Are you ready for more powerful results in the work
you do supporting others?
Would you love to feel more ease, sense of flow, and joy in that work?
The Coaching Way is a 10-part course that will give you
an approach to coaching that is meaningful, easeful,
& creates incredible results for those you serve.
You’re a coach.
You’d love to increase your impact with clients, and experience more confidence, transformative results, and extraordinary moments of magic in your sessions.
You’re a consultant or advisor.
You see how clients’ fears, blocks, or unclear goals, often get in the way in your work. You’d love fantastic tools so that no longer happens, and you can get great results for your clients.
You’re a manager, mentor or educator.
You’re burdened by your workload or organizational issues, tired of being in rescue mode, and aren’t enjoying your work days as much as you’d like to.
You’re a health or wellness practitioner.
You know that simply having the right information for clients isn’t enough; you would love to unlock more collaboration with and empowerment of those you serve.
Perhaps you’re simply curious.
You are drawn to coaching, to doing something that feels more alive and fulfilling in your work.
You’re passionate about your relationships.
Across many areas of your life, you want more powerful listening, sense of discovery and connection, and beauty in your relationships.
Why coaching now, in these difficult times?
More and more, we understand that our greatest challenges – individually and collectively – are not the technical and scientific ones.
They are challenges of collaboration and communication. They are challenges of resilience and wellbeing.
Coaching is one powerful way we can meet these challenges.
When a person comes into a coaching conversation confused by the noise of the world, coaching helps them find their way back to their own values and steady core.
When a person comes to a coaching conversation frantic and unsettled, good coaching helps them find their calm and clarity. They take wiser, kinder actions out in the world as a result.
Yet in these times, I’m just as passionate about the benefits of coaching work for coaches themselves.
How Coaching Enriches Your Life as You Coach
For the coach, this work brings benefits like:
• The sense of meaning that comes from helping others
• The utter beauty and sense of magic in skillful coaching conversations
• The connection with other human beings
• Regular practices that nourish us – like getting present, seeing the sacredness of another human being, and unearthing positive possibilities together.
In these difficult times, we coach to support others’ wellbeing – but also to support our own.
Why coaching now, in these difficult times?
More and more, we understand that our greatest challenges – individually and collectively – are not the technical and scientific ones.
They are challenges of collaboration and communication. They are challenges of resilience and wellbeing.
Coaching is one powerful way we can meet these challenges.
When a person comes into a coaching conversation confused by the noise of the world, coaching helps them find their way back to their own values and steady core.
When a person comes to a coaching conversation frantic and unsettled, good coaching helps them find their calm and clarity. They take wiser, kinder actions out in the world as a result.
Yet in these times, I’m just as passionate about the benefits of coaching work for coaches themselves.
How Coaching Enriches Your Life as You Coach
For the coach, this work brings benefits like:
• The sense of meaning that comes from helping others
• The utter beauty and sense of magic in skillful coaching conversations
• The connection with other human beings
• Regular practices that nourish us – like getting present, seeing the sacredness of another human being, and unearthing positive possibilities together.
In these difficult times, we coach to support others’ wellbeing – but also to support our own.
Ten Workshop Sessions
join live with Tara where she teaches her unique model for coaching, or catch the recording in a way that works for you.
Powerful Coaching Demos
+ debrief and discussion from Tara that bring the learning to life and show vivid examples and case studies.
Regular Q&As
where you can get your specific questions answered + access to our robust Coaching Way Q&A library.
Our Private Discussion Group
for ongoing learning and sharing + connection with participants worldwide.
Guided Practice Sessions
where you can try out the new skills in pairs, with facilitation and debrief from Tara.
Long Term Access
including downloadable materials – slides, handouts, reflection practices – all yours forever. Future course access is also free for alum, so you can continue your learning and growth.
If you are a trained coach and would like to become more impactful with clients – and to experience more ease and enjoyment as you coach – this program can help you do just that. Here’s what coaches say about how valuable and unique this training is:
Many of our participants do consultative work. They are… fundraising consultants, editors, business consultants, financial advisors, health practitioners – the list goes on and on!
As you know, your clients have fears, blocks, limiting beliefs. They’re sometimes overwhelmed or unclear on their priorities, or just not sure what will work for their unique needs. That’s why it is so powerful to blend coaching and consulting, drawing on each as needed. Here’s what consultant grads have to say:
If you are an educator, coaching will give you tools you can use to empower students and help them find their own answers. It will also help teaching feel less exhausting, less lonely, and more meaningful again. Here is what educator grads have to say:
If you are a manager or mentor, taking a coaching approach means you can lighten your load, solve problems more creatively and quickly, and catalyze others to find solutions – rather than having to rescue all the time. And, if work has been feeling draining for you, coaching moments will bring more connection, meaning and even delight into your day-to-day. Here’s what a few grads have to say:
Research says health clinicians who receive coach training get better health behavior outcomes. It’s no wonder: if you work in the health arena, you know that often old patterns, limiting beliefs, or life stressors stand in the way of people making positive changes for their health. Coaching skills will allow you to better collaborate with, find just-right solutions for, and empower those you serve. Our program grads share:
Hi, I’m Tara, a coach, writer and teacher. I am the author of Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead, published by Penguin Random House, embraced by over 100,000 readers around the world, and named a Best Book of the Year by Apple’s iBooks.
I bring to this program:
• A unique, proven approach to coaching you can’t learn elsewhere, that blends Co-Active Coaching, my own ideas and tools developed with clients, as well as tools drawn from the realms of women’s leadership, spiritual practice, neurobiology, creativity, and cultural change.
• Over fifteen years of experience coaching clients of diverse ages and identities around the world and in corporate, social sector, and educational settings. This coaching model has been utilized for leadership development and wellbeing at organizations ranging from Google to Starbucks to the United Nations.
• Lessons learned as someone who not only coaches, but also leads group programs, corporate trainings, and who writes – all with a coaching approach.
• With me, you get a very unique hybrid. You get the practical, grounded in the ‘real world’ side: I received my MBA from Stanford University, and have extensive training in leadership, negotiation, communication, entrepreneurship, and business. And…you also get the psychological and spiritual side. I am a spiritual seeker, poet, and lifelong student of the inner life.
• And then there’s my personal journey. I also use a coaching approach in my own life, in my daily work on myself, around my emotions, my aspirations, and wellbeing, and in the parenting of three young kids, too. I share about that in this course as well.
A little more about me:
I earned my MBA from Stanford University and my undergraduate degree in English literature from Yale. My coaching training and certification is from CTI, the Co-Active Training Institute.
I’m a mom of three little people, doing my best to wear many hats each day – writer, coach, spiritual seeker, parent, partner, daughter. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and I love long hilly walks, dance classes, superb coffee, and wearing cozy sweaters in the fog.
Hi, I’m Tara, a coach, writer and teacher. I am the author of Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead, published by Penguin Random House, embraced by over 100,000 readers around the world, and named a Best Book of the Year by Apple’s iBooks.
I bring to this program:
A little more about me:
I earned my MBA from Stanford University and my undergraduate degree in English literature from Yale. My coaching training and certification is from CTI, the Co-Active Training Institute.
I’m a mom of three little people, doing my best to wear many hats each day – writer, coach, spiritual seeker, parent, partner, daughter. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area and I love long hilly walks, dance classes, superb coffee, and wearing cozy sweaters in the fog.
With clarity, warmth and deep wisdom, Tara shines a light on our blocks to manifesting our potential, and offers practical, well-honed strategies that move us toward fulfillment.
Tara is a brilliant Playing Big guide. She challenges women using courage and compassion to stop playing small and take a leap to achieve the breakthrough that they know is possible but don’t know how to make it happen. Tara has a game changing approach.
Tara Mohr shows us how to replace self-doubt, inadequacy, and worry with confidence, self-worth, and courage.
Rick Hanson, PH.D.
Author of Hardwiring Happiness: The New Brain Science of Contentment, Calm and Confidence
It has been almost a year since I took the course, and the impact on my coaching journey has been profound. I am thriving in my coaching work, confidently supporting clients as they make powerful shifts. I now have the ability to facilitate transformative change in remarkably short timeframes. Beyond that, the course helped me grow as a person, deepening my self-awareness, enhancing the way I connect with others, and amplifying my impact. I highly recommend The Coaching Way.
– Rehema D. Mmari, Coach
The Coaching Way is one of the best courses I’ve taken during my career. I am a leader/facilitator for a group of aspiring leaders within my company. The teachings of The Coaching Way truly helped me take my facilitation to the next level. Plus, when our company experienced a leadership change that created great uncertainty for employees, I relied on the Coaching Way principles not only to help coach others, as well as myself. The Coaching Way combination of learning from Tara and partnering to learn and practice with other participants allowed us to start using our new skills immediately. And, the course created a community of coaches from around the world that I can reach out to at any time. Thank you Tara and team!
– Denise Treslan, Executive Manager, Marketing, Farm Credit Canada
.Our Live Sessions Meet:
Tuesdays
March 25 through June 3, 2025*
Guided Workshop: 10 am to ~11 am Pacific
Practice Session: ~11 am to 12 pm Pacific
*No call on May 27th
You can always attend live or view / listen to recordings.
Written transcripts are also provided for all sessions.
If you would like to practice the coaching skills with other participants, but can’t attend our group sessions, you will have the opportunity to set up your own practice sessions with others, with course materials to guide you.
You can register with one payment of $1425 USD, or with three monthly payments of $489 USD.
You can register with one payment of $1425 USD, or with three monthly payments of $489 USD.
In our final Conclusion and Celebration session, we’ll review what we’ve learned, deepen our practice of new skills, and look closely at how the tools and practices integrate with one another. And, of course we will celebrate together!
After the course, your journey doesn’t end. You’ll continue to receive resources to support you: a link to all course materials in one easy-to-access folder that is yours forever, and an invitation to attend future sessions of the course — for free! Our alum can participate again at no cost.
When you join, you have lifetime access to the course materials and can join future sessions, free of charge..
Plus, if within the first two weeks, you find the program isn’t a fit for you, simply let us know, share your completed worksheets, and we’ll refund your payment.
When you join, you have lifetime access to the course materials and can join future sessions, free of charge.
Plus, if within the first two weeks, you find the program isn’t a fit for you, simply let us know, share your completed worksheets, and we’ll refund your payment.
You can register with one payment of $1425 USD, or with three monthly payments of $489 USD.
You can register with one payment of $1425 USD, or with three monthly payments of $489 USD.
This is our program focused on coaching skills – what coaching is, how to coach, and Tara’s unique perspective on coaching.
The Playing Big Program is for any person who wants to play bigger in their life and career. It’s for individuals who want to clarify their callings, move past self-doubt, do work that brings them meaning and joy, and play bigger in their own way, on their own terms. Learn about the curriculum, hear from grads, and more here.
The Playing Big Facilitators Training is specifically for individuals who want to integrate the Playing Big model in their work supporting others – whether clients, mentees, students, or team members.
Registration for the next session of The Coaching Way will open in mid-March with the program running from March 25 – June 3, 2025 (including a one-week break). You’ll get immediate access to the course site and Getting Started Materials upon registering. Course calls will be held every Tuesday from 10am-12pm Pacific. To see how this converts to your time zone, check here. All calls will be recorded and transcribed, and posted within 24 hours.
For more information on the structure of our course calls, please see the next FAQ “What’s the structure for each module?”
For each module, we will come together for a 2-hour live call. The first part of each call will include teaching from Tara on that day’s new concepts and skills, coaching demos that illustrate what we are learning, and exercises to support the learning.
Then, in the second part of our live call, we will shift into breakout groups where participants will have the opportunity to practice the new skills in pairs or small groups. (If this feels intimidating, that’s okay! Many participants feel that way initially and come to love these practice sessions as a unique venue for getting comfortable with new skills.) You will always have the choice to participate in these practice sessions or not. After the breakout groups, we will debrief all together to talk about themes and what we learned. These are dynamic, exciting sessions always full of rich learning.
After each call, you’ll have some “homework” to practice the day’s learnings in your life/work. This homework doesn’t take significant additional time because it’s all about integrating a new way of doing something into your existing activities and work.
For participants who are moving along with us module by module with the course live, it’s about two hours a week.
All of our sessions will be recorded and posted within 24 hours, available as video and audio recordings, including the option to listen via your favorite podcast app as a private RSS feed. We also provide full written transcripts. If you can’t attend live, but want to practice coaching skills with other women in the course, you can connect with other participants in our discussion forum to arrange a time that works best for you. We provide guided agendas for your practice sessions.
The cost of the program is $1425 USD when paid in full, or you can choose the 3-month payment option for $489 USD/month. As a graduate of the program, you’ll be invited to attend future sessions at no additional cost.
We also have a 6-month payment option (for $244 USD/month) that you can take advantage of, if that’s a better fit for your budget. If you are interested in this payment option when registration opens, please contact our team for details (playingbig@taramohr.com).
One of our greatest joys as a team is being able to provide a space for connection, support and meaningful dialogue – to help people shore up through each other. We look forward to doing that through this course experience, too.
Over the years we’ve found that some course participants are very eager to connect with others as a core part of their course experience, and other participants are more focused on simply absorbing the content. We’ve structured our courses so both paths are available. There are many optional ways to engage with the community, and our online discussion group (hosted outside of mainstream social media) is a place where you can dialogue with other participants and find people in your local area, or with shared interests.
If you choose to join us for our live practice sessions, you will also be meeting and working with other participants in pairs and small groups.
During the course, we’ll provide multiple ways to download and save all materials. At the conclusion of the program, we’ll provide you with a link that has all the course materials in one easy-to-download location so that you can keep them forever. You’ll also have access to the course site for an additional six months after the course conclusion. Plus, as a graduate of the program, you’ll be able to participate in future sessions at no additional cost.
Yes, we have a document you can provide your employer with information about the program, and how it can benefit both you and your organization. You can download the document here.
We have several options for companies registering an employee, or group of employees, in our programs:
Feel free to email us at playingbig@taramohr.com if you have any questions. We are here to help!
Yes! This training is accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF) for up to 20 Continuing Coach Education (CCE) units – 18 in Core Competencies and 2 in Resource Development.
At the close of the program, if you would like to receive certification for these CCE units, you’ll simply:
The first thing for you to know is, yes, we have people from all over the world participating in our online programs. On average, 40% of our participants live outside the U.S., and span over twenty countries. If the live call times don’t work for you, that’s no problem! You can access the recordings anytime.
If you can’t attend live, but want to practice coaching skills with other members of the course, you can also connect with participants in our discussion forum who are looking to practice with others.
Over the years, our participants have shared again and again in their feedback that whether they participate live or via recordings (or some combination of both), our courses are absolutely transformative in giving them powerful new tools and learning for work and life.
Still have questions? Send us a message (via the chat button on the bottom right corner of your screen) and we would love to chat with you.
First of all, if you are asking yourself this question and wondering if you’ll be in a different stage of life than the group, we want you to know you aren’t alone! This question comes up a lot for people considering our programs. The usual age range of course participants is 30s through 70s, with a strong cohort of participants in each decade.
We have many participants who are mid-career and are moving into new career directions – and coaching is part of that for them. We also have many participants who connect with this community when they are on the verge of retirement or are thinking of pursuing a new calling in their 50s, 60s or beyond. You will be in good company and our private discussion group will allow you to connect with others who are at a similar stage in life to you.
Individuals of all genders are welcomed as full participants in the course, and graduates of the program can take what they’ve learned and integrate into work with any population they desire to support.
This training has been designed to be useful both for coaches and those who work in other domains.
However, this program is not designed as a complete coach certification program. For that, we would recommend you seek an in-depth, 1-year+ coach training program. This program, by contrast, is designed to:
It’s a great question. Here are a few things to keep in mind: The course materials are always simple to access. The course combines written materials, worksheets and exercises, live calls, and recorded audio and video learning. The variety of formats means you’ll be able to digest the material in ways that work for you.
Because our programs are highly experiential and interactive, we don’t experience the attrition or weak learning outcomes that many distance-learning programs do. Plus, some of the benefits of a distance-learning approach are that you’ll meet with like-minded individuals from all over the world, you can find more connection through gathering and meaningful interaction, and you can learn/participate in a flexible way that works easily with your schedule.
You aren’t alone. Our self-doubts tend to show up when we are embarking on something unfamiliar, especially something that matters to our hearts. Know that having that inner critic chatter away in moments like these is very common. And also know that you are coming into a very welcoming, gentle community! If our past course participants are any indicator, by the end of our first meeting, those doubts will be quieted and you will be feeling exhilarated and joyful about being in the course!
This course offers a set of tools and concepts that you can easily integrate into your own approach to managing, mentoring, advising or coaching. Many of our grads are consultants who move between their traditional consultative mode and coaching conversations, shifting into coaching when it would be a better fit for the clients’ needs. Therapists can apply the coaching tools and concepts, using their own theoretical orientation lens, to help clients clarify aspirations and values, shift into more generative mindsets, and create resonant action plans. Educators can teach content and advise students, weaving in a coaching approach when challenges arise around student motivation, career/educational path, or self-management. Coaching can enhance and elevate any field of work where we are supporting others – whether in their personal or professional goals.
Ensuring diversity and inclusion has been a key part of our work in designing the programs from early on. Here are some of the ways we’ve done that throughout the past several years:
All program materials are yours for life – so even if an unexpected change in your schedule happens, you can still get the full value of the program when you are ready.
If within the first two weeks of the program, you find the program isn’t working for you, and you have submitted your worksheets from the course to date, you may request a cancellation of your membership and receive a refund.
Well, if you were my coaching client I’d ask you to:
You can register with one payment of $1425 USD, or with three monthly payments of $489 USD.
You can register with one payment of $1425 USD, or with three monthly payments of $489 USD.