Deepen Your Craft. Simplify Your Credential.
One home for every ICF credentialing and renewal pathway, whatever stage you're at.
Whatever stage you're at, whatever paperwork problem the ICF has handed you, there's a clear way through it here. Your first credential. A renewal. An upgrade. Even the dreaded portfolio path.
Your ICF credential is the floor, not the ceiling. We believe in presence over performance, and in honoring your natural pace over administrative panic. You'll do this work inside a community of peers and master mentors who care about who you're becoming as a coach. The hours, the mentor credits, the diploma: those just follow from the depth of your practice.
Our faculty is already ahead of the ICF's newest MCS mentor coaching requirements, so that's one less thing on your plate.
100% ICF Accredited. Verified pathways across Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3.
Faculty who are already ahead of the curve. All our mentors hold PCC and MCC credentials and are pursuing (or already hold) the ICF's Mentor Coach Specialization.
Room to breathe. In addition to your mentor coaching, you'll have access to live group supervision circles, skills and business building workshops, coaching demos, and ongoing access to our resource library.
This is for you if...
You have some coach training and need ICF-accredited mentor coaching hours for your first credential, a renewal, or an upgrade.
You're staring down the "portfolio path" and would rather send us your certificates than wrestle with ICF forms yourself.
You want mentor coaching to mean more than compliance. You're hungry to go deeper into the Core Competencies, not just check them off.
You want a mentor coach who's already ahead of the ICF's newest requirements, without having to vet that yourself.
You want to belong to a global community of coaches who take this work seriously, and take themselves lightly.
How We Partner Best With You
We partner with coaches ready to show up fully: bringing the same trust, curiosity, and radical acceptance to their own growth that they offer their clients. Live supervision, human connection, and relational practice sit at the center of everything we do.
Which Path Is Yours?
Tell us where you're starting, and we'll point you to the smoothest way through.
I hold an ACC and need to renew
ACC Renewal Track
What you walk away with:
10 mentor coaching hours + up to 30 CCE hours
I hold an ACC and need to renew
ACC Renewal Track
What you walk away with:
10 mentor coaching hours + up to 30 CCE hours
Your ICF hours are the floor, not the ceiling
Here's everything that comes with your 5-month membership
Individual Mentor Coaching
Three individual 60-minute sessions with your assigned mentor coach. You'll submit a recording and transcript in advance, complete a self-assessment against the PCC markers, and arrive ready for rich, honest feedback on your actual coaching. You'll receive credit for your homework hours.
Group Mentor Coaching and Supervision
2–3 live sessions per month with MCC and PCC coaches who hold ICF assessor training. This is where your coaching is witnessed, not just evaluated. Sessions contribute directly to your ICF core competency hours. Mentor coaching sessions are capped at 10 participants. Supervision groups are capped at 5 participants.
Skills Deepening Sessions and Workshops
Monthly sessions designed to stretch and refine your coaching craft, exploring deeply beyond the ICF Core Competencies, practicing techniques in real time, and building the kind of nuanced awareness that separates a good coach from a truly transformational one.
Business Building events
Practical, honest support for building a coaching practice you can actually sustain. Real questions, real answers, from coaches who are doing it.
Peer Coaching
Give and receive coaching with fellow members and Awaken alumni. The best way to understand a competency is to experience it from both sides.
A global community of coaches
One of the things we hear most often from Awaken coaches is that they didn't expect the community. They came for the hours and stayed for the people. Our members span four continents, bring wildly different backgrounds, and share one thing in common: a commitment to coaching that goes deeper than technique. This is the room where that kind of coach belongs
"Being part of the Mentor Coaching Membership at Awaken was deeply meaningful. Even having completed another certification, this felt different. There was a holistic, caring approach which focused on truly seeing and honoring the whole person, rather than 'fixing problems.' The holistic and somatic elements brought incredible depth, and the community offered warmth, variety, and rich perspectives from multiple mentor coaches. The space felt loving, supportive, and authentic. I'd highly recommend this to any coach wanting mentorship rooted in humanity, presence, embodiment, and heart."
LeeLee Genovese, MA, ACC, Leadership & Transition Coach, Oregon, USA
Awaken Coach Institute exists to make the world a braver, more loving place.
We train coaches to listen deeply, to awaken to the power of their own presence, and to be more loving and accepting than they've ever been before.
Awaken Coach Institute is recognized as an ICF-Accredited Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 coaching education provider.
Awaken's mentor coaching program will prepare you for your ICF credentialing exam
At Awaken, we've never believed that becoming a better coach is primarily a question of skill. It's about how deeply you meet yourself.
The coaches who change their clients' lives aren't the ones who've memorized the PCC markers. They're the ones who've done their own work, who know what it feels like to be truly listened to, to be challenged with love, to be seen in their full, glorious humanity, without performance.
Our mentor coaches are MCC and PCC coaches with their own thriving coaching practices, and many with ICF assessor training. They won't just give you feedback on your recording. They'll you into curiosity, with care, about the kind of coach you're becoming.
And the community you'll join isn't a Zoom room full of strangers working toward a shared deadline. It's a living, global gathering of coaches committed to mastery and depth, people who will still be part of your practice long after your credential lands.
Your credential is the door. What's on the other side is worth so much more.
You'll be learning with coaches who've walked this path.
Our mentor coaches are experienced MCC and PCC coaches, many of whom hold ICF assessor training, supervision credentials, and run thriving coaching practices. They won't just guide you through the competencies, they'll show up for you as whole people.
Christi Byerly, MCC
The Soulful Strategist
Christi blends deep spiritual direction with global nomad expertise. Her style is a masterclass in grace-filled accountability, helping you build coaching skills rooted in universal love while navigating the complexities of multi-cultural and multi-lingual environments.
Rishi Rongala, MCC
The Mindful Intellectual
Rishi bridges the gap between high-stakes corporate leadership and inner stillness. If you want to move past calculating and thinking through your coaching sessions and instead tap into a state of profound presence and neuroscience-backed clarity, Rishi will help you uncover the wisdom that lies beyond conditioned thinking.
Fran Bruning, PCC
The Human-First AI Expert
Fran believes that at the heart of every transformational coaching conversation is a deeply human connection rooted in trust, empathy, and presence. While Fran possesses a research-informed understanding of the evolving landscape of coaching technology, her philosophy remains "human-first".
Ben Byerly, PhD, PCC
The Depth Explorer
Ben provides depth coaching and spiritual accompaniment to executives, academics, and entrepreneurs across several continents. He mentors coaches in integrating advanced depth modalities, including IFS (parts work), family constellations, interpersonal neurobiology, and contemplative spiritualities.
Stacy Crawford, PCC
The Holistic Healer
Stacy’s unique strength lies in the intersection of Mind-Body Medicine and strengths-based coaching. She offers a deeply safe, therapeutic space for mentees who want to integrate wellness and trauma-informed care into their professional identity, ensuring your coaching is as sustainable as it is impactful.
Thomas Mundia, PCC
The Ethical Architect
With a background in applied philosophy and a massive global footprint, Thomas specializes in humane leadership. He is the ideal mentor for those looking to bring psychological safety and high-level emotional intelligence to executive boardrooms and international organizations.
Valeyne Grotrian, PCC
The Inner-Power Champion
Valeyne is an expert at helping coaches stand in their own power, and invite that same power in their clients. Her style is a blend of psychology-backed leadership and curious play, perfect for the coach who wants to shed imposter syndrome and meet their clients with a bold, authentic, and soul-centered presence.
Bob Armour, PCC
The Strategic Practitioner
Bob offers a no-nonsense holistic approach that is direct, structured, and intensely results-oriented. He is the go-to mentor for those looking to bridge the gap between being a certified coach and a commercially successful practitioner, without losing their personal integrity along the way.
Andrew Simpson, PCC
The Creative Catalyst
Andrew brings a playful, nature-inspired encouraging energy to the mentoring process. Drawing from 35 years of international experience, he uses deep listening and creative sparks to help you find your voice, gain momentum, and approach the ICF core competencies with a sense of wonder and deep-rooted confidence.
Your investment
5-Month Mentor Coaching Community Membership
$1,500 USD | €1,300 EUR
or 5 monthly payments of $300 USD | €260 EUR
Everything included in your 5 months:
7+ hours group mentor coaching (2–3 sessions/month, capped at 10 participants)
3 hours 1:1 mentor coaching
Business mastermind sessions
Peer coaching opportunities
Online community access with faculty, alumni, and global members
We offer a payment plan because access to this community should be as easy as possible.
Open to coaches from any ICF-accredited training program. (And let us know if your program wasn't accredited - let's see if we can help you avoid the dreaded "portfolio path".)
Additional 1:1 mentor coaching sessions available at $200 / 60 minutes.
Questions? Email communitycare@awakencoaching.com
Have questions? We have answers
Do I need to be an Awaken graduate to join?
No. This membership is open to any coach who has completed 30+ coach training hours through an ICF-accredited program. You're welcome here wherever you trained.
You can send us your certificates if you're unsure whether your previous training counts. If you studied in a non-ICF-accredited training, we may be able to help you avoid the dreaded "portfolio path" to credentialing.
How does this count toward my ICF credential application?
Your 5-month membership includes 7+ hours of group mentor coaching, 3 hours of 1:1 mentor coaching, and 1 performance evaluation — meeting ICF's 10-hour mentor coaching requirement.
You'll receive documentation of all of your hours completed. You can submit your Awaken certificate with your credential application.
Mentor coaching and supervision hours count toward the 24 core competency hours required for each credential renewal. Business-building sessions count toward your 16 ICF resource development hours.
Are sessions recorded?
Business-building masterminds, MCC coaching demonstrations, and skills deepening sessions are often recorded, with participant permission. That means that you can still get credit for these sessions by watching the recordings in the community library, and filling out your attendance tracker.
Mentor coaching and supervision sessions are held live, without recordings.
How many coaches are in group sessions?
Group mentor coaching sessions are capped at 10 participants. Supervision groups are capped at 5. This is intentional — Awaken has always believed that real growth happens in an intimate community, not in a crowd.
What's the difference between this membership and booking standalone 1:1 mentor coaching?
Standalone 1:1 sessions give you your individual hours. They are included in this program. This membership gives you the hours inside a living community — with peer coaching, business support, monthly events, and a global network of coaches who will still be part of your practice long after your credential lands. The credential is the floor, not the ceiling.
Is Awaken accredited by the ICF?
Yes. The ICF recognizes Awaken Coach Institute as an Accredited Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 coaching education provider. Our mentor coaching membership is structured to meet ICF's requirements for ACC and PCC credentialing and renewal.
What if I miss a live session? Do my hours still count?
Please let us know in advance if you can't attend, so we can offer your spot to another participant. Mentor coaching and supervision sessions must be attended live, which is why we offer them at different times of the day, the week, and the month.
You can attend other sessions by watching recordings from our growing library of workshops.
What time zones do your sessions accommodate?
Awaken participants tend to range from the West Coast of the Americas all the way to East Africa, India, and beyond. Our faculty hails from four continents.
Can I join at any point, or is there a start date?
Enrollment is rolling — you can join when the time is right for you. Once you join, you'll be connected to the community and the upcoming session schedule immediately.
What if I need more than 3 hours of 1:1 mentor coaching?
Additional 1:1 sessions are available exclusively for members of this community at $200 / €180 per 60-minute session. Contact communitycare@awakencoaching.com to arrange.
Is there a refund policy?
Refund requests are considered on a case-by-case basis within the first two months of your membership, depending upon usage of 1:1 mentor coaching sessions. After two months, no refunds are available.
If you are on a payment plan and payments cease, access to the community and all membership benefits will be paused until payments resume.
To discuss a refund or payment query, email communitycare@awakencoaching.com.
You don't have to do this alone
And you don't have to choose between your credential and your growth.
Come do both with us.