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Courage and Spice for Coaches: build your Self-belief and Business in under 30mins a week
A weekly podcast just for thoughtful coaches! Practical, actionable support, so you can impact more beloved clients with your coaching medicine, and build a practice that feels like a ripe f🍑cking peach.
Hosted by Sas Petherick: Coach, Supervisor & Self-belief Nerd
I'm @saspetherick on the Gram - come say hello x
Episodes
189 episodes
Communal Energetic Forecast for 2026 with Sarah Vermunt from Psychic Normies
Sarah Vermunt is back! An old friend, fellow coach, and psychic, Sarah shares a collective energetic forecast just for Courage & Spice listeners. Sarah receives guidance as vivid, metaphoric images (think: cement trucks...
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Episode 188
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Four Simple Ingredients that Create an easy YES for Your Coaching Offer
In this episode, I walk you through the four simple ingredients that create an easy yes for your coaching offer. We explore how to choose a beloved client, building genuine demand, creating a clear prompt to a...
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Episode 187
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26:08
What to prioritise when the world feels extra chaotic and cruel
If you're starting 2026 on the struggle bus, listen in. I share about news overwhelm and the very human resistance to move when the world feels heavy. We talk about why effective coaching work matters especially now, and ho...
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Episode 186
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21:18
BONUS: The Body Stories 5 - Am I the Biggest Loser?
Content note: This episode includes discussions around intentional weight loss and diet culture, and therefore contains swearing.This episode is part of a podcast series: The Body Stories. I’m joined by my beloved frien...
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Episode 185
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1:01:48
Five Decisions I’m Making Right Now for an Abundant + Satisfying 2026 (steal these!)
I've decided that 2026 is going to be my most abundant + satisfying year yet! As I wrap up 2025, I’m sharing the five decisions I’m making right now to set myself up. If you’re a thoughtful coach who loves the work but sometimes str...
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Episode 184
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27:44
Creating a Post-capitalist Future with Stephanie Mackinnon
This week I’m in conversation with one of my favourite humans, Stephanie McKinnon — certified life and liberatory leadership coach, community educator, and all-round balm for these late-stage capitalist times.If you’ve ever wonder...
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Episode 183
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56:26
5 ways Planet Coach will change in 2026 (and how to flex towards them!)
If you’ve been sensing that the coaching industry is shifting - that clients are craving something deeper, the world feels more complex, and the glossy old models of “success” aren’t quite landing anymore - you’re not alone. In this...
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Episode 182
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28:04
Brave Action & Delulu Thinking (please don't wait for Self-doubt to evaporate)
If you’re in Season One of your coaching practice (the delicious, terrifying, uncertain beginning) this episode is for you.I’m taking you behind the scenes of my own “still comes up after 12 years” self-doubt moment, as well as what I’m ...
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Episode 181
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23:23
How to be more Consistent (without forcing it) and finally experience the Payoff
Consistency used to feel so blergh — all rigidity and rules that I wanted to rebel against! But these days it’s really about creating a rhythm that lets my future self thrive. In this episode, I’m sharing how I’m approachin...
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Episode 180
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58:52
Why NOW is the perfect time to visible (even when you have Self-doubt)
If visibility feels tender — like ‘I want to share, but oof, my nervous system!’ — this one’s for you. In this episode, I offer compassion-led approaches for being seen and practical ways to help you feel more comfortable: a co...
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Episode 179
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27:53
Coach of the Month: Carly from The Midas Coach + The Fulfillionare Collective
I'm starting a new series where once a month I chat to a fellow coach to get behind the scenes (and screens!) of their business to see what's driving them, how they've set their work up for success, their thoughts on the industry and what t...
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Episode 178
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58:52
The Quiet Curriculum of Leadership: Responsibility, Receiving, and Rejection
Leadership in your coaching business isn’t about confidence hacks or bigger goals - it’s about growing your embodied capacity to hold more.In this episode, I’m unpacking the Quiet Curriculum of Leadership - learning to feel safe...
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Episode 177
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26:21
The Myth of The One Thing
In this episode - my last as a 51-year-old! - I’m reflecting on a big year of change, clarity, and calm, and busting the biggest myth in the coaching industry: the idea that there’s one thing that will make your coaching business succe...
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Episode 176
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23:15
BONUS: Becoming high maintenance - The Body Stories 4 with Ali Shapiro
Content note: This episode includes discussions around intentional weight loss and diet culture, and therefore contains swearing.This episode is part of a podcast series: The Body Stories. I’m joined by my beloved frien...
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Episode 175
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1:09:35
The 4 Self-Doubt Patterns Holding Coaches Back (and how to shift them!)
In this episode, I’m exploring the four ways self-doubt tends to show up for thoughtful coaches and how to interrupt these protective patterns with practical compassion.You’ll learn a simple reflection process from my ICF-accredited Self...
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Episode 174
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30:04
5 Things You Need to Sell Your Coaching Offer
This was FUN to create! We're getting super dooper pragmatic with the five things that are essential to selling your coaching offer, including the one thing that makes everything else possible (spoiler: it's Self-belief).I'm also sharing...
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Episode 173
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28:05
Does Coaching even matter when the world is burning?
The short answer is ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY YES! And in this episode, we explore why when the world feels increasingly dark, heavy, overwhelming and sad, our collective coaching work really really matters - not in spite of the heaviness, but...
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Episode 172
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28:14
5 Business Lessons from 100 Workouts
Two years ago I couldn't put my coat on without help (frozen shoulder). Yesterday I completed my 100th strength training workout this year. I KNOW! The last six months of getting stronger have had this huge ripple effect on how I am approaching...
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Episode 171
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28:33
BONUS: Energetic Forecast with Sarah Vermunt from Psychic Normies
What happens when we ask the spirit world for guidance on the season ahead for coaches? In this conversation, my lovely pal Sarah Vermunt - a fellow coach and psychic - shares a collective reading for us! Sarah's guides help us to e...
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Episode 170
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32:56
How to AI-proof your Coaching Practice
In this episode, I'm sharing five things to consider when it comes to the rise of artificial intelligence. Including what it actually is, what it can never do and why we should stop doing some things and lean heavily into others! If...
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Episode 169
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27:32
The Core Four: the foundations for a thriving coaching practice
This week, I’m diving into the Core Four - the four simple, powerful foundations every coach needs to build a thriving practice. I’ll share how I’m applying them in my own business (from rewriting the Ripen sales page for the eleven...
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Episode 168
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26:56
Welcome to Courage & Spice for Coaches: How to get started
Welcome to Courage and Spice for Coaches! In this episode, I share the changes I'm making to focus my work (and the podcast) on holistic support for coaches, what I’m working on right now, and how I’m essentially “starting ...
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Episode 167
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Emotions, Embodiment & Protein Popcorn - The Body Stories 3 with Ali Shapiro
Content note: This episode includes discussions around intentional weight loss and diet culture, and therefore contains swearing.This episode is part of a podcast series called The Body Stories. I’m joined by my beloved friend a...
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Episode 166
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56:15
Clairvoyance for Normies with Sarah Vermunt
Sarah Vermunt is a longtime pal, career coach and the founder of Careergasm. She's written books about careers and columns for Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur, Fortune, and Fast Company. She’s had a regular coaching spot on the tele in Canada.
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Episode 165
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54:20
Under nourished to moderately active - The Body Stories 2 with Ali Shapiro
Content note: This episode includes discussions around intentional weight loss and diet culture, and therefore contains swearing.This episode is part of a podcast series called The Body Stories. I’m joined by my beloved friend a...
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Episode 164
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