Today, there are coaches for everything. Business, fitness, careers, breastfeeding, parenting, ADHD, MLMs, divorce… even death. Is it bullshit? Or is it offering a valuable service? And how can you tell the difference in a totally unregulated space? Jane Marie, host of The Dream, joins me to delve into the world of personal coaching.

• Listen to The Dream! Season 1 is about MLMs; Season 2 is about the wellness industry; Season 3 is about coaching.

• I’ll also recommend this great conversation with Meg Conley re: LulaRoe

• An explainer on NXIVM and the criminal investigation around it

• Re: the settlement against Gwyneth Platrow/GOOP/jade eggs

• I wrote a bit about the research around the surge in interest in productivity books and apps here

• Re: inbox zero — You’re Wrong About Email

• John Cougar Mellancamp’s LIFE COACH DAUGHTER Teddi

• Pre-order Jane’s book on MLMs: Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans (out March 12th!!!!)

• Follow Jane Marie on Instagram

• Online shopping culture, including but not limited to people’s reliance on reviews and/or compulsion to leave reviews

• Student loans— how we talk about them, think about them, take this wherever you want

• All things ACOTAR

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