Wondering about Alyssa Nobriga's ICM Certification?
By far the most comments and DMs I get on reddit are questions about Alyssa Nobriga's ICM program. Instead of typing up the same responses again...and again...and again, I thought I'd make a post of my experience that I can direct people to.
Let's make this more fun...If you've done ICM drop a comment of your experience. If you completed a different coaching certification, I'd love to hear how it went for you (and if it went well, maybe direct people there who ICM isn't a fit for...and if it went poorly, we all want to know!). If you've been wondering about ICM (even if it's years after this post was written) drop a comment with your question or letting me know if this was or wasn't helpful :)
My ICM story...I was a member of the 2023 cohort. I decided to get a certification in lifecoaching after finishing my MA Philosophy degree. I really wanted to help people live 'the good life' and I realized humans can't just think their way there! I struggled with deciding if I needed to get another degree in psychology, or spiritual formation, and ultimately landed on ICM.
I was drawn to ICM because Alyssa teaches tools outside of thinking and behavioral changes. She goes into embodied, emotional, and unconscious changes as well. I, being a thinker, can have the tendency to get too caught up in learning and researching and not actually *doing* the thing. ICM is set up so that you have to practice the skills as you're learning them.
Alyssa has been super thoughtful in designing the program for all kinds of learning styles. Its the best online course structure that I've participated in. Additionally, the last 1/3 of the program is all about building your business. You have to be in-action working with clients (again, great for me) it forces you to get experience in building your business while being in a supportive network to troubleshoot any issues that come up.
The price seems worthwhile to me...compared to other coaching certifications it honestly seems underpriced. Compared with a degree from an institution, it seems comparable or, honestly underpriced. I signed in August of 2022, and I think it was an 11k investment on a payment plan.
Do I have any regrets or complaints? The week we spent on manifesting was a little too 'woo' for me. Honestly, I really don't have too many complaints. I feel like I got exactly what was advertised.
Does everyone launch a successful coaching business? No. My goal was only to work part-time, and I have been able to successfully source clients whenever I wanted to in order to meet that goal. The curriculum itself is a coaching container for you, even while you're learning. There are weekly 'peer practices' where you get coached by a peer, then coach a peer. Some people get into the program and realize there's growth and healing that needs to happen before they can launch a business. Other's have life changes (like pregnancies, or illnesses, or family complications) that limit their change their priorities from building a business, but the people I know in those situations were all so very grateful they experienced the program for their own growth.
Alyssa encourages re-enrolling, some people do and use it at their personal coaching container to level-up (one woman who saw a ton of success in my cohort chose to re-enroll specifically because it was working so well as her personal coaching container.)