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Become a KM Creative Coach

Stepping ThroughThe Kaizen-Muse Creative Coaching training offers innovative training designed to provide you with a career path filled with the brilliance, abundance and rewards of coaching others to life-changing results. The training is customized for both individuals and organizations interested in the tools that have empowered thousands since 1985 to reach creative dreams, business goals and the blessing of living an authentic life.  

Plus, it’s fun - we believe playfulness is vital to the generation of creative ideas and is not just for kids anymore. 
 
"The design of the Kaizen Muse coaching is unique; like nothing else I’ve ever seen in the coaching world.  One of the most useful parts of the Training Manual is the section on “Kaizen Muse Creativity Coaching Ten Tools.”   These tools operate in a different part of the brain from what’s accessed in coaching for "results” or “performance”.  The tools are effective with clients at any stage of development, and they can be taken off the shelf the minute the coach recognizes a pattern of thinking or behaving.  Specific applications of each tool are provided with detailed instructions.  What can I say:  It’s a gold mine!!!"
- Shirley Anderson, MS, MCC, IAC-CC
Master Certified Coach,  International Coach Federation
Certified Coach – IAC, International Association of Coaches
 
This training is for you if
  • You have a desire to make a difference in the lives of those searching for creative fulfillment, breakthrough and action.
  • You want to be part of one of the most distinctive, refreshing and enjoyed models of creativity coaching rapidly gaining worldwide attention.
  • You are interested in upgrading whatever work you are already doing by adding the principles of KMCC to your business or life coaching practice.**
  • You would like to attract creative people to your groups, classes, professional practice, or to your life in general.
  • You have a sense of humor and understand how playfulness is vital to creative thought and practice.
  • You know the importance of creativity coaching on the phone or in person for the power of intuitive direction, the process of synergy, and the personal experience of talking to the person, not through the email. 
  • You have a professional background or experience working in a helping profession and a passion for the creative process.

The Kaizen-Muse Advantage

Ground-Breaking, Proven Techniques
Clients constantly confirm the profound effectiveness of KMCC’s guided imageries, non-linear approach, mind sculpting, and time-tested block busting action in taking steps small enough to defy any resistance. Cutting-edge tools apply valid scientific studies to training neural pathways to be make creativity a habit rather than a struggle.
 
Renowned Trainers 
Creativity coaching pioneer, author, multi-media artist, nationally recognized workshop leader and humorist, Jill Badonsky, M.Ed. augments the 10 creative principles from her popular book with dynamic concepts researched by UCLA psychologist, author and international seminar leader, Dr. Robert Maurer.  
 
"What a heart opening and mind stretching experience KMCC has been. I loved the abundance of tools, with loads of fun, insight and awareness. What more could a creative soul want?"
- Nic, Australia
 
Customized to Your Needs
Limited enrollment and the application of the tools to the training process ensure success, understanding and the deepening of your own creative process. Kaizen-Muse Creative Coach training can also be customized to meet the needs and demands of organizations enlisting our services. Take one small step and the way will be made clear.
 
How Our Training is Delivered
This 14-week training takes place in a dynamic online learning environment that includes weekly live teleconferences with Jill Badonsky, M.Ed. and Dr. Robert Maurer. This mode of delivery has been specifically designed with our students in mind. Students practice-coach with each other during the training and listen to and evaluate coaching calls. Once the training is complete there is a system in place to refer them to outside clients for further skill development.
 
"And as far as being a KMCC coach...  Wow, when I think about how much I dreaded going to my life-coaching conference calls, how stifled I felt, how cookie-cutter predictable it was - oh my, it was not for me.  So I am grateful for your version of coaching and how much freedom and fun and creativity and unpredictability it brings (not to mention being profoundly powerful and life-changing).  It will stretch me to become more of myself, which feels so deliciously daring!  It is the perfect compliment to the work I already do, and who knows how I'll weave it all together!"
 - Beth, Ohio
 
Fulfillment comes about when we train the mind to be positively resourceful, when we authentically share our gifts, and when we engage the unique potential of the self. Making this process fun, supportive and accessible means the positive gains last longer. And creativity just keeps expanding and opening new doors to deeper living. 
 
Yes, You Can
 
Graduation from this program automatically invites you to join the distinctive KMC3 (Kaizen-Muse Creative Coaching Coalition) network, whose membership is based on the standards met through the training and not just on your ability to pay a membership fee. The association site offers consistent philosophy, teachings and techniques rather than competing ones and enhances the credibility and integrity of Kaizen-Muse Creative Coaches.
 
Our community of creative coaches is diverse, talented and vibrant. We attract people who want to use creative coaching to make a vital difference in the world. We are passionate about the creative process and the positive change it can bring to individuals, businesses and companies. 
 

To Apply  

Contact us and tell us a bit about your background, experience and your vision for creative coaching.
 
Register early to save $100! Find out when the next session starts.
 
Training tuition is $1500 (tax deductible) and that includes a membership, promotion and continuing education, practice-building support through The Muse is In, intensive training, coaching and the comprehensive KMCC manual. Included in the value of this training is a deepened understanding and cultivation of the creative process related to the students own creative interests. A $250 deposit is required to hold your space. Cancellations up to one month before the training are eligible for refunded deposits less $50. After that period, the deposit or tuition is non-refundable. If you are unable to complete the training, you have a year from the course start date to reapply your tuition.

"Jill Badonsky's KMCC training is the ultimate in preparation for creativity coaching.  Her tools of the trade, essential; her talent for moving information from her heart to yours, direct; her methods for learning this coaching style, creative and compassionate.  I began this journey for the information and self-coaching, and now I am building a coaching business that I am truly excited about!"
 - Lynda Treger, Oceanside

Already a Coach or Counselor?

If you are a life coach or counselor, you might notice your approach with creative clients needs to be different or you will experience rapid turnover. Rebellion and resistance are natural parts of being creative. Unfortunately, these dynamics sometimes work counter to the intentions of creative individuals as they rebel against their own structure as well as those of helping professionals. Kaizen-Muse Creative Coaching takes into account the dynamics of creative individuals and the creative process that other coaching approaches may overlook, such as
  • Resistance to authority
  • The non-linear nature of the creative process
  • High-sensitivity
  • Creativity-related avoidance
  • An indirect approach to setting goals (setting goals can actually block a creative person)
  • The need for breaks and downtime
  • The need for nurturing
  • The history of creative successes.
The KMCC program can enhance your life coaching practice, enabling you to attract new clients and maintain longer, more productive coaching relationships.

 

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