Is Personal Coaching a Scam?
Episode description
Today, there are coaches for everything. Business, fitness, careers, breastfeeding, parenting, ADHD, MLMs, divorce… even death. Is it bullshit? Or is it offering a valuable service? And how can you tell the difference in a totally unregulated space? Jane Marie, host of The Dream, joins me to delve into the world of personal coaching.
Show Notes:Listen to The Dream! Season 1 is about MLMs; Season 2 is about the wellness industry; Season 3 is about coaching.
I’ll also recommend this great conversation with Meg Conley re: LulaRoe
An explainer on NXIVM and the criminal investigation around it
I wrote a bit about the research around the surge in interest in productivity books and apps here
Re: inbox zero — You’re Wrong About Email
John Cougar Mellancamp’s LIFE COACH DAUGHTER Teddi
Pre-order Jane’s book on MLMs: Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans (out March 12th!!!!)
Follow Jane Marie on Instagram
Online shopping culture, including but not limited to people’s reliance on reviews and/or compulsion to leave reviews
Student loans— how we talk about them, think about them, take this wherever you want
All things ACOTAR
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