The Frame of Mind Coaching™ Podcast
Welcome to The Frame of Mind Coaching™ Podcast with hosts Kim Ades and Ferne Kotlyar! Listen in as the mother-daughter duo discuss our unique coaching approach to topics such as leadership, entrepreneurship, HR issues, relationships, parenting, mental health, and more. In each episode, Ferne brings a topic or case study to the show and Kim shares her on-the-spot insights. You’ll learn how to shift your perspective on relatable challenges so that you can experience dramatically better results!
Episodes
279 episodes
The Journey of 1000 miles with Wally Bressler
They say that the journey of 1000 miles begins with the first step, but they always neglect to tell you how many twists and turns will happen along the way. In today’s episode of the FOM Coaching™ Podcast, we are absolutely elated and excited t...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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44:24
How To Find Your Perfect Match With Polina Solda
It seems like everywhere you look, there is a couple in love. Whether you are at a theme park, a party or even the mall, love is everywhere. But how do you find that perfect match for yourself? Today on a brand new season of The Frame o...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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24:53
Working From Home: More or Less Productive? – With Ann Gomez
Since the pandemic, we’ve heard the same argument over and over again. Which one is better: working from home or going into the office? On today’s episode of The Frame of Mind Coaching™ Podcast, we have a special guest to discuss exactly that. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 109
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24:59
It’s Not Goodbye, It’s See You Later
This episode is a little bit of a sad one because it will be Ferne’s last episode as my co-host. My little girl (who’s not so little) is growing up. She’ll need this time to focus on her PhD and head to the tropics for fieldwork. In this last e...
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Season 3
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Episode 108
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24:59
How To Tell Your Partner They’ve Gained Weight
How do we tell someone that is important to us something that might hurt their feelings? How do we break the news to them without making them feel terrible? Should we tell them at all? Of course, it depends on what we are trying to tell them, b...
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Season 3
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Episode 107
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14:09
Group Productivity: How To Inspire Your Team
How do you lead a team that has no official leader? How do you please everyone while maintaining a cohesive vision? Do you become the self-appointed leader? If so, how do you earn everyone’s respect? How do you make your ideas infectious? Navig...
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Season 3
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Episode 106
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24:10
I Don’t Fit In Culturally At Work
At work, everyone is part of the same culture. They all celebrate Christmas and Easter and don’t realize that some people celebrate other things. I feel like I don’t fit in. Every time I do something different or mention a different holiday, th...
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Season 3
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Episode 105
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12:13
Dealing With Exhaustion
We all know that feeling when life piles up and the lack of sleep starts to hit us like a ton of bricks. But exhaustion is more than just the lack of sleep. Exhaustion is emotionally charged; it’s the feeling that you don’t have time to sleep...
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Season 3
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Episode 104
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17:38
How To Be More Decisive
To be or not to be? To go or not to go? To buy or not to buy? Big or small, we make decisions on a daily basis, so why do some decisions feel so much harder to make? Of course, there are the morally ambiguous, socially precarious, dramatic and ...
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Season 3
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Episode 103
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22:49
The Constant Need For Validation
Do you ever feel like it’s never enough? Achieving goal after goal, all you want is more. You want people to recognize you; you want people to realize how damn hard you’re working. You want to be at the top, but once you get there, there is alw...
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Season 3
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Episode 102
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15:08
Practical Networking Tips
This week’s episode of the Frame of Mind Coaching™ Podcast is all about practical tips for networking. We talk about how to prepare, how to impress, and how to make the best out of conferences. We also talk about what to do if networking isn’t ...
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Season 3
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Episode 101
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22:19
Top 3 Thinking Strategies of Incredible Leaders
What makes some people incredible at delegating a group, sparking creativity, and igniting passion in others? What makes an incredible leader? The answer is in the way they think. In this episode of The Frame of Mind Coaching™ Podcast, Ferne an...
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Season 3
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Episode 100
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12:39
What Happens When We Don’t Share The Values of Our Clients
We cannot see eye to eye with everyone. Sometimes, we disagree with the opinions or thoughts of our clients. But what happens when we fundamentally disagree with their values and beliefs? How do we continue to see them in the best light even wh...
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Season 3
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Episode 99
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19:40
What Motivates The People Around Me?: With Denim Slade
This week, we have a series of firsts. It is the first time Ferne and I interview a podcast guest together. And it is the first time we have Dr. Denim Slade, my own personal coach (because I think even ...
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Season 3
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Episode 98
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43:10
My Son Called the Police on His Brother!
One ostrich, five kids, a forged signature, and the police; what more could you want from a story? Tune in to this week’s episode of the Frame of Mind Coaching™ Podcast to hear the story of one of the FAKs (Friedman, Ades, Kotlyar) Family’s f...
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Season 3
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Episode 97
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12:35
How To Convince My Colleagues I’m Right
You won’t always agree with the ideas people on your team put forward, but there’s a difference between an idea you don’t quite like and an idea that is just downright terrible. How do you convince your team that this is an awful idea without s...
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Season 3
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Episode 96
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15:37
Taboo Topics: Birth Control - Choosing Between The Lesser of Evils
As a society, we are ultimately very lucky to have access to birth control and be able to decide when or if we want to have children. The issue is that, for many women, birth control is less than ideal. Be it a pill or an IUD, these contracepti...
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Season 3
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Episode 95
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20:03
I Suck, How To Get Over It
You can’t be good at everything, especially not right off the bat. But sometimes, that concept is hard to grasp when you keep trying and trying and you don’t feel as though you’re getting any better. Ferne has been playing tennis for months n...
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Season 3
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Episode 94
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17:37
The Yes Man
We all know that one person who doesn’t know how to say no. It doesn’t matter what it is, this person will sacrifice themselves time and time again just to make others happy. But just like all other sacrifices, this one comes at a cost. It’s ...
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Season 3
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Episode 93
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17:05
Mother-Daughter Chats
This week, Kim and Ferne get real. Kim evenly balances her coaching with her mothering as she gives Ferne advice about her struggles as a new Ph.D. student. Ferne talks about someone who has seemingly set her back by giving her heavy criticism,...
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Season 3
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Episode 92
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20:18
The Queen’s Death: How To Cope When Someone You Care About Is Dying
As I’m sure we have all recently heard, Queen Elizabeth died. Every media outlet covered it, not hesitating to tell us that many of the royals went to pay their respects right before she passed. I wonder what they said. What does anyone say to ...
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Season 3
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Episode 91
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19:28
Taboo Topics: When Your Sex Life Is Less Than Ideal
This is the first of the official “Taboo Topics” Series. In this episode, Kim and Ferne discuss what to do when your sex life is less than ideal. The bedroom isn’t as exciting as it used to be, things don’t happen as often as you want them to...
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Season 3
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Episode 90
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16:07
Why Can't I Lose Weight?
This week, things get personal. Kim expresses dismay at the results from the first month of her ultra-strict eating plan. Kim and Ferne discuss the feeling of disappointment and the struggle of being stuck when you feel as though you have tried...
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Season 3
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Episode 89
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18:56
I Tried Helping Them, But Nothing Works
We all have that one person in our lives that is chronically unhappy. Whatever you do or say, they always seem to focus on the things in life that are going badly. You care about them a lot, but you don’t know how to help them, and being around...
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Season 3
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Episode 88
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12:43
