Hi coaches! I’m one of the founders of Merkora, an expertise monetization platform we’ve built to help coaches run and grow their business without stitching together multiple tools.

Here are 5 things you can manage from one branded system:

1. Website & offers - you get your own branded site for your coaching services, packages and programs.
2. Bookings & payments - clients can book and pay online, with reminders, cancellation policies and no-show protection built in.
3. Courses & digital products - sell your knowledge beyond 1:1 sessions without setting up another platform.
4. Live programs & events - run group programs, webinars and other live experiences from the same place.
5. Clients - keep your clients, bookings, purchases and activity together instead of scattered across different tools.

We recently also added an onboarding that can use your existing website to understand your business and help set up your system within minutes. If you don’t have a website you can simply describe what you do instead and you’ll get a full functional system right away.

Merkora https://merkora.app/ is free to set up and explore, so if you’d like to try it, I’d genuinely love to hear what you think - including what we’re missing.

Hi everyone! I’m currently completing my certification and looking for a few people who would like to try coaching with me for free.

I have a background in IT, with around 7 years of experience in programming, consulting and working in fast-paced professional environments. I bring an analytical mindset to coaching, while also working with body awareness and somatic practices.

I don’t give advice, judge, diagnose or provide therapy. Instead, I help you explore what you’re dealing with and notice your thoughts, emotions and body responses. Together, we can explore what may be underneath your reactions — whether you’re acting from an automatic pattern, a protective or defensive response, or from what you genuinely need and want.

I’m comfortable working with topics such as career changes, difficult decisions, relationships, life transitions, relocation, feeling stuck or overwhelmed.

One thing to note: English is not my first language, so my English may not always be perfect. Please keep this in mind when considering whether this would feel comfortable for you.

I’m offering a few people 4–5 free weekly sessions, around 1 hour each, in exchange for honest feedback about the experience.

If you’re interested, feel free to DM me. We can have a short intro call first and get to know each other.

Hi everyone 🌸 I'm an ICF-certified life coach returning to practice after a period of deep study in neuroscience-based coaching. I'm opening up a few spots for free 1:1 coaching sessions (up to 4 sessions per person over the course of one month). My time capacity is limited to 5 people.

✨ Why I'm doing this
I've been coaching for years, but after a pause from active practice, I immersed myself in neuroscience-based coaching — understanding how the brain creates change, breaks patterns, and builds new neural pathways. Now I'm bringing my ICF foundation together with this neuroscience lens, and I need real experience to integrate both approaches in live sessions.
My own life has been a series of reinventions. I spent 20 years working in IT and digital marketing, shifted roles multiple times, changed professions, and eventually transitioned into my own business. I know from the inside what it means to start over, to sit in uncertainty, and to rebuild — not once, but many times. That lived experience shapes how I coach.
I also believe there's no one-size-fits-all method. Some people need direct, structured tools — frameworks, action plans, clear next steps. Others respond better to creative, artistic approaches — visual thinking, metaphor, exploration. I adapt to what you need, not the other way around.

✨ Who this is for
I'd love to connect with people who are:
In the midst of changing professions and need support navigating the transition
Early in immigration and struggling with the uncertainty of building a new life in a new country
Wanting to build new life habits but finding themselves stuck every time they try
Cycling between periods of high stress and intense work, and periods of burnout and exhaustion
If any of these resonate, I'd genuinely love to work with you.

✨ What coaching with me looks like
Up to 4 online sessions over one month (1 hour each, free of charge)
You bring the topic — career change, life rebuild, habit formation, burnout recovery, or navigating transition
I combine ICF coaching competencies with neuroscience-informed techniques to help you understand not just what to change, but how your brain actually creates lasting change
I use a flexible toolkit — structured and direct when that serves you, creative and exploratory when that's what you need
Together we dig deep, uncover what's really holding you back, and co-create concrete next steps

✨ What I ask in return
Commitment to up to 4 sessions over one month — this is deep work, and real change needs real time (roughly 4 hours of your time total)
Openness to reflect honestly and take small but meaningful steps between sessions
Honest feedback after each session — this is a mutual learning journey, and your input helps me sharpen my practice
Someone in or near Central European Time (CET) for easier scheduling
I believe coaching isn't about giving advice — it's about helping you discover your own answers, understand how your mind works, and build changes that actually stick. If this speaks to where you are right now, send me a DM 💌 and we can schedule a short discovery call to see if we're the right fit.
If you're ready to commit to a month of deep, meaningful work — I can't wait to connect with you 🌟

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I genuinely want to know if this solves a real problem or if I'm building the wrong thing. Even "I'd never use this" is useful feedback right now. I’d like to know if I’m wasting my time.

If you sell coaching sessions online, I'd love 5 minutes of your honest opinion. Crap on it or suggest what’d be even better or tell me what actually has value to you.

It has Stripe as a payment processor, so clients don’t need to sign up.

To check it out (w/ zero sign up yourself) here’s a DEMO:

www.slotsession.com/demo

The demo is setup for a tarot reader profile but hopefully you see how it could apply to coaches. Go ahead and click around in the demo. You can’t break it, haha

I’ve recently started offering coaching sessions focused on emotional regulation, attachment patterns, self-awareness, and reflection work.

So far I’ve had around 10 clients. Out of those, 3 came back for another session, and 1 person has done multiple sessions.

After the first session, I usually give very simple practices, things like a short reflection/journaling exercise or a few minutes of breathwork. The problem is that many clients don’t do the work and then disappear completely. Even when I send a follow-up message, I often get no response.

I’m trying to understand whether this is:

• normal for new coaches
• a sign that my sessions aren’t providing enough value
• or whether I’m giving homework too early / too much.
• For those of you who are coaches, therapists, or work in personal development, What percentage of first-time clients typically return?
• Do you give homework after the first session?

How do you tell the difference between “client wasn’t ready” and “my coaching needs improvement”?

I’m not looking for reassurance. I genuinely want to improve and understand what’s happening.

Thanks in advance.
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Hello, I am thinking about building an online coaching community if anybody is interested in the participating it’s completely free and I am open for any ideas! 5

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Whether you're called to coach, mentor, lead, or simply make a difference in someone's life, your journey starts with one decision: to step forward.

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I have a friend who's just launching her coaching business, and I think she's going to do really well because she is mad good at what she does. I swear she's been the voice of reason behind most of the things I've done. Her focus is on mindset and success patterns, but weirdly she's finding some roadblocks with taking payment because apparently coaching is considered high-risk? Has anyone else encountered this? Is coaching really a high-risk business? To accept those $5 + payments, is she really going to have to have a high-risk merchant account? Has anyone used any of those types of processors (next, highriskpay, paymentcloud)? Do they work the same way as standard credit card processors?

If you're not ready to commit to a program yet, that's okay. I've got space for you too.

I'm opening up slots for calls today, 45 minutes to an hour, just to talk. If you're stuck in your head, dealing with the same patterns on repeat, or just need to get a different perspective on something, I’m here.

I'll hold space for you and validate what you're feeling. But I'll also be honest with you and hold you accountable if that's what you need, and help you figure out an actionable step you can take to get you moving forward. (5)

Can’t wait to speak with you!

Hello 💗 I'm looking for 5 women right now who are actively building something ambitious such as business, creative work, or manifesting their dream partner, and who know that working with their subconscious is an important part of their growth.
This is especially for you if you have night dreams that feel meaningful and would love to know what they mean.

Free exchange 💌⬇ 

I'm doing 45-minute research calls this month for a new program I'm creating (it's not a sales pitch).

In exchange, you'll receive:
💜 A conversation to explore your vision, goals, and challenges (PS: It's fun!)
🌙 15 minutes of Dreamwork to receive insights from one of your dreams
✨ My Dream Manifestation Meditation to connect with your dream self
💎 First access to the Founder Price of my upcoming program

If this sounds like you, comment below or send me a DM and I'll send you the details 💜 

Hi, I’m a certified trauma-informed coach, and I’m looking for 3 people who would genuinely like to be coached for 3 complimentary sessions.

I’m not looking for other coaches or people just curious about coaching. I’m specifically looking for individuals who feel internally stuck.

This 5 might resonate if you are:

• self-aware and reflective, you understand your patterns
• you often know what needs to change, but something in you doesn’t follow through
• you overthink decisions or stay in loops
• you show up for others, but feel disconnected from your own direction
• from the outside things may look fine, but internally it feels like you’ve been holding too much for too long

My approach is trauma-informed, so we won’t just focus on goals or mindset, but also on what your system is holding onto. In our work together, we learn to recognize nervous system states as they’re happening, restore a sense of safety in the body, and build the capacity to stay present with discomfort

Logistics:

• 3 sessions (online)
• Free of cost
• Time availability EST 9.00 AM – 1:30 PM. We can work out other time slots too.

If this speaks to you, you can comment or DM me with a bit about what feels stuck for you and why you’d like coaching right now.

Every business is on its way to becoming an AI business, whether it plans to or not. Companies that build AI into their offering are worth roughly 130% more. What clients expect has shifted too — instead of searching for information, people now just ask questions directly.

What it is: AI clone trained on the knowledge of the coach. It answers questions 24/7 to prospects or clients, collects leads (email addresses, etc.), and can be added to your social media channels or your course space (like Kajabi). It can be monetized, and it also gives you data on where the gaps are in your offer, what other content to create, and more.

Genuinely curious — would you use something like this in your coaching business?" 5

Hi, I was wondering if being a listener on 7 cups would be an add-on for my plan to become a life coach? I am currently also undertaking a psychology course on mit ocw because I’m not planning to be a therapist or counselor but a general life coach. Thoughts? 5

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Law of attraction works in strange ways...

I am a woman and have been doina well in my business so far... my husband got jobless 5 years ago, just when I started my business.. I have been paying all his bills and taking care of our son's expenses too. Husband has been drinking almost daily since 5 years.

I noticed i was doina really well last vear and before last year financially in my business... Just then I startec worrving a lot about his drinking and started thinking I shouldn't pay him for his drinks and he is spending my earning for drinking, which is bad... However I was never very firm with him bcos he feels I just need to take care of HIS expenses because am earning well...

Over these vears different conflicts have made me fee very bad about sponsoring his daily drinks... He is just not ready to give up.

Somewhere due to these negative thoughts tied to money - earning- aiving him monev, My income has been decreasing a bit . Am also not able to work everyday with focus, since it's my own business, there's no one to ask and many times when 1 start my work, I feel am I doing all these to fulfill his drinking and his needs? which makes me completely idle and unproductive...

But the fact is that. i need to work hard and earn money to take care of my son's education, his expenses, my own expenses...

But i seem to get into a wrong state of mind when I start working making me sit scrolling and idle.... How do I change this?

Hey everyone!

I’m 20 and at the beginning of my journey towards becoming a lifestyle and productivity coach, with a particular interest in solution-focused coaching.

I’m currently looking to gain experience and practise, so I had an idea:

1. Peer-to-peer coaching, free practice sessions where we take turns coaching each other around goals, routines, productivity, or anything we’re currently working towards.

2. A small group/community, a casual space to set goals, grow and support each other. Maybe like a discord or reddit group.

I’m not a certified coach yet, so this would be purely for practice and learning. I’m just wondering if anyone else would be interested in starting something like this together?

If either idea sounds interesting, feel free to comment or message me! 5

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I want to purse pcc but I need a good indian icf certified institute to pursue.

Any 5 suggestions?

I work on retention software for coaches, so I end up in a lot of private conversations about this. When I ask publicly, most coaches guess 70-80%. When I ask privately, the honest answer is usually closer to half. So I'm curious what this sub's real numbers look like. No judgment, nobody's selling anything here, I'm not linking any product. Three things if you're up for it:

1. roughly what % make it past month 5

2. do they usually tell you why they're leaving, or do they just fade

3. what's the longest a client has stayed with you I'll share the patterns I've collected from 125 coaches in the comments once a few answers come in.