How to Choose Which Life Coach Training To Do?

[Aaron p]

So before someone says "choose iPec" i cannot, its too expensive and my budget is £2000-£4000.

The reason im asking is because i am seeing lots of 7-day training courses (that still cost around 3k) but something tells me a 7day course wouldnt be anywhere near in-depth enough for my liking. I do currently live in the UK also.

Also maybe rather than reccomending individual training programmes some may want to tell me broader things to look out for to identify good courses like who its recognised by or what qualification it gives you, or how long it is? Many thanks for all replies. @Leo Gura

[Thought Art]

@Aaron p I would go for something with more depth than 7 days. I want it to be holistic with modern science, nutrition, spiritual, how to ask coaching questions, etc

I totally see myself taking one of these courses down the road

Edited February 11 by Thought Art

[Thought Art]

@Aaron p Ive been looking at this one by Chopra myself for coming years. It’s in your price range, not a recommendation. Just another one to look at.

Chopra

Edited February 11 by Thought Art

[universe]

Depends on where you want to go with this. There is a huge wave of coaching programs. Because there is such a high demand. And people are willing to pay much more for a training to become a coach rather than just for coaching itself.

I would ask myself if the difference is worth it.

[Aaron p]

2 hours ago, Thought Art said:

@Aaron p Ive been looking at this one by Chopra myself for coming years. It’s in your price range, not a recommendation. Just another one to look at.

Chopra

@Thought Art thank you for your advice bro much appreciated:)

[Aaron p]

10 minutes ago, universe said:

Depends on where you want to go with this. There is a huge wave of coaching programs. Because there is such a high demand. And people are willing to pay much more for a training to become a coach rather than just for coaching itself.

I would ask myself if the difference is worth it.

@universe can you extrapolate a little on what you mean?

 

Also with where I want to go with it, actually I want to specialise in mental health, purpose, spirituality and general strategy. So many people have imbalanced lives, I was one of them. I know how much it would've helped me to have an affordable life coach for young men in particular help me out when I was going through hell. My LP statement is: using god, spirituality and strategy to help people fix their entire lives. I want to help people fix the broken arm that is more often than not, their life.

Edited February 11 by Aaron p

[universe]

I meant that there is a trend right now with anything training / qualification related. You can get anything Yoga Certificate, human design Certificate, Spiral Dynamics® Certificate.

Just like there was / is a trend with university degrees.

What I am seeing is people who have many of these certificates but not a stable business as a coach. Instead they go on and get another certificate. On the other hand, I know some coaches who have none of these certificates but they've helped hundreds of people and have a good business going. Of course, they have teachers. But more in form of books and courses that are not designed with the teaching aspect in mind.

So ask yourself, what do I need to do/be in order for my clients to make the shift and "help them fix their broken arm".

Do you need more knowledge in a particular field that you might get with a certificate or is this something you do for yourself to feel better?

 

1 hour ago, Aaron p said:

I was one of them.

What did you do to get out of it?

[Aaron p]

@universe I was forced to look within bro, I realised that nobody was Gona help me out of my shit at that point except me. It's not the first time I've had to do it. Being totally alone and hero role needs to be filled so I step up to the plate. What I actually did requires deep story telling about my past and issues with weed etc. basically I had to develop my strategy skills and articulation skills alone. I got myself out of a cult on my own, well, with Leo's help. 

Having no Ballance in life to me is like having a broken car. It's just fucked lol. Things in the wrong place, not knowing how to start it, what to do or even where to start. No orientation, direction or vision. This is why spirituality is unavoidable. Spirit is mind and mind is pure supernatural energy. All the golden nuggets are within spirituality. Metaphysics. Beauty, reality, logic and beyond. Life. My story is a long one, one I won't bore you with. I just want to be what I needed for others

[Leo Gura]

A 7 day training is gonna be weak sauce.

Your budget is just unrealistic. Like saying you want a quality car for $4000.

Edited February 12 by Leo Gura

[Greatnestwithin]

I did my first ICF training back in 2017, in London, for 5k- it was a good foundation of coaching. Then I did an ontological one for 10k and another one for 5k. All of this without counting all the coaches I have hired.

If you want to be a coach, you want to commit to play a long game and invest thousand and thousand of dollars in training and coaches.
In US, Accomplishment coaching is one of the best and most rigorous  trainings there are out there.

[Verg0]

I would recommend you go and work really hard to afford iPEC. 

It's a really good program. 

No rush to buy a shitty program just because you don't have the patience to save up some money for a proper one. 

There's a high change that that's gonna backfire, then you bought a program for 2-4k which didn't have you what you looked.for and have to start from 0 to save up money for a proper program like iPEC. 

I'm doing iPEC at the moment and it really is a fantastic program and worth the money. 

[Verg0]

Also great life purpose statement! 

I would recommend that you think about making that way more specific. That's gonna help you to speak to your ideal client more personally and it'll kickstart the marketing of you coaching practice. 

[Mada_]

I have a rule for myself that if I ever become a life coach, it will probably be through an iPEC training, and I have to pay for it myself 100% through an entrepreneurial venture. 

[Brivido]

https://www.heroic.us/coach#join

This is a course that I was looking into doing myself, but then I changed my goals and future plans.

It seems to be extremely good and it’s from Brian Johnson, a guarantee of great products (he was the first YouTuber to do self improvement book reviews 14 years ago)

If you end up joining, let us know how it is. 

[Thought Art]

On 2024-02-12 at 11:40 AM, Greatnestwithin said:

I did my first ICF training back in 2017, in London, for 5k- it was a good foundation of coaching. Then I did an ontological one for 10k and another one for 5k. All of this without counting all the coaches I have hired.

If you want to be a coach, you want to commit to play a long game and invest thousand and thousand of dollars in training and coaches.
In US, Accomplishment coaching is one of the best and most rigorous  trainings there are out there.

I think this is healthy. Why not choose a high quality program and save up for it. Invest in building skills perhaps in affordable ways and then get a good program. 
 

Take time with this and make sure you put the money you have to good use.

[DianaFr]

My tips for coach training.
1) Accept the fact - most coaches fail. I think the statistics was that 80% of coaches fail within the first two years (it's the average time before their resources run out). 
2) The bar for entry is ridiculously low - anybody can call themselves a coach these days and most of these "coaches" don't even know what coaching is and is not. So your competition will be high and you will likely have to work hard to convince your potential clients why you are not a yet another 'I will help you' artist.
3) Accept that marketing will be at least 50% of how you spend your time as a coach (likely more during the early phases of your business). So you will need good coaching skills and even better marketing skills (there are plenty of great coaches with no clients because they don't know how to sell themselves). I may be wrong, of course, but the way you describe your coaching purpose makes me think that you think people want to buy coaching to get their lives fixed. But they don't. Most people have no idea they need coaching, so they are not going to buy it. They will buy a specific solution to the specific problem that's bothering them. And another thing - your target group should be able to afford your rates. If they can't, you don't have a sustainable business model. 
4) Your coach training program should be ICF-approved.
5) Did you mention you were living in UK? I suggest you check out the Animas Center for Coaching. I got my transformational coach qualification from them. This school checked all my boxes both before and after training. They also have a great community support where you can continue to attend trainings for free how much you like. 
6) Do think about the business aspect. In addition to coach training, I invested in Marie Forleo B-School. I may be biased, but I highly recommend this program. I also hired a social media coach (since I sucked at it). Just be prepared you may need extra help to get going. 

[Aaron p]

@DianaFr

On 13/02/2024 at 11:14 PM, DianaFr said:

Accept the fact - most coaches fail. I think the statistics was that 80% of coaches fail within the first two years (it's the average time before their resources run out). 

On 13/02/2024 at 11:14 PM, DianaFr said:

Accept that marketing will be at least 50% of how you spend your time as a coach (likely more during the early phases of your business). So you will need good coaching skills and even better marketing skills (there are plenty of great coaches with no clients because they don't know how to sell themselves). I may be wrong, of course, but the way you describe your coaching purpose makes me think that you think people want to buy coaching to get their lives fixed. But they don't. Most people have no idea they need coaching, so they are not going to buy it. They will buy a specific solution to the specific problem that's bothering them. And another thing - your target group should be able to afford your rates. If they can't, you don't have a sustainable business model. 

Yeah but I have an advantage, I love in northern Ireland, we are a post conflict society so there aren't many Americanisation's here just yet (such as life coaching). Secondly, I can't fail. Even if I lose a bit of money it's aligned with my heart deeply and I would pay to be able to be a coach. *I* would pay lol. So it's a robust framework.

 

And yes I know that marketing will be key. I have already started a business in the UK so I know how to do it. And yes I will make my coaching frame more specific. I have a course on developing brand identity. Then I'll probably just hire some nerds from Upwork or fiverr to market my service.

 

On 13/02/2024 at 11:14 PM, DianaFr said:

The bar for entry is ridiculously low - anybody can call themselves a coach these days and most of these "coaches" don't even know what coaching is and is not. So your competition will be high and you will likely have to work hard to convince your potential clients why you are not a yet another 'I will help you' artist.

Hard work? Yeah but I can do it. There will be a great pressure pushing the thing forward because of how aligned it is with my LP.

On 13/02/2024 at 11:14 PM, DianaFr said:

Your coach training program should be ICF-approved.

Thank you for letting me know this

[Aaron p]

On 13/02/2024 at 10:25 AM, Mada_ said:

I have a rule for myself that if I ever become a life coach, it will probably be through an iPEC training, and I have to pay for it myself 100% through an entrepreneurial venture. 

@Mada_ nice resolution man, 

[Aaron p]

On 12/02/2024 at 2:57 PM, Leo Gura said:

A 7 day training is gonna be weak sauce.

Your budget is just unrealistic. Like saying you want a quality car for $4000.

@Leo GuraGuraGuraGuraGuraG

Can you tell us how you marketed yourself as a life coach. You've obvious did one of your rules, found something that works and exploited it.

Can you tell us where to go to get the best marketing programs. Thank you