Everything You Need to Know About Discovery Calls

I posted a reel about some of the reasons why people can go to a health coach (like yours truly), here it is if you missed it. Click Me

I said at the end of it that you can book with me a FREE discovery call, which you can do by going here. (Note, you won't find the booking service available if my coaching is currently full and I have no availabilities. If so you can join the waitlist here.)

So, I thought I’d take this opportunity to tell you a little bit what the heck is a discovery call in the first place.

Well to start with, a discovery call is always free…if anyone makes you pay for a discovery call for any kind of coaching, even if they do a bit of coaching in the call, you should tell them that it’s unethical and they really shouldn’t be taking advantage of people that way.

What is it ba2a?

Like the name suggests, you both are discovering if you are the right fit for the journey you’re about to embark on.

Whether that’s a health journey or a business journey or even a parenting journey (yes there are parenting coaches too.) It can be done as an actual phone call or an online zoom face to face sorta call.

What Happens in the Discovery Call?

It happens before the person chooses the coach to be their partner on their desired journey, because it helps you see if this person is the best fit for you. You ask questions and they ask you as well. They find out what your goals are.

It’s okay if you’re not really clear on what your health goals are because you go through a SMART goal finding process with your coach either way to really pin-point what you want to get out of your coaching and where you want your journey to end. You get clear on your destination point in your coaching sessions, but to begin with the coach has to know what you want to achieve so they can assess if they’re the best person to help you get there.

How Long is It?

It lasts between 15 to 30 mins. Some coaches take upto 45mins, but that depends on how much time they have alloted to their discovery calls. I personally max out at 30mins cause I’m a one woman show here in my business and that’s all the time I can give to the many tasks (and other calls) I have in my business.

What Questions Can You Ask Your Health Coach in Your Discovery Call?

Basically anything you want regarding your coaching journey:

-If they’re certified or not (this is really important, they have to be certified) -What coaching entails -If the sessions are online or offline -What you’ll get out of it -How long the sessions are (usually they’re 1 hour) -How often are the sessions per month ( I do weekly sessions. So 1 session per week) -How much do they charge per session and if they have any package offers -How do you pay? -Preferred method of communication? (Email, Whatsapp, Instagram DMs, etc)

What Questions Can You Expect to Be Asked?

They’ll probably ask you things related to why you’re here:

-What’s your initial goal? (what do you want to change) -What’s been stopping you? (to get a clear idea how they can help) -What do you want to gain out of health coaching? -What do you know about health coaching? (and they fill you in if you’re missing information)

-If you’ve ever had coaching before (in any other field maybe) just to set expectations as to how the sessions go.

And they’ll continue the rest of the call telling you anything else you want to know. Also telling you that your sessions are 100% confidential, even when you give the permission to write notes during your sessions (you can say no to that of course if you want) they’ll delete them or throw them away when your coaching sessions are done.

Also I feel like I should say that it’s totally normal if you have the discovery call and either one of you decide that you’re not the right fit. You absolutely by no means need to make a decision right away. And you never have to hire the coach if you’re not vibing with them.

And if the coach finds that maybe they’re not the best one to help you (or maybe if your goal requires a different profession, like a therapist or another coaching area ) they’ll tell you and can refer you to someone they trust.

Again the whole point of this call is to discover ;) nothing is set in stone after just one call.

That’s it, I think I’ve pretty much given you a small overview of what discovery calls can be like, and I'm happy I was able to give you some things to ask so you’re armed with things to go with in the call, confident and prepared ^_^

If you want to know even more you can click here.

As always, I’m here if you have any questions!

Wishing you a day/night that goes exactly as you want it to…I appreciate you being here, so so much 💜