Why Another £29 Coaching Certificate Won’t Make You a Coach
If a £29 online certificate or any of these cheap coaching courses was all it took to build a real coaching business, everyone would be doing it.
But here’s the truth:
No cheap certificate will make you a coach.
Yes, they might give you a PDF to put on your wall.
Yes, you might feel “qualified” because you completed a quick module online.
But then what?
Most of these courses teach only theory.
They give you a few models, a mindset worksheet or two, and then send you off into the world with zero practical experience or real confidence.
Here’s what I see happen to people after they buy one of these certificates:
They don’t feel confident coaching actual clients
They’re unsure how to run powerful sessions that create real change
They have no idea how to find clients or build an income
And that’s when the doubts start creeping in:
“Maybe I need another certificate…”
“Maybe I need another course…”
“Maybe I’m just not cut out for this.”
But the problem isn’t them.
The problem is an industry selling information instead of transformation.
Here’s what most aspiring coaches don’t realise:
Knowledge alone doesn’t make you a coach.
Confidence doesn’t come from reading slides on your phone.
And strategy doesn’t come from guesswork.
If you’re serious about becoming a coach, you need:
A clear understanding of who you are as a coach
Evidence-based coaching skills that create results for clients
A proven strategy to build a business that actually pays you
And about the myth that you don’t need certification…
You might have seen people online saying:
“You don’t even need to be certified to be a coach.”
Technically, that’s true. Coaching is unregulated.
But ask yourself this:
Would you invest your goals, mindset, and wellbeing in someone untrained and uncertified?
Would you pay them hundreds or thousands of pounds to help you create real change?
Most people won’t.
Your clients want to know you’re credible. They want to know you’ve invested in your growth so you can support theirs properly, ethically, and effectively.
What makes The Clarity Circle different
We’re not here to hand you a PDF and send you on your way.
We’re here to help you become a confident, qualified, income-ready coach through our Clarity-to-Coach™ Method, which includes:
Personal Development Mastery
Build clarity, confidence, and your identity as a coach, so you don’t sabotage your progress with self-doubt before you’ve even started.
Professional Coaching Mastery
Learn practical, ethical, evidence-based coaching tools and practise them with live support – so you’re not just certified, you’re genuinely competent.
Business Mastery
Gain the structure to position yourself, attract paying clients, and build a coaching business that works around your life – not the other way around.
This isn’t theory for the sake of it.
This is structured, strategic training designed to help you build something real.
Here’s the bottom line
If you want to call yourself a coach by the weekend, any of these cheap certificates will do.
But if you want to build a coaching business that:
Creates real impact for your clients
Feels aligned with who you are
Gives you the freedom and income you want
You need proper training, real support, and a clear plan.
That’s what we do.
Ready to find out if coaching is your path?
Complete the short Discovery Application today. No pressure – just your first step to see if this is right for you, and whether we’re the team to help you build it properly.
With clarity and confidence,
Stacey
