The Essentials of Life Coaching
Our 43-hour introductory course focused on the skills, tools and techniques necessary to make a rapid transition into the field of Christian life coaching.
Your instructors, Lisa Mladinich, PCC and Gary Roney, ACC are ICF-certified coaches serving on faculty at Professional Christian Coaching Institute who provide this uniquely Catholic private offering at the Institute.
The curriculum is designed around Dr. Gary Collins’ foundational book, Christian Coaching, and two other outstanding texts. The course is aligned with the standards of both the International Coach Federation (ICF) and the Christian Coaches Network International (CCNI).
All classes are taught live, via high-definition Zoom videoconference, and supplemented with home study as well as interactive peer coaching groups meeting each week. In this class you will
October 2023
DAY: Wednesdays
TIME: 7:00 – 9:00 PM Eastern
DATES: October 18, 2023 – February 14, 2024 (NOTE: Class will NOT meet on 11/22, 12/20, and 12/27)
INSTRUCTORS: Lisa Mladinich, PCC and Gary Roney, ACC
Traditional tuition for Essentials of Life Coaching is $2,250. Students in this private offering are provided a $275 tuition reduction, which is reflected in the pricing table below.
Course Payment Options
Full Payment
- NO monthly payments
3 Payments
- $2,001 total
6 Payments
- $2,028 total
9 Payments
- $2,054 total
12 Payments
- $2,080 total
NOTE: All payment plans include a monthly service charge.
Lisa Mladinich, PCC
Lisa Mladinich is an ICF-Certified Life Coach and Gallup-Certified CliftonStrengths® Coach dedicated to helping clients glorify God by living powerfully in their natural talents. It is her conviction and experience that knowing our own unique and unrepeatable design motivates us to better know, love, and serve the Designer.
A best-selling author and media host, Lisa has appeared on EWTN TV’s Women of Grace, Sunday Night Prime, BookMark, and Catholic Mom’s Café, as well as CatholicTV’s This is the Day, the Son Rise Morning Show, The Jennifer Fulwiler Show, Busted Halo, and many other television, radio, and podcast programs.
Lisa hosts the Homeschooling Saints podcast sponsored by Homeschool Connections, as well as a new internet TV program called Wonderfully Made: Your Talents. God’s Purpose.
Lisa is the founder of “Wonderfully Made,” an online membership that includes original strengths-development courses, live events, and mastermind groups. A veteran online educator, she enjoys leading her free book discussion series, “Strengths-Based Marriage,” to help couples thrive as individuals, while calling out the very best in each other. She is on a mission to strengthen the Church, to help it become that bright “city on a hill” that Christ calls us to be.
Lisa has been married to the love of her life, Charlie, for 36 years, and they live in the wilds of suburban Long Island. She is blessed to be an instructor for the RCIA program at her parish, St. Patrick’s, Huntington.
Find Lisa at www.WonderfullyMade139.com.
Gary Roney, ACC
Gary Roney is a devoted husband and father of four children living in the North Hills of Pittsburgh, PA.
Having earned degrees in Theology and Religious Education, as well as certification as a professional coach from Duquesne University (and the ACC credential through the ICF), he has over 20 years of experience working with youth, college, young adults, and their leaders throughout the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh.
Gary currently serves as a Training and Productivity Specialist for Decided Excellence Catholic Media and is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, trained additionally in the DiSC personality assessment, and MCODE, which is a narrative-based assessment tool that uncovers core motivation.
After having played baseball and golf collegiately, Gary has coached, trained coaches, and served as Diocesan Athletic Director overseeing a wide variety of competitive sports. He enjoys watching his children play and learn how to give the best of themselves.
Christian Coaching (2nd Edition)
by Dr. Gary Collins
Co-Active Coaching (4th Edition)
by Laura Whitworth et al
Becoming a Professional Life Coach (2nd Edition)
by Dr. Patrick Williams & Diane S. Menendez
Due to the specially-discounted tuition on these private offerings, other offers, promotions, and discounts are NOT stackable with this course registration.