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by jenniferpattee 1334 days ago
Hey @wanderingcoder, my cofounder and I had the same problem as you when we were looking for coaches. We'd love to chat if you have 15 min? My email is jenn@getcoach.io.

Here's our backstory. We needed coaching, did a bunch of research, found coaches everyone said were good, found them to be really really expensive ($750/session and up), tried them, they didn't really help much.... it was super frustrating.

My biggest issue was I needed help showing up every day and bringing my best effort to solve problems that seemed increasingly impossible. I knew I wasn't performing at my best, and very much wanted to -- but I didn't know what to do.

One of my batch mates introduced me to a friend from Stanford who had worked with a sports psychologist to help her train for the Olympics. After talking to her, I discovered an area of psychology called "performance psychology." It's the mental training pro athletes to reach goals.

It was both an aha moment... and also something that made me feel a little mad. I had worked in so many jobs where this type of coaching would have made a. huge. difference for me -- why wasn't it widely known and available?

My cofounder and I are now solving that problem with Coach. We'd love to talk to anyone looking for a coach. We're still in beta, but here's our demo: https://vimeo.com/680075985/cd193c0e7c