The Premier Training and Certification Program For Aspiring and existing Coaches

Become a Certified Wisdom of the Whole® Coach in 6 to 9 months.

Do you want to build an authentic coaching business, support your personal growth, or enhance your current profession? WOW empowers you with the exact skills, tools, and processes needed to build a successful and sustainable coaching business that changes lives, including yours!

The door is now open for the February 2025 cohort. Welcome all new students!

People | Values | Principles |

People | Values | Principles |

CERTIFICATION PATHWAYS

Wisdom of the Whole® Coaching

A Holistic/Integral Approach

Are you feeling called to become a certified transformational coach? Discover the gold standard in transformational integral and holistic coach training based on the Five Structures of Consciousness—one of the most powerful approaches to whole-person transformation. Our Wisdom of the Whole® flagship program has been created, tested, and refined over three decades of practice and is the first and only single coaching program that meets and exceeds the coach training requirements for all three (ICF, NBHWC, and AHNCC) certification pathways (in addition to the Wisdom of the Whole® Coach Certification).

Please scroll to the bottom of the page to see the details for various certification pathways.

We Are The Program of Choice For

ASPIRING AND EXISTING WHOLE-PERSON AND WELL-BEING COACHES

WHO WANT TO…

  • Learn the most effective skills to facilitate growth for their clients

  • Create a meaningful, thriving, and purposeful coaching business

  • Get certified and make more money as a certified coach

  • Prepare for ICF, NBHWC, or AHNCC certification

HEALERS, NURSES, MEDICAL DOCTORS, AND CARE PROFESSIONALS

WHO WANT TO…

  • Bring coaching service into their care practice

  • Facilitate sustainable and effective client transformation

  • Advance professionally and personally as a holistic coach

  • Prepare for ICF, NBHWC, or AHNCC certification

CAREER PROFESSIONALS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND MANAGERS

WHO WANT TO…

  • Integrate coaching skills into how they lead

  • Make a greater business impact and social contribution

  • Start a side coaching or consulting business

  • Advance in their career and transform as a leader

Become a Wisdom of the Whole® Certified Coach in 6 to 9 months.

Add Coach Training To Your Wishlist This Season | Apply Below for February 2025 |

Add Coach Training To Your Wishlist This Season | Apply Below for February 2025 |

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Imagine this

✺ JOY AND GRATITUDE

You wake up with abundant joy and gratitude every morning because you honored your gifts and created your dream life and career.

✺ FLEXIBILITY

You work from home or a place you enjoy because your thriving, location-independent coaching business allows you to work from anywhere.

✺ ABUNDANCE

You get the best coaching opportunities because your coaching program is accredited with three coach credentialing organizations.

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✺ CONFIDENCE

You trained to be an integral and holistic coach, and you know you can confidently guide your clients through any obstacles they might face.

✺ FOCUS

You know how to stay calm and grounded in your practice and business because you learned and embodied the skills for any storm.


✺ CONNECTION

You have friends and colleagues to celebrate your growth, amplify your message, or ask for advice when you face doubts. You are not alone.

IF THIS RESONATES WITH YOU, YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO BECOME

a Wisdom of the Whole® Certified Coach

Using our Structures of Consciousness coaching framework and comprehensive integral and holistic methodology, you’ll master a professional, proven, and flexible approach to guide transformational growth for your clients. Our tools integrate the latest evidence-based research in cognitive-behavioral and intuition neuroscience, energy, emotional, spiritual, and somatic techniques to help you coach your clients and become a highly impactful Wisdom of the Whole® Certified Coach. You will gain experience facilitating and witnessing the whole-person transformation and growth as you become skilled in integral coaching. Along with masterful coaching, communication, and facilitation skills, you will also gain a significant understanding of yourself at a deeper level.

ARE YOU READY TO EMBARK ON THIS LIFE-CHANGING JOURNEY?

WE OFFER THIS PROGRAM THREE TIMES A YEAR, AND SEATS ARE LIMITED TO ENSURE THE BEST LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR OUR STUDENTS. WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU RESERVE YOUR SEAT EARLY. THE NEXT COHORT STARTS ON FEBRUARY 18, 2025.

Create a thriving coaching career that fulfills you in every way.

Say GOODBYE to working in a way that doesn’t align and light you up — and say HELLO to a coaching career filled with the most profound fulfillment, joy, and expanding prosperity. Join our nine months of training to unlock a lifetime of living your purpose. We can’t wait to meet you.

  • "Wisdom of the Whole coaching academy has allowed me to deepen my personal narrative around self-healing while positively affecting all of my relationships and practices, both personal and public. My understanding of the human psyche in relationship to the evolution of the earth and humankind has been elevated exponentially. I truly feel holistically aware and one with our existence."

    -Elsa, New York

  • "I felt so much support and acceptance in my classes from my instructor and the other students. It was a relaxing, fun, and stimulating environment to learn in and I felt our closeness grow as the weeks flew by. Coaching will definitely enhance my work and deepen my relationships with my patients and overall in my life."

    -Patty, Nurse, Arizona

  • "I love this program. It is teaching me to be whole in order to recognize the wholeness of my clients."

    -Theresa, Nurse, New York

  • "Wisdom of the Whole integrates personal ways of knowing oneself thereby empowering oneself the capability to do this for others."

    -Sharon, Nurse, Ohio

  • "Wisdom of the Whole's Advanced Tools course offers an amazing, hands-on education of fun and practical tools that expand consciousness, help coaches, clients, and perhaps more beings than we can imagine."

    -Zachary, North Carolina

  • "A great course to expand your practice. This must be integrated into classes everywhere! Phenomenal. Empowering. My life is forever changed."

    -Regina, Nurse, California

  • "I’m very grateful for the Wisdom of the Whole program. This program has positively influenced my life, personally and professionally. From a nursing stand point, this program really embodies what it means to be a nurse. I feel like the program really steers nursing as a whole back to the way that Florence Nightingale, the founder of nursing, intended it to be."

    -Kimberly, Nurse, Louisiana

  • "I am so glad I took this program. If this is something you are thinking about doing, DO IT!"

    -Andrea, Nurse, California

  • "Wisdom of the Whole Coaching is a very thoughtful program that feels like the gift of a life's work from Linda Bark. It has made a meaningful difference in my Midwifery practice supporting women to feel empowered and find their own path."

    -Kiana, Hawaii

  • "I have greatly enjoyed every minute of this course. I had not anticipated the many ways that the course would help me grow not only in a professional sense but in my personal life as well."

    -Tobias, Minnesota

  • "The integral perspective is for this now moment. The structures of consciousness provide a valuable framework for drawing attention to the various multiform layers of wisdom that we may consult from within."

    -Benjamin, California

  • "The Wisdom of the Whole coaches and staff have set me up for success as a life coach. When I first attempted coaching, I felt like I had a far more limited capacity to interact and related to clients. I have a specific niche I work in and felt comfortable there but knew I needed more breadth and depth of practice. This coaching modality gifted me that. I used to lead and advise and now I am far more able to offer tools to clients who have all the answers to their questions already and simply need assistance finding them within. Linda Bark's holistic coaching modality and Heidi Ochtrup's masterful coaching instruction have really helped put me on the path toward an expansive coaching practice and ability. I used to feel limited in my coaching capacity before this series of classes; I don't feel that way anymore. And I'm grateful."

    -Sean, sex/love addiction coach, New Mexico

  • "One of the gifts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the opportunity to become part of the Wisdom of the Whole community. Not only the education and experiences I have gained, but the people I have learned from and with, have become vital new resources that I am grateful to have with me as I move ahead into this whole new world of possibilities."

    -Melissa, acupuncturist, New York

  • "The most fundamental change is the new found light-heartedness and fun that I can introduce into client sessions while still offering tools that are deceptive in their simplicity and power. Also the wonderful freedom that comes from knowing that the client knows what's best for them and all I have to do is facilitate the knowing."

    -Rosalind, United Kingdom

  • "I highly recommend this course as a life changing, career enhancing tool in deep listening, and responding to various situations during actual clinical practice, such as admission processes. I had the experience of using one of the seven magic questions with an admission and the results were amazing. The classes are very interactive, fun and packed with sophisticated content that has been tried and true, over and over again. Even if one does not go on to be a coach, this is a great class to increase communication in the clinical setting as well as for personal growth."

    -Linda, New York

  • "The Wisdom of the Whole coaching program exceeded my expectations. The hands-on practice of coaching was invaluable. I had the opportunity to coach with feedback in the moment as well as be coached. I met and worked with some amazing individuals over the last seven months. I would definitely recommend this program to anyone seeking to learn or hone in on coaching skills from the whole person perspective. Absolutely an amazing program!"

    -Stephanie, Nurse, Georgia

Unique Coach Training Program to Coach the Whole Person

The Wisdom of the Whole® is the world’s first and only triple-approved program that includes advanced training in multiple Structures of Consciousness and integrated modalities of the Whole Being. Our tools and techniques are developed using evidence-based practices such as laser-focused coaching, motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral coaching, dialogue, breathwork, meditation, visualization, somatic awareness, and transformational empowerment. Our approach is backed by research and steeped in proven-to-work but flexible processes and structures.

Most coaching programs focus on a single structure of consciousness.

The Wisdom of the Whole® approach is unique and effective because it facilitates holistic and integral transformation by coaching shifts across 5 Structures of Consciousness.

TRANSFORMATIONAL COACHING

Five Structures of Consciousness

If you are a professional who helps others lead flourishing, happier lives, Wisdom of the Whole® coach training will help you to become more effective in your work. Our multidimensional approach moves clients more quickly, easily, and authentically toward their goals, often eliminating false starts. The client and the coach move through the coaching session more efficiently. The Wisdom of the Whole® approach invites coaches and their clients to look through multiple windows of awareness, exploration, meaning-making, and action. The well-stocked toolkit provides options for customizing a coaching practice and how and when to use the multidimensional coaching tools. The powerful mental tools described in the courses are based on critical thinking, analysis, and planning, but we don’t stop there! In our holistic mastery training, you will learn how to:

  • listen for the stories clients tell themselves at body/mind/spirit levels

  • support clients to travel forward on a path to their goals using integral tools

  • use somatic or body tools to access body wisdom

  • invite imagery and intuition

  • implement tools for being present and working with breath

  • engage in the client’s sense of purpose and meaning to impact motivation

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Why Aspiring and Current Coaches Choose Wisdom of the Whole® Coach Training?

Our coaches are committed to profoundly serving while winning in life and business. Our training & certification is the only integral and holistic program that integrates coach training with a coach’s personal transformation and healthy lifestyle education. Wisdom of the Whole® comprehensive coach training is built on knowledge of coaching mastery honed over three decades, yet made accessible and easy to grasp for new learners. The program includes live virtual instruction in real-time, personalized practical guidance and mentoring, advanced coaching tools and resources, business development skills, and the visibility new coaches need to build a successful and sustainable business.

What You Will Get With Our Program

  • ✺ Curriculum

    The best-in-class transformational holistic and integral coach training program that was developed, tested, and refined over three decades.

  • ✺ Resources

    Complete coaching resource library and a powerful coach toolkit to help you confidently start your coaching practice. Feel confident right from the start.

  • ✺ Support

    Our coaches, teachers, and program coordinators are passionately dedicated to your success. You will be powerfully supported along every step of the way.

  • ✺ Coaching

    Opportunity to be coached by masterful coaches and grow as a person and a professional. We pour passion into our students’ potential—and it is life-changing.

  • ✺ Connection

    We invest in long-term relationships, and so do our alumni. Our students continue to learn together through our dynamic alumni network and exclusive alumni workshops.

  • ✺ Visibility

    Our alumni and Wisdom of the Whole® Certified Coaches get spotlighted on our website, blog, social media, and in our community events. We want to amplify your reach.

What is Inside the Wisdom of the Whole® Coach Training Program

90 hours of masterful coach-specific training, 10 hours of coach mentoring, resources, transformational coaching tools, and everything you need to start your coaching practice

Core Coaching Competency

  • 30 hours of core competency training (program info)

  • 2-hour live video classes for nine weeks

  • Online coursework

  • Coaching practice: core competencies

ADVANCED TOOLS

  • 30 hours of advanced coaching tools training (program info)

  • 2-hour live video classes for eight weeks

  • Online coursework and advanced tools cards

  • Coaching practice: advanced tools

Practicum

  • 15 hours of coaching practicum training (program info)

  • 2-hour live video classes for eight weeks

  • Practical guidance about the coaching process

  • Coaching practice: peer coaching (1:1 and groups)

Healthy Lifestyle Basics

  • 15 hours of video content (program info)

  • Flexible self-paced learning

  • Online resources and learning quiz

  • Healthy lifestyle toolkit you can use in your practice

coach Mentorship

  • 7 hours of group coach mentorship (program info)

  • 3 hours of individual coach mentorship (program info)

  • Coaching competency development tips and strategies

  • Coaching self-reflection journal

By joining our coach training program, you will also get access to our Alumni Membership network. The membership includes carefully curated and regularly updated resources that you can apply to your life, your clients, or to build your coaching practice.

Reserve Your Seat Today for Winter 2025

Reserve Your Seat Today for Winter 2025

At the End of This Program, You Will…

  • Coaching Presence

    You will build a foundation for unwavering coaching presence and approach coaching with compassion, unconditional positive regard, and coaching confidence.

  • Confidence

    You will emerge as a competent and confident transformational coach, ready to guide your clients through a career, business, or life change and transformation.

  • Business Practice

    You will possess the essential knowledge, skills, and competencies to successfully design your coaching package and launch your coaching practice.

  • Certificate

    Earn the coaching certificate that demonstrates your proficiency in holistic and integral coaching, and showcases your commitment to professional coaching.

Reserve Your Seat For February 2025

Tuesdays*, starting February 18, from Noon-2:00 pm ET
OR
Thursdays, beginning February 20, from 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm ET

Wisdom of the Whole® Coach Training Program
$5,995.00
One time
$1,050.00
For 6 months

Wisdom of the Whole® Coach training for those who want to become a coach and anyone seeking to be more effective in their work. Our approach moves clients more quickly, easily, and authentically toward their goals, often eliminating false starts and saving energy. The program is approved by the three coach credentialing organizations (ICF, NBHWC, and AHNCC).

✓ Approved Coach-specific training content to get certified
✓ Core Competencies, Advanced Tools, and Practicum
✓ Healthy Lifestyle Basics
✓ Mentoring, community, and resources to grow your business
✓ Priority access to our special events and alumni deals

Program Requirements: Classes are offered in English. You must be 18 years of age or older to register. Cancellation Policy: All sales are final. No refunds on cancellations are allowed. This includes all payment plan arrangements. Courses may be postponed and credit held on account for future courses.

*Class moves from Tuesday to Wednesday for classes meeting July 15-Sept 2.

Reserve Your Seat Today for Winter 2025

Reserve Your Seat Today for Winter 2025

✺ Frequently asked questions ✺

  • The only requirement for enrollment is that you are 18 years or older. We have a diverse group of students with many educational backgrounds and interests.

  • Are you looking to become a coach? Do you feel you would like to make a meaningful impact on people’s lives? Do you find that our daily conversations feel flat, and you believe there is so much more value and potential left unexplored? If the answer is YES, we think you will LOVE this program.

  • Both! Our comprehensive curriculum will prepare you to coach 1:1 clients in person and virtually. In addition, we will prepare you to coach groups and run your workshops. You don’t need to worry about taking a separate program to learn how to work with groups.

  • The Holistic Coaching Mastery Program starts two times a year. You can find the schedule for upcoming courses at the Events page of our website. We offer our courses from 4:30-6:30 PM Pacific Standard Time and from 9:00-11:00 AM Pacific Standard Time.

  • Yes, this program is fully online with a combination of weekly Live video classes using the Zoom platform and online learning modules. The video calls create a close-knit community for our students, and online learning gives flexibility in scheduling your independent work.

  • The Coaching Core Competency course is nine weeks and takes about 2-3 months to complete. Advanced Tools and Practicum are each 8 weeks long and taken consecutively after the Core Competency course will take 4-6 months. There may be a break of one or more weeks between courses, depending on the session. You can view the course registration page for specific course dates. Students have 60 days to complete the Healthy Lifestyle Basics and start when they choose. Most students complete the full program in 7-8 months. You will start coaching real clients within the first few weeks of the program.

  • Yes. To become a Wisdom of the Whole® Certified Coach, you must complete all four modules and pass the final knowledge test. The program will also meet and exceed coach training requirements set by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC), and American Holistic Nurses Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC).

  • Wisdom of the Whole is designed for busy people. People who work full time, are in school, are parents, or have busy lives. The course is not like a graduate-level class. Students take the course because they are passionate about coaching. They are interested in helping people and intrinsically motivated to learn.

  • Our coaching programs offer you the advantage of a time-tested and validated approach to coaching. Our founder, Dr. Linda Bark, has been a nurse and a coach for over 30 years and has been teaching coaching for 25 years. You will learn solid, research-validated coaching skills with the support and mentoring you need for success. Our programs prepare you to meet the requirements for national certification and offer a holistic and integral perspective. A weekend program may offer a few skills, but coaching competency takes time, support, and practice!

  • Our team can help you navigate the certification requirements for the International Coaching Federation (ICF), National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC), or American Holistic Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC). You can hop on a call with one of our Course Information Specialists or check the credentialing organization’s website for more information.

  • Yes, Linda loves to teach and mentor new and experienced coaches.

  • We have a variety of programs and exclusive events just for our alumni. In addition, we are committed to amplifying your online and offline visibility. You will have an opportunity to list your coaching practice on our website. We will offer an opportunity for you to develop your thought leadership and be featured in our blog, podcast, and our live events.

  • We offer Pay-in-Full and six-month payment plans. Most of our students are satisfied with these options. If you need more flexibility or want to talk about other payment plan options, please get in touch with our Course Information Specialist for help. We also offer special Early Bird pricing, which gives a deep discount and special bonuses for those who register early.

  • All sales are final. We do not offer refunds.

  • We have a very strong alumni group for networking and support. Please check out our Alumni page for more information.

  • A highlight of our coaching program for students is the unexpected personal transformation they experience as a student. You will not only learn to be a skilled and effective coach with your many opportunities to practice coaching others, but you will also receive coaching from fellow students and faculty throughout the program that will support your personal growth. That is a priceless benefit!

  • We will partner with you and make sure you have everything you need to become a great coach. We will give you the knowledge, skills, and tools for you to start coaching right away...and practice, practice, practice! You matter to us. We care about you and what you do with your coaching after graduation. You can keep in touch with us on our free alumni calls for as long as you like! We meet the training requirements for multiple certifications so that you are not limited to a certain coaching pathway as you might be with other programs. We are a home for discovering and exploring a new way of coaching that creates wholeness and benefits the coach, the client, and the world.

  • Join us on one of our twice-a-month live Coaching in Action Calls. These calls are a great opportunity to learn more about our coaching model and to experience a real, unscripted coaching session.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?

How Can We Help?

We are happy to answer any additional questions you might have. Our faculty and Course Information Specialists are available to answer any questions. Please don’t hesitate to give us a call.

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Program Approval INFORMATION

Our comprehensive coach training program (90 hours of training & 10 hours of mentoring) meets and exceeds the coach training program approval requirements by ICF, NBHWC, and AHNA/AHNCC.

International Coaching Federation (ICF)

Level 1 (60 hours)

The Wisdom of the Whole coaching program is a 60-hour Level 1 accredited ICF education and training program that will meet the coach-specific education requirements for an ICF Credential.

The 30-hour Core Competency, Advanced Tools, and Practicum qualify for 60 ICF contact hours and must all be completed through Wisdom of the Whole in order to meet the coach-specific training requirements. Learners wanting to obtain an ICF credential will also need to complete 10 Mentor Coaching hours through Wisdom of the Whole (included in this offer bundle). Please schedule your Mentor Coaching during the coach training so that you can meet ICF requirements.

National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC)

Approved Training Program (75 hours)

The Wisdom of the Whole Coaching Program is an Approved Health and Wellness Coach Training & Education program by the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC). Graduates of this program are eligible to apply for the HWC Certifying Examination to become a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC).

To qualify for 75 coach training hours through the NBHWC, the 30-Hour Core Competency, Advanced Tools, Practicum, and Healthy Lifestyle Basics courses must be completed.

American Holistic Nurses Association (AHNA)

AHNA Endorsed Program (90 hours)

This program has been peer-reviewed and is endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses Association.

Nurse Contact Hours (90 hours)

Please visit our individual course pages for AHNA approval information. (30-hour Core Competency, Advanced Tools, Practicum, and Healthy Lifestyle Basics.)

Please speak with our team for more information on the requirements for the Nurse Coach certification through the American Nurses Credentialing Corporation (AHNCC).