Important Tech and Tea Updates (and snacks!)
What paid subscribers and Founding Members will get in 2025: coaching tools, snack boxes, ad hoc coaching sessions, and behind-the-scenes experiments.
For a long time, I’ve resisted going all-in on the paid side of Tech and Tea.
Everything’s been free. Paid subscribers have mostly been people who wanted to support my writing just because, which has been incredibly meaningful. I’ve observed others implement a standard paid newsletter playbook — deep dives, interviews, publishing schedules, and I’ve always resisted, worried that this space would start to feel more like a chore than a place of joy and exploration.
So I’ve been patiently waiting for a direction that felt more aligned, for a paid offering that felt differentiated from the free content, that I could see myself doing sustainably. When I figured it out, it felt so obvious, like the most natural extension of everything I’ve done here in Tech and Tea and in my career.
Coaching Tools, without the hefty price tag
Coaching and coaching tools are still too exclusive.
Coaching is often reserved for execs or bundled into expensive corporate leadership programs. I’ve coached plenty of VPs and CTOs over the years, but I also want to support other thoughtful and capable humans — individual contributors, emerging leaders, and people navigating career transitions while juggling everything else life throws at them.
Tools in the Coaching Toolkit might focus on work (managing up, building alignment, etc) or on the personal (navigating career change, rebuilding confidence, or rethinking what success even looks like). But in my experience, one can’t really be separated from the other. Work and life are deeply intertwined — and the most powerful coaching lives in that in-between.
If you’ve ever wished you could work with a coach, but didn’t have the time, budget, or energy to commit, the Tech and Tea Coaching Toolkit is for you.
What You’ll Get as a Paid Subscriber
Paid Subscriber – currently $5/month, soon to be $8/month or $80/year
As a paid subscriber, you’ll get access to the Coaching Toolkit — a series of short, practical tools designed to help you reflect, make decisions, and shift perspective. They’re frameworks, prompts, and exercises you can apply immediately to navigate your work and life with more clarity.
A couple examples, with many more to come:
The Stories We Tell Ourselves — a tool for untangling inner narratives that keep you stuck
The Power of Positive Intent — a small shift to make hard conversations a little bit easier
You’ll also get:
Discounts on any courses or workshops I offer (including an upcoming journaling course with Buster Benson or a DRI Your Career coaching program with Cate Huston)
Input into coaching toolkit and other offerings via subscriber-only comments and chats
Founding Member Tier – $200/year
As a founding member, you’ll also get some delightful perks as well as access to short coaching sessions and first access to anything new I develop.
You’ll get:
Everything in the paid subscriber tier
An annual Tech and Tea ✨SNACK BOX✨, 2025 edition shipping this summer (available to U.S. addresses only). If you're outside the U.S., I'll come up with a fun alternate perk just for international supporters, TBD but delightful!
Ad-hoc coaching access - I’ll open a few short coaching windows across the year, with the first set of times landing in June. You’ll be able to sign up for a limited number of 20-30 minute sessions. I’ll send an email when the slots go live, and you can grab one if the timing works for you.
Occasional founder-only surprise drops (digital or physical).
This tier helps support not just my writing, but the full scope of Tech and Tea — as a space for coaching, creative exploration, delightful snacks, and more!
Price Update Coming Soon
On June 15th, the base paid subscription will increase from $5/month to $8/month.
If you’ve been meaning to upgrade, now’s a great time to lock in the lower rate indefinitely. Or join as a founding member by June 15th to get the 2025 snack box and other perks.
Thanks for being here, for reading, sharing, and supporting this space in whatever way feels right for you.
If you’ve been helped by Tech and Tea, or you’re curious about what’s coming next, I’d love to have you along as a paid subscriber or founding member.
More coaching tools, more reflection, and more snacks coming soon!