The world needs YOU to breathe life into your idea

September 18, 2025

I’ll be the first person to agree that the world is indeed a hot mess right now. Particularly for folks like me who believe in human rights and liberation for every human, since we are being accused regularly of inciting violence (it’s a lie, but it’s happening anyway). My head understands it but my heart refuses to accept this nonsense.

But I’m not losing hope! Because of YOU. I know many folks reading this have an idea they’ve been holding onto, waiting for the right time to bring it to the world. If this is you, whatever it is that’s brewing in you, I want you to know the world needs YOUR great idea now more than ever.

And it’s why I’m offering my “Spark Your Idea” workshop for the second time this year, beginning December 4th. It’s an affordable and fun way to work with me to bring your idea into the world.

The only way we’re going to get beyond this mess and build a world where there’s safety for all of us - not to mention a planet that’s actually inhabitable for the generations of human and non-human life to come after us - is if we turn our big ideas into living, breathing projects with forward momentum.

Here’s a nugget about my coaching practice that I don’t talk about a lot, but I probably should, especially since it really matters when you’re feeling anxious about the viability of an idea: I spend a good deal of time believing in my clients’ ideas and capabilities before they themselves believe yet! I make my living by being able to visualize possibilities and pathways before my clients can see the potential for themselves, and that makes this work really exciting and energizing for my clients and me.

Over the next few months, I will be talking a lot about how ideas can be healing, for you personally and for the world. I will NOT deliver a hard sell on my Spark Your Idea workshop (or anything else I do) because that would not be healing for you or for me, either.

If you’re at all curious, take a look at the information on the workshop here.* You’ve got plenty of time to register, so there’s no rush. Please do consider joining Spark Your Idea if you’ve got an idea you want to get off the ground.

If you’re ready to get started with your idea right now, though (which would be amazing), you don’t have to wait until December; you can book a Session Zero with me right now to talk about it, and you can learn more about what one-on-one coaching would look like for you.

As always, please keep recommending me to friends and colleagues who might need a business coach or strategic planner (my specialty as a planner is small shops) or of course folks who might be interested in my Spark Your Idea workshop. My equity pricing structure means I can help most folks and I have extensive experience, especially in the area of social justice. Some of my clients run high-revenue businesses, while others run non-profits or part-time or one-person businesses.

I try to be transparent about my identity as a white, cis-het, 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 sparking YOUR idea,

Kay Coughlin, CEO and Business Coach, Facilitator on Fire

*This information page just went live today, so if you notice anything strange or any broken links, please let me know as soon as you can.