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The Grove Journal

Writing on coaching craft and what we're building.

Practical writing for working coaches, a build log from the small studio behind Grove, and notes from the coaching calls in between.

A coach's morning dashboard showing a short Daily Pulse summary for one client
Featured Coach craft 6 min read

Holding the thread

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.

Beth Richardson
Jun 12, 2026
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The collection

Two-panel hand-drawn illustration. Left panel: a coach and a client stand beside a vintage car, leaning over a road map spread across the hood, the client pointing at the route. Caption: 'Decides the destination.' Right panel: the same pair now riding in the car. The client drives, the coach sits in the passenger seat holding an unfolded map. Caption: 'Holds the map.' Below: 'In the practice of Mayo Clinic-certified coach Hartley Newell-Acero, the roles are clear. You are the driver. The coach rides shotgun. Together, you decide where you're headed. Let's call it Chicago.'
Coach craft Jun 9, 2026 4 min

Inside the Practice: Hartley Newell-Acero, in her own words

By Beth Richardson
 Vintage botanical illustration titled 'The Quiet Convergence' showing intricate roots branching beneath dark soil and three young sprouts emerging above, captioned: What 23 credentialed health voices were actually saying in May 2026 beneath the noise of the algorithm.
Coach craft Jun 5, 2026 5 min

The Quiet Convergence

By Beth Richardson
 A green phone face-down at the edge of a worn wooden table at the end of the day. A steaming mug and a closed leather notebook sit nearby, with warm evening light coming in from the side.
Field notes Jun 2, 2026 5 min

Your mood is not running your practice

By Beth Richardson
 A two-column hand-illustrated diagram on cream. Left column, 'What we teach,' shows a stack of papers, an open book, an audio waveform, and a brain. Right column, 'What happens on a Tuesday,' shows a meal scene, a person carrying groceries, a wall clock, and a group of figures. A sage-green suspension bridge spans the center, connecting the two columns.
Coach craft May 26, 2026 9 min

Why your most informed clients still stall

By Beth Richardson
 The new May analytics surface, a coach-level rollup of streaks, consistency, mood, habits, and goals across the practice with drill-down into a single client's trend.
Build log May 22, 2026 4 min

What shipped in May: programs got teeth, and the front door opened

By Beth Richardson
 Six smooth stones arranged around a small card, illustrating six questions surfacing the shape of a coaching week.
Coach craft May 18, 2026 6 min

The weekly reflection that actually gets answered

By Beth Richardson
 Side-by-side illustration of two coaches under the title 'Check-in, not check-up.' On the left, a coach watches a client through a monitor under the heading 'CHECK-UP' with the traits 'done to them, focused on what's missing, feels monitored, data without context, coach in control.' On the right, a coach holds a phone showing the client's current focus and a reflection question, under the heading 'CHECK-IN' with the traits 'done for themselves, focused on what matters now, feels supportive, context before data, client in control.' Center text reads 'Same words. Same form. Different posture. Coaching is a posture before it's a process.'
Coach craft May 9, 2026 4 min

Checking in is not checking up

By Beth Richardson
 The Focus Funnel: an inverted-triangle diagram of the eleven minutes, broken into five phases — Minutes 0-3 the briefing, 3-5 one thread, 5-7 the last commitment, 7-9 questions and resources, 9-11 the opening line.
Coach craft May 6, 2026 8 min

A session-prep template you can steal: the 11-minute pre-call ritual

By Beth Richardson
 The shipped Grove mark, a tree with a full leafy crown above a trunk and deep visible roots, rendered in cream on a dark slate background.
Behind the scenes May 2, 2026 5 min

Finding the mark: from generic leaves to a rooted community

By Beth Richardson
 The redesigned coach dashboard introduced in April, a card-based caseload rollup replacing the prior eleven-tab client profile and check-in-centric layout.
Build log Apr 30, 2026 4 min

What shipped in April: the rebuild that made the next month possible

By Beth Richardson
 A smooth green river stone with a single fern leaf imprint resting on weathered wood. Headline reads 'The Working Playbook for Habit Stacking. What actually survives a real client roster.'
Coach craft Apr 28, 2026 9 min

Habit stacking for behavior-change coaching: a working playbook

By Beth Richardson
 Two dots labeled Session 1 and Session 2 with a long wavy line between them, captioned 'The 167 hours in between: where we become who we want to be.'
Coach craft Apr 19, 2026 5 min

On the 167 hours between sessions

By Beth Richardson
 A handwritten notebook with a short checklist next to a coffee cup and a small plant. Headline: 'The Undone Things (and How to Move Through Them).' A gentle reminder that progress isn't about perfect, it's about presence.
Coach craft Apr 14, 2026 7 min

How to ask a client about something they did not do (without flinching)

By Beth Richardson
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