November 2026 Newsletter

Editor’s Letter

Last month, we explored Deepening Human Connection in the Age of AI and what makes coaching uniquely human. This month we're taking the next step, exploring the theme of Augmenting Your Business with AI and how technology can support your coaching business while creating more space for meaningful connection.

AI isn’t here to replace the human connection at the heart of your work. But it can become a valuable thinking partner. This month we’re moving beyond conversation into action.

We're bringing you three hands-on labs led by fellow PQ Pro Coaches. Each session is designed to help you explore practical ways to use AI and walk away with something you can apply to your business.

Here’s what’s ahead:

Start More Conversations with Malcolm Evans

Sharpen Your Offer with Synthia Smith

Strengthen Your Follow-Up with John Rice

Come ready to experiment, learn alongside fellow coaches, and discover practical ways to put AI to work for you.

Erin Forsey

Director of Coach Communications and Community

Shape What’s Next

We've heard from many of you about the challenges of growing your coaching businesses. At our September Quarter Turn, I shared that we were exploring more flexible pricing for group coaching and promised to seek your feedback.

This proposal is our first concrete step toward giving you more flexibility.

Today, you cannot publicly advertise the PQ Program below $995, even though you can offer discounts privately.

Starting November 16, we want to allow you to publicly advertise discounted group offers on your websites, social media, and other marketing channels.

We believe this will give you more freedom to market your services, reach new clients, and create attractive offers for teams and organizations.

We've developed a proposed set of group pricing tiers and updated advertising guidelines. But before we finalize them, we want to hear from you.

Your experience working with clients is important to getting this right. We'd particularly welcome your feedback on the proposed group sizes and discounts, the opportunities these changes could create, and any unintended consequences we should consider.

Please take a few minutes to review the proposal and share your feedback:

We're opening a consultation period through November 10, giving you time to comment before we finalize the guidelines. Our target is to introduce the changes on November 16, with advance notice of the final details so you can prepare.

We also know that these changes won't address every affordability challenge, particularly for coaches and clients in countries with different currencies and purchasing power. We recognize those concerns, and broader international affordability remains on our list of priorities.

We want to keep making it easier for you to build your business and bring mental fitness to more people. I hope you see this as a practical step in that direction, and your feedback will help us make it a useful one.

Ciaran

Ciaran Lyons

Chief Operating Officer, Positive Intelligence

Live Session Highlights

Energize Your Sage

What if PQ Reps could do more than help you shift out of stress? What if they could help you experience a deeper connection to yourself, your Sage, and your clients?

In last month’s experiential live session, Jeff guided PQ coaches through the PQ Shift, moving beyond temporary moments of calm to cultivating a more consistent state of presence, love, and Sage awareness.

Through guided PQ Reps and hands-on practice, coaches explored how slowing down and engaging their senses can quiet the Judge, deepen awareness, and create greater connection.

Key takeaways from this session included:

Go beyond stress relief. PQ Reps can help shift your baseline experience, allowing you to live and coach more consistently from Sage.

Lead without a script. By narrating your own sensory experience in real time, you can guide authentic, powerful PQ Reps without worrying about getting them “right.”

Keep your practice fresh. Explore different sensations, movements, and sounds to deepen awareness and prevent familiar practices from becoming routine.

Presence strengthens coaching. When you're fully present with yourself, you create space for deeper connection and transformation with clients.

Practice leading yourself through PQ Reps, narrate what you notice, and discover how your own Sage presence can deepen your coaching impact.

Watch the full session recording in the Learning Hub

Community Expansion:

Expanding and Deepening our PQ Community

What makes a community thrive? It's the connections we build, the experiences we share, and the ways we support one another.

In our October Community Expansion session, Jeff, Sandy, and Shirzad invited coaches to explore what community means to them and how we can continue to strengthen our PQ community together.

Through breakout room conversations, coaches shared ideas for creating more opportunities to connect, including local meetups, mentorship, practice Pods, and accountability groups. Coaches were also introduced to new in-app features, including direct messaging within private Pods and Sage Power reactions, to make it easier to stay connected.

One important takeaway from the session was that community isn't just something we join. It's something we all help create. And participation doesn't have to be a big commitment. Sometimes it's as simple as sharing an experience, asking a question, or encouraging another coach.

So here's one takeaway: What's one small commitment you can make this week to help our PQ community feel more alive? Maybe it's reaching out to another coach, joining a conversation, or sharing something you've learned.

Watch the full Community Expansion recording in the Learning Hub and visit the PQ Coach Community to join the conversation

November/December Live Sessions

Hands-on Lab: Start More Conversations

Date: Wednesday, November 4

Time: 8am Pacific Time | 11am Eastern Time (60 minutes)

Link: Visit your Coach Dashboard calendar

Create a marketing asset that invites conversations with Pro Coach, Malcolm Evans

Hands-on Lab: Sharpen Your Offer

Date: Wednesday, November 11

Time: 8am Pacific Time | 11am Eastern Time (60 minutes)

Link: Visit your Coach Dashboard calendar

Make AI your business thinking partner with Pro Coach, Synthia Smith

Hands-On Lab: Strengthen Your Follow-Up

Date: Wednesday, November 18

Time: 8am Pacific Time | 11am Eastern Time (60 minutes)

Link: Visit your Coach Dashboard calendar

Streamline and enhance your client follow-up with Pro Coach, John Rice

Reflect, Reconnect, Reimagine

Date: Wednesday, December 16

Time: 8am Pacific Time | 11am Eastern Time (90 minutes)

Link: Visit your Coach Dashboard calendar

Join the special year-end experience with Shirzad and the PQ Team

PQ Connection: Global After Hours

Date: The second Thursday of the month

Time: 8pm Pacific Time | 11am SGT (next day) | 1pm AEST (next day)

Link: Register here

Connect, collaborate, and co-create in an open session that bridges geographical and scheduling gaps

PQ Connection: Global After Hours

The Coach Dashboard gives you quick access to upcoming events and live sessions, with the PQ Coach Calendar integrated into your homepage.

Click the Follow Calendar button to add all upcoming events to your preferred calendar. Or click on an upcoming event to see more details and add a single event to your calendar.

Visit the Coach Dashboard to:

View Live Session details
Subscribe to the PQ Coach Calendar
Book a Coach Success Mini Session via the Quick Access section

PQ App Updates

Pods as Real-Time Group Chats

Private Pods now use a messenger-style conversation experience with real-time messages, message notifications, and reactions.

The chat interface supports replies and message actions, including editing, deletion, bookmarking, and a voice memo function. Saved messages continue to appear in the Community bookmarks list. Please note: Non-Pod Community groups retain their existing interfaces.

Look for this update in your PQ app - available now to coaches and coming soon to clients on November 9!

Discover What’s New

Ever wonder what’s new in the PQ app? You can now discover updates directly inside the app with What’s New.

Look for the What’s New announcement in the Daily Focus section, as well as an archive of updates under Settings → What’s New. This new feature will be available to all active PQ app users, including your clients.

Of Note: Viewing or dismissing an update marks it as seen for the account across devices. Closing the banner dismisses the update. Previous updates remain available in the Settings archive, grouped by release date. The Settings entry is hidden when no update content is available.

Welcome Cohort 27!

A warm welcome to our Cohort 27 coaches who recently joined the global

PQ Coach community.

Together, we are committed to building mental fitness, leading with Sage, and making a difference in the world.

Celebrate!

During the first six weeks of PQ Coach, Cohort 27 accomplished:

613+ Saboteur Assessments
128+ Saboteur Discovery Sessions
80+ client enrollments in the PQ Program!

“So happy I did this, now more energised to do SDS and can’t wait to see the transformation in clients. Thank you Shirzad & team, helping me build my business the Sage way.” - Sandra A.

See you in Community
Continue connecting with fellow coaches from all cohorts in the PQ Coach community, where you can share ideas, celebrate wins, and gather insights.

Explore PQ Coach Community in the Coach Dashboard

Need help from Support? An AI-powered live chat service is available exclusively for coaches! You can access this chat service through the Coach Support site, Learning Hub, or Coach Dashboard, Monday through Friday, from 5am to 5pm Pacific Time (8am to 8pm Eastern Time). Chat service is not accessible through the PQ app.

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