Diary of a Bad B!tch's Business

Building a business with AI, behind the scenes. Mental health included.

I'm Coach Tish, a certified coach from the South Side of Chicago, living in Mexico. This is for women like me, especially those of us paid to be compassionate all day, who are building a business (or want to) and want to do it in a mentally healthy way. Here I share what I'm building with AI, what's working, what flopped, and the personal development nobody talks about when you're building a business. No highlight reel. Come on in. 💛

Issue 1: Where are your clients hiding?

Lesson One Welcome to the diary So why am I acting like I have to start from scratch? Turns out my most consistent client found me through somebody else's community. Recently I interviewed one of my most consistent coaching clients because I wanted to understand how she found me. Turns out she originally came to me through somebody else's community. From there, she joined my email list, came to a free training I was hosting, then came to a free seminar where I was speaking… and at some point...

about 17 hours ago • 11 min read

My most consistent client found me through somebody else’s community...

Recently I interviewed one of my most consistent coaching clients because I wanted to understand how she found me. Turns out she originally discovered me through somebody else's community. She got on my email list, came to a free webinar I was hosting, then came to a free seminar where I was speaking… and at some point I put out an invitation for people to hop on a call with me, and she took me up on it. We've been working together for about a year now. And I'm sitting there like… wait. I've...

about 16 hours ago • 2 min read

I got 2 massages...just cuz I wanted to.

Hey you, So after the Mini Lab this weekend, I took myself to Sanchez for my absolute favorite tacos and got a massage. Did I need a massage? Nope. I'd actually gotten one the day before. But I wanted one. I was celebrating bringing something I'd been working on into the world. A little "push gift" to myself if you will - because that's what it felt like. Like I'd birthed something. And while I was lying facedown on the table, I started thinking about how much of our lives are set up to keep...

13 days ago • 1 min read

Everybody got what they needed. What about you?

Hey lady... So you get to the end of the day and you've answered all the questions, handled the work and checked on your people. But that thing you wanted to do for yourself? Maybe tomorrow. Sometimes you don't even get as far as deciding what you want. By the time there's a little room, you're collapsing onto either the bed or the couch. Sometimes even forcing yourself to do yet another "one more thing" for somebody in need. I've been thinking about how many of us have gotten used to living...

14 days ago • 1 min read

I wrote my 1st book...but I didn’t become a writer.

Hey Reader - I wrote my first book almost ten years ago. And looking back, I see something crystal clear now that I couldn’t see then: I wrote a book.But I did not become a writer. At that time, I was just trying to get that thang over and done with. Finish the book.Self publish it.Check the box.Move on to the next thing. And I did. But what's crazy is...I never really built a writing practice. I didn’t build a life that made writing something I came back to once that first book was done. I...

18 days ago • 1 min read