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title: Building Trust In Coaching And Why It Is So Important
description: Is your coaching evidence-based? In this episode, Ruth discusses why she’s a huge proponent of evidence-based coaching and why coaches ought to use these approaches on themselves.  
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# [Building Trust In Coaching And Why It Is So Important](https://www.optimuscoachacademy.com/the-coaching-hub-podcast/building-trust-in-coaching-and-why-it-is-so-important)

 Written by [Ruth Kudzi, MCC](https://www.optimuscoachacademy.com/the-coaching-hub-podcast/author/ruth-kudzi-mcc) | Feb 6, 2025 9:00:00 AM

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Do you want to create coaching relationships that go deeper and create lasting transformation? In this episode of The Coaching Hub Podcast, I explore how genuine trust enables clients to feel safe, valued, and respected, leading to more meaningful coaching outcomes. Discover how trust affects your client's nervous system, enhances cognitive capacity, and creates space for vulnerable, honest communication. Make sure you listen to gain insights on how to create coaching spaces where clients can truly flourish through the power of trust.

Here are the Highlights:

00:00 Introduction

05:24 My mentor's belief in me and our strong relationship has boosted my confidence.

06:33 When we are in spaces where we feel valued and valuable, we can achieve great things

08:39 Helping our clients to build self-trust is very important.

09:36 Trust is fundamental in coaching, built through transparency, consistency, self-development, and creating valued spaces for clients.

 

**About Ruth Kudzi:**

Ruth is the founder of Optimus Coaching Academy and a well respected and successful coach, speaker and author who has worked across sectors including leadership, career and more recently business and mindset. She has over 10,000 coaching hours and has completed hundreds of hours of training and coaching supervision. Ruth is a MCC level coach with the ICF and is our course director and CEO. Prior to becoming a coach Ruth was a senior leader in education.

Find out more here: [https://ruthkudzi.com/](https://ruthkudzi.com/)

Connect with Ruth:

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Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/ruthkudzi/?hl=en](https://www.instagram.com/ruthkudzi/?hl=en)

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LinkedIn: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthkudzi/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthkudzi/)

 

**About Optimus Coach Academy:**

Optimus offers best in class coaching training for individuals and corporates.

If you want to know more about what we offer: [https://optimuscoachacademy.com/coach-training ](https://www.optimuscoachacademy.com/coach-training)

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