Meet Our Core Faculty Team for Transformative Coaching Essentials 2026

Every coach-in-training at TCE is supported by a powerful Core Faculty Team—experienced, diverse, and deeply committed to your growth. Meet the staff coaches who make this transformational journey possible.
What My Dog, My Cats and Coaching Taught Me About Change

Coaching isn’t a detour from the AI conversation—it’s the foundation of it. In this moving reflection, one coach shares how McLaren’s training reshaped her life, work, and presence from the inside out.
Why Strategic Language Is Your Small Business’s Secret Growth Tool

Your words are more than content—they’re your brand. In this two-part conversation, Cami McLaren and Erin Lebacqz explore how strategic writing helps small business owners connect, convert, and grow with clarity and purpose.
Weekend 12: Completion, Certification, and Celebration

The 5th TCE cohort completed their yearlong journey in Weekend 12—celebrating certification, community, and the transformation that comes from becoming a coach. It’s not just an end—it’s a beginning.
Interview With Joan Virginia Allen on her Memoir Navigating Dynamic Aging

At 86, Joan Virginia Allen is coaching, hiking, publishing, and defying the narrative of what aging “should” look like. Her memoir is both a guide and a bold invitation to live fully—at every stage of life.
Book Review – For Coaches, Artists, and Humans

Inspired by The Creative Act by Rick Rubin, this post explores coaching as a powerful way of being—one that creates, transforms, and invites us to move beyond limiting beliefs.
Building Trust

Trust is the foundation of strong relationships. These 13 behaviors—adapted from Speed of Trust by Stephen Covey—offer practical ways to build and restore trust through clarity, respect, and accountability.
Overestimate Yourself (What I Heard at Spin Class Today)

Inspired by a spin class, this post invites you to rethink your limits. What if the key to growth isn’t staying safe—but overestimating what you can do?
From Coach to Trainer: What It Takes to Become a Master Coach

The journey from coach to trainer isn’t a straight line—it’s a spiral of growth, awareness, and service. This post explores what it takes to guide others while deepening your own transformation.
Secret to Success Number One! Find Your Best Friend

Secret #1 to success? Get an accountability partner. A true accountability relationship builds clarity, consistency, and courage—through truth-telling, challenge, and shared purpose.