Bio

Melinda Cohan is a transformational business coach, speaker, and three-time author who has helped more than 120,000 coaches and entrepreneurs create profitable, sustainable businesses they love. She’s best known for blending business systems with soul-aligned strategy—teaching entrepreneurs how to escape overwhelm and scale their success without sacrificing themselves in the process.

Her latest book, Sustainable Success: Thriving in Business and Performing at High Levels Without Burning Out, challenges the outdated, traditional script on success and offers a radically different approach—allowing you to scale your success without sacrificing yourself in the process. She’s also the author of The Confident Coach and The Professional Coach, which help service-based professionals simplify their systems and run their businesses like seasoned CEOs.

Over the past two decades, Melinda has quietly influenced the coaching industry from both behind the scenes and center stage. She co-founded The Coaches Console from a vision scribbled on a napkin and grew it into a multimillion dollar company that she then sold—and since has been invited by some of the industry’s top leaders to consult on their programs, coach their communities, and speak inside their masterminds. One even called her “the shaman for business” for her ability to cut through the noise and guide people back to the soul of what really matters—in business and in life.

Over two decades of working with coaches and entrepreneurs behind the scenes and on the front lines, Melinda has seen it all—every kind of business model, every flavor of burnout, and every breakthrough that turns survival into sustainability. She brings her experience, wisdom and expertise sharing the deeper mindset and self-leadership practices that allow high achievers to perform at their best—without losing themselves.

Melinda’s work blends deep intuition with proven structure. She mentors service-based entrepreneurs, professionals, and industry leaders to create businesses that are both structurally sound and energetically aligned—so they can thrive financially while honoring their values, protecting their well-being, and reconnecting to the joy that brought them to this work in the first place.

She was the host for the podcast Just Between Coaches where she candidly explores the real challenges coaches face—and how to overcome them with integrity and intention. At 164 episodes, it reached among the top 2% of podcasts.

When she’s not writing, coaching, or designing transformational programs, Melinda and her husband Dave can be found skiing, traveling the world with their local ski and adventure club, enjoying concerts and music festivals, or cheering on their favorite football teams. Whether she’s on a mountain or mentoring a business owner, Melinda is committed to living in alignment, expanding what’s possible, and embodying the kind of success that’s both sustainable and deeply fulfilling. 

My philosophy is that you have the capacity and the inner resources to approach your current life situation in a way that transforms your ability to have more of what you want and with considerably less effort.

I am here to guide you to creating and achieving the
LIFE BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS!