No Gatekeepers, No Girl Bosses: We’re Building the Coaching Community We Always Wanted

Get "Liberate Your Business" by Becky Mollenkamp https://liberateyourbusiness.com/Becky and Taina are pulling back the curtain on the newest thing they’re building together: the Messy Liberation Coaches Circle—a community for people who coach (formally or informally) and want to practice coaching through a liberatory, feminist, and anti-capitalist lens. In this episode, they share the messy, honest backstory of how the group evolved from a free meet-up into a paid space—and why that change was necessary for sustainability and reciprocity.They talk about what makes the circle different from other coaching programs (no formulas, no gatekeeping, no 5K price tags), and what members can expect: co-working, spotlight support sessions, book club, and a whole lot of community care. They also share their dreams for what might come next—including pop-ups, co-op style referrals, and collective funds to redistribute resources. If you’ve been looking for a coaching space that feels more real, this might be it.💬 Discussed in this episode:Why community without boundaries becomes unsustainableThe difference between commerce and capitalism (and why this isn’t capitalist)Becky’s Enneagram 6 “community builder as trauma response” momentSliding scale pricing and our approach to equitable accessTaina’s vision for mutual aid inside a coaching communityCo-creating a group instead of playing expert at the front of the roomHow we’re modeling what we believe about leadership and liberationWhat you actually get in the Coaches CircleBuilding the business you want—without doing it aloneOur shared obsession with reciprocity, co-working, and subverting norms📚 Resources mentioned:Messy Liberation Coaches Circle“Emergent Strategy” by adrienne maree brown“The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron“The Serviceberry: An Economy of Abundance” by Robin Wall KimmererFeminist Podcasters CollectiveWandering Aimfully by Jason & Caroline Zook