Writing on coaching craft, the work between sessions, and what we are building at Grove.https://grove.coach/en-ushttps://grove.coach/journal/do-health-coaches-need-a-crm/https://grove.coach/journal/do-health-coaches-need-a-crm/You got certified to coach, not to run a CRM. A contrarian look at whether a solo health coach needs one, and what the question is really asking.Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTStarting outBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/what-to-do-after-nbhwc-certification/https://grove.coach/journal/what-to-do-after-nbhwc-certification/You passed the board exam. Now what? An honest look at the gap between certification and a working practice, and the first 90 days that close it.Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/what-happened-to-nudge-coach/https://grove.coach/journal/what-happened-to-nudge-coach/Nudge Coach shut down on April 30, 2025. What the platform got right, what its coaches lost, and what to look for when you choose the next home for your client work.Sat, 04 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTField notesBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/what-shipped-in-june/https://grove.coach/journal/what-shipped-in-june/June was one story in two acts. Grove got an assistant coach. Sage now reads each morning's check-ins and preps each session, so a coach spends less of herself on remembering and more on the person in front of her.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuild logBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/state-of-health-coaching-2026-06/https://grove.coach/journal/state-of-health-coaching-2026-06/Where independent health and wellness voices quietly converged in June 2026: four threads worth a coach's time, and why convergence beats the loudest take.Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/sage-talking-points-launch/https://grove.coach/journal/sage-talking-points-launch/Sage now preps the session itself. Before each call it hands a coach a few starting points, so the five minutes before go to the person, not the catching up.Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/the-clients-who-disappear/https://grove.coach/journal/the-clients-who-disappear/Every coach I have talked to has lost someone to silence. Not fired, not finished, just gone. A note on why the anger is really grief, why it is rarely your fault, and what we are building so that leaving does not have to mean vanishing.Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/the-bridge-and-the-water/https://grove.coach/journal/the-bridge-and-the-water/A railroad bridge, Adam Grant, and what every client is actually standing on when they come to a coach. Notes on being both the support group and the challenge group.Tue, 16 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/sage-pulse-launch/https://grove.coach/journal/sage-pulse-launch/Each morning, Sage reads your clients' recent check-ins and surfaces a Daily Pulse on what matters today, so a coach can walk in already holding the thread.Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/inside-the-practice-hartley-newell-acero-in-her-own-words/https://grove.coach/journal/inside-the-practice-hartley-newell-acero-in-her-own-words/A Mayo-certified coach on staying in your lane, the road trip metaphor, and why accountability is just helping someone remember what they said mattered.Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/state-of-health-coaching-2026-05/https://grove.coach/journal/state-of-health-coaching-2026-05/What credentialed health voices were saying in May 2026, beneath the noise of the algorithm. The first entry in a monthly digest.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/mood-is-not-strategy/https://grove.coach/journal/mood-is-not-strategy/A note for coaches on what to do when a client wants to reschedule because they are feeling off. Kindness and care are not the same thing.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTField notesBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/informed-clients-still-stall/https://grove.coach/journal/informed-clients-still-stall/The gap between knowing and doing is not a motivation problem. It is a design problem. A note for coaches on what changes when you stop trying to fix knowledge.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/what-shipped-this-month/https://grove.coach/journal/what-shipped-this-month/May had two stories. The new coaching surface got rich enough that a practice could actually run on it, and the path to paying customers opened a real door. Plus a marketing site that no longer pretends to be a coming-soon page.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuild logBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/six-question-reflection/https://grove.coach/journal/six-question-reflection/Most check-in templates are too long, too clinical, or too vague. Here are the six questions Grove ships as the default weekly reflection, and why each one earns its place before a session.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/checking-in-vs-checking-up/https://grove.coach/journal/checking-in-vs-checking-up/A small distinction that changed how I think about every daily prompt Grove sends. The difference between checking in and checking up is small. The consequence is not.Sat, 09 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/eleven-minute-prep-ritual/https://grove.coach/journal/eleven-minute-prep-ritual/Eleven minutes before a client call, broken down by what to read, what to write down, and what to deliberately ignore. A pre-call ritual built around Grove's session briefing and proposed agenda, for solo practitioners with full calendars.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/tree-mark/https://grove.coach/journal/tree-mark/A short design diary on how the Grove mark started as three flat leaves, briefly became a cartoon sapling in a running tank, and finally settled into a tree with a full crown and visible roots.Sat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTBehind the scenesBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/what-shipped-in-april/https://grove.coach/journal/what-shipped-in-april/Five projects closed in April — a portal-wide information architecture rebuild, the coaching program backbone, the first paid practice live, persistent agenda + playbook templates, and self-coaching. Foundations more than features.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTBuild logBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/habit-stacking-playbook/https://grove.coach/journal/habit-stacking-playbook/The version of habit stacking that survives a real client roster. Less James Clear, more what your Tuesday afternoon clients actually do between sessions.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/167-hours-between-sessions/https://grove.coach/journal/167-hours-between-sessions/A coaching call lasts an hour. The rest of the week is 167. Most of the work happens there, and most coaching tools don't notice. A short note on what changes when you treat the gap as the product.Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardsonhttps://grove.coach/journal/asking-about-undone-things/https://grove.coach/journal/asking-about-undone-things/Asking about a missed commitment is the highest-leverage move in coaching and the most easily fumbled. A short guide to the language that works, and the language that doesn't.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTCoach craftBeth Richardson