For Life Coaches

Scheduling Software for Life Coaches Running Programmes

A 12-week programme only works if the sessions keep happening. Clients book their next session from a private link, often in the evening after work, and a reminder lands before each one.

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Luka Breitig

Updated 5 October 2026

The Problem

Why do life coaching programmes lose momentum?

Life coaching clients sign up at a moment of change: a new job, a break-up, a decision they keep putting off. The first two sessions usually happen. It is week five that goes wrong. A session gets moved by text, then moved again, then quietly dropped, and the programme that was meant to run twelve weeks ends at six. The cause is rarely the coaching. It is the friction of arranging each session by message. Tymeslot moves that to a booking page: enrolled clients pick their next session themselves, and a reminder goes out before every one.

Why mainstream scheduling tools miss the shape of a programme

Most scheduling tools assume a stranger is booking one meeting. A life coach mostly serves people who are already enrolled, meeting weekly or fortnightly for months, often in the evening because the client has a day job. The public page is only the front door, for discovery calls. The real work happens behind it.

Tymeslot handles that with private meeting types. The discovery call sits on your public booking page; the programme session and the short check-in are private, so only the clients you have sent the links to can book them. Each can follow its own availability schedule, with evening hours for sessions and lunchtime slots for check-ins. Clients reschedule from their confirmation email rather than by message, and you see every change in your calendar.

Features

Everything Life Coaches need. Nothing they don't.

Scheduling features shaped around how your practice works.

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Private Links for Enrolled Clients

Make the programme session a private meeting type. It stays off your public booking page, and only clients who have the link can book it.

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Evening Hours for Clients with Day Jobs

Give programme sessions their own availability schedule, such as Tuesday to Thursday from 17:00 to 20:00, without opening your evenings to discovery calls.

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Reminders That Keep the Rhythm

Send several reminder emails per session at times you choose, for example 24 hours and one hour before, so week five happens like week one.

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Each Client's Own Time Zone

The booking page shows your availability in the client's local time, so a client who moves abroad mid-programme still books the right hour.

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Personal Goals Stay Out of Ad Networks

Booking pages load no advertising trackers and no third-party analytics. On tymeslot.app, Google reCAPTCHA loads once a client starts the booking form, to block spam bookings. Answers to your booking questions stay in your Tymeslot account, hosted in Germany on the managed service.

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A Fixed Fee When It Suits

On Pro, charge a fixed amount through your own Stripe account when a client books, such as a paid kick-off session that opens the programme.

Before & After

See the difference

Same profession. Completely different scheduling experience.

Without Tymeslot

1 Each session arranged by text or email, week after week

2 Sessions moved twice, then dropped without a new date

3 Reminder messages typed by hand the night before

With Tymeslot

1 Enrolled client books the next session from a private link

2 Reschedules happen from the confirmation email, not by text

3 Reminders go out before every session automatically

Use Cases

Common scheduling scenarios

How other Life Coaches use Tymeslot every day.

Scenario 1

How do life coaches turn website visitors into discovery calls?

People often read a life coach's website late in the evening, when the thing they want to change feels most pressing. A booking page they can use there and then catches that moment; a contact form and a reply the next day often does not.

Create a public "Discovery call" meeting type of 30 minutes and embed it on your homepage and about page, inline or as a floating button.
Open discovery calls in a few evening and lunchtime slots, so people with office jobs can take the call without asking for time off.
On Pro, ask one question at booking, such as what has prompted them to look for a coach now.
Tymeslot sends the confirmation with the video link, then a reminder the day before.

Result: Visitors book the call while the decision is still fresh, and you start it knowing what brought them.

Scenario 2

How do life coaches keep a 12-week programme on schedule?

A programme of weekly sessions needs each one to happen roughly a week after the last. When every session is arranged by message, gaps creep in and the programme loses its shape.

Create a private "Programme session" meeting type of 60 minutes and send the link to each client when they enrol.
Set a minimum notice of 24 hours and a booking horizon of 3 weeks, so clients book the next session or two rather than months ahead.
Send reminders 24 hours and one hour before each session; for a 19:00 session, the first one lands the evening before.
Clients who need to move a session do it from their confirmation email, which frees the old slot and books a new one in the same step.

Result: Sessions keep a weekly rhythm without you arranging each one, and fewer programmes stall halfway.

Scenario 3

How do life coaches schedule short check-ins between sessions?

Many programmes add a 15-minute accountability call between the full sessions. Arranged by message, these are the first thing to slip.

Create a private "Check-in" meeting type of 15 minutes with its own link for enrolled clients.
Put check-ins on a lunchtime schedule so they never take an evening slot meant for a full session.
Set a weekly limit on the meeting type, for example 10 check-ins a week across all clients, so they never crowd out session preparation.
Check-ins and sessions appear side by side in your calendar, each with its own video link.

Result: Check-ins happen on their own schedule, and the full sessions keep their evening slots.

Starter setup

A starter setup for Life Coaches

Recommended settings to start from. You can change any of them in your dashboard.

Discovery call

Duration: 30 min
Buffer: 10 min
Minimum notice: 12 hours
Bookable ahead: 3 weeks
Payment at booking: None

Programme session

Duration: 60 min
Buffer: 15 min
Minimum notice: 1 day
Bookable ahead: 3 weeks
Payment at booking: None

Accountability check-in

Duration: 15 min
Buffer: 5 min
Minimum notice: 4 hours
Bookable ahead: 1 week
Payment at booking: None

Intake questions

What has prompted you to look for a coach now?
What would you like to be different in six months?
Which evenings usually suit you best?

In this setup the programme fee is agreed when a client enrols, so no session takes payment at booking; sessions and check-ins are private meeting types for enrolled clients. Each type uses a different buffer, notice and horizon, so give each one its own availability schedule.

Intake questions and payments at booking are part of Pro on the managed service, and free when you self-host.

How payments at booking work Add booking to your website

Compare

Tymeslot compared with Paperbell, Calendly and SavvyCal

Facts from each vendor's own pages, with the date we checked them.

Feature	Tymeslot	Paperbell	Calendly	SavvyCal
Free plan	Yes: unlimited bookings and meeting types	Free account to set up, before choosing a paid plan	Yes, limited to 1 event type and 1 calendar	No: free trial only; a paid plan is needed to activate links
Entry price	Pro €9/month, flat; self-hosting is free	One plan, billed $97/month or $970/year	$10/seat/month, billed yearly	From $10/user/month; annual billing saves 2 months
Hosting in the EU	Yes, in Germany	Not checked	No: data is stored in US data centres	No: hosted in the US (Virginia)
Self-hosting	Yes: Docker, Cloudron or Railway	No: hosted service only	No: hosted service only	No: hosted service only
Open source	Yes, GNU AGPLv3	No: hosted service only	No: hosted service only	No: hosted service only
Booking page without third-party scripts	No ad trackers; reCAPTCHA on the booking form	Not checked	No: third-party scripts are referenced (Stripe, reCAPTCHA, Airbrake, Google Tag Manager)	No: third-party scripts load (Tally, Help Scout, PostHog)
Deposit or payment at booking	Pro or self-hosted: a fixed amount via Stripe	Yes: payment plans and set-up fees; first payment taken at purchase	Paid plans only: Stripe or PayPal at booking	Premium plan only: paid bookings
Custom intake questions	Pro or self-hosted: 10 question types	Yes: customisable intake surveys	Yes: up to 10 questions per event type, on all plans	Yes: custom questions on scheduling links
Signed data processing agreement	Enterprise plan only	Terms name Paperbell as data processor	Yes: accepted with the customer terms	Yes: accepted with the Terms of Use

How to choose

What to check before you choose

Find out where client data is stored and whether a data processing agreement comes with your plan.
Work out the cost at your firm's size: per-seat pricing grows with every colleague.
Check that the tool syncs with the calendar standard your firm uses, such as CalDAV.
See whether you can take a fee or retainer at booking, and on which plan.
Try embedding the booking page on your firm's website.
Ask how you would export your data if you left.

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Integrations

Which calendars and tools do life coaches use with Tymeslot?

Connects to the tools you already use. No extra setup.

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Pricing

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Free

€0 / month

Unlimited bookings and meeting types
Calendar sync (Google, Outlook, CalDAV)
Auto video rooms (Meet, Teams, Zoom, Jitsi, Nextcloud Talk and more)
Booking page at tymeslot.app/you
Email reminders & notifications
Both booking themes and website embeds

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€9 / month

Everything in Free
Custom booking questions for intake
Payments at booking via your own Stripe account
Remove Tymeslot branding from booking pages
Booking analytics and automation

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Tymeslot private enough for life coaching clients?

Life coaching clients often book at a vulnerable moment, and Tymeslot keeps that moment out of ad networks: the booking page is hosted in Germany and loads no advertising trackers or third-party analytics. On tymeslot.app, Google reCAPTCHA loads once a client starts filling in the booking form, to block spam bookings; a self-hosted instance runs it only if you configure it. What a client writes about a break-up or a career change stays in your account. Visits are counted by Tymeslot's own cookieless analytics, and connected calendars expose only busy and free times. A signed data processing agreement is offered on the Enterprise plan only, not on Free or Pro. If you want client bookings on infrastructure you run yourself, self-host Tymeslot.

Can Tymeslot sell life coaching packages or session bundles?

No, Tymeslot has no packages, session credits or payment plans for life coaches: on Pro, each meeting type can charge one fixed amount when a client books. A workable pattern is to agree the programme fee when the client enrols, invoice it the way you already do, and send them a private link for the sessions themselves. If you charge per session, put the fee on that meeting type instead.

How do life coaches reduce missed sessions in a long programme?

Week five is where life coaching programmes stall, and Tymeslot helps by letting enrolled clients book the next session themselves and reminding them by email at times you choose, such as 24 hours and one hour before. Clients reschedule from their confirmation email instead of messaging you, so a session gets moved rather than dropped. On Pro you can also take a fixed deposit or fee at booking through your own Stripe account; the slot is confirmed once payment clears. Tymeslot does not charge late-cancellation fees, so write your policy into the session description.

How does Tymeslot compare with Paperbell for life coaches?

Paperbell suits life coaches who want payment plans and client onboarding in one product at US$97 a month, according to its pricing page, while Tymeslot covers only scheduling, with a free plan. Paperbell's terms say its hosting on Heroku and Microsoft Azure may move personal data outside the EEA; Tymeslot's managed service is hosted in Germany and can be self-hosted. Choose by what you need: if payment plans are central to how you sell, Paperbell offers them and Tymeslot does not.

Can life coaches self-host Tymeslot?

A life coach can self-host Tymeslot, which is open source under the GNU AGPLv3, but few need to. Self-hosting with Docker, Cloudron or Railway keeps programme bookings and clients' answers on your own server, with every feature and no platform fee. The trade is upkeep: updates and backups become yours, so it suits a coach who already runs their own website server.

Is Tymeslot free for life coaches?

Yes, a life coach who invoices the programme fee separately can run discovery calls, private programme sessions and check-ins entirely on Tymeslot's free plan. Weekly limits, evening schedules and reminders are all included. Pro (€9/month) adds a question at booking such as what prompted the client to look for a coach, payment at booking, booking analytics and automation, and removes Tymeslot branding.

Which calendars and video apps do life coaches use with Tymeslot?

Tymeslot works with the Google Calendar, Outlook or CalDAV calendar a life coach already uses, and creates a Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Jitsi link for each session. Evening sessions booked through Tymeslot land in the calendar you already check, and anything already there, such as a family commitment, blocks that time on your booking page without revealing what it is.

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