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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Got a question for the OG’s?

If you have a question about your coaching practice, we’d love to help. You are warmly invited to submit a question to us for an upcoming Q&A episode. You might want us to weigh in on a topic about the industry generally or something specific to do with your client work or running your coaching business. Please send all the details to: asktheogcoaches@gmail.com

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If you enjoy these conversations, please do offer a review on Apple podcasts and subscribe wherever you listen in. We appreciate your support and look forward to continuing these conversations with you.

Find us:

· Bridgette Boudreau: Website | Insta

· Lianne Raymond: Website | Insta

· Sas Petherick: Website | Insta

12. Planning & Predictions for 2025 (Part 1)

It turns out we had quite a lot to say about this topic and so we have created two episodes!

In part one, we share our different relationships with planning and goals. From "tumultuous" to having a "love affair", having a fluid emergent approach, to having a structured framework, we each have different preferences.

During our conversation, we discuss the importance of following intrinsic motivation rather than external "shoulds" and the value of staying in a relationship with goals/intentions over time.

Part two comes next week!

Mentioned in this episode:

· Bridgette’s Mosaic Framework

· Sas’ Courage-based Goals

· Lianne’s Mentoring programme


📺 Watch on YouTube and share your thoughts in the comments!

Got a question for the OG’s?

If you have a question about your coaching practice, we’d love to help. You are warmly invited to submit a question to us for an upcoming Q&A episode. You might want us to weigh in on a topic about the industry generally or something specific to do with your client work or running your coaching business. Please send all the details to: asktheogcoaches@gmail.com

Rate, Review and Subscribe!

If you enjoy these conversations, please do offer a review on Apple podcasts and subscribe wherever you listen in. We appreciate your support and look forward to continuing these conversations with you.

Find us:

· Bridgette Boudreau: Website | Insta

· Lianne Raymond: Website | Insta

· Sas Petherick: Website | Insta