These are the podcasts, books, tools, and software we regularly recommend to our clients. Explore these solid resources to help you grow a thriving wellness business without losing your heart or frazzling your nervous system.

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WELLNESS BUSINESS GROWTH & DEVELOPMENT LIBRARY

Resources, Tools, & Inspiration

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Inspiring Business & Personal Growth Podcasts

These are podcasts I enjoyed for their thoughtful conversations, fresh perspectives, and inspiration for creative, meaningful work.

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These are books that have genuinely shaped how I think about creativity, business, marketing, healing work, and being human.

Our Favorite Heart-Centered Business Development Resources

  • Calm Business logo

    Business and marketing courses and resources for gentle, heart-centered solopreneurs who don’t want to hustle.

    The Calm Business approach is for you if you have fluctuating energy capacity and unique needs as an empathic introvert, a highly sensitive person (HSP), or an entrepreneur with ADHD.

  • Heart of Business Learning Community logo

    A supportive heart-centered online learning community where you can grow your business with honesty and soul without burning out, so you can make a good living while bringing your gifts to the world.

    Compassionate accountability, heart-centered business training, coaching and spiritual nourishment to stay confident, clear, and in action, so you see real, consistent growth.

  • Heart-Centered Marketing

    George Kao is a trusted voice in ethical marketing for coaches, healers, and service-based entrepreneurs. His work explores how to grow your audience through generosity, genuine connection, and valuable content—without manipulative tactics or high-pressure funnels.

  • Marketing Without Social Media

    Leonie Dawson teaches creative, values-aligned marketing strategies that don’t rely on constant social media. Her work helps entrepreneurs grow sustainable businesses through authentic content, email marketing, and simple offers that support both creativity and well-being. 

Our Favorite Business Marketing Tools

  • Squarespace logo

    Squarespace is our very favorite website platform for wellness and movement businesses — for good reason.

    It’s beautiful, clean, scalable, and easy for you to update yourself, with built-in scheduling, payments, email marketing, courses, blogging tools, ecommerce, and more.

    Drop me a line, and I’ll make sure you get the 20% discount.

  • Canva is a wonderfully easy design tool that helps you create beautiful graphics and marketing materials for your wellness business—even if design isn’t your thing.

  • Flodesk logo

    Design Emails Your Clients Love to Get

    We recommend checking out Flodesk for email marketing. We’ve been using it for our newsletters, and it’s incredibly user-friendly, and their templates are stunning.

    Here’s the link to get 25% off your first year and get their link-in-bio feature completely free.

  • GoLive logo

    Explore gorgeous Squarespace website templates designed specifically for wellness professionals who want a polished, professional online presence without starting from scratch.

    Use code CLAIRE10 for 10% off.
    (Then come back to us, and we can help you customize it if you like!)

Our Favorite Productivity Tools

  • Gmail icon with a clock indicating 'Inbox When Ready' feature for Gmail.

    A free browser extension that reduces email overwhelm by hiding distractions and allowing you to process messages more intentionally.

  • Trello logo

    A simple visual project-management system that helps you organize tasks, ideas, and projects in a clear, flexible way.

  • Graphic with a red background displaying the white text 'Pomofocus' with a checkmark icon.

    Improve your focus and overcome procrastination with this specialized online timer.

    Pomodoro is a popular and effective time management technique where you work for a series of 25-minute intervals followed by 5-minute breaks.

  • Black and white logo of Notion app, featuring a 3D cube with the letter 'N' inside and the word 'Notion' next to it.

    A powerful all-in-one workspace for organizing projects, notes, and workflows. Ideal for keeping your business systems clear and centralized.

Our Favorite Money Management Tools & Resources

  • Wave logo

    Wave Accounting

    Manage Your Small Business Finances with Ease

    Create beautiful invoices, accept online payments, and make accounting easy—all in one place—with Wave’s FREE suite of money management tools. Over 300,000 North American small business owners trust Wave to help them look super professional to clients while staying organized for tax season.

  • Logo with the word 'STASH' in blue letters and the tagline 'Micro-Investing Made Easy' in black.

    Stash Micro-Share Investing

    An easy-to-use app for learning about investing and building long-term financial habits in a simple, accessible way. Purchase fractional shares of any stock and watch your accounts grow over time.

    Here’s $30 to get you started investing.

  • Relax online small business banking logo on a light beige background

    Relay Banking

    Beyond the Business Banking Basics

    Relay is one of our favorite banking platforms for small business owners—especially if you follow the Profit First method. It allows you to create multiple accounts for profit, taxes, owner’s pay, and expenses so your money is clearly organized and working for you. Many entrepreneurs find that this simple structure brings a surprising sense of calm and clarity to their finances.

  • Somatic Finance with Gayle Coleman logo

    Somatic Finance

    True Wealth is So Much More Than Money

    If you're longing for a new way with money so that you can enjoy whole-body wealth as a felt experience, explore Gayle's 'embodied finance' offerings including classes, practices, coaching, writings, videos, audio, and events for creating a more beautiful and sustainable world.

Our Favorite Communication Tools

  • Loom logo

    A fave of mine! Loom is a simple video messaging tool that lets you quickly record your screen, camera, or both to explain ideas, share feedback, or create tutorials.  

  • Zoom logo

    A simple, reliable platform for meeting with clients, hosting workshops, teaching classes, or recording content online.

  • Grammarly logo

    A helpful writing assistant that catches grammar errors and helps polish your writing so your communication stays clear and professional.

  • A cute, cartoon pink hippopotamus with large eyes and a friendly expression, with the words "word hippo" beneath it.

    A wonderfully handy FREE word tool for writers and creatives, helping you quickly find synonyms, rhymes, definitions, and translations when you’re searching for just the right word.

TOOLS TO Protect you

  • Blogger Disclaimer Template

    An attorney-drafted disclaimer template that helps bloggers and online creators clearly disclose affiliate relationships and earnings claims while building transparency and trust with readers

  • Podcast Guest Contract Template

    A clear, attorney-written podcast guest contract template that helps hosts and guests align on expectations, content usage, and rights before recording.

  • The Contract Shop logo

    Contract Template for Coaches

    Clear, attorney-drafted contract templates designed for coaches to establish expectations, protect your work, and start client relationships with confidence and professionalism

  • Website Policies

    A clear, attorney-written Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy template that helps protect your website, explain how you handle visitor data, and set transparent expectations for how your content and services are used.

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