Writing on coaching craft, the work between sessions, and what we are building at Grove.https://grove.coach/en-ushttps://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