art of building an intentional coaching session while also honoring the “agenda-less” spirit of Coaching Magic. Jill explains how strong coaching preparation begins well before the session starts, but the goal is not to control the conversation — it’s to create the conditions for insight, flow, and transformation.

Learn more at CoachingMagic.com

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Jill Young sits down with longtime friend and coach Mari Tautimes for a candid conversation about deep listening, personal growth, and what it really means to trust yourself—both in coaching and in life.

Three Takeaways:

1. Great coaching is quieter than you think
As confidence grows, the need to “perform” or provide answers fades. Powerful coaching comes from listening deeply, asking thoughtful questions, and allowing space for insight to emerge.

2. You already have what you need
Like a seed contains everything needed to become a tree, the core traits for growth—curiosity, resilience, resourcefulness—are already within you. The work is learning to activate them.

3. Trust yourself to show up for yourself
A defining idea from this episode: self-trust is built by consistently showing up. Not perfectly—but honestly, intentionally, and in alignment with what matters most.

Meet Mari!
Mari Tautimes is a coach, entrepreneur, and author of Keep Going. Known for her ability to listen deeply and ask powerful, heart-centered questions, Mari helps people cut through distractions and connect to what truly matters. Her work is grounded in lived experience, continuous growth, and a commitment to honest, transformational conversations.

Resources & Links

• Mari Tautimes’ book: Keep Going
• Website: maritautimas.com
• Follow Mari on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maritautimes/

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In this episode of Coaching Magic with Jill and Becky Fromkes, Jill and Becky explore what it really means to coach the human in front of you. Becky shares how her favorite part of coaching is creating enough safety for people to be fully themselves, especially in hard conversations where fear, judgment, or conflict can make honesty feel risky.

The conversation moves into the deeper motivation behind coaching: the desire to relieve suffering. Jill and Becky reflect on how many coaches are driven by their own experiences of struggle and the wish to help others feel lighter, clearer, and more supported. They discuss why people often carry unspoken tension, how that tension builds in organizations, and why speaking with clarity can be an act of kindness.

Jill introduces the idea that bureaucratic problems often begin with the wrong people in the wrong seats, while Becky adds that good leadership starts with common ground, curiosity, and shared purpose. Rather than assuming and accusing, she encourages leaders and coaches to inquire, understand, and approach difficult conversations with empathy and skill.

The episode also highlights the power of timing, environment, and small details. Becky shares a simple but memorable example of changing the room setup to better support connection, showing how small shifts can create a big sense of belonging. The takeaway is clear: coaching magic often lives in the little things, the human things, and the quiet choices that help people feel seen, heard, and valued.

Meet Becky!

I am a business coach, teacher, and facilitator working with leadership teams and entrepreneurs toget more of what they want out of their business. I use a of proven set of EOS tools and processesthat help guide teams to achieving alignment, growth, profitability and team health.

Show Links!

• Jim Collins article on “First Who.”
• EOS Worldwide GWC overview.
• Connect with Becky on LI
• Learn more about Becky

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In this episode, Jill Young and executive coach and author Kathy Sullivan dive into the power of coaching tools—from validated assessments to simple visuals like a life wheel—and how they help clients see themselves more clearly and create intentional change. They explore the balance between using established instruments such as DISC, CliftonStrengths, and emotional intelligence assessments, and trusting the coach’s own intuition to create new tools in real time with clients. Together they unpack how data, reflection, and experimentation all serve the same goal: honoring the magic in both coach and client while making change feel doable instead of overwhelming.​

The conversation then shifts into Kathy’s book, Moms Eat First: 5 Principles to Prioritize Yourself and Create the Change You Crave, born from her lived experience as a working single mom, a longtime HR and organizational development leader, and a coach who has sat with hundreds of women in leadership. She shares how the five principles emerged during the trenches of the pandemic, why reflection and rediscovering your own dreams matter so much for moms, and how “aims” and following your energy can sometimes be more honest than rigid long‑term goals.​

Jill and Kathy also talk candidly about the “second shift,” the invisible “third shift” mental load, and what it really takes to negotiate for what you want at work and at home using emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and courageous conversations. They close with a playful Sweet Ass Affirmations card pull on intuition, using it as a springboard to talk about slowing down, listening to your gut as one important data point, and integrating head, heart, and gut in both life and coaching.​

Meet Kathy!
Kathy Sullivan is the owner of Talent Principles, an executive coaching and organizational development consultancy where she helps leaders and teams improve performance through people-centered change. Drawing on 20+ years in human resources and organizational change, she brings a grounded, practical lens to emotional intelligence, leadership development, and culture work.​
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She is also the author of Moms Eat First: 5 Principles to Prioritize Yourself and Create the Change You Crave, a book that guides moms to step out of autopilot, reflect on what they truly want, and design sustainable change that honors both their families and their own ambitions. In addition to one‑on‑one coaching, Kathy designs women-in-leadership programs and women’s health forums that create space for reflection, data‑informed choices, and community for working moms.

Show Links!

• Moms Eat First – https://momseatfirst.com
• Talent Principles – https://talentprinciples.com
• Sweet Ass Affirmations Deck – https://ragecreate.com (search “Sweet Ass Affirmations”)
• Coaching Magic with Jill Young – https://www.jillyoung.com/coaching-magic

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In this episode of Coaching Magic, J!ll Young welcomes creative mischief-maker and co-creator of Sweet Ass Affirmations, Heath Armstrong of Rage Create. Together they explore how intuition, synchronicity, humor, and heart-led action can transform not only our lives, but also our coaching. From seeing the number 22 as a lifelong roadmap to leaving a construction career and building a thriving creative business, Heath shares how he follows “the signs” and turns them into bold, practical moves.​

You’ll hear how to use pattern recognition as a form of intuition, why it’s powerful to “follow the woo” but always pair it with the “do,” and how something as simple (and silly) as forced laughter can shift energy for you and your clients. Jill and Heath also dive into leading with the heart in business, enhancing rather than fixing clients, and building a life and company that become a creative palette for service and play.

Meet Heath!

Show notes introductions simply don't do Heath justice! Read this to learn more: https://heatharmstrong.com/about/

Show Links!

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In this powerful and honest conversation, Jill welcomes Dr. Aimie—physician, trauma expert, and author of the best selling book,The Biology of Trauma—to explore what trauma really means for coaches. Whether we call it trauma, overwhelm, or stuckness, every human nervous system carries past experiences into the present moment. Which means coaches are always working with trauma—because we’re always working with humans!

Dr. Aimie offers a clear and empowering distinction between stress and trauma. Stress grows us. Trauma breaks us. The difference lies in capacity. When a client believes they have the internal resources—energy, support, resilience—to meet a challenge, they’re in growth. When the challenge exceeds their perceived capacity, they cross into overwhelm. Coaches can listen for language shifts: “I’ve got this” signals stress; “This is too much” signals trauma physiology. The gap between demand and capacity? That’s where trauma lives.

One of the most powerful concepts introduced is neuroception—the nervous system’s perception of safety and capacity. Our bodies respond not to reality itself, but to our perception of it, shaped by past experiences. This is why two people can face the same situation and have completely different physiological responses. For coaches, this reinforces the importance of tracking nervous system states in real time.

Meet Dr. Aimie!

Dr. Aimie Apigian, double board-certified physician (Preventive/Addiction Medicine) with master's degrees in biochemistry and public health, revolutionizes trauma healing by revealing how our cells—not just our minds—store trauma. Her book "The Biology of Trauma" (foreword by Gabor Maté) transforms our understanding of how the body experiences and holds trauma. After adopting a child during medical school sparked her journey, she developed an integrative science-based sequence for the healing journey. Through her practitioner training, podcast, YouTube channel, and international speaking, she bridges functional medicine, attachment and trauma therapy, proving that repairing trauma's impact on the mind, body and biology is possible.

Show Links!

1. The Biology of Trauma book: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/book
2. Toolkit Resources: https://www.biologyoftrauma.com/resources
3. Rage Create, Sweet Ass Affirmations: https://ragecreate.com/products/the-sweet-ass-affirmations-deck-affirmations-to-motivate-your-creative-maniac-mind

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