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From my perspective as a JBU listener for the past few years, you will make a GREAT relationship coach. Your measured, thoughtful, insightful takes on every international question and in each substack piece show that you are a good listener and a reflective person. You're great at holding multiple truths at once, give good advice without forcing it on people, and have clearly grown a lot as a person/in how you relate to people. All of that plus your knowledge of romantic relationships and mental health is exactly what I would look for in a relationship coach!

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Allison, as someone who has followed your work for a long time I am so happy for you that you're taking this step! You are smart, empathetic, and you have the educational background to back you up -- you will be an amazing coach. I wanted to share that this really resonated with me as someone who is close to finishing a rigorous positive reinforcement dog training certification program. Imposter syndrome and worrying about if I can effectively help my future clients has been an ongoing struggle for me as well, as I think now about launching my training business soon. This passage deeply resonated with me: "I am going to do my best to hold onto this idea that I can both know what I am doing and not know everything I need to know yet. I can be qualified to charge people for my time and still learn how to be more effective in this new role by actually doing it." I needed to hear this! I will be seeking continuing education for my entire life and career in my journey as a dog trainer; that doesn't mean I don't have very good qualifications now or that I have to wait till I reach some unattainable perfection or know everything there is to know in the universe to start helping people and dogs. I have qualifications now, and I can help people now. Thanks for sharing this. It really resonated with me.

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