A: ICF stands for the International Coach Federation. Its core purpose is “to advance the art, science, and practice of professional coaching.” ICF offers the only independent credentialing program recognized worldwide.

At ALCN, we believe that credentialing is vital to your success as a coach, and to the coaching profession as a whole. An ICF credential gives clients important information they can use when choosing a coach. It helps them understand the coach’s level of training and experience and gives them confidence.

Credentialing also ensures that there are professional standards for coaches to follow, which strengthens our credibility and effectiveness as a profession.

The program is a self-study program that starts on February 15th, 2022 at 7 pm EST. You can start the program from this date or later since the content will be within the online portal. All live Q&As are recorded and uploaded onto the portal so that you can watch these at your leisure. There is a Q&A submission section so you can ask your questions prior to the live calls. We will then go over your questions live. This helps if you are unable to make it to the calls.

You have access to your coach throughtout the program. You'' recieve 32 one-on-one sessions with them over the duration for the program. You will also be on group coaching calls hosted by Helen.

The Facebook group is a great place to ask questions and get valuable feedback from your peers.

If you do not see any results after completing all of the program's actionable items, a full refund will be offered.

Transformation doesn’t just happen at the level of the mind. True transformation happens when you tap into the wisdom of the body and connect at the deepest level of the spirit. Our unique blend of NLP and Somatic Coaching combined with mindfulness techniques teaches you how to create mind-body connection and how to move your client out of their head and into their body, where the true answers lie.

Neuro-linguistic programming or NLP is a set of processes that help you develop empowering behaviors, patterns and form new habits. NLP helps people to become aware of unconscious patterns and rewire the pathways in the brain to create the desired outcome. NLP is used widely to enhance professional development and personal performance. The combination of coaching and NLP techniques helps create lasting positive behavioral changes. 

Because much of coaching in today's world takes place on the phone or online, ALCN’s integrated NLP training helps the coach to listen to different levels and identify any language patterns that indicate a client’s self-imposed limits. The NLP coach can then pose powerful questions or introduce the idea of multiple perspectives through skilful questioning to help the client first become aware then transition those behaviors. NLP skills help transform how you think, learn, communicate and interact with the world while Somatic embodiment techniques help your clients to access and unlock their inner wisdom and resourcefulness.

Our world is moving at an incredibly fast pace and driven by technology which has created humans to become disconnected from their bodies. Having techniques to support clients tuning into the wisdom of their body allows them to access easily and effortlessly answers that their logical mind cannot. Cultivating mind-body connection is more important than ever in this fast-paced world where people are becoming more and more disconnected, from their bodies, from themselves, from each other, and from what is going on in the world around them.

The word ‘Somatics’ originates from the Greek word ‘Soma’, which means ‘the living body in its wholeness’. Somatic therapy is based on the belief that the mind, spirit, and emotions affect the body – and vice versa. The main role of 'somatics' in the coaching process is to: 

• make you aware of how the mind affects the body, and vice versa;
• create experiential exercises you can do with one to improve the other.

Often, the body has the answers and it is our job as coaches to help tap into it and unlock them. Somatic coaching is based on the idea that people do not necessarily change just because they have gained intellectual knowledge. They change because they engage in new behaviors and ways of BEING.

Quote: “Often the body speaks that which the mind refuses to utter” Mabel Todd. 

People learn best through doing. That’s why it’s so effective to learn through physical experience – actually doing it! This is where NLP meets Somatic Coaching. NLP coaching exercises allow you to experience new ways of doing, thinking, and being which in turn makes you aware of how the mind affects the emotional state and the body. 

Embodiment can be explained as simply as the way we are, how we feel, make connections and perceive the world. However, the embodiment also encompasses the way we experience the world, interact with others, create and move through life. It is a field of study dedicated to exploring and understanding the subjective experience of the body. What does our posture say about us? The way we move, sit and stand can change the way we think and communicate.


Through bodily motion and awareness, we both present and shape ourselves. Leadership is embodied. When we think about influential people, what image comes to mind?


Embodied awareness can allow us as leaders, coaches, and change-makers to have greater integrity and foster deeper connection in our lives and in the lives of those around us.


You gain access to the program  February 15th, 2022, EST.

Absolutely! Helen also does group coaching calls so you can ask her anything on the calls, or submit a question if you are unable to make a particular call. You also have one-on-one access to her, so yes... you do have access to Helen herself!

A: The ICF recognizes two pathways to credentialing. 

At ALCN, we offer the shorter and quicker of the two. Students in ALCN’s programs can get the training they need to pass the ICF exams, and get the supervised hours they need to complete their credential through our mentor coaches.

The second way to become ICF credentialed is more lengthy; the so-called portfolio process for applicants who are not affiliated with an ICF-credentialed school. 

They complete training, then take exams directly from ICF. These applicants also need to find clients on their own and obtain supervision, then submit a portfolio showing they have met the number of supervised hours. There is a waiting period at each step, which lengthens the time for completion.

A: Mentoring is essential in many ways. First, being mentored helps you learn from experienced coaches the best techniques and practices to use when coaching your clients. Only an experiential process of learning from the inside out will give you a full understanding of what coaching really is. 

At ALCN, we provide mentoring to guide you every step of the way.

Mentoring is also important as you apply for the ICF credential. 

The ICF requires a certain number of supervised coaching hours for each level of the credential. Having a mentor to supervise you will streamline your process through the ICF. 

Finally, mentoring helps you build your coaching business. Being guided by coaches who have successfully built their own coaching practices will help you build yours.

A: NLP stands for neuro-linguistic programming. “Neuro” means brain. “Linguistic” means speech or communication. And “programming” is a deliberate process of organizing information to get the results you want. 

Think of NLP as a way of programming your brain to communicate information both to yourself and others in order to achieve your desired goals.

Many of us know how to program the machines around us to get the results we need, such as using the GPS in our car to navigate or programming the recording devices on our TV to enjoy our favorite shows. 

But few of us understand how to make deliberate choices in what we say to ourselves and others to get the success and enjoyment we want from our lives. NLP is a structured process that helps us do just that.

Clients who receive coaching along with NLP report experiencing breakthroughs in their lives to reach goals they never believed were possible. 

NLP was developed more than 30 years ago and is now a widely practiced technique used in conjunction with coaching.

A: Soma is a Greek word and ‘somatics’ originates from this word, which means ‘the living body in its wholeness’. 

Somatic therapy is based on the belief that the mind, spirit and emotions affect the body - and vice versa. 

The main role of ‘somatics’ in the coaching process is to:

• Make you aware of how the mind affects the body, and vice versa;
• Create experiential exercises you can do with one to improve the other.

Often, the body has the answers and it is our job as coaches to help tap into it and unlock them. 

Somatic coaching is based on the idea that people do not necessarily change just because they have gained intellectual knowledge. 

They change because they engage in new behaviors and ways of BEING.