Lianne hosts us to chat about coaching as an aspect of the feminine principle – Sophiac wisdom – part of what has been devalued and lost in our wider culture.

We explore both where we are – with women over-represented as coaches, but under-represented in leadership and visibility in our industry. And the limits of working with individuals in a time of systemic change.

We also explore the alternatives as the old structures begin to collapse – ideas of reciprocity, communal care, and the rhythms of nature.

Enjoy!

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19. How do you know if your coaching is going well?

Sas hosts a conversation about how we know when our coaching is going well (and when it's not landing).

We explore the importance of self-reflection in coaching practices, with a mentor or supervisor. We also chat about the trickiness of assessing our own effectiveness, particularly if self-doubt pops up!

Enjoy.

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18. Opening to The Mystery in your coaching

Bridgette opens by asking us how we work with The Mystery—the ineffable, divine, soul, and spirit—in our work.

We discuss how this shows up for each of us, the difference between coaching mastery and allowing the mystery to work through us. We also cover projection and entanglement with clients, spiritual maturity and Sophiac wisdom. Such a rich chat!

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Lianne hosts this episode's discussion about whether anyone is cut out to be a coach.

This turns out to be a rich conversation in which we share and disagree on many aspects of the qualities we each believe coaches need to do this work effectively.

What do you think? Can you get really great training and then do this work?

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Sas hosts a conversation about the place of politics in our coaching work. Does it have a place? How do we navigate marketing our work in these times? Should we be? How do political, social, and economic contexts show up in our client work?

If you've ever felt a bit 'crunchy' about sharing your work in an increasingly uncertain world or discussing these topics with clients, listen in!

Resources for you:

Calling In by Loretta Ross

Pulling the Thread podcast: Elise Loehnen interviews Loretta Ross

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A return to our spicy roots! One of our founding ideals is to equip coaches and travellers in the self-help and coaching worlds, to be discerning. There IS snake oil and problematic practices that seek to exploit the vulnerabilities of this work.

Bridgette hosts this discussion prompted by the recent death of James Arthur Ray, who rose to prominence in The Secret and was then convicted of negligent homicide after three people died at a sweatlodge ritual he ran. We start with Ray, and dive into other 'gurus' in the self-help world, what to look out for, and what you will never see ethical practitioners do or say.

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Lianne kicks off our 2025 season with an in-depth chat about the books that fortify us. We also chat about how we find a lot of self-help feels like fast food ( we have opinions!), and the books that have nourished us in more satisfying ways.

We share fiction, podcasts and other sources of sustenance. We've included the books and podcasts we mention below:

Books

• Self-help by Gabby Bernstein
• Beyond Anxiety by Martha Beck
• No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz
• Let Them by Mel Robbins
• An article about the Poem by Cassie Phillips that preceded Mel Robbins’ book
• Once and Future Witches by Alix Harrow
• The Courage to be Disliked Kishimi and Koga
• The Fifth Sacred Thing by Starhawk
• When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
• Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer
• The Courage to Teach by Parker Palmer
• The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer
• Ten Poems to Change Your Life by Roger Housden
• Woman on the Edge of Time by Marge Piercy

Podcasts

• ReThinking with Adam Grant
• The Handsome Podcast
• Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis Dreyfus
• Where Should We Begin? With Esther Perel
• All There Is with Anderson Cooper
• LITerally with Lacey Styles
• The Rest is Entertainment
• Kim Hill Wants to Know with Kim Hill
• Courage & Spice with Sas Petherick

Part two of our conversation moves to our predictions for the coaching industry next year.

Sparked by an Instagram post of Sas’ we talk about the following trends we are seeing:

• Growing preference for experiences over products
• Increased value placed on becoming vs consuming
• Decline of "vibes-based" coaching towards values-based coaching
• Return to local, in-person offerings
• Growth in private, contained spaces for community (like Substack)
• The role of AI
• Moving away from algorithm-driven socials
• Industry maturation
• More emphasis on depth of practice and expertise
• Greater focus on ethics and responsibility
• Why we need to pay attention to Soul Cycle!

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