TESTIMONIALS

I had an epiphany in the early 1990′s and realized I loved working with people more than technology. When I discovered coaching, I knew I had found what I was meant to do. I enrolled in The Coaching Institute and began my journey.

As I evolved in the world of the Coach, my life started to change. My day job was becoming less of a drain and life itself started to have more possibilities. Coaching was not just an incredible potential source of income for me–it presented an opportunity for me to make a significant difference in the lives of the people in my niche. Coaching has given me confidence in other areas of my life also. I have lived with impaired hearing since my childhood and was terrified of group discussions. As speaking is a core strategy of coaching, I opened up to the possibilities and now speak regularly to groups of various sizes.

I knew that I loved the feeling of an employee coming to me proactively for advise or just an ear. It was the most satisfying feeling to see these people become success in that job or move on to better jobs. That is the feeling that I wanted each and every day. This is the feeling that drove me to look for other options, after much research I choice The Coaching Institute. I selected this school because it had a great curriculum as well as a business model to follow.

Thank you for an incredible experience. I looked long and hard for a coach training program that would emphasize marketing as much as coaching. After all, what good is a great coach who can’t be found???

You provided the perfect blend. You have the unique ability to capture the listener’s attention with terrific delivery while providing meaningful, thought-provoking content. I often hear echoes of “T” as I am coaching my clients. Just as you suggested, when a client sets a goal of mastering time management or marketing, I find myself paying more attention to fine-tuning that skill in my own life. Thanks for giving so much of yourself, and for making coach training so darn much fun!

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.

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.

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.

I want to share with you what The Coaching Institute [CI] has come to mean to me over the year I have been part of the community of exceptional individuals.

First of all Terri you are the main reason I joined CI, as I was looking for a training program that was taught hands on from the founder of the school, not some trickled down version of the founder. Your hands on approach of your systems that made you such a success is exactly why I joined CI for my coach training.

Then the support I received as a newbie coach was phenomenal from the Forum community of new and seasoned coaches that provided a safe place to explore and discover what worked and didn’t work in my process of becoming an awesome coach was priceless as well. I have made such close friendships more like sisters and brothers while participating on the forum with other coaches in all levels of growth. Also the mentor/coach program to practice my learned skills and tools with and also work thru my own issues that were blocking me was so instrumental to my success as well. I have spoke to many other coaches who were in other programs, and what I discovered was other programs may have had some of your pieces in their training but none, I repeat none had the total package of creating a successful coaching career. I feel so confident as I am building my coaching practice as I have all I need to become more and more successful as a coach. Unlike many other coaches I have met who are struggling to build a livelihood from their coaching I am now creating that income. It is effortless and I feel great. Don’t get me wrong I had challenges yet really they were my inner challenges that in order for me to become this strong of a coach had to be dealt with and your program did just that, it created the space to grow and change, and the knowledge to apply in my own life and my clients to create an awesome combination of personal successes and professional successes.

Terri I feeeeeeeeeeeeeel wonderful and confident I am a wonderful coach for my clients and to have the most incredible life ever.

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.)…

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.

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!!!

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!

IT WORKS…the whole Coaching Institute system that Terri is teaching… if I can do it so can you…

Carol Baughman 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.

Margot ThompsonI 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.

Mark Semple 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.

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.”

WOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, and Juanita…thank you for that. I want more CC’s…lots of them! They are fun, and I feel really good when I complete them. And I see my calendar filling up quickly and effortlessly with them!

I can’t thank you enough for asking David to be my coach. What an extraordinary man.

You know, I’ve been a seeker all my life and over the past year have done a lot of work on myself. But it’s just been in the last couple of months that it has all started making sense and I started believing that if I asked and believed, the universe would provide what I asked for. And since I started to really believe, wonderful things keep happening. Getting an email about you certainly fit that pattern.

Everywhere I look, …from your website to the material that I have received, everything up to the last detail is with an aura of positive energy.

Not only it seems in all probabilities that you certainly teach how to do things right but it is very obvious to me that you apply what you know for your own organization. the same theories and best practices that you developed are combined here. No doubts!

Lynda NurenbergMy 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 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.

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.

I so enjoy the curriculum pieces you are providing. I keep remarking to my husband, this was worth every penny invested and more. (if he had any doubts – grin)”

It is evident that you are giving so much of yourself for the benefit of your students. You are a dynamic.

Great questions about target market!

I’m thinking my target market is going to be working women. Life coaching. Helping them to gain clarity and discover what their true passion is. Helping those who want to start-up a small home business.

I just wanted to tell you that I really appreciated your group Coach training call today. When I found your website, I KNEW this was the right program – it’s ‘touchy/feely’ (hands-on) which I love! But as soon as I signed up, I went into the fear of I made the wrong decision. I had gotten caught up in a fear of – did I make the right decision – will I have the ‘right’ credentials when I’m done, etc….

I have done some more reading about who you are and I realize that it’s just my fear. A fear of being ‘duped’. It’s happened before, recently. I know I haven’t been. I know you are really who you say you are and are helping each of us immensely. I have all the faith in the world that Terri is genuine and this is a very special and unique opportunity.

My energy is shifted and it feels SO good!!! I thank you for the opportunity to bring up that fear and work through it. Thank you for the wonderful mentors who I could go right from the training call to talk to and discuss my fears. My mentor helps me get back on track.

I’m just extremely grateful for this opportunity. The above was probably rambling, but I needed to share. I know this is the career I am passionate about – I know it’s my life purpose.