Stop Pushing Harder.
The Science Is Clear.
Self-Compassion Fuels Performance.
When coaches learn to work with self-compassion, everything changes. It becomes the lens through which you listen, the way you ask questions, and the quality of presence you bring to every session. This training teaches you how to work from that place.
Where Self-Compassion Meets
Transformative Coaching
We built this Academy because self-compassion belongs inside the coaching room, not just in workshops and retreats. Coaches and helping professionals who know how to work with it create a different kind of change in the people they serve.
"I saw coaches missing the inner work piece. I saw self-compassion teachers who wanted to go deeper with people one-on-one. And I experienced firsthand how self-compassion changed what was possible in a coaching conversation. This Academy exists to meet that need, giving coaches and helping professionals the skills to share self-compassion in the 1:1 work they're already doing with those they serve."
— Amy Noelle, Founder
Choose Your
Learning Pathway
Two coach trainings. A growing library of expert electives. Self-compassion at the heart of it all.
Already coaching? This 39-hour program gives you the self-compassion skills, tools, and framework to deepen your work, starting with your very next session.
- 39 CCE hours
- Self-paced with live optional components
- C.A.R.E. Method™ integration toolkit
- Coaching question bank & resources
- Certificate of completion
New to coaching? Start here. This full certification trains you as a coach and a self-compassion practitioner at the same time, so the two are inseparable from day one.
- Full ICF Level 1 certification pathway
- Self-compassion & coaching taught in parallel
- Supervised practice hours included
- Peer coaching partnerships available
- Expert electives from subject matter experts
Go deeper in the areas that matter most to your clients. Each elective is taught by a practitioner who has spent years in that specific space.
- Explore how self-compassion relates to specific populations and coaching challenges
- Taught by vetted subject matter experts
- Standalone or as program add-ons
- Self-paced video content
- CCE hours where applicable
The C.A.R.E. Method™
A proprietary four-phase coaching framework that systematically weaves self-compassion principles throughout every stage of the coaching process.
Establish psychological safety and a compassionate coaching alliance. Co-create the conditions for authentic exploration and define the territory of the work.
A three-layer process: Attend, listen deeply to what the client is experiencing. Attune, tune into how the client is relating to themselves, noticing self-judgment and inner critic patterns. Acknowledge, validate the individual's experience, reflecting back what you observe with care and without agenda.
Facilitate compassionate inquiry to examine patterns, beliefs, and narratives. Support the client in discovering new perspectives through open, exploratory questioning.
Channel insight into committed, values-aligned action. Support clients in moving forward with self-compassion as an inner resource rather than inner critic as a driver.
Voices from Our Community
Your Clients Are Ready.
Are You?
The first cohort is forming now. If you've sensed that something is missing from the way coaching typically approaches inner work, you're right. And this is where that changes.
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