{"id":16,"date":"2026-08-18T04:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprofessionaladult.com\/blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2026-09-18T04:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T04:46:43","slug":"why-life-coaches-are-bullsht-says-the-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprofessionaladult.com\/blog\/why-life-coaches-are-bullsht-says-the-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Why Life Coaches Are Bullsh*t (Says the Coach)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m a coach \u2014 real training, ICF certification in progress. And I&#8217;m about to spend ten minutes on why a lot of my own industry is a scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The grifter starter pack: manifestation-as-method, the DM funnel, guaranteed outcomes, and the lifestyle flex. Then the harder part \u2014 what a REAL coach actually looks like, why certification matters (especially if you&#8217;re from a marginalized community), and the one move no grifter will ever make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then the uncomfortable part: run this checklist by ME. The point was never &#8220;trust me.&#8221; It&#8217;s &#8220;here&#8217;s how to decide who to trust.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watch on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/AA69VELyX5o?si=eJIHJ8rHRH6FPBX4\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/AA69VELyX5o?si=eJIHJ8rHRH6FPBX4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why Life Coaches Are Bullsh*t (Says the Coach)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AA69VELyX5o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a coach \u2014 real training, ICF certification in progress. And I&#8217;m about to spend ten minutes on why a lot of my own industry is a scam. The grifter starter pack: manifestation-as-method, the DM funnel, guaranteed outcomes, and the lifestyle flex. Then the harder part \u2014 what a REAL coach actually looks like, why certification matters (especially if you&#8217;re from a marginalized community), and the one move no grifter will ever make. Then the uncomfortable part: run this checklist by ME. The point was never &#8220;trust me.&#8221; It&#8217;s &#8220;here&#8217;s how to decide who to trust.&#8221; Watch on YouTube: https:\/\/youtu.be\/AA69VELyX5o?si=eJIHJ8rHRH6FPBX4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprofessionaladult.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprofessionaladult.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprofessionaladult.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprofessionaladult.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprofessionaladult.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theprofessionaladult.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23,"href":"https:\/\/theprofessionaladult.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprofessionaladult.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprofessionaladult.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprofessionaladult.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}