Host and participant — what the words mean

Every Robin session has two sides:

• The host — the coach whose session it is. The session runs on their session type, at a time from their availability, and any records it produces (a transcript, a recording) are the host's responsibility to keep and protect.
• The participant — the one booking it.

Where "coach" and "practice client" come from

Hosts name the roles on each of their session types, in their own words. A practice session might name them coach and practice client; a supervision session, supervisor and supervisee; a mentoring session, mentor and mentee. Robin shows exactly what the host wrote — the words on a booking card are theirs, not ours.

That's why a booking page reads like this:

Practice · 60 min Sam: coach · you: practice client

Sam named those roles on their Practice session type. Book it, and that's the relationship you've both agreed to for that hour.

When you just see "host" and "participant"

Some session types don't name roles — an intro chat, an ad-hoc call, anything where there's no professional role to declare. Those show the neutral pair:

Intro · 20/30 min Sam: host · you: participant

It simply means nobody has declared a professional role for that session — you're two coaches meeting, one of whom is hosting.

Naming roles on your own session types

Edit any of your session types under Scheduling → Session types and you'll find the two role fields, with suggestions to start from. They're optional, free text, and yours to word however fits the work — whatever you write is what your partners see when they book.

Want the fuller picture?

Who hosts, why it matters for your logbook and your records, and why a session keeps one role configuration for its whole length: Who hosts a session, and why Robin asks.

Questions

Message Jon directly in the app — he reads every message and answers personally.