May 19, 2026

Hi there - The clients I get to work with do not settle for the status quo. They are doing visionary and liberatory* work. I am fortunate to get to hear their stories regularly from them, of course, but lately I’ve been wondering this: why am I keeping such a hope-filled, inspiring resource to myself?

So, I’m committing to no longer hoarding knowledge about my clients’ work! From time to time, I’ll be sharing their stories with you. Please reach out to let them know you appreciate their work and forward these messages to folks who might have interest for any reason.

The very first in this series is an invitation from Melodie KG, below.

Melodie is a consultant offering nonprofit capacity-building, inclusive community engagement, and trauma-informed facilitation. I’ve had the honor to work with Melodie on her forward-looking framework to apply the principles of harm reduction to business and communities, particularly as it can be used to support caregivers; she is available for speaking engagements and truly, I can’t recommend her brilliant insights highly enough.

Please note my work with clients is completely confidential, so I will share these stories only with their consent. We’ll partner to craft the messages you’ll be seeing, which means they don’t have to try to write this copy alone (yes, I do help clients write copy if it’s supportive for them).

If you are looking for a business or leadership coach who focuses on human and planetary well-being and you’re interested in sharing about your work, too, please reply to this message or email me so we can schedule a time to talk.

An invitation from Melodie KG

“I just got my ticket to Black Women Sell Live, and it’s bigger than a business conference.

For Black women, entrepreneurship isn’t just about income. It’s about liberation.

We are the fastest-growing group of entrepreneurs in the U.S., yet we still face some of the steepest barriers to capital and wealth-building. The median wealth for single Black women remains far lower than that of white households, and many Black women business owners are self-funded, often building with far fewer resources.

So when we talk about learning how to sell, we are talking about closing a gap that was never accidental.

That’s why Black Women Sell Live (September 25–27, 2026 in Atlanta) feels so important. It’ll be three days and 1,000 women, all focused on turning expertise into scalable, sustainable income.

The lineage of Black women entrepreneurs is real: Madam C.J. Walker built one of the first Black woman-owned million-dollar companies in the U.S. Her great-great-granddaughter will be there, alongside Dr. Tricia Bailey, one of the first Black women billionaires. They’ll be speaking directly to what it means to carry that legacy forward now.

This event is designed for women like us. People who already know how to deliver value but were never taught how to translate that into consistent, high-level sales.

You’ll walk away with:

• A 90-day sales activation plan

• A million-dollar sales blueprint

• A strategy to generate more in one quarter than you did all year

But honestly, the real value is being in a room where wealth-building is normalized, where selling isn’t stigmatized, and where our success is treated as inevitable, not exceptional.

I’ll be there, and I’d love to see you in that space too. If you grab your ticket through my link, I do earn a commission, which means we’re building together in more ways than one. Here’s the link.

If you want to talk it through, I’m happy to share more about why I think this is such a powerful move.”

Connect with Melodie here:

• Website

• Email (melodie @ orangecapconsultation.com)

• Substack

• LinkedIn

• Instagram

My specialty as a business coach is encouraging practices for human and planetary well-being. Please consider recommending me to friends and colleagues who might need a business or leadership coach or strategic planner (my particular joy as a planner is working with small shops). My equity pricing structure means I can help most folks. Some of my clients run high-revenue businesses, while others run non-profits or one-person businesses.

I try to be transparent about my identity as a white, middle-class, non-disabled woman in the U.S., because I think it’s important for my potential clients to know. I often get to work with people who have identities that differ from mine, and together, we are building a more just and equitable world where our lives and work are much better because of it.

Here’s to sharing work that gives us hope,

Kay Coughlin, CEO and Business Coach, Facilitator on Fire

*When I refer to “liberatory” work, I let clients define liberatory in whatever ways they feel is important. Most of us still have to make a living in this world, so together, we navigate using extractive, exploitative systems (like google, ugh) while we explore ways to show up in economies and communities that can liberate us from our current systems. The amazing part of this is that we’re not trying to do it alone anymore.