YOUR ICF Accredited Life Coach Certification in 6 weeks
Are you in the way of your calling to coach?
Join 6 live online classes. Learn the tools Colleen-Joy MCC created that help natural coaches attract clients and change lives.
- 35,000+People trained
- 60+Countries
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Led by Colleen-Joy, MCC and her team of Master Coaches, consultants and mentors. Verify us on the ICF register.
What our certified coaches say
This is a 6-week online class, where you receive personalised guidance from Colleen-Joy and her team, who have mentored coaches in 60+ countries to succeed.
You feel called to guide, inspire and help people grow.
You want more than a job. Something feels missing until you start helping others.
But the doubts are real. There are so many life coaches already. How would I stand out? Will I find clients? Do I have what it takes? What tools and skills really work?
After thirty years of training coaches, here is what we’ve seen. Three things help natural coaches become master coaches, with clients who love them so much that they send referrals. Our top coaches tell us it’s because they can offer:
More than to-do-list coaching
Our tools coach depth, not just the next thing to do.
More than pure ICF skills
We welcome blended coaches, who also teach, mentor and advise in other roles.
More than a few tools
Would a master chef have only one recipe? We teach you over 12 unique life coaching tools.
What our coaches are saying
What really stood out for me was the unexpected bonus of self-discovery throughout the process. I learned so much about myself as I worked through the assignments and activities. Thank you for creating such a well-designed and insightful course!
I have loved every minute of this course… they have taken me on my own personal journey of self-discovery, self-healing, self-reflection and continued growth, and I cannot thank you enough.
Colleen Joy beautifully weaves her life experience and intuitive wisdom into a high-professional, abundant curriculum that feels completely natural to adopt. I highly recommend this life-changing course to anyone wanting to coach with true presence and freedom!
This course was so rich and generous and warm. It takes you on a wonderful journey of self-discovery… Colleen’s approach was always deeply wise, compassionate and respectful, and yet she still managed to bring a light-hearted, gentle humour to the space.
Start online today, then join our next class
Get certified as a life coach in six weeks, with ICF-accredited training.
Get certified in six weeks
An ICF-accredited Life Coach Certification you earn in six weeks. Join a 3-hour class each week, and complete about 2 hours of practical.
Six live Zoom classes
With Colleen-Joy and her team. No boring theory. Practical, real coaching experience, demonstrations, and practise with guidance.
Resources open when you enrol
Your online materials open when you enrol, so you can start today. Ready-to-use worksheets, helpful tutorial videos, and a toolbox you won’t find anywhere else.
Why learn Colleen-Joy’s Life Coaching tools
“When I created InnerLifeSkills, I wanted to help people make a living and make a difference. I never imagined my tools would end up in boardrooms, homes and offices in more than 60 countries.
It began with a question. After a near-death experience as a small child, I felt a deep homesickness for something I could not name. At thirteen, I dedicated my life to finding wisdom. I was asked to teach at 17, and have been teaching ever since.
Twenty-eight years ago, I found my own Apple Tree purpose, and my life changed. I have taught it inside multinational firms, written books about it, and told the Apple Tree story in two television documentaries.” Colleen-Joy MCC
Your 6 Life Coach Certification toolboxes
Find and free your Apple Tree, while you do the same for others.
1. Coach Purpose:
Grow Apple Trees
Most people chase a purpose made of doing, and burn out. This tool helps your client find who they are, not just what to do. Twenty-eight years ago, it changed my own life.
2. Coach Intuition:
Build Wisdom Wells
Wisdom is water for the Apple Tree. This tool teaches your client to reach their own inner knowing, and you to guide them there. My three-minute ABCs method has helped CEOs, authors and pro athletes find answers from within.
3. Coach Wholeness:
Claim Wholeness
Fear and self-doubt are holes of inner lack. This tool turns those holes into inner strength, peace and steadiness, so your client stands firm in who they are.
4. Coach Relationships:
Build Bridges
Not jigsaw-puzzle matching, but wholeness first. Your client learns to turn power struggles and button-pushing into understanding, with a light touch of Enneagram harmonics.
5. Coach Family:
Clean Inner Rivers
The river that feeds the Apple Tree can carry baggage from long before your client was born. This tool helps them hand it back and take their true place. I wrote a book on this with Dr Pam Roux.
6. Coach Money:
Call Rain for the Apple Tree
Even a strong tree needs rain. This tool helps your client, and you, clear the money blocks that quietly hold back a coaching income.
Who this is for
Our coaches come from every background, and go on to coach individuals, teams and leaders around the world.
Some are pure ICF coaches, working towards ACC, PCC and MCC. Others are blended coaches, who also teach, mentor and advise.
More from our coaches
I loved every topic of this course, definitely my favourite. There is so much depth in these teachings. It’s not only life coaching, there is also a spiritual depth to it. Colleen’s teachings are truly transformational.
Like any of the Big4 this class is filled with Gems. Highlights for me were Purpose coaching discovering your own “Apple Tree statement”, the 7 step Dream Builder used as a practical guide to inform your Doing from your Being.
This course has given so much more value than expected! The depth and breadth of knowledge, handouts, and information that we’ve received through Inner Life Skills is really unmatched… the passion really shines through from all the coaches.
This course has been incredible for my education/business but also personally… Colleen-Joy has built an incredible system for us to use in our daily practice. I am so grateful for Inner Life Skills!
Dates, price and your free bonus
Everything you need to decide, in one place.
Start the day you enrol. Your online materials open the moment you join, and with Coach 101 free you can earn your first ICF certificate before your live classes start.
Investment
$1,190 / €1,190 / £1,190
One price in all three currencies. R11,900 for South African residents. Paid in full, no hidden extras.
Dates and times
Thursday classes, six weekly sessions.
Next 2026 cohort: October 22 and 29, then November 5, 12, 19 and 26.
2027 cohorts: February 25, June 17 and October 21.
Tell us your timezone and we’ll place you in the cohort that fits.
Free bonus: Coach 101
We’ve included Coach 101 for free. Begin the self-study straight away and learn our 3 Skills and 3 Step Method to coach anyone, anywhere. That’s six ICF-accredited hours, before your live classes even start.
Where this can take you
Your Life Coach Certification is a real qualification on its own. It is also your first step on the ICF path.
The hours you earn here are partial Level 2 training hours. They count toward our full Level 1 Global Coach and Level 2 Master Coach certifications, and toward your own ICF credential, ACC, then PCC.
When you are ready to go deeper, we are right here.
Questions coaches ask
Is it really ICF accredited?
Yes, our training is, and you can check us on the ICF’s own register. ICF accredits the training, and we certify you. Your ICF credential (ACC, PCC or MCC) is a separate step you earn from ICF, and the hours you do with us count toward it. So you leave here a certified coach, already on the path to your ICF credential.
What hours do I earn?
30 ICF Partial Level 2 hours. They count toward your full Level 2 with us, and toward your ICF credential (ACC, PCC, MCC). If you are already credentialed, they count as renewal hours too.
Do I need experience?
No. Many of our coaches start here with none.
How much time does it take?
Six weeks. One three-hour class a week, plus about two hours of practice.
What if I miss a class?
Classes are recorded, and you need 80% attendance for the ICF certificate.
Can I use these tools right away?
Yes. You get more than 18 ready-to-use worksheets, and you can coach with the tools from your first session. You also get your bonus Coach 101 self-study certification course immediately.
Is the price the full cost?
Yes. $1,190, paid in full. No payment plan and no hidden extras at this level.
Ready to become a certified Life Coach?
Get the tools and the confidence to change lives, in six weeks.
Let’s find the start date that fits you.
Let’s check for seats and our fit
Our live classes are small, and places for our Life Coach certification classes sometimes fill months ahead. Tell us a little about where you are. No sales pitch, just a yes that is right for you.