How do I choose a coach on My Within?

Open the Coaches tab, use the four filters (Profession, Method, Topic, Region) or free-text search, and read the coach profile before you book. Every coach profile shows bio, methods, offerings, weekly availability, and warm reviews from prior clients. There is no pressure to book immediately - follow the coach first, watch their feed, and pick your first session when you are ready.

What is the "Inner Circle" and how is it different from a booking?

A booking is a single session with a coach - one to one. An Inner Circle is a recurring monthly membership with the coach that gives you continuous access: private group chat, some minutes of one to one calls per month, exclusive posts, emotional emergency support. It is a longer container. Both models coexist and use the same GDPR-first architecture.

What information does my coach see about me by default?

By default, only your name, avatar, and the sessions you have booked with them. Coaches never see your Deep Within entries, journal entries, breakout sessions, or HRV data unless you explicitly grant read access from Profile > Data sharing. You can revoke access in one tap.

Can I share my journal or Deep Within entries with a coach?

Yes - and only if you choose to. Data sharing is per-coach and per-area. You might share Beliefs with one coach and Fears with another. Every share is logged and the coach sees a badge stating "This client has granted read access to X on this date". You can preview exactly what they will see before you confirm.

What happens to my data if I stop working with a coach?

Their read access is automatically revoked. Any notes they wrote about you stay in their own coach workspace and remain their property, but they can no longer see your live entries. If you want their notes deleted too, request a GDPR erasure from Profile > Data & Privacy.

Coach and Client on My Within: A Practical Guide to Ethical Collaboration

The relationship between a coach and a client is intimate. It has to be. If you cannot be honest about what you feel and what you fear, no method in the world - not breathwork, not somatic therapy, not ThetaHealing, not cognitive coaching - will land. That intimacy is exactly why the technology around it must be built with care.

My Within is a coaching platform first, an AI tool second. This article walks through how the coach-client interaction works: how you find a coach, what your coach sees about you, what happens when you share data, and what stays private. We hope it removes the worry of "wait, will they see everything?" so you can focus on the work.

Two shapes: one-off booking, or Inner Circle membership

Every coach on the platform offers two kinds of relationship, and you choose which fits.

One-off booking

A single session. Sixty minutes, ninety minutes, sometimes thirty. You pay per session, you meet on Zoom (or in person if the coach offers it), and the transaction closes when the session ends. You do not owe the coach ongoing access to anything. Use this to try a coach, to solve a specific problem, or when you know exactly what you need.

Inner Circle membership

A monthly recurring container. Depending on the coach, it can include:

A private group chat with other members of that coach's circle
A set amount of one to one video minutes per month
Access to paid posts, guided practices, and long-form audio
Belief-change work by text, phone, or video
An emotional emergency support channel

Use this when a coach's approach fits and you want continuity. Cancel any month.

How you find a coach

Open the Coaches tab and you have two entry points. Find a coach shows the whole directory. My coaches shows only the ones you already have a relationship with (booking or Inner Circle).

The directory has four filters that match the way coaches actually differentiate themselves:

Profession - breathwork practitioner, psychologist, somatic therapist, coach, and so on
Method - the concrete techniques they work with (Wim Hof, Holotropic, Internal Family Systems, ThetaHealing...)
Topic - the issue you want to work on (anxiety, grief, burnout, relationships, sleep...)
Region - useful if you want an in-person option or a compatible timezone

Free-text search matches all of those plus the coach's bio. Tap any card and you see the full profile: bio, offerings, methods, languages, weekly availability, and warm reviews. Nothing about pricing is hidden and nothing about the coach's approach is behind a paywall.

The upfront information you get before you book

Before you spend a cent, every coach profile has to answer, in plain language, five questions:

What do you actually do? The methods you use, in plain words.
What topics do you work with? Anxiety, trauma, relationships, and so on.
Who are you not the right fit for? Coaches on My Within are asked to be honest about scope.
How much and how long? Duration, price, and refund policy in the offering card.
What happens next? A short "what to expect in your first session" note.

If a coach profile is missing any of these, you can flag it and our team follows up.

Data sharing: opt-in, granular, revocable

This is where My Within differs from most platforms.

By default, your coach sees three things: your name, your avatar, and the sessions you have booked with them. That is it. They cannot see your Deep Within entries. They cannot read your journal. They cannot see your HRV. They cannot see your breakout sessions. That is your interior life, and it stays interior.

If you want them to see more - because it helps the work - you can grant read access from Profile > Data sharing. Grants are:

Per coach. You might share Beliefs with your primary coach and share nothing with a second coach.
Per area. You choose which Deep Within chambers, whether journal entries are visible, whether HRV is visible, and so on.
Fully revocable. One tap and the coach loses read access immediately.
Logged. You can see every grant and revocation in an audit trail.

Before you confirm a grant, you see a preview of exactly what the coach will see. No surprise. No small print.

Chats: private, three-way, and shared

Chat comes in three flavours on the platform:

Private chat with your coach. One to one. End to end within the platform, not stored on any third-party server.
Group chat inside an Inner Circle. Members can see each other and the coach. Useful for community and accountability.
Three-way collaborative chat. If you work with two coaches at once (a rare but valuable setup - a somatic therapist plus a breathwork facilitator, for example) they can, with your explicit consent, share a small collaborative chat about your care. You are always in that chat too. Nothing is discussed about you without you.

Payments and refunds

All payments run through Stripe. You can pay in credits (bundled at a discount) or by card, per session. Refund policy is set by each coach and shown on the offering card before you book. If you are not sure, ask the coach in a message before you book - almost every coach on the platform will answer politely and quickly.

What ethical collaboration actually looks like day to day

The clearest sign of a healthy coach-client relationship on My Within is not the tech - it is small human patterns:

The coach reads exactly what you shared, no more.
The coach references what you wrote by asking, not by asserting.
You can pause data sharing between sessions and the coach does not take offence.
Feedback flows both ways - you can also review the session in your own words.
When it is time to close the container, the coach names it kindly.

Coaching only works when trust is intact. On My Within, trust is not a slogan - it is a set of default settings.

Frequently asked questions

How do I choose a coach on My Within?: Open the Coaches tab, use the four filters (Profession, Method, Topic, Region) or free-text search, and read the coach profile before you book. Every coach profile shows bio, methods, offerings, weekly availability, and warm reviews from prior clients. There is no pressure to book immediately - follow the coach first, watch their feed, and pick your first session when you are ready.
What is the "Inner Circle" and how is it different from a booking?: A booking is a single session with a coach - one to one. An Inner Circle is a recurring monthly membership with the coach that gives you continuous access: private group chat, some minutes of one to one calls per month, exclusive posts, emotional emergency support. It is a longer container. Both models coexist and use the same GDPR-first architecture.
What information does my coach see about me by default?: By default, only your name, avatar, and the sessions you have booked with them. Coaches never see your Deep Within entries, journal entries, breakout sessions, or HRV data unless you explicitly grant read access from Profile > Data sharing. You can revoke access in one tap.
Can I share my journal or Deep Within entries with a coach?: Yes - and only if you choose to. Data sharing is per-coach and per-area. You might share Beliefs with one coach and Fears with another. Every share is logged and the coach sees a badge stating "This client has granted read access to X on this date". You can preview exactly what they will see before you confirm.
What happens to my data if I stop working with a coach?: Their read access is automatically revoked. Any notes they wrote about you stay in their own coach workspace and remain their property, but they can no longer see your live entries. If you want their notes deleted too, request a GDPR erasure from Profile > Data & Privacy.