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.
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/
14 Oct 2026
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/
7 Oct 2026
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/
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