Roger Laidig is a life coach, mentor and the author of "Finding Purpose and Joy: It's a Journey".  Coming from an engineering and entrepreneurial background, Rogers opens up about some of the challenges that he's encountered in his life and how he overcome them! 

Clara Chorley is the CEO and Founder of Clarity Unlimited, and has worked in 40 countries over 5 continents.  She's the author of "T.U.R.N: 4 Steps to Clarity in Your Life and Career", is a TEDx presenter, and passionate about helping people get more direction in their lives.

Katherine Hosie is an Australian coach who's now based in San Francisco.  A former President of the ICF (Australasia), she's been coaching since 2003 and has well over 10,000 hours of experience that she shares with Coach Nation! 

Jake Nawrocki rose up from a failure in his life to help inspire others with his coaching, speaking and his popular podcast "Operation Self Reset".  He shares the lessons that he learned along the way with Coach Nation!

Rick Clemons is a certified coach, blogger and author of "Frankly My Dear I'm Gay".  A frequent guest coach on "The Ricki Lake Show", Rick is the leader of the "Just Be You" Revolution and an advocate of people living authentic lives. 

Caird Urquhart took an 18 year career in the entertainment industry (in front of the camera and behind it) and spun it into a successful coaching business, New Road Coaching.  She shares her interesting journey on today's Natural Born Coaches!

Dale Stanten had to overcome extreme challenges not only in her childhood, but later in life as well.  She now writes and speaks to motivate others, and encourages coaches to share their stories to do the same!

The tables are turned on today's show, as guest host David Cohen fires away at Marc with questions! 

Tod Novak became an entrepreneur at age 9, and after starting a number of businesses, jumped into the world of coaching and speaking.  He wrote the book; "Has Technology Made Us Speechless?" and has become known as "America's Sales and Motivational Expert".

Jodi Womack began her journey into personal development as the first employee for the David Allen Company ("Getting Things Done").  Since then, she and her husband, Jason, have started a successful business motivating others.  She shares their strategies, including how to run a successful retreat.

Sara Speicher is a former NCAA Division 1 basketball player who came to the United States from Europe.  She fought her fears to start VBM Pro Inc, which has become a successful business helping entrepreneurs lead less stressful lives! 

Joel Boggess and Dr.Pei are the hosts of the popular daily podcast, "The Relaunch Show" - which is for Career Changers, Difference Makers and Those with a Dream.  As successful marketers, they share advice on how coaches can better promote themselves and their services!  

Eboni Truss is the President and CEO of The Purpose, Passion + Profit Group, where her mission is to help guide women to get better results in their lives! 

Doug Hess is the co-author of "Gordon Gekko, CEO: Lessons from Wall Street for a Winning Attitude".  An avid student of personal development, he shares strategies that coaches can incorporate into their businesses.

After attending a motivational seminar, Lisa Ryan began a journey that led her to start a business teaching the power of gratitude.  She's authored 7 books, starred in two movies (including one with Jack Canfield) and has inspired others to bring more gratitude into their lives! 

Chris Barrow has been a successful coach for over 20 years, focusing on the dental industry in the United Kingdom.  He shares his secrets to running a successful coaching business on today's Natural Born Coaches! 

Coaches: get your calculators out!  Darren Monroe helps his clients charge what they're worth.  He jumped into business while running from Hurricane Katrina, but lost almost $2 Million in 6 years by charging too little.  He fixed his pricing, and teaches his clients to do the same! 

Chris Miles of Money Ripples is a leading expert on how to quickly generate cash flow for his clients. He's been featured across multiple media and educates people through with his podcast "The Chris Miles Money Show"!  

Rémy Chaussé is quite possibly America’s 1st UNstuckologist! She has x-ray vision for seeing the trouble-spots that exist in every frozen situation, and the creativity to transform it instantly. Rémy is the best-selling author of “Living Life As An Exclamation Point!” and creator of The Get UNstuck Revolution!™ for extraordinary women with big dreams who are ridiculously unsatisfied with status quo!  If you feel stuck and you’ve tried everything, then check out her most recentbook called “Get UNstuck – How to Get Out of Status Quo and Get Past Go (In Under 30 Days)!”

Alex Genadinik is the creator the Problemio business apps, which are some of the top business planning/starting apps with over 500,000 downloads.  He's also the author of a number of business and marketing books and has coached over 1000 entrepreneurs.

Bill Jenkins was a prospect in the Kansas City Royals organization when his life did a 180 degree turn to become a pastor, coach, speaker and author.  He's been helping others for many years and shares his journey as a natural born coach! 

Jim Cathcart turned an unlikely beginning into a massively successful career as a motivational leader.  A personal friend of Zig Ziglar, Og Mandino, Earl Nightingale and other giants of the industry, Jim starts the Natural Born Coaches' new year off with a bang! 

Marc reflects on the lessons that he learned in 2014 (hint: the word "action" is used a lot in this episode!) 

James Woosley's journey into coaching was started by his association with several influencers and mentors, including Dave Ramsay.  He's now a coach, author and host of the popular podcast "Conquer Your Kryponite", which aims to help entrepreneurs around the globe.

Angela Winfield has overcome blindness at a young age, depression and suicidal thoughts to graduate from two Ivy League institutions and become a successful coach, speaker, community leader and entrepreneur.  She shares how she overcame the challenges in her life and started a business to help others do the same! 

Tracee Sioux had to overcome a divorce that left her feeding her kids with help from the food bank.  But her life turned around when she tried an experiment - for one year, she said "yes" to everything that her soul urged her to do.  That led to her success, and she now coaches others on how to create better results in their lives!

Alison Smith made the transition from traditional employment to opening her own coaching business, in the "Gentle Parenting" niche.  She shares with the listeners what it was like to make that transition, and how to coach in a relatively new, targeted niche.

Damon Moschetto took his love of fitness and personal development and combined them into a business that helps people reach their full potential.  He shares the lessons that he's learned from combining several niches into one coaching business! 

Happy Holidays coaches - host Marc Mawhinney gives a few thoughts on Christmas Day! 

Dawn Westmorland left a 25 year career in government amidst a campaign of bullying and intimidation.  She took the lessons that she learned to become a coach and show others how to overcome the challenges in their lives as well! 

Annette Nightengale James is the creator of the popular community and podcast, "The Advancing Entrepreneur".  She has become an expert in using mastermind groups to grow her business, and shows others how to do the same! 

Christine Hueber is the #1 all time female expert on LinkedIn, and has dominated the LinkedIn coaching niche.  She shares her advice with the Natural Born Coaches listeners! 

Andy Buyting got so much value from the coaching that he was receiving that he decided to become a coach for the same company.  He's now a strategic advisor who works with CEOs and leadership teams to improve their performance! 

Julie Gray helps clients gain at least an extra 10 hours a week with her unique time management solutions.  As a coach, blogger, trainer and author of "The True For You Time Management Workbook", she helps her clients get a handle on their time and produce better results in their lives!

Nick Pereira had a promising career in the music industry, but a life-changing car crash ended those dreams.  He used personal development to get through the dark days, and now shares his inspirational message with youths as a coach, speaker and trainer. 

Mark Schall was born to be a coach.  His life experience led him to become certified with IPEC and start to teach their coaches, while building a successful career that's lasted a decade.  His passion for coaching shines through in everything that he does! 

Judith Morgan made the jump from the life of an accountant for small businesses to coaching entrepreneurs.  She's used her passion for writing to build a strong rapport with her clients, through her emails and her blog posts at JudithMorgan.com.

Tim Brownson has built a thriving life coaching business based on being candid and not afraid to tackle controversial issues.  This polarizing attitude has made him a sought-after coach, and he shares his secrets to success! 

Dallas Hardcastle took the lessons learned from his sales success in three different industries to launch his coaching business. He battled through major obstacles to build a thriving practice by showing clients how to explode their sales growth with an easy-to-implement strategy! 

Sarah Newton left a career as a police officer in London to coach teenagers.  She's used her unique style to become a successful coach, and shares her advice with our listeners! 

Lacey MacIsaac is a founding member of Adeptio, a company that provides interactive, cloud-based software for coaches around the world.  This puts her in a unique position to understand the challenges facing coaches and the solutions required! 

Rivers Corbett is a serial entrepreneur and coach who has made a career out of doing things differently than everyone else.  He shares his unique way of thinking and how you can apply it to your coaching business! 

Nick Dillon overcame childhood bullying and health issues to become "The Believe Coach" - smoeone who inspires others to have faith in themselves and their abilites. Through his "Believe University" and other projects, he spreads his message every day! 

Back in the 1990's, Scott Zimmerman conceived the idea of a product, "Sales Elevator", that would help people have an easier time selling.  It took about 16 years and a lot of time, effort and money, but he's perfected that product and now coaches people on how to use it to improve their sales! 

After 30 years of working inside organizations, David Shriner-Cahn launched his own coaching and consulting business in 2006.  He gets results for his clients by using a unique strategy that he developed (the TEND System) and shares his message many ways including with his podcast, "Smashing the Plateau" 

Amanda Griffith got her start in coaching by helping her mentor build her business.  She then launched her own company, determined to keep things real, authentic and candid to attract clients! 

Stephanie Calahan had what appeared to be a successful career in Corporate America: a high salary, lots of travel, assistants that worked for her, and more.  But deep down she wasn't happy - and the stress of the environment was wreaking havoc on her health. She ultimately decided to escape from the corporate position to start her own coaching business, and uses her unique experience to help others escape from the traps in their lives! 

When Wendy McClelland found herself divorced with 3 young children, she started on the path that eventually led her to coaching.  Through the years, her persistence has helped her through numerous challenges, including a health setback which would have destroyed most people.  She takes the lessons learned from those victories to help her clients improve their situations as well!

Jason Womack is the CEO and Founder of The Jason Womack Company, an advisor to leaders around the world and author of the book "Your Best Just Got Better".  He is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs and executives work effectively and efficiently so they have the time, energy and focus to achieve more in work and in life. 

Jeremy DeMerchant took a lifelong passion for selling and over 15 years of sales experience and turned it into a sales training and coaching company based around his "Permission to Sell" system.  He works with entrepreneurs who want to find a better way to sell their products/services and sell more of them! 

Nicole Jansen uses her experience in building teams and businesses to coach entrepreneurs.  She uses a no-nonsense approach to help clients break through their barriers and achieve more! 

During his career in human resources, Trent Blanchard realized that he had a passion to help people who were going through difficult times.  That led him to a career in coaching, where he gets to help people every day.  

Janelle Fraser followed her passion and became a coach - utilizing her training in NLP and other tools to help her clients achieve their dreams! 

Since she was already coaching people in her previous network marketing business, Caryn FitzGerald decided to start her own coaching practice and has made a successful career spanning over 25 years! 

Mark Edward Brown used the skills acquired from 25 years in the US Army to become a successful coach - while targeting a more general market as opposed to a smaller niche. He shares the lessons from his career, and a surprising branding secret regarding his name! 

Slavica Bogdanov is a coach and best-selling author of over 25 personal development books, including her latest release; "Bankrupt to Wealthy" which was published this Fall. She's coached all over the world, and has been able to find success despite the different clients and cultures! 

David Cohen coaches a specific type of client - Baby Boomers - to help them start a business or improve their current one.  He also interviewed over 1500 people on his radio show, "Small Business, Big Ideas", speaking with legendary guests like the late Dr.Stephen Covey, Jack Canfield, Bob Proctor, John Assaraf and Michael Gerber.

After a rocky start of dead end jobs and failed college courses, Nicola Cairncross turned things around in a big way to become a successful coach, speaker, and best-selling author.  The founder of "The Money Gym" and "The Business Success Factory" (podcast), Nicola provides coaching and marketing support to entrepreneurs around the globe.

T.Allen Hanes used his 20 years of experience in the US Navy to help him start a business that lets coaches, authors, speakers and entrepreneurs claim their authority and dominate whatever niche they're in! 

Aroaa Jaeger was on a path for a singing and acting career in Hollywood when a life-altering moment in the Austrian Alps changed all of that!  She left the life of Hollywood, and for over 20 years has used her gifts to help others.

Terry Allen has worn many different hats in his life, but one thing was always there - his love of personal development, which led him to coach others.  He uses his passion to help people create stronger bodies and minds! 

Justin Stratton took the leap from Iowa to become a coach in New York City!  Known as "The Awesomeness Coach", Justin works with creative leaders across multiple industries while injecting fun into his coaching practice.  

Brandon Marshall overcame awkwardness as a youth and embarked on a journey of self-improvement to learn about the opposite sex.  He began coaching other men to help them grow their confidence levels and become men of excellence as well! 

Lisa Crilley Mallis took the jump from high school education to coaching, and hasn't looked back!  She combines her experience in education with a love of schedules and time management to help her clients become more productive.