ICF-approved continuing coach education course: “When Agreements Get Awkward”3 Core Competency CCE hours available · certificate requirements below
A gift for current and past students of the full Awakened Academy program
What do you do when a coaching session goes off track?
Learn how to notice the shift, reset the agreement in natural language and help clients leave with progress they can see.
For full Awakened Academy students only. Mini-course enrollment alone does not qualify. Workshop attendance is free. Sign up with your Academy email to get course access, then attend either live date. No card or payment is needed to join.
Practice live, with the option to earn 3 ICF Core Competency CCE hours
Hands-on practice with the everyday moments that shift a coaching session.
3-hour LIVE coach training: “When Agreements Get Awkward”
This is a live session offered on two dates in November. Choose the one that works best for you.
November 7 or 14, 2026 · 1:00–4:10 PM Pacific · 11:00 AM–2:10 PM Hawaii· 2:00–5:10 PM Arizona
Free attendance · optional certificate after qualification
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Attend either live date: Saturday, November 7 or Saturday, November 14, 2026
US and Canada Pacific: 1:00–4:10 PM PST Mountain / Arizona: 2:00–5:10 PM MST Central: 3:00–6:10 PM CST Eastern: 4:00–7:10 PM EST Hawaii: 11:00 AM–2:10 PM HST
UK and Europe UK: 9:00 PM–12:10 AM GMT (ends Sunday) Central Europe: 10:00 PM–1:10 AM CET (ends Sunday)
Sunday, November 8 or November 15 India: 2:30–5:40 AM IST Sydney / Melbourne: 8:00–11:10 AM AEDT New Zealand: 10:00 AM–1:10 PM NZDT
Why this skill is so important
Have your coaching sessions ever drifted away from what your client originally came for?
You agree on a goal when the coaching journey begins. Then, as the sessions unfold, other concerns appear: a business partner, something from childhood, several urgent problems or simply “I just want to talk.” Before long, the original agreement can become muddled.
Some detours are exactly where the coaching needs to go. Others scatter the client’s attention. If you pull the client back too hard, they feel controlled. If you follow every thread, they may leave without seeing progress on the reason they came to you. That is when confidence in the coaching can fade and clients may stop booking.
The solution
Learn how to help clients get what they came for while staying responsive to what matters now. You will practice how to notice a shift, name it naturally and let the client consciously choose whether to continue, return or make a new agreement.
ICF considers this skill core to professional coaching: Core Competency 3, Establishes and Maintains Agreements. This training covers both halves of the competency: establishing agreements before coaching begins, including fees, intake, confidentiality, sponsors and the overall plan; and maintaining the agreement live in each session.
Professional recognition
Want a certificate? Complete the live training first.
Attend the full live training and meet the knowledge-check standard to receive your personalized certificate of completion. Your hours are earned in ICF Core Competency 3: Establishes and Maintains Agreements.
Students who enrolled on or after November 2, 2025: your certificate is included when you qualify.
Earlier students: if you want a certificate, pay a $25 verification and administration fee afterward. This covers checking your attendance and results, preparing your certificate, and sending it to you.
If you don’t need a certificate, there is nothing to pay. Watching the replay alone does not qualify for a certificate.
Attend all 180 live instructional minutes and score at least 4 out of 6. Approval period: August 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027. Completion does not confer an ACC, PCC, MCC or other ICF credential.
Your faculty
Co-teacher
Michael Mackintosh
Founder of Awakened Academy®, pioneer of spiritual life coaching and certifying spiritual life coaches since 2012.
Co-teacher
Mary Despe de Echemendia, PCC
ICF PCC-credentialed coach and coach mentor with 15 years of experience across corporate, business and coaching work.
When clients can see progress and feel well held, they have a clearer reason to continue the work and to recommend you. Sessions that drift do the opposite: the client leaves warm but empty-handed, and quietly stops booking. This one skill protects the value of every session you run.
In this training, you will learn how to:
01
Keep your sessions aligned
Notice when the focus changes and restore direction without forcing a rigid agenda.
02
Help your clients make visible progress
Help clients connect each conversation to the goals, insights and actions that matter to them.
03
Coach with more confidence
Use calm, professional language when the conversation changes direction or time is running out.
Resources for your coaching practice
Keep the learning close for your next difficult session.
Receive the workshop recording and an Inquiry & Prompt Guide: adaptable examples to use as reference material and make your own when focusing on this competency.
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Included 1
Complete Live Workshop Recording
Keep for your practice: Revisit the teaching and see how agreements can drift and be reset during a session.
Included 2
Inquiry & Prompt Guide
Use as a reference: A framework of examples you can adapt into your own language when focusing on ICF Core Competency 3.
The live experience
Practice the skill live, so you can use it with real clients.
We’ll start by exploring how agreements quietly drift over the course of a session, then move into hands-on practice with the everyday scenarios that trigger it, giving you real reps at noticing the shift and re-contracting in the moment.
LearnEstablish and maintain a useful agreement.
PracticeWork with everyday situations that trigger a shift in the agreement.
ReflectNotice the shift and re-contract in the moment.
ApplyChoose language for your next client session.
See the complete three-hour teaching agenda
All agenda times are Pacific (PST).
1:00–1:10
Welcome, outcomes and live poll
Identify the agreement moments creating the most friction in the room.
1:10–1:30
Establish the agreement
Roles, expectations, fit and the overall outcome of the coaching relationship.
1:30–2:05
Scenario practice and debrief
Notice how an agreement can shift, and how a coach can check what the client wants now.
2:05–2:15
Break
Ten minutes, separate from the three instructional hours.
2:15–2:35
Maintain the agreement
Work with genuine shifts, useful detours, focus and limited time.
2:35–3:45
Hands-on practice with everyday scenarios
Re-contract in the moment as priorities change, a session drifts or time runs short.
3:45–4:00
Integration and takeaways
Name the behavior you will bring into your coaching practice.
4:00–4:10
Knowledge check
Six questions; at least 4 correct to pass.
From Awakened Academy students
Practical tools build professional confidence.
These comments describe students’ wider Awakened Academy training experience.
“I feel like I have a whole set of tools I’ve learned to use on myself, and now I can share them with clients, friends, and family.”
Carlie · Coaching Certification Student
“My coaching practice is empowering me and giving me the confidence that I am on the right path to be a great Spiritual Life Coach and serve others.”
Johann Strerath · Coaching Masterclass Student
Your student gift
Get free access. Join either live session.
Saturday, November 7 or November 14, 2026 1:00–4:10 PM Pacific · 11:00 AM–2:10 PM Hawaii· 2:00–5:10 PM Arizona
One live three-hour workshop and its recording
Optional certificate after meeting the live-attendance and knowledge-check requirements
Inquiry & Prompt Guide with adaptable examples
Online six-question knowledge check; 4 of 6 correct to pass
No payment details required. Use your existing Academy email address.
Questions
Before you join
Who is this training for?
This student gift is for current and past students of the full Awakened Academy program. Mini-course enrollment alone does not qualify. Both credentialed and non-credentialed full Academy students are welcome.
Do I need an ICF credential to attend?
No. The skill and resources are useful whether or not you hold an ICF credential. The CCE hours are most directly relevant to coaches using continuing education toward credential renewal.
How much does the workshop cost?
Attendance and course access are free for current and past students of the full Awakened Academy program. The certificate is included for qualifying students who enrolled on or after November 2, 2025. Earlier students can request it afterward for an optional $25 verification and administration fee.
Will I receive the recording?
Yes. The workshop recording and Inquiry & Prompt Guide will be added to the resource hub after the session. The recording does not replace live attendance for the certificate and CCE hours.
Which live date should I attend?
The workshop is offered on Saturday, November 7 or Saturday, November 14, 2026. Both dates are included in your course access. You only need to attend one complete session.
Does this course make me ICF certified?
No. It provides approved continuing coach education and a certificate of completion. It does not confer an ICF credential or replace the separate requirements for ACC, PCC or MCC.
What happens after I sign up?
Kajabi gives you access to the workshop course. Use your Academy email address, then sign in to find both live-session lessons in The Live Training module. Choose the date that suits you.
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