REGISTER TODAY! ORIENTATIONS BEGIN September 2026 TBD

Learn more about taking the first step on the most rewarding journey you’ll ever take. Start at C{R}A and take on the world with insights, deep learning, and a brain, body connection that you have been searching for.

Registration is now open for our Fall 2026 with Coaches {R}evolution™ Academy. REQUEST MORE INFORMATION

Registration Is Now Open & Closes Sept 2026 or when class is full. Register Today!

Please contact Dr. Norwood directly to learn more about the C{R}A and how this program can benefit you. Each customized session last approximately 1 hour and will be held virtually through ZOOM. To schedule your personal consultation email Dr. Norwood at [email protected]
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Fall 2026 SESSION CLASSES BEGIN Sept 2026 TBD

(Tues & Thurs 2-4 PM PT or TBD based on group needs) + 3 weekends (Orientation, Fishbowl Intensive-half way through, and Graduation)

Hello to ALL professions, for those folks desirous of becoming a professional coach! Every organization, group, or individual benefits greatly from professional coaching. Join the growing profession!

We are ready to launch our next professional coaching academy this winter. We have been in operation since 2021. Students are graduating as highly impactful coaches and are taking the next step with ICF to be certified as either ACC or PCC coaches.

Informational Sessions Available Upon Request to Introduce a Coaching Pathway and Answer Questions

Geared toward the working adult

6-month certification program to prepare you in becoming a professional coach

To find out details, email Dr. Kathy Norwood directly using our contact form and she will follow up via email and provide a zoom informational session.

Classes Now Forming. Space is Limited.

Coaches {R}evolution™ Academy

Awakening Professional Genius

We aim to awaken the genius and passion that transform capable professionals into truly impactful ones. Our approach blends tradition and innovation to prepare leaders and coaches who can inspire, communicate with clarity, solve complex challenges, and build resilience in themselves and others.

Coaching is a distinct profession—grounded in its own competencies, ethics, and methods of practice. Training in leadership, management, education, or technical expertise may enrich coaching, but it is no substitute for professional coach training. Across industries, many well-intentioned professionals are asked to coach without the depth of preparation required to do so skillfully and responsibly.

Effective coaching develops over time through rigorous training, reflective practice, and embodied presence. Without this foundation, coaches are more likely to rely on guessing, advising, or problem-solving prematurely—often eroding trust and limiting impact. In today’s high-stakes environments, professionals need coaches and leaders with the knowledge, discernment, and emotional capacity to navigate complexity with care.

The long arc of COVID, combined with ongoing pressures such as rapid change, uncertainty, and burnout, has reshaped professional life across every field. Many individuals and teams are still carrying the residue of chronic stress while being asked to adapt, lead, and perform at ever-higher levels.

When stress accumulates without restoration, people disconnect—from their bodies, their relationships, and their sense of purpose. This disconnection shows up as reactivity, exhaustion, anxiety, and loss of meaning at work.

Coaching grounded in coherence and Appreciative Inquiry offers a different way forward. By supporting nervous system regulation, strengthening presence, and engaging the Positive Core, this approach helps professionals across all sectors move from survival to resilience, clarity, and possibility. In complex times, well-trained coaches are not a luxury—they are catalysts for coherence, hope, and human-centered leadership.

Join us as we lay out a coach training path that can work for you. 

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We Envision the creation of a world-wide movement that paves the way for transformational leaders and coaches to become highly qualified for professional coach credentialing with the International Coach Federation. As catalysts of change, these leaders are visionaries who embrace foundational evidence-based approaches while also transcending convention to achieve individual and systemic transformation.

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A FEW QUOTES FROM DR. NORWOOD’S COACH TRAINING SESSIONS

I was incredibly fortunate that Kathy Norwood was my coach and mentor during my coaching training. Kathy is a wise repository of coaching research and practice and she is kind and generous.  Throughout my training she was beside me, challenging me, cheering me on, and providing insights at just the best moments. She helped me find and cultivate my strengths and to coach to the unseen. Kathy is a fabulous coach and mentor.

Carrie-Ann Tkaczyk, PCC, Instructional and Mentor Coach, NCSD

I have benefited from having Kathy, both as a trainer and as a coach. Having Kathy as a coach who walks with you in the moment is INVALUABLE. It is the gift of space and clarification that we need. In tough situations when I wish she were here, I then realize I have learned to internalize the process of coaching for myself. As a coach, I have learned to stop stealing learning opportunities from others–I am providing them wait time and have learned to reframe questions to help them discover answers on their own. The power from that single moment empowers and propels them forward.

Melissa Thurman, CEO, Educational Excellence, Oregon

Kathy’s coaching sessions have given me the ability to deepen my leadership skills as a new principal. Being an educational leader is a complex job and oftentimes I found that when I was in a difficult situation Kathy could help me pinpoint my thoughts and assist me in developing an action plan. Besides being an incredible listener and thoughtful person, she has the innate ability to ask the kinds of questions that allow me to gain insight about myself as a leader. I always leave a coaching session with Kathy feeling grounded, confident, and ready to tackle the next challenge.

Andrea Sande, Former Principal; State Consultant for Educational Excellence, Oregon

We must learn how to work with and guide adult learners toward new levels of competence, problem- solving capabilities, creativity, and higher levels of achievement, while honoring and respecting their humanity and capacity to find their own answers.  

(Norwood, 2007)

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