Free life coach certification resources
Ten templates covering the documents a coaching practice runs on, and the launch checklist that puts them in the right order. Nothing here costs anything.
- 10 templates, grouped by the kind of coaching you do
- 41 steps from deciding to your first paying client
- No account needed to read them
The Coaching Practice Launch Checklist
6 phases, 41 steps, in the order that stops you spending money on the wrong thing first. It arrives in the email itself rather than behind another click.
Before you build anything
Most people start with a website. That is the most expensive way to discover they were speaking to the wrong person.
7 stepsGetting qualified and getting covered
Coaching is unlicensed in most places, which sounds freeing and is actually the reason clients look for a credential.
7 stepsMaking it a business
The paperwork is not hard, it is just unclear, and unclear is enough to stall somebody for a year.
7 stepsDeciding what you sell
Selling hours is the default and it is the one shape that cannot grow, so it is worth deciding on purpose.
7 stepsGetting the first clients
The first three come from people who already know you. Marketing is what you build once you know it works.
7 stepsMaking it repeatable
A practice that only works when you are feeling motivated is a hobby with invoices.
6 stepsTemplate library
What each document needs to contain, and why. Grouped by the kind of coaching you are training for.
Life Coaching
Life Coach Business Plan Template
A roadmap for building a coaching practice, covering goal setting, service offerings, financial planning and market analysis, so the business has a direction rather than a hope.
Read the guide
Life Coach Marketing Plan
A promotional strategy you can actually run: identifying who you are speaking to, choosing where to reach them, and turning that into a weekly habit rather than an occasional burst.
Read the guideLife Coach Contract Template
What a coaching agreement needs to cover: payment schedules, cancellation policy, confidentiality and the boundaries of the work, written in language a client will actually read.
Read the guideLife Coach Resume Sample
How to present coaching experience and credentials on a resume, with the format and structure that make it read as a profession rather than a change of direction.
Read the guideLife Coach Cover Letter Sample
An example of a professional but personal introduction, showing how to put your coaching philosophy, your qualifications and your reason for doing this into a page somebody reads to the end.
Read the guideLife Coach Bio Template
A structure for the short biography your website, your profiles and your introductions all need, covering your background, your approach and what makes you the person to do this.
Read the guideCareer Coaching
Career Coach Resume Sample
A resume written for career coaching specifically, showing how to present experience in career development, client outcomes and the industry knowledge the work depends on.
Read the guideCareer Coach Cover Letter Sample
A framework for articulating your coaching philosophy, your career expertise and how you actually help clients, in a letter that sets you apart rather than repeating your resume.
Read the guideManifestation Coaching
Manifestation Coach Resume Sample
How to present qualifications and experience in a field that has fewer conventional markers, featuring coaching skills, client outcomes and your approach to the work.
Read the guideManifestation Coach Cover Letter Sample
A guide to writing an introduction to your practice that emphasizes how you support clients in reaching what they are working towards, whether you are applying for a role or approaching a client.
Read the guideReady to be certified?
The templates get you organized. The courses get you qualified, with an exam and a credential a client can verify. There are three of them: life coaching, career coaching, manifestation coaching.