Coach Write

Helen ONeill
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Welcome to the Coach Write Podcast, where we turn coaching expertise into published pages. I'm Helen ONeill, portfolio career specialist, author, and book coach for coaches. I'm on a mission to dispel the myths surrounding publishing and inspire more coaches to get their words into the world. Join me as I sit down with the coaching industry's most inspiring authors as we discuss how they went from blank page to finished manuscript. 

  1. 4d ago

    Clare Mulligan-Foster – Midlife Career Change and Portfolio Careers

    How a conference talk led to a Routledge book deal. Clare Mulligan-Foster shares her path to publication, plus drafting, peer review tips, and cupcakes. Midlife career change and portfolio careers with occupational psychologist Dr Clare Mulligan-Foster, author of Supporting Midlife Career Transitions Through Coaching: A Psychological Guide. In this episode, you’ll discover: How a conference talk led to a Routledge book deal, and why booking meetings with publishers in advance is worth the effort Why Clare writes in extended blocks of time rather than daily word counts, and how a long first draft and peer review shaped her book What goes into planning a community book launch, and why the cupcakes stole the show Why mid and later life career transitions are growing, what portfolio careers look like in practice, and the contextual factors coaches need to understand The true cost of writing a book alongside client work, and how to decide what you want your book to do for your practice Connect with Clare: Website: https://www.drclaremulliganfoster.co.uk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/claremulligan/ Book: https://link.amazon/B0iQimQFd Connect with Helen: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oneillhelen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_write Coach Write Reflections: https://www.coachwrite.co.uk/reflections Resources mentioned: 2027 Portfolio Career Planning Session waitlist: https://www.coachwrite.co.uk/2027plan  Coach Write Residency expression of interest: https://www.coachwrite.co.uk/residency  EMCC Global projects funded: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5yQpssPbiU  Enough: Rethinking Resilience in a World That Never Stops: https://link.amazon/B0eU7nUOn  Neilson title editor: https://www.nielsentitleeditor.com/titleeditor/ ALCS: https://www.alcs.co.uk/about-alcs/ Joanna Lott’s business of coaching: https://joannalottcoaching.com/ Gladstone library: https://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/

    Clare Mulligan-Foster – Midlife Career Change and Portfolio Careers

  2. Oct 14

    How Much Does It Cost to Self-Publish a Book?

    How much does it cost to self-publish a book? Helen walks through the six main areas where you can spend money, with UK figures for 2026, and shows how to choose between bootstrapping, independent publishing, and hybrid publishing. In this episode, you'll discover: The three price point options (bootstrapping, professional independent publishing and hybrid) and what each one is likely to cost you Why editing is the one area to protect if your budget is tight, and what developmental editing, copy editing and proofreading each involve What to expect to pay for cover design, formatting, ISBNs (in the UK), plus the legal deposit requirement for UK and Irish authors How to weigh your time against your money, and where you can sensibly save on formatting and marketing Connect with Helen: Join the founder wait list for the 2027 Coach Write 90 programme: https://coachwrite.co.uk/coachwrite90 Newsletter: https://www.coachwrite.co.uk/reflections    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oneillhelen  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_write Books: https://amzn.to/3MPS2Lq   Resources Mentioned: CIEP: https://www.ciep.uk/ 99 designs: https://99designs.co.uk/ Canva: https://www.canva.com/ Vellum: https://vellum.pub/ Atticus: https://www.atticus.io/ Neilsen ISBN Store: https://www.nielsenisbnstore.com/

    How Much Does It Cost to Self-Publish a Book?

  3. Oct 7

    The Essential HR Planner: Evolution and Insights with Fay Wallis

    How do you take an idea from a free PDF to a hardback planner in its seventh edition? Helen talks to Fay Wallis, career and executive coach, host of the HR Coffee Time podcast and creator of the Essential HR Planner, about iterating a product, working with printers and Amazon, and how what you publish can be part of a service led business. In this episode, you'll discover: How a free PDF of HR awareness days became a hardback planner, and what changed with each edition What a printer taught Fay about paper, finishes and print batches, and how print on demand through Amazon changed the risk How Amazon's low content book classification and the rise of AI-generated books affect anyone publishing a planner or workbook Why mistakes slip past even careful proofreading, and how Fay put things right when they did How a planner can feed a coaching business through planning days, monthly accountability sessions and client gifts Connect with Fay: The Essential HR Planner: https://essentialhrplanner.co.uk/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faywallis Website: https://brightskyhr.co.uk/ Connect with Helen: Book: Enough: Rethinking Resilience in a World That Never Stops https://link.amazon/B0g9QtMZu Coach Write Reflections: https://coachwrite.co.uk/reflections Wait list for the 2027 Coach Write 90: https://coachwrite.co.uk/coachwrite90 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oneillhelen/

    The Essential HR Planner: Evolution and Insights with Fay Wallis

  4. Sep 30

    Rethinking Resilience: An Independent Author's Path to Publication

    In this solo episode, Helen answers listener questions about her own path to publication, sharing an honest look behind the scenes of an independent author's book launch on the eve of releasing her fifth book, Enough: Rethinking Resilience in a World That Never Stops. In this episode you'll discover: Where the idea for Enough came from, and the three pillars, affiliation, achievement and autonomy, that shape Helen's model for resilience Why Helen chose independent authorship over a traditional publishing deal, and what that decision means for control, timeline and royalties What actually happens between typing 'the end' and publication day: editing, cover design, metadata, ISBNs and going wide across distributors How an Advanced Reader Team helps a book get discovered, and why early reviews matter as much as revenue in the first weeks The promotion strategy behind the Enough launch, from LinkedIn title quizzes to a discounted ebook and a reader-list promotion stack Connect with Helen Buy the book: https://link.amazon/B01LuboFk Newsletter: https://www.coachwrite.co.uk/reflections    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oneillhelen  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_write Subscribe to the Coach Write podcast wherever you're listening. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review. Your words can make a difference; a review can too.

    Rethinking Resilience: An Independent Author's Path to Publication

  5. Sep 23

    Writing in the Margins; Together

    We're tackling a common misconception this week: that writing has to be a solitary pursuit. Helen unpacks why we default to picturing writers working alone, and makes the case for why writing alongside other people, particularly virtually, changes everything. In this episode, you'll discover: Why the image of the lone author at a mahogany desk is a myth, and where that image actually comes from The three reasons we default to thinking writing has to be a solitary act How writing without commitment or accountability leads to drift, doubt, and eventually giving up Why virtual writing sprints and body doubling can be more effective than writing in person How the Scribe Circle works, and how to find or build your own writing community Connect with Helen: Join the Scribe Circle: https://coachwrite.co.uk/scribecircle Buy Enough: Rethinking Resilience in a World That Never Stops: https://link.amazon/B0dyg7r41 Newsletter: https://www.coachwrite.co.uk/reflections    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oneillhelen  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_write

    Writing in the Margins; Together

  6. Sep 16

    Heidi Dawson & Lorenzo Mugnai – Turning a Coaching Framework into a Book

    Helen is joined by Heidi Dawson and Dr Lorenzo Mugnai, co-founders of Y Root Coaching, to talk about how a chance meeting turned into a coaching practice, and how their framework became a book, The Y Root Method, published just days before this recording. In this episode, you'll discover: How a corridor conversation between an astrophysicist and a leadership programme facilitator led to a coaching business and a shared framework How the Y Root method borrows its "goal, checks, factors, actions" structure from space science, and why asking 'why' is the opposite of a dirty word in coaching Why Lorenzo wrote the book with Heidi in mind as the reader, and how that shaped its structure and tone What it's really like writing a business book in your second language, and the surprising advantage of learning grammar rules as an adult How Heidi and Lorenzo use AI as a sense check without letting it write their voice, and their honest take on independent publishing, cover design and the "when is enough, enough" question of editing Connect with Helen Newsletter: https://www.coachwrite.co.uk/reflections    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oneillhelen  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_write Join the no commitment wait list for the next cohort of Coach Write 90: https://www.coachwrite.co.uk/coachwrite90 Books: https://amzn.to/3MPS2Lq   Connect with Heidi and Lorenzo Website: https://yrootcoaching.com/ Heidi Dawson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-dawson-36a26820/ Lorenzo Mugnai LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mugnailorenzo/ Book: https://link.amazon/B0eE4wgyz   People and Resources Mentioned Written word media podcast episode on A+ content: https://www.writtenwordmedia.com/how-to-set-up-amazon-a-plus-content-in-30-minutes-or-less/ Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/ Preorder Enough: Rethinking Resilience in a World That Never Stops https://link.amazon/B04frvgKn Coaching at work magazine: https://www.coaching-at-work.com/

    Heidi Dawson & Lorenzo Mugnai – Turning a Coaching Framework into a Book

  7. Sep 9

    The Power of a Strengths-Based Approach for Coach Authors

    In this solo episode, Helen explores what a strengths-based approach can teach coaches about how they show up not just with clients, but on the page. Drawing on frameworks like Clifton Strengths, DISC, MBTI, and the Enneagram, she looks at how understanding your own strengths can shape a writing process that actually works for you. In this episode you'll discover Why a strengths-based approach beats a deficit-based one, both in coaching and in writing The roots of strengths-based coaching in positive psychology and the work of Martin Seligman Three simple ways to spot your own strengths: natural talent, energy, and other people's feedback A tour of four popular frameworks (Clifton Strengths, DISC, MBTI, and the Enneagram) and what each one reveals How to use your own strengths profile to build a writing process that fits how you actually work Connect with Helen Website: coachwrite.co.uk Newsletter, Coach Write Reflections: coachwrite.co.uk/reflections LinkedIn: O'Neill Helen (linkedin.com/in/oneillhelen) Instagram: @coach_write Subscribe to the Coach Write podcast wherever you're listening. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review. Your words can make a difference; a review can too.

    The Power of a Strengths-Based Approach for Coach Authors

  8. Sep 2

    Becca Syme: Strengths and Creating a Values- Led, Sustainable Author Business

    In this episode, Helen is joined by Becca Syme, Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, USA Today bestselling novelist, and founder of the Better Faster Academy, for a conversation about writing rules, strengths and building a coaching and author business that stays true to your values. In this episode you'll discover: Why "everything works for someone, and nothing works for everyone" became the guiding philosophy behind Becca's most popular course How Becca workshopped Write Better Faster for years before it became her signature programme, rather than rushing an evergreen product to market Why "meet people where they are" beats chasing every shiny new marketing trend The phased approach to testing demand before committing to direct sales, translations or audio editions Why staying anchored to your values matters just as much once your business starts to scale   People and Resources Mentioned Pre-order Enough: Rethinking Resilience in a World That Never Stops: https://link.amazon/B0dnHHX0H ProWriting Aid:  https://prowritingaid.com/?afid=15255 ALCS article https://www.alcs.co.uk/news/ensuring-writers-are-paid-in-the-age-of-ai/?utm_source=Authors%27%20Licensing%20%26%20Collecting%20Society%20Ltd&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=15601920_ALCS%20News%20-%20August&utm_content=AI%20licences%20blog%20-%20button&dm_i=76,9AEIO,EHT86W,131387,1,0,0,0 Ulysses y James Joyce https://link.amazon/B0gaqlKFj Romance writers of America https://www.rwa.org/ Clifton strengths https://www.gallup.com/cliftonstrengths Margie Lawson https://www.margielawson.com/ Silk and sonder https://www.silkandsonder.com/   Connect with Becca The Better Faster Academy https://betterfasteracademy.com/ Becca’s books https://betterfasteracademy.com/books-by-becca-syme/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BeccaSyme   Connect with Helen Website: https://coachwrite.co.uk LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oneillhelen/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coach_write   Subscribe to the Coach Write podcast wherever you're listening. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review. Your words can make a difference; a review can too.

    Becca Syme: Strengths and Creating a Values- Led, Sustainable Author Business
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Welcome to the Coach Write Podcast, where we turn coaching expertise into published pages. I'm Helen ONeill, portfolio career specialist, author, and book coach for coaches. I'm on a mission to dispel the myths surrounding publishing and inspire more coaches to get their words into the world. Join me as I sit down with the coaching industry's most inspiring authors as we discuss how they went from blank page to finished manuscript. 

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  • Creator
    Helen ONeill
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    45
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