Averil Price on Writing Your Legacy While You're Still Living It

Averil Price is a leadership coach, consultant and founder of AV Consultancy, who helps senior leaders step back, recognise the impact they have already made, and shape what comes next. Her debut book, The Legacy Coach: Your Next Chapter, Your Legacy, Your Way, grew out of her own experience of life-changing transition, including recovering from a brain haemorrhage in 2020, relocating from England to Wales, and leaving a 30-year career in local government to set up her consultancy. In this episode you'll discover: • How a single coffee conversation and the words "send me chapter one" became the spark that turned Averil's book idea into a reality, and why accountability and the right writing community made all the difference • Why Averil gathered real-world feedback on her manuscript by working with six volunteer readers over six months, and how that process shaped the book and kept her writing • What happened when a professional editorial relationship went badly wrong, and the lesson Averil learned about taking control of who you choose to work with • How The Legacy Coach sits at the centre of a broader business model, including a leadership programme for senior leaders in local government, showing how a book can anchor an entire coaching practice • Why Averil believes your legacy is not something you leave behind but something you are already building, and how helping people see that changes the decisions they make Connect with Averil: Website: https://www.avieconsultancyltd.co.uk LinkedIn:   / averil-price-14674526   Book: The Legacy Coach: https://amzn.to/4fOhey5 Connect with Helen: LinkedIn:   / oneillhelen   Instagram: @coach_write Newsletter: https://coachwrite.co.uk/reflections People and Resources Mentioned: Solace https://solace.org.uk/ Bookish: https://www.book-ish.co.uk/about-us/ Sian-Elin Flint Freel   / sian-elin-flint-freel-8959844   The Coaching Tools Compendium: A Journey of Discovery and Growth by Sandra Whiles https://amzn.to/4eH24ta