Beatha Coaching

The Summer Coaching Programme 2025

Dear friends,

I’m excited to let you know that booking is now open for the Summer Coaching Programme. In fact three spots have already been reserved!

This year’s coaching programme draws on my expertise and personal practice in trauma informed methodologies for writing and research. It could be supportive for you if you are struggling to keep writing in the midst of difficult life experiences, if you are writing to process personal trauma, or for those handling tricky material whether your own or research that relates to others.

The coaching programme is 10 weeks long, to help you work consistently on a summer writing project between 1st July and the first week of September. Over the ten weeks you will get:

• Weekly writing prompts and a check-in/co-writing hour
• x3 group coaching sessions for the cohort
• x3 individual 60 minute coaching sessions (worth £80 each)
• AND feedback on up to 3000 words submitted during the ten week course

I am bringing you the summer programme based on fifteen years of experience researching and writing about hard topics, including twelve as an academic writing and teaching about missing, silenced, and traumatic historical narratives. Since founding Beatha Coaching in 2022 I have helped dozens of writers within and outside the academy working on hard topics or writing in hard circumstances to reconnect with themselves and their work through trauma-informed approaches to creativity and practice. I’ll also be writing alongside you during the programme on my own current project.

This years summer coaching programme is for anyone who wants to dive deeper into trauma informed approaches to writing, who wants to find tools for working on a hard topic, or who needs additional support with writing during a hard season. All writers, from within and outside of academia, are welcome (not just non-fiction).

How to register

To join the programme, head over to the Retreats and Courses page on my website to register and pay your £50 deposit. The deposit is non-refundable but included in the total price. You can then choose to pay the remaining cost of the programme in one or two installments once the course starts.

If you register before 17th June you can access the whole programme for the Early Bird price of £299! After that the programme will go up to £399.

And even if this programme isn’t for you, you may know someone who would find it helpful, so please do forward this email or the website link to them!

If you have any questions just send me a message below. I’m really looking forward to working with you.

Francesca x

p.s. Don’t forget that this month’s workshop with Beatha Coaching Community is a guest masterclass with Dr Sophie Whittle from the University of Sheffield’s Department of Digital Humanities on AI Anxiety in Academia. If you feel overwhelmed and exhausted by the challenge of AI or by the trainings and ‘solutions’ your department is offering, do register and come along to hear Sophie speak and ask her questions. You’ll also receive two handouts from me to keep: tips for holding positive conversations about AI with students, and tools for supporting yourself with overwhelm. The cost to drop-in for the workshop is just £10.

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