From a Couch, to an Academy: 10 Years In One Room
Things worth taking away
- From cold-emailing 120 strangers a day on a couch to a decade-old academy
- Coaching isn't career advice or therapy — it's the most concentrated training in being human
- We are the most informed generation in history, and the loneliest
- Announcing the 10-Year Anniversary Summit in Toronto on February 1, 2027
About this episode
Celebrating a decade of connection, Coach Academy CEO Nathalie Blais reflects on how Coach Academy has been her unofficial “connection experiment” for the last 10 years.
Nathalie shares how her personal journey is a first-hand testimonial on how coaching can change a life. From a couch, to an academy, and all the growing pains in between, she wants you to know that if she can do it, you can too!
Nathalie also provokes deeper thought with challenging questions: What is the impact when connection is outsourced to technology? What happens when people replace humans with AI?
We are the most informed generation in history, and the loneliest. We have AI that will talk to us all day and fewer people we can call at midnight. What will become of the next generations?
Nathalie shares what ten years of building Coach Academy has taught her about connection: from cold-emailing 120 strangers a day on her couch, to scaling through COVID, to facing a two-year legal battle for the company she poured her heart into, to the realization that coaching isn’t career advice or therapy: it’s the most concentrated training we have in being human with each other.
This episode culminates in the announcement of an exclusive 10-Year Anniversary Summit in Toronto on February 1, 2027. This episode is an invitation to find your people, put them in a room, and practice connection on purpose.