I did not even know that there was a way through my confusion of career pathways, until I became a part of The Coaching Institute. I have grown in professional confidence and strength far beyond the lessons taught in the virtual classroom. Terri’s own experience and integrity as well as her unparalleled curriculum-driven training have ignited a flame of passion and intention within me, which even my graduate school training could not do.

Melissa Williams
Boise, ID

Thank you for the experience. At the risk of sounding like a "brown noser" ... I do have to say this last 8 months was a rigorous process, deeply educational, and rewarding. My interaction with Ed Grosso was always a pleasant and learning experience ... he was very empowering, encouraging, and he challenged me.

The coaching curriculum and marketing calls were exceptionally enlightening, offering a wealth of information that I had not considered each time I "tuned-in", causing me to look beyond my immediate scope of ideas, challenged me to find further educational pools to increase my credibility (and visibility). During this process I redesigned my website; designed a meaningful business card (5 a day go out), and built a monthly newsletter (with an increasing pool of participants); starting writing a book on relationships (with one on parenting to follow); continue to build my practice (grossing $11,000.00 more in 2005 than in 2004, which is a great accomplishment in my eyes). And I'm continuing to learn from my clients each and every day.

There's no other profession that I've done my whole life that I've enjoyed as much. I also joined Toastmasters during this period, to enhance my speaking skills in anticipation of landing some speaking gigs. And recently, I became the President of my local BNI Chapter with the possibility of becoming an Assistant Director for the State BNI Executive Director (with the intention of broadening my visibility, credibility, and possible speaking engagements throughout the region and beyond). Huge stuff ... GOOD Stuff!

Ronald Shepard,
Barre, VT

Dear Terri,

It was right around this time 2 years ago I started researching the idea of becoming a coach. Through a round about way I ended up subscribing to your newsletter. I liked it, but I also felt that you were way out of my league in terms of the amount of money you were/are making as a coach and that this was not for me. I felt the jump from where I was to where you were to big for me. I now know this was a limiting belief that said I could never attain that kind of success in business. I kept meaning to unsubscribe, but never did (the universe at work, no doubt).

Then in March of last year I attended on of your teleclasses - The 6 Mistakes New Coaches Make When Starting Their Business (or something like that). It "spoke" to me. Or rather, YOU spoke to me. I knew I needed to be part of The Coaching Institute. I knew, for some reason, deep in my heart I was in the right place and to say no would be the 7th mistake. I knew that if I wanted to create a grow a successful business I needed to play with the big kids. I knew I needed to have the guidance of someone who was already doing what I wanted to be doing...and doing it VERY successfully. And so it was with a great deal of fear in the forefront... I became a student of The Coaching Institute.

Where am I now? Light years from where I was. You have shown me that the more I embrace the concepts, systems, and techniques you teach, the more successful I am. You have given me the tools, the support, and the encouragement to move forward, stretch, and get out of my own way. I have learned that I can have it all... I can create it all. The only thing standing in my way is my limiting beliefs. Shift those and it's all there waiting for me.

Terri... I admire who you are and what you have taught me and continue to teach me. And... I aspire to create a business that is completely fulfilling and will allow me to live the life and lifestyle of my dreams. With your guidance I am well on my way already.

I want you to know how much I appreciate having you in my life and how grateful I am to you for creating the community I am a part of. It is because of you that I have met some extraordinary people with whom I have developed friendships.

I am laying the foundation for extraordinary success and I am loving this journey, trusting the process, and enjoying the adventure. Thank you for opening this door for me. I am so glad I chose to walk through.

In deep gratitude and warmth,

Karen Cross
British Columbia, Canada

Dear Terri

A few days ago, it was with great excitement, pride and pleasure that, I received your email informing me that I am now a Certified Comprehensive Coach (CCC) and simply had to write to thank you for the amazing coach training program you have produced. By living your passion and being an EXTRAordinary coach yourself, you have experienced first-hand pretty near every trial and tribulation, every wave of overwhelm, every achievement and victory that each of your students could possibly ever experience. By being open to these learnings you have addressed and demystified all the obstacles/excuses that a student may face or come up with that might block their progress or cause them to cut and run away from their dream career – not only depriving themselves of achieving but also the world of their much needed talents and abilities.

You have developed a curriculum that, if applied faithfully and consistently, produces the most EXTRAordinary coaches. Not content with this, you added a marketing model that simultaneously teaches your students how to turn their new skills into a thriving and fulfilling business.

You provide and match each student with a mentor who acts as a sounding board, coach, teacher, guiding light and navigator – a feature which, according to my research, is unique to The Coaching Institute [C.I]. I actually have a coaching client who engaged me to coach her because over 12 months ago she enrolled in a coaching course other than C.I. She received her course package along with where to send her competency tests/exercises which she enthusiastically sent way, for a while. Less than half way through, however, she ran out of enthusiasm and stopped. She made the comment to me that “No-one picked up the phone and said, 'We haven’t heard from you for a while, is everything okay?'” My C.I. mentor would not have let this happen to me.

The C.I. Forum is a fabulous place where the whole C.I. family – students, graduates, mentors, you and your amazing staff, from all over the world can interact, support, encourage, coach and share.

You constantly come up with extra-curricular information and inspiration for us to gobble up and digest. You are a living, breathing role model and example to us all and yet, still find the time to be available to each and every one of us via the forum and email, through your wonderful staff.

Terri, “Thank you” seems so inadequate, so I’m hoping to express my eternal gratitude to you, The Coaching Institute program, staff and the whole C.I. family by being the best and most successful life coach I can be and the kind of life coach that you and The Coaching Institute community will be proud to claim as one of theirs. Thank you for my new life.

Vicki Lennox -
Brisbane, Qld, Australia

Hi Terri,

Want to drop you a quick note of thanks for all you do and all I've learned from you and the Coach Institute.

Last month I manifested a very special partnership with Ben Mack, the author of Think Two Products Ahead: Secrets the Big Advertising Agencies Don't Want You to Know and How to Use Them for Bigger Profits.

This is a direct result of CI coach training and taking action on my observations of you and your business. (The whole Night Owl e-book project played a key role
too.)...

Thanks Terri.

With Abundance and Gratitude,
Mark Horn
Lima, OH

Dear Terri:

Thank you for changing my life!

I opened my heard, and the universe spoke. I am so happy that I found Comprehensive Coaching U [and The Coaching Institute] and Joanie Winberg. Joanie is wonderful, and has continued on as my coach and mentor even though I am finished with the coaching course.

Back in May of 2006 while I was enrolled, you may remember that I emailed you and asked if I could use the [training materials] to put together a daily journal and/or calendar. I was so flattered that you responded by saying that you would be honored to let me use your materials as a resource!...

Well, with Joanie's encouragement, Life's Joyful Journey Journal is finally finished and published. I am now honored to enclose a copy for you. Is is because of you and CCU [Comprehensive Coaching U], this journal was born.

Your course taught me to live life on purpose with joy an intention -- to rejoice in my blessings and to be grateful and kind. I now know that my purpose is to inspire people and help them see the brilliance in themselves. The compilation of this journal was what I needed in my life...and my hope is that it will touch the lives of many others...

Inspired by you,
Kathleen Berry
Norristown, PA

Dear Terri,

I have just finished my written exam and I am sending it as an attachment on this e-mail, with a GREAT BIG THANK YOU.

This exam has given me a lot of confidence! It was a written proof of how much I have learned through the Comprehensive Coaching Institute Curriculum, the Curriculum Calls and most of all your personal teachings and support.

I have worked really hard and many times I had to open a dictionary (since English is not my mother tongue) and to think twice before writing a concept. But honestly I have enjoyed every minute of it!!!

So I thank you with all my heart for helping me find my purpose in life.

With love and great respect,
Elenitsa Potamitou (from Cyprus)

I've wanted a home-based business for at least 5 years. I tried Network Marketing twice thinking that it was the answer but it wasn't. I wanted to be able to make a contribution to the world doing something that I loved and make a lot of money doing it. I wanted to be able to set my own hours and break free of the tyranny of corporate life. I was tired of the pressure between wanting to serve my customers and being forced to cut corners to make more money for the company. When I saw the freedom that coaching could give me coupled with the opportunity to help other people improve their lives I knew coaching was right for me. It was a decision that I will never regret....

I didn't choose the Coaching Institute. It was the only one I considered when I was looking for training. I didn't even know any others existed since I hadn't researched them. I joined because I had been receiving your newsletters for several years by that point and I respected what you stood for and how you communicated with your audience. I found a community I knew I could belong to and I've never doubted that it was the best decision I ever made....

I have learned more about myself and grown more as a person in the past year than I ever have before. I've learned that I don't have to be scared of marketing. I also learned about a personality trait that I have that explains my whole life. This is the biggest thing I have learned about myself in 20 years. Through the Coaching Institute I have made amazing connections with wonderful people and have formed lifelong friendships. I've had great opportunities come my way and have taken advantage of them to stretch out of my comfort zone. My successes are starting to pile up and that is a great feeling.

Words just cannot express my gratitude to you and the Coaching Institute for matching me with Jo Romano as my mentor coach. Not only did she brilliantly prepare me for certification but she has mentored me in other ways, too. Jo and I have continued our coaching agreement beyond my certification. I can say without a doubt that she has been one of the biggest influences in my life to date. I had been struggling with a childhood experience for more than 30 years and in one half hour conversation with Jo she helped me reframe my past and start on the path to healing and forgiving myself. The sense of freedom I have now is immeasurable! Jo's warmth, compassion, encouragement, and humour are amazing to experience. I count her as one of the greatest blessings of my life!

As for Terri Levine, without her and her amazing staff there would be no Coaching Institute. I am eternally grateful to Terri and the Coaching Institute for providing this opportunity to change my life forever!

Martyn Dell
Ontario, Canada

Jo Romano is certainly the epitome of what I would call a 'master coach'. Her compassion, insight and wisdom has helped me to recognize my own patterns of simplicity and ease. This is very important to a coach, a caring parent or a friend and the authentic path of joy and success. Jo has taught me the masterful art of creating a sense of play. She is a coach who will help you embrace all sides of your humanity - even the hidden beauty of your perceived weaknesses. Jo has also taught me the value of embracing your vulnerability. This is an understanding essential to live a life in full presence. As a coach, a teacher and a human being - Jo's mentorship was the essential ingredient to living my own path as opposed to finding my own path.

Mike Shoeman
Fairview Village, PA

Coaching Institute was such an exciting program to go through as you have so many ways to learn. There is the manual, the recorded classes from Terri, the forum, your coach, and even the wonderful friendships you build as being a part of the Coaching Institute. It is an awesome experience! You will want to be a part of this if you are becoming a coach or even to build continued coaching skills!

Laura Johnson
Richardson, TX

I just wanted to share with you...Client number 3 has been confirmed...AND she is hiring me to do some group coaching for her staff as well as the full 8 month program for her...

IT WORKS...the whole Coaching Institute system that Terri is teaching...I just went from 0 $$$ to 1300 in about 10 days....:) just want you to know if I can do it so can you...

With great gratitude

Vicki McMahon
British Columbia, Canada

This is the career I am passionate about - I know it's my life purpose. The training is amazing and my mentor keeps me on track. Thank you for giving us so much!

Christine Brogan
Phoenix, Arizona

Terri, thank you in advance for your great support. Getting back into the coaching after a few years of family care giving could have been difficult. Attracting you and your team, the awesome coaching program that you have put together, and the synergy of resources is miraculous. The contributions you are proving will flow through me to others, so WE are making a difference in the world through coaching.

Richard Mac Farlane
Lemoyne, PA

Terri,

As you know, I feel what you share with people is invaluable regarding: coaching techniques, the value of all people putting the techniques to work in all life areas, and the pure joy a coaching style conversation is. I have appreciated every piece of information you have given as a form of "teaching" us in your Coaching Institute Programs. There is another level of what I appreciate about being connected with you though. This level of knowledge may only be available through being in your space thoroughly, including in your forums, your classes and your individual coaching. Having the opportunity to not only learn from you literally in so many multiple aspects, but to observe you in these areas has brought me to a profound conclusion. You are one of the most abundant thinking people I have ever met in my life. This abundance I observe is not just in your words which pretty much anyone can speak. It's in your actions, your responsiveness to people, your ease in promoting others. Your entire way of doing business is completely a model for abundance. My goal is to "attract" this level of abundance into my mind and behavior so my business will explode, my relationships can abound with joy, and my opportunities for more will expand at the speed of lightning. This is the influence you have over the world. I'm thankful I got into your "space" thoroughly enough to catch a wider vision of abundance and possibility than I had known previously. I'm thankful you created a business and pursued it passionately enough to have it grow enough for me to have discovered it so I could discover first hand the power of abundance and what it attracts! I feel moved at this very moment as I realize my words can only convey a particle of what I truly see in what you have created with your life. Thank you Terri!

Warmly,
Juanita Bellavance
Cumming, Georgia

As a recent graduate of the The Coaching Institute I fully endorse it as a comprehensive, educational and dynamic learning experience. The staff is knowledgeable and attentive to individual student needs. While I found the experience valuable and worthwhile on many levels, the time I spent with my mentor served me best. I highly recommend this training to anyone considering becoming a life coach.

Marisa Gonzalez
Ridgewood, NJ

I stumbled upon Terri Levine's Coaching Institute last September. While attending an ICF Conference in New York City, she was one of the speakers and I picked up her F.R.E.E. CD on making $100,000 this year. Well, needless to say, that caught my attention! She sure is a great sales person, because I was jumping out of my seat ready to join her program before I was even done listening to the CD. I am so glad I made the decision to join. This is part of the journey I am on and it's the step that was missing for me... marketing know-how! After joining, I recognized the added benefit of the coaching curriculum which I find fabulous. It is a perfect add-on to my previous coaching training. Another great benefit for me was connecting with so many wonderful coaches on the forum. This community of supportive people along with Terri have made a significant, positive impact on my coaching and my business. Thank you!

Ellie Wellwood
Poughkeepsie, NY

I would like to take this opportunity to comment on Ellen as a coach and mentor. She has been great to work with. Her coaching skills are top notch and her insights have really made a difference in my coaching development. There were some tough moments for me during the course and Ellen was instrumental in keeping me focused and on track. I am very grateful to have been assigned to her.

Julianne Franke
Lawrenceville, GA

I held my first 7 Roadblocks talk!! (Overcoming the 7 Roadblocks to Moving Forward in Your Life) It was very interactive, people sharing & offering help to one another. The talk generated a group coaching session, as well as, 3 new clients for me!! I feel awesome!! Making the decision to join Coaching Institute was the best and I'm truly grateful to have learned so much!! Truly a great fit for me!! Thank you Terri from the bottom of my grateful heart!! There's ton's more going on with me, I'll keep you posted as it unfolds.

Susie Mobley
Union City, GA

Terri Levine's Coaching Instruction is wonderful! This is the door to the world of your creation. Terri's realistic approach to finding the truth that motivates you is penetratingly insightful. This is the perfect program for the coach looking to launch a business with infinite potential. Terri provides the competencies, coaches and resources to take internal coaching 'thought' for manifestation in the material world. All the tools you could ever hope to find starts here. My experience coaching actors and creative artists leads me to compare entering this program to taking the first day of magical studies with Harry Potter and his friends, or to re-create the "Matrix" of your life as you see fit. This is feeling of a 'charmed' life - sound strange? When you take the leap, wings will grow on the way down. Something will be different. 'Knock-knock!' Thanks, Terri, I'm so grateful!

Mike Shoeman
Fairview Village, PA

Attending the Coaching Institute has been an enlightening experience for me, personally and professionally. In my community, people are just becoming more familiar with Life Coaching and the numerous benefits that this service provides. I wanted to have credible academic training with high standards behind my services and business. During extensive research, I found myself continuously returning to the Coaching Institute. Congratulations to Terri Levine for her extraordinary achievement in creating such a thorough program with an excellent support system!

Deana Camilli Barcz
Wyomissing, PA

Hello Terri:

I received my box of tools yesterday and have spent my day looking at all of it, seeing the videos and listening to the first two recordings in the Home Study Kit.

You are so inspiring...so inspiring! Even before you mentioned listening many times to these recordings, I thought I must listen to this again and again. As a result, I feel more confident than ever that I will have (am creating) an important coaching business , making a significant contribution to myself and the world. This feels like an internal, cellular change, as you indicate, becoming part of my DNA.

Hearing the tapes over and over will not take away from this first feeling of total motivation and confidence. I know that I will never loose the thrill of your tone, the way you described your experiences and clearly set up the hows… but what’s most important: your sincere conviction and passion.

I do feel very much supported and capacitated. I am changing my way of thinking in such a balanced way, as my role as a coach slowly and steadily permeates every cell of my being; osmosis is clearly occurring with all these effective and clear guidelines.

Everything is progressing beautifully. Everything is just the way it should be. I feel more synchronized with the Universal flow. Louise Hay’s affirmation “Everything I need to know is revealed to me, and everything I need comes to me” is my daily reality.

I am so grateful that your program and colleagues have come into my life exactly when I was ready to discover, digest and expedite change.

Success, joy, gratitude, awareness is the only option.

Carol Baughman
Barcelona, Spain

Hi Terri,

I wanted to send you a brief note to acknowledge how much I'm gaining from your coaching program at The Coaching Institute. In the few months that I've been involved with The Coaching Institute, I've grown in ways (both professional and personal) that I never would have imagined possible. By following your specific suggestions, I've successfully transitioned from a full-time job to a part-time job out of my home and a practice of 5 paying clients. Since the program is self-directed, I can adjust it to suit the times I have available, which for me (as a mother of three) is truly important.

I'm in the early stages of the program yet, but with the growth I’ve already achieved, I anticipate a full practice by the time I’m halfway through the curriculum. How amazing is that? Through The Coaching Institute’s interactive forum I’ve built mentoring relationships, joint venture opportunities and an absolutely incredible level of support. The relationships I’ve grown through this program have allowed me to become part of a Mastermind Group and a Marketing Think Tank – both of which provide me with ‘out of the box’, innovative ideas and creative inspiration; I have great projects and products under way. And best of all, I’m learning to market myself, and my practice, in ways that are really fun. My clients love the well thought out, yet flexible program that you have provided me with, and because I’ve gone through the sessions I’m offering them myself, I have a clear understanding of the structure and value of what I’m giving them. I actually help my clients activate coaching skills that they can apply in their lives forever – and that makes me feel really valuable.

Thank you for the best program I’ve ever taken.

And I mean every blessed word of it! I've already gained so much from this program. Thanks so much.

Margot Thompson
Ontario, Canada

Dear Terri,

I am thoroughly enjoying my learning experience with The Coaching Institute. Thanks to this awesome program, I am focused on stepping down from corporate life early next year and pursuing a meaningful, profitable vocation where I am living the life I love.

My mentor, Antoine Albert, is phenomenal and I am extremely grateful to interact with him.

I highly recommend The Coaching Institute to my friends & associates who elude their life is not satisfying.

All the best

Mark Semple
Pendleton, IN

I had the best day.

I got hired to do a 2 hour seminar...paid...whoopee...I booked a two hour seminar that will put me in front of my ultimate target market and I secured a contract to do parenting seminars in April and May.

What a day...I am so excited. And thanks to some due determination and all the great support here it is happening.

With Love and Laughter
Vicki McMahon,
British Columbia, Canada

My experience with The Coaching Institute has been ever so super. I would never have been able to quit my high paying consulting job if it weren't for you Terri and all the supportive students at The Coaching Institute.

Dolores Arste
Middle Grove, NY

I've been in the program for about 3 months now, maybe a little more ... and having already been certified through another coaching school ... I have something to compare to.   If you're wondering if this program is worth it.  ABSOLUTELY!!! And no one paid me to say that...  
 
Since I've been in this program, I have daily changes in my thinking, planning, and development.  There is no doubt this is an exciting business to get into, even though there's lots of work. And it's a business venture that is not yet mainstream, which in itself presents challenges.  Terri continuously remind us of how easy it is to get into a funky place with our thinking and the importance of being in a good place, reminding ourselves that "failure is not an option."  
 
Today's curriculum class was GREAT information about the process of change and how we can utilize that in coaching our clients.  I did NOT get that in my previous coaching education. Great information.

Ron Shepard
Barre, VT

Just wanted to tell you how AWESOME working with Sue [my mentor coach] has been for me. We connected from the very 1st call and I feel like I've not only gained a phenomenal coach but a lifelong friend. Thank you for being supportive when I needed a change.

With light & love,
Lisa Miles Brady
Xtreme Self-Care Coach

Hello,

My name is Lynda, and I'm a real "newbie" to Coach Institute. I am so excited and honored to be accepted to become a Coach Institute student and to be in the fold of such a wonderful organization. Terri Levine is an amazing woman with a vision and program that is absolutely amazing.

The dealings I have had with The Coach Institute Support Staff is exceptionally efficient and friendly...all my questions have been answered very rapidly... I just cannot say enough about my feelings of being welcomed into the fold; it had been a great experience. I have been assigned to an awesome Mentor named Heather, with whom I feel such warmth, encouragement and connection.

If you are a new coach, you've found a great place to learn; if you are already a coach, like me, who feels the need to learn more to increase your overall effectiveness and future prosperity, please do yourself a favor and join.

I am sure you will not regret your educational experience, and that you will acquire many blessings from your affiliation.

Sincere Regards,
Lynda Nurenberg, MHA

I’m bursting to let you know that my first conditional consultation yesterday was successful!  I have a new client and she is paying $2400 up front for the whole 8-month program.  The best part is that I felt that shift during the session into truly coaching her from the heart and I felt her shift into a new place.  She opened up to feeling where she had been locked into crisp Intellectual efficiency before that.  I am so grateful for the way you were there for me yesterday when I needed support and confidence building.  I don’t know how you are always there for me when I need you, but you are – it must be the power of strong intention that you hold. 

I want to tell all the other students of this program who may be hesitating about giving their first conditional consultation that this process works, and the support Terri works.  I have definitely moved to a whole new level.  The coaching call was easy to do; it felt lovely because I knew I could really offer enormous value to this client.  I had the security of a series of steps to move through but not as a rigid script.  The process came alive as I used the tuning skills and listened from the heart.  Then my intuition took over and I was able to be with the client in a very human way from the heart.  Wow!  It’s amazing! 

I have an 8-month program and people are signing up for it and paying in advance!  It’s awesome how quickly I am in a realm of expanded possibilities.  Thank you Terri for giving your wisdom so generously and effectively via this magnificent program.

PS – Please let people know I am happy to talk one-to-one if anyone thinks it might help with their first coaching client. Write to info@coachinstruction.com if you what to contact Alice.

Alice Aird
Life Energy Coaching
Australia

NOTE: look below for a personal letter from Alice to a person (kept their name private) unsure of entering this program.

Dear Terri,

I just sat in on the curriculum teleclass where you presented the overview for a Conditional Consult.  Despite pushing 4 a dozen times to unmute, it appears I could not be heard. I wanted to thank you for the information.  My golden nugget from the call today to share is:

COACHING IS REALLY ABOUT FACILITATING AN ENERGETIC PROCESS, without any attachment to outcome. 

Holding the space for another person to gain insight and perspective, while providing support, is a wonderful thing and resonates with me deeply.  Thank you for this program and for all that you bring.  I truly feel like I'm stepping onto a path that is my destiny.

Patti Wagner
Rutherfordton, NC