Coaching

The combination of how open she is about her own ups & downs, her super smarts, and her fun/crazy/silly side is just a combo that can’t be beat. Most coaches have one of those qualities, sometimes two, but she has them all, and to me, that made the difference. A lot of people choose coaches that have this closed stuffiness about them, but she doesn’t. She’s the coach that I would be honored to ALSO have as my friend.

~ Jacqueline Carly (Fitarella)

Elizabeth has a knack for calling BS unlike anyone I’ve ever known. She knows when the emperor isn’t wearing any clothes and she has no compunction about saying it. I appreciate her courageousness – and her gentleness. Because having that knack could make her an ass, and she’s a LOT of things, but she is not an ass! She has a compassion for her clients that goes beyond brass tacks business coaching. I don’t know if it’s the “I-N-F” in her or what, but she has a sensitive awareness that I always looked forward to in our sessions.

The fact that she doesn’t talk a good game, she actually KNOWS from whence she speaks. She tracks metrics, and report results from first-hand experience, not from someone regurgitating data to her. She understands tech enough to explain it to a newbie, and hold an intelligent conversation – and let’s not forget how her legal “non-advice” saved my butt and my company a couple thousand dollars. I like working with smart people, and Elizabeth, is VERY smart.

~ Lisa Robbin Young

Her empathy. She is also able to see the world in terms of both patterns and individual outliers. For example, we know men and women have different patterns of behavior based on their gender. So she showcases that in her coaching. At the same time, she highlights the subtle complexities of the individual human story instead of offering a ‘one size fits all’ solution to an issue or problem.

It feels like she balances on a line between coach and therapist. I know she doesn’t want to position herself at all as a therapist, but what I mean by that is she allows for more closeness with a client than a therapist would, yet she delves into deeper relationship issues than a coach would. She isn’t afraid to go into the dark spaces, but at the same time, she can easily dance between that and lighter places, too. It’s a more complex and deep experience to work with her.”

~ Name withheld to protect privacy, per client’s request

I liked how she gave us space to express ourselves and to talk. She didn’t impose any ideas on us but instead let our needs dictate the weekend.

~ Stacy Mayer

Elizabeth is a coach that is real, she doesn’t put on airs and pretend like she has all of the answers. I love that she is on her own path of discovering her Truth and invites others to join her in the process.

~ Laura Lee Sparks

She creates an environment of trust. I don’t often disclose personal issues to people, so this was really important for me. By sharing some of her own relationship experiences, I felt like she met me halfway: in that way, it wasn’t like she had all the ‘leverage’ over me. Because she shared some of her personal experiences, it made me feel safer.

I also appreciate that she thinks very deeply about people in a similar way I do. So many books and coaches offer ‘canned’ solutions that aren’t that different than other mass market canned solutions. She sees the complexities of human beings and speaks to the more noble versions of ourselves, and also don’t paint things in simple black and white terms.

~ Name withheld to protect privacy, per client’s request

She’s no bullshit, but in a very caring way. The space she created felt safe, so I could have diarrhea of the mouth about all my shit, without worrying about her judging me. However, I also knew that she wouldn’t baby me, so while she gave me the room to unload, she always brought me back to the exact points I really needed to focus on. She also has an amazing ability to hone in on stuff that I talked about and give a fresh perspective that I hadn’t thought of before.

~ Jacqueline Carly (Fitarella)

She created a space for me to do what seems to come naturally for me, which is talk about a subject and figure out where I stand with it almost on my own, but with guidance by asking questions to help clarify things.

~ Skaja Wills

With her, I know where I stand. If she doesn’t know an answer, she’s honest about it – and willing to suggest ways to find the answer, or even help me find the answer. I never felt left in the dark on an issue. It’s a big reason I’ve kept following you for as long as I have. My only “complaint” about working through her programs is that her family was/is her first priority, and sometimes we had to wait for delivery of our training. But frankly, she was MODELING the exact behavior I wanted to incorporate into my own life, so it’s really not a complaint. I always felt safe enough to talk openly and frankly about any issue in my life or business. And she knows her shit.

She is not afraid to admit when she is or has walked the very same road I’m traveling. Some people think they have to be one or two steps ahead and pretend like they’re miles beyond. She has never been like that in the time I’ve known her. I came to her for a few of the “wrong” reasons, but in the end, it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made.

~ Lisa Robbin Young

I really appreciated the regular calls. I needed a friendly, supportive voice that was REAL. I needed someone that was going to hold me accountable and not blow sunshine up my butt. I needed to know what would really work in my business and she was a brilliant help in all of those areas. I need to vocalize my concerns – and it helps me to hear an encouraging voice on the other end of the line. Email is useful and helpful, but that voice to voice (or face to face in the skype age) really helps me get the message more deeply. Plus the consistency of following up every week or so was very helpful. I needed friendly accountability. She delivered in spades.

~ Lisa Robbin Young (coached via phone)

As a busy person, and a very private person, email enabled me to communicate at my own pace and time, and retain privacy. It’s likely my partner would have heard any phone conversations with a coach, so email created a safe environment for me to discuss some of my relationship issues without hurting him in the process. Emailing you also helped me work out some of blocked areas simply in the writing of the email. Finally, as an introvert, it was much more convenient and safe for me without draining my energy via phone.

~ Name withheld to protect privacy, per client’s request (coached via email)

It was super easy to connect with you via phone, email & twitter. You never left me waiting a gazillion years and you treated me like I mattered. Our calls were really a treat for me.

~ Jacqueline Carly (Fitarella) (coached via phone and email)

The email format is wonderful, as it allowed me to work on my own schedule even if that meant 2 am.

~ Laura Lee Sparks (coached via email)

I really appreciated being able to meet up at different places in the city. It felt spontaneous and exciting. Especially at the time when I didn’t know my way around. I wish I could spend all of my weekends in that space.

~ Stacy Mayer (coached in person at LYTA)

What worked for me happened to be both formats, though there is more immediate feedback in person (or even over the phone/skype) because of vocal interaction, etc.

~ Skaja Wills (coached via email and phone, and in person at LYTA)

She was my first coach. I picked her strategically because I knew her journey was applicable to me. So at first, I came looking to model her, to learn from her, more than really being “coached” per se. But in the process of learning from her, I was learning WITH her – which helped me to see more clearly what coaching really is: an evolutionary process with a guide. Working with her gave me courage to peel away some layers that had been foisted on me from my past. Layers I had dutifully taken on without regard to my own well-being. Working with her made me more courageous.

~ Lisa Robbin Young

I’d never considered getting coached on relationship issues before, but I ran into several walls and issues of frustration in my marriage. I came to Elizabeth because I knew she had been trained in PAX partnership topics, and also because her “Live Your Truth in Partnership” series was so valuable to me.

Hearing her insights and knowledge about the way men’s and women’s brains differ, and how I can use this data to bring more peace and harmony into my relationship, was liberating. It helped me see there’s a better way than making my partner the enemy. I was able to start asking my partner to help fulfill my needs without it becoming an emotionally drawn out discussion. I was also able to quickly and clearly see the ways I may be emasculating him, and how I can easily shift those patterns on my own, without needing HIM to change.

I was enlightened as to the internal burden my partner may be carrying as a man: how fear of failure in various arenas could prevent action on his part. I also saw there are ways for me to heal my past criticisms of him so we can move forward with less baggage. It’s also important to note that I learned healing those criticisms doesn’t mean I don’t ask for my own needs to be met: it simply means I’ve learned there are better ways to communicate with our partners without making them feel 2 inches tall.

~ Name withheld to protect privacy, per client’s request

What I got out of the email coaching is validation and insight and accountability. I suspect that you would have probably sent the daily emails regardless of me replying, because I paid for the emails, however, the interaction actually helped me do the exercises, which is something I often don’t get around to doing.

With LYTA, the experience of going to places around SF helped solidify the experience. I did feel a bit self-conscious because I did so much talking, and touched on subjects in my life that bring up a lot of stuff for me. I think that helped, though. Both hand analyses I received through working with you pointed me in the direction of what I want to do with my work, which has become more clear in the weeks since then.

~ Skaja Wills

Every time I hear myself saying I “should” do something now, I don’t do it. Or I at least try to evaluate why it feels like a should instead of a want. I have been using that word as guide a lot lately actually.

I am still struggling with what it means to live my truth. I have been through a lot of changes even since the workshop. I think during the workshop, I was still struggling with “what is my truth.” And now I am finding myself more in the place of trying to discover what it might mean to actually live it.

~ Stacy Mayer

Working with EPW through my biggest life transition, the death of my husband of 20 years, helped me to uncover so many truths that I have hidden for so long. I’m a big people pleaser and take care of everyone else before myself person and suddenly I had to focus on myself but had no idea where to even start.

Through the lessons and Elizabeth’s support, I was able to re-learn to love myself, be in the present, not take on everyone else’s crap and try to fix it but that it was ok to take the time I needed for me. The analysis were spot on and extremely helpful in digging into parts of myself that I hadn’t looked at (or wanted to look at for a very long time) and to do the work that needed to be done to finally move past them and know that they are part of what makes me who I am.

~ Laura Lee Sparks

I’m pretty sure I own just about everything EPW’s ever offered – because she knows her stuff. She’s not selling watered-down infocrap to anyone with a pulse. Elizabeth cares about her clients making real progress toward their goals. And her business smarts are like a slingshot that makes you go further faster. If you get the chance to coach with Elizabeth, do it. Your life will be forever changed for the better. Mine was.

~ Lisa Robbin Young

After years of working with various coaches and people on my business, I needed to shift internally and work on my personal life and growth. Elizabeth was the natural fit for this, and the first person to come to mind to help me with my growth as a woman. Her knowledge of relationships, gender studies, and her own experiences with growth illuminate me. I’m comforted in knowing that when I’m ready to push and grow again personally, I can continue to work with Elizabeth over the long haul.

~ Reese Spykerman, Design by Reese

I was ready to get started in social networking, but I did not want to waste my time in aimless ‘tweeting’ and Facebook-ing. Elizabeth taught me an organized, intelligent way to get more twitter followers, grow my expert status, and create a cohesive social networking strategy — attracting 1,400 twitter followers in just a few months. Elizabeth explains insider, underground, tech-y things in a logical and easy-to-understand way, unlike many of the so-called social networking gurus (you know who they are!) who are, frankly, more hype than substance. Many people say they can teach, but Elizabeth can actually do it!

~ Marcia Hoeck, My Breakthrough Business

Before using Elizabeth’s Money Tree system, I was trying to keep track of my business numbers the wrong way! I didn’t know what to track, how often, or what to do with the information after I had it. To make matters worse, my business was new and I didn’t have a feel for where my money was going or coming from, really. Now I’ve been following Elizabeth’s system, and every week like clockwork I know exactly where the money is, and what to do if it’s not coming in. It’s really liberating, and I’m so grateful to Elizabeth for putting this system together! It has saved me a lot of frustration and money.

~ Nathalie Lussier

Before I met Elizabeth, I was a published author and international speaker — but I was not making much money. One day my husband actually said “It would be so nice if you had a hobby that didn’t cost us so much money.” I was pissed! Until, I realized he was right. I paid no attention to the numbers. In fact, when I met Elizabeth I said “I hate numbers. I’m not good at numbers.” Elizabeth started teaching me her strategies for managing cash flow, including Money Meetings.

At first I resisted, but her system was so simple & easy I gave it a try. Using Money Meetings has revolutionized my business — in less than a year I went from an unprofitable ‘expensive hobby’ to over $100,000 a year! I now LOVE the numbers and LOVE my spreadsheets and feel like a CEO Rock Star Hot Mogul every time I sit down to do my Money Morning Money Meeting. Thanks so much Elizabeth, you are a Rock Star!

~ Sandy Grason

Elizabeth understands that being a mom entrepreneur is fundamentally different than just a small business owner. I’m so impressed with how Elizabeth is able to balance being home with her daughter with growing her ever-expanding company. She walks the walk and has personally helped me and several other successful mompreneurs I know apply complicated and technical information & strategies to best fit our businesses and lifestyles. I highly recommend working with Elizabeth.

~ Shari Criso, RN, My Baby Experts, The Birth Boutique

Elizabeth Potts Weinstein is my go-to person for anything to do with money and anything to do with online technology. Thanks to Elizabeth’s coaching, I am no longer intimidated by things like “cash flow projection.” I actually look forward to my Monday morning money meetings to help me stay on top of key numbers in my business. I’ve never yet asked Elizabeth a question she couldn’t answer in a way that helped me “get it.

Elizabeth has the gift of taking things I find complicated and putting them into bite size pieces that are easy for me to understand and put into action. Plus – Elizabeth is a great role model for creating a successful business that supports all the things that are important – family, finance, fun and personal growth.

~ Bonnie Hutchinson

Elizabeth is hands down on of the most brilliant, knowledgeable and generous coaches around. She’s saved me countless hours of precious time with her technical wizardry! She is full of life, integrity and priceless wisdom. I can’t recommend her enough.

~ Marie Forleo