2024 Christmas gifts for life and career coaches
First things first, if you’re my friend or family reading this, I actually have all these things. This isn’t my Christmas list!
Everyone else with a friend or family member who is running their own small business - this list is for you!
It can be lonely running your own thing. You have to be your own marketing manager, accountant, customer service, and PR. These gifts will help the self-employed in your life make all of these areas run more smoothly.
The only PR membership you need in 2025
I’ve been following Lucy Werner for years. Her books were fundamental in setting up my business (especially Brand Yourself). Her current offering is absolutely worth its weight in gold. I’m a member of her substack Hype Yourself. Regular workshops, tips, experts, a lot of cheerleading, and much much more. You can get her monthly newsletter for free to dip your toe in and see if her content is for you.
A gift subscription to Hype Yourself is £79.99 for a year or £7.99 a month.
The 2025 business planner
This is so much more than a pretty planner. I’ve bought this business planning toolkit every year since handing my notice in and jumping self-employed in 2021.
It helps me to:
Set realistic yet stretching financial goals which have meant a big profit increase every year (even when I took maternity leave)
Have a plan to fall back on in weeks when my baby doesn't sleep
Save loads of time with templates for packages, sales emails, client onboarding and all sorts more.
As I’ve been investing for four years, I’ve been given a 50% discount code I can share with friends, valid until 9 Dec). Use sam97 at checkout to get the business planner bundle for £97.
To be upfront, I am an affiliate … but I wouldn’t recommend the 2025 planner bundle unless I genuinely found it useful.
The community for freelance parents
It’s hard to put Doing It For The Kids into words. It’s an online community (sometimes irl) full to the brim of wonderful freelance parents. Freelance life can be lonely, but it isn’t with DIFTK in your pocket.
You can get a three-month (£42) or six-month (£84) membership as a gift.
The one to share with your partner to lighten your mental load
It’s that special time of year when to-do lists somehow get even longer!
This guide from the expert team at the Fair Play Policy Institute takes you and your family step-by-step through our proven method to reduce stress and save time.
Whether you're really familiar with Fair Play or you have no idea what it is - this guide is a great way to use the method to tackle the mental load of the holiday season.
Bonus - this Fair Play Christmas Survival Guide is FREE!
