Aug 27, 2026 · 17 min · 9 segments
One of the challenges I've heard from clients coming from working in person to creating an online program: *"Can running a program online feel safe for my clients?"* *"One of my strengths is helping…
Lauren MoniqueHost
So where this one usually comes from is from my clients who have established more in-person programs.
So maybe they do one-to-ones, maybe they do, um, workshops, maybe they've even done, like, in-person longer term courses, things like that, and they know that one of their skills, one of their strengths as a coach, as a facilitator, as a teacher, is really holding space for people, making people feel safe, making people feel seen.
And how do you translate that into the online space, and can it even be done? And if you've ever wondered that or if that's one of your hesitations, I totally get it because I did have this, maybe not in the same way.
The way I framed it was, like, can I still develop a connection with my clients online, and how do I know where they're at? So I think it depends what kind of background you come from.
If you come from a more, like, therapy-based background, you might worry about m- making sure people feel safe and seen and heard.
Um, if you come from a more education background, like some of my clients are past teachers like me.
Some of them are, like, voice coaches and teacher coaches and, um, come from, like, more of an artistic space.
For me, it was really, like I depended so much when I was a teacher, and I still think of myself as a teacher to be honest, but when I was teaching, like, in classrooms, a classroom teacher, I depended so much on body language and reading the room to know if I lost anyone, if, like, if a student was falling behind, if they were feeling overwhelmed, um, if something upsetting was coming up for them.
Like, I just was constantly reading the energy of the room, and I was like, "Can I really do that in a group and if, like online, and how do I do it?" 'Cause it felt like there was this big block or this big divide between me and the people on a Zoom call.
Like, there feels like there's just quite a big block, so I wondered about that.
[laughs] So I think a lot of us have had experiences, and you know that some of it can translate, but if this is something that you're concerned about, that's what I wanna dive into in this episode.
The short answer is, yes, you can absolutely make an online program feel safe, and I'm gonna share some strategies for how to make this work for you.
So where this one usually comes from is from my clients who have established more in-person programs.
So maybe they do one-to-ones, maybe they do, um, workshops, maybe they've even done, like, in-person longer term courses, things like that, and they know that one of their skills, one of their strengths as a coach, as a facilitator, as a teacher, is really holding space for people, making people feel safe, making people feel seen.
And how do you translate that into the online space, and can it even be done? And if you've ever wondered that or if that's one of your hesitations, I totally get it because I did have this, maybe not in the same way.
The way I framed it was, like, can I still develop a connection with my clients online, and how do I know where they're at? So I think it depends what kind of background you come from.
If you come from a more, like, therapy-based background, you might worry about m- making sure people feel safe and seen and heard.
Um, if you come from a more education background, like some of my clients are past teachers like me.
Some of them are, like, voice coaches and teacher coaches and, um, come from, like, more of an artistic space.
For me, it was really, like I depended so much when I was a teacher, and I still think of myself as a teacher to be honest, but when I was teaching, like, in classrooms, a classroom teacher, I depended so much on body language and reading the room to know if I lost anyone, if, like, if a student was falling behind, if they were feeling overwhelmed, um, if something upsetting was coming up for them.
Like, I just was constantly reading the energy of the room, and I was like, "Can I really do that in a group and if, like online, and how do I do it?" 'Cause it felt like there was this big block or this big divide between me and the people on a Zoom call.
Like, there feels like there's just quite a big block, so I wondered about that.
[laughs] So I think a lot of us have had experiences, and you know that some of it can translate, but if this is something that you're concerned about, that's what I wanna dive into in this episode.
The short answer is, yes, you can absolutely make an online program feel safe, and I'm gonna share some strategies for how to make this work for you.
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