B is for Book Coach

B is for Book Coach

A hub for nonfiction non-writers.

Episodes 69
Avg. Duration 10m
Activity Moderate
Since Oct 2024
Latest Episode May 2026

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Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
41%
Hosting
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About This Podcast

Hi, I’m Brannan (you can call me B). I help non-writers write books that change themselves, their readers, and the world. And I do it all without asking them to become anything other than the expert, thoughtful, conscious, brilliant humans they already are.

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Recent Episodes

The Ocean Workbook: Diving In

May 18, 2026 5m

Welcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the early work I do with all…

Check Your Posture—Prevent Future Book Pain

May 05, 2026 14m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for posture.All posture is much more complex than it seems—in your body and your book.- The mechanics of physical posture- The parallels…

Finding Words that Belong

Apr 06, 2026 5m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for words that belong.For the past several months, I’ve been working with the incredible Hussein al-Baiaty over at Rising Authors to get…

Magenta Books & Stories that Take Up Space

Mar 23, 2026 9m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for connection.You and your experience are worth witnessing.This is a true statement, no matter who you are or what your experience…

The Power of Noticing: An Author's View of His Final Project

Mar 02, 2026 39m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for noticing.Hear directly from my friend and author about the experience of writing his last book, with clips of a conversation…

The Ocean Workbook: Using the Table of Content

Feb 23, 2026 9m

Welcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the early work I do with all…

The Mess is Where the Magic Happens

Feb 16, 2026 7m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for the mess.Do you remember the old Reese’s candy campaign, “There’s no wrong way to eat a Reese’s”?In retrospect, this was probably…

Why Books Are Worth All...This

Feb 09, 2026 10m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for the future.In this month’s subscriber update, I said something that might need a bit more explanation.I said that “community is the…

The Evolution of Publishing (Isn't What You Think)

Jan 27, 2026 11m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for publishing.Humans have always told stories. From campfires to city centers, wherever someone would listen (and occasionally when no…

The Ocean Workbook: The Table of Content

Jan 19, 2026 13m

Welcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the early work I do with all…

It's OK If 'It's Complicated'

Jan 12, 2026 9m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for weirdness.Raise your hand if you’ve heard yourself say any of the following things about your book:I don’t know if it’s the RIGHT…

All or Nothing (and What's in Between)

Jan 06, 2026 10m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for constraints.We’ve been talking a lot about releasing external obligations, and for good reason. Especially now, at the start of the…

You Don't *Need* to Have a Book, Even When You're Feeling the Pull to Write

Dec 15, 2025 14m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for relief.A well-respected leader in a niche industry sent out an email recently that had me yelling and drawing out charts like I had…

The Ocean Workbook: Reimagine Your Next Steps

Dec 08, 2025 9m

Welcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the early work I do with all…

Guided 5 Minute Outline: What's On the Other Side?

Dec 05, 2025 13m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for a guided 5 Minute Outline.- Why I don't believe in writer's block- One kind of block many of us do face- 5 Minute Outline (If you’re…

What a Year of Posting on Substack Taught Me

Nov 24, 2025 8m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for growth.One year and one month of posting on Substack has taught me that when you’re in the right place, you can create one year and…

Willpower Alone Can't Carry Your Book

Nov 10, 2025 9m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for mobility.I have hyper mobile joints—or, as we might have called it in the ‘90s, “stupid human tricks.” Without any real awareness of…

The Ocean Workbook: Your Idea

Nov 03, 2025 5m

Welcome back to a special edition of B is for Book Coach. In these episodes, I’m reading through pieces of You Don’t Get to the Ocean by Accident—the workbook version of the early work I do with all…

Guided 5 Minute Outline: Structuring for Complexity

Oct 27, 2025 22m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for a guided 5 Minute Outline.When you are writing for something more than the transaction of it all, the bigness of the work is…

How Productivity Steals Our Power

Oct 20, 2025 11m

Welcome back to B is for Book Coach. Today, we’re making space for momentum.From time to time, I have to pause to look up definitions of very basic words, because I’ve realized my neurodivergent self…

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B is for Book Coach has published 69 episodes since October 2024, covering topics in Arts, Books.

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