Between the Lines
Announcing: A Coaching Column
Hi friends,
a bit of housekeeping: I’m shuffling things around behind the scenes of this newsletter. That means: lots of new announcements that might feel confusing and overwhelming. I could have phased everything out, but if you’re familiar with how my brain works, that’s just not how I roll.
I trust that in time, it all will make sense.
For a while, I might repeat myself a few times to make sure we’re all on the same page.
Here’s what you can expect going forward (subject to change of course as I’m experimenting):
Might Finish, Might Not is back! (free) We start on September 29 with a full week of gaining clarity and setting ourselves up for success. NEW: So that only those of you who want to participate receive the additional emails, you need to opt in! Find out more here.
Once a month, I’ll share a roundup like reading, thinking, celebrating, loving. (free)
Momentum Muse is my weekly anchor and isn’t going anywhere. (free)
I still offer Time to Think.
I’m launching Between the Lines — a monthly coaching column. I’m introducing it in this email so keep reading! (free at first, then paid to keep it safe and supportive)
Paid subscriber benefits are changing. I’m shifting from an individual session with me to a community focus. If you want to take advantage of a Wheel of Life session (or Wheel of Wellbeing?) before changes go into effect, now is the time to upgrade!
(Did you see Elly Marie (she/her) wrote about her experience doing the Wheel of Life?)
Bottom line: Unless you opt into Might Finish, Might Not, I’ll continue to send a mix of paid and free weekly emails every Friday. Thanks for sticking around. Now, let’s get into it.
I’d forgotten how much I enjoy a first coaching session — until I met with a new client recently and left buzzing with energy. We covered a lot of ground; to the point where I had to remind myself to slow things down a bit. I can be intense sometimes when I get excited, did you know?
To help guide our first session together, I invite new clients to fill out a pre-coaching questionnaire. Their answers give me a window into themes, patterns, and focus areas — and often spark insights for them before we even start.
This client’s responses were rich and I read them twice, marking phrases that sparked my curiosity, and adding notes and questions between the lines. I had noticed a small connection between a throwaway line and something written much earlier. In our session together, I asked if I could share this with her. When I read those two pieces back, it clicked for her: we’d uncovered a key insight that will likely shape our coaching journey together.
That experience reminded me of how powerful it can be just to have someone reflect back your written words and ask curious questions.
It got me thinking: why not share a version of that here with you?
Between the Lines
Today, I’m excited to announce the launch of Between the Lines — a monthly coaching (not advice!) column.
This column is your chance to get thoughtful coaching questions — not advice — on what you’re navigating, and to learn from others’ questions too.
How does it work?
You are invited to share something you’re struggling with, navigating, thinking about, or feeling stuck on. I will read with care and respond — in my newsletter — with questions, observations, and reflections.
The first one will be available for everyone on October 17. Then, to keep it safe and supportive, I’ll make this a paid-subscriber space — including the comments section.
Now, I can’t launch this without you. If you have a topic you’d like to explore together, please consider submitting it:
The Rules
Process
You share what’s on your mind, and I will respond as a coach: with questions, observations, and occasionally knowledge. I won’t offer advice or share my own experience.
By submitting, you agree that your content may be published in my newsletter.
Submissions may be lightly edited for clarity, tone, or length. All published submissions will be anonymized, and identifying details will be changed or omitted. I will never change the essence of what you’ve written.
I can’t respond to every submission, and I reserve the right to choose which ones I respond to — based on fit, variety, and what I believe will resonate with the broader community. You may submit multiple topics.
Topics:
Please don’t use this space to share experiences of trauma, or crisis. These deserve a level of care and expertise that written coaching in a newsletter can’t provide. If you're in distress, I encourage you to reach out to a licensed mental health professional or crisis resource. I am not a mental health provider and coaching is not a substitute for therapy.
This space is best suited to questions about personal growth, relationships, identity, purpose, decision-making, creative blocks, and other “tangles” that feel complex or unresolved.
Community
If you choose to participate in the comments, please be respectful, compassionate, and curious. This is a space for reflection, not advice-giving or debate.
What questions do you have? Did I miss anything that feels important to you? Let me know!
Submit your topic
Sometimes, the best way in is just to start writing. There’s no need to polish. In fact, I prefer if you just let the words come — curious gems are often hidden in the words you use when you’re writing raw, from the heart.
If you already know what you want to share, you can go ahead and just start writing.
If “just start writing” feels vague and intimidating, I created a list of prompts to guide you.
What’s the situation? What’s going on? What are the circumstances?
What metaphor comes to mind to describe your situation?
What’s hard about this? What kind of hard is it?
What keeps looping, repeating, or holding you in place?
What are you noticing in yourself as you describe this? What are your thoughts? Your emotions?
What does your body want to say about all of this?
What do you long for?
What do you wish were different?
What do you want me to understand about what this is like for you?
What do you not want to admit, but kind of do?
What kind of shift are you hoping for: clarity, courage, relief, or something else?
Anything else you want me to know as I read this?
On the form, you can choose your path: Start writing and open letter to me or use the prompts to guide you. Are you ready?
Now… if you’re curious about submitting, but aren’t quite sure what to bring, here are three questions that might help. Trust your intuition.
Which topic is quietly haunting you in the shower, on walks, or when you wake up at 3am?
Which one feels risky to bring up, but would be a relief if you could talk it through?
Which one are you not sure belongs in a coaching conversation, but maybe that’s the point?
I so look forward to reading your submissions. If you have any questions, please do let me know. This is only going to work if I receive submissions from you. The metaphorical ball is in your court — don’t be shy! :)
Here is the link one more time.
Take care,
Hanna