What happens when your path into coaching doesn’t look like everyone else’s?

In this episode of The Coaching Community Podcast, Hannah Finrow, MCC sits down with Dr. Lydia Rosencrants, Principal of Mantle Coaching, LLC, to explore Lydia’s unexpected journey from academia and higher education leadership into coaching. After beginning her coach training in 2024, Lydia quickly discovered a profession that felt like something she had been looking for her entire life. But her path hasn’t been linear.

Lydia shares candidly about balancing coaching with motherhood, family health challenges, significant personal loss, and the realities of pursuing an ICF credential when life has other priorities. Her story offers an important reminder that becoming a coach isn’t a race and that meaningful development can happ ...