Is Personal Coaching a Scam?

Culture Study Podcast

Anne Helen Petersen

Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture, Arts

4.6 • 637 Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Today, there are coaches for everything. Business, fitness, careers, breastfeeding, parenting, ADHD, MLMs, divorce… even death. Is it b******t? 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.

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0:29.4	It's not a joke.
0:30.4	I mean, it is a joke, but that's actually where you can find it.
0:33.8	World's second best newsletter.com.
0:37.1	Hey, everyone. I wanted to tell you about one of my favorite podcasts,
0:40.9	vibe check. Sam Sanders and his two best friends,
0:44.1	Saeed Jones, and journalist and Tony Award-winning producer, Zach Stafford,
0:48.1	have a podcast where they make sense of what's going on in the news and culture.
0:52.0	From Elon Musk and foreign policy to how to deal with a breakup
0:55.7	and CIS's new album, they check out the vibe of what's going on in the world and how it all feels.
1:01.7	It's your favorite group chat just come to life. You can join every Wednesday and listen and
1:06.9	follow vibe check wherever you get your podcasts.
1:17.9	It's usually pretty clean, a coach's website, very clean. There's one big picture at the top,
1:22.2	like a banner, you know, that goes all the way across the page, like full bleed photo.
1:29.3	Of them. Yes. And it's like a million filters on it.
1:33.4	And they're like just looking so happy with life.
1:37.0	I didn't see anywhere they were like making a serious face.
1:39.9	But they're just like thrilled to be here.
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