An Honest Review of the Quantum Success Coaching Academy’s Coach Certification Program
by Joscelyn C.,
QSCA Student, 2014-2015.
Table of Contents
Purpose
Introduction
Strong Points of the Program
Points to Consider
1. Questionable Basis of Philosophy
2. Forced "Feel Good" Attitude
3. Hardly any Financially Successful Graduates
4. Poor Quality Business Training
5. Closed to Intellectual Challenges
6. Not ICF Accredited for Coach Training
7. No Money-Back Guarantee
8. More Students per Class than Advertised
9. Business Module Taught by Different Teacher than Advertised
10. False Pressure Tactics in QSCA Marketing Contradict its own Philosophy
11. "Coaching" with Christy means "Group Q&A Sessions"
12. The Law of Attraction doesn’t Bypass the Need for Promotional Marketing
13. Underemphasis on Classical Coaching Techniques
14. Choose Your Program Director Carefully by Doing Thorough Research
15. Read "Exploring Coaching" to get a Realistic Sense of What it Means to Become a Life Coach.
16. Affiliate Recommendations for the QSCA Cannot be Trusted.
Motivated by Profit
Likely Poorly Acquainted with the QSCA Program
Text of Recommendations may be Written by the QSCA
17. Testimonials on the QSCA Website Tell a Fraction of the Whole Story
Were Solicited Less than Halfway Through the Program
Biased by a "Free Gift" in Return
Represent a Tiny Fraction of QSCA Students
18. Why is There No Criticism of the QSCA on the Internet?
Because of the Inculcation of a "Feel Good" Philosophy
Because Some had a Net Gain to Offset their Loss
Because of Fear of Betraying the QSCA and its Consequences
Summary of Checkpoints
Conclusion
Contact
Purpose
I wrote this lengthy review of the Quantum Success Coaching Academy (hereafter the "QSCA") to help you make an educated decision about whether it is the right life-coach training program for you. I suggest that you read it carefully and consider all of its points. You may want to get out a piece of paper and writing utensil to take notes while you are reading it.
Introduction
I've nearly finished my year-long life-coach training program at Christy Whitman's long-distance "Quantum Success Coaching Academy" (cost is app. $4000), and, while I gained from it, I can't help but wish that I had been informed about the following 18 points before signing up, which likely would have impacted my decision to sign up. Seeing that no one else on the internet has yet mentioned these points in a review, I felt that it was my duty to share my experiences so that others who are considering the program can make a more educated decision for themselves.
Strong Points of the Program
To begin, I would like to mention the program's strong points, which, true to the QSCA's promotional videos, make the course have a "feel-good" tone:
~Well organized and nice: The staff was well organized, responsive, and polite, and fielded emails in a timely manner.
~Warm and encouraging: The teachers and mentors have warm attitudes and are happy to cheer for the students' successes.
~Great Facebook Group: The program allows you access to an emotionally supportive and engaging student Facebook group, that both current students and graduates are welcome to participate in.
~Requires Students to Practice Coaching: The program is demanding in that it requires the students to do a lot of practice coaching.
Points to Consider
Now, I would like to share some of the points that I wish I had been more aware of before signing up. Since there are many points, for clarity's sake, I have written headers for each. I have also shared questions and recommendations that are important when choosing a life coaching program, under the heading "My advice."
1. Questionable Basis of Philosophy
The program's life coaching philosophy is based on the teachings of Abraham-Hicks, a questionable New Age spirit-channel, whose core teaching is the "Law of Attraction," which, in a nutshell, says that if you want something, all you have to do is to believe that what you desire is coming to you and experience this belief so deeply that you feel certain that it is true, and, in response, the Universe will make it show up in your life. Taking action to get what you want is not necessary according to Abraham-Hicks, and may even obstruct your ability to get what you want if your motivation for taking action is because you do not have perfect faith that what you want is coming. While the QSCA begins its curriculum with the aforementioned teachings of Abraham, later in the program it teaches that taking action actually *is* necessary, and that the Law of Attraction just enhances the efficacy of one's actions. (While this appears to be philosophically inconsistent, the inconsistency was not addressed in the program, nor was any resolution offered.)
My Advice:
In considering this course, it would behoove you to watch a lot of Abraham-Hicks videos (https://www.youtube.com/user/AbrahamHicks), to see if you really resonate with its/her teachings. I find its/her antics, coarse jokes, and vague metaphors (i.e. "vortex," "high flying disc") that it/she substitutes for clear philosophical explanations to be distasteful, and I don't feel that its/her message is, to say the least, fully accurate.
2. Forced "Feel Good" Attitude
One of the QSCA's strongest points is its Facebook group, where students get to communicate, share ideas, and support one another. However, I found that the group's social atmosphere, similar to that of the teachers and administration, has an "Everything is so wonderful here!!!" attitude that pushes so hard to be positive, that it discourages the expression of negative sentiments, such as complaints or critical assessments of the course's philosophy, and while this has its merits, it creates a forced atmosphere of positive "vibes" that silence the difficult questions about the course and its philosophy that some students, like me, would have liked to discuss. (This "feel good" attitude seems to be a direct result of the course philosophy, which is based on the teachings of Abraham-Hicks, who teaches that "There is nothing more important right now than that you *feel good.*")
My advice:
In considering a life coaching course, you need to consider if you would thrive better in an atmosphere that does not try to get you into "feel good" mode, but that allows for your complete truth, both positive and negative, to be expressed in a therapeutic way. If this is important to you, then you might consider a course similar to New Ventures West Coaching (http://www.newventureswest.com/), that, as far as I can tell (from having spoken with a friend who attended it and from its website), encourages the whole of the person to be brought forth in their personal growth.
3. Hardly any Financially Successful Graduates
While I am in communication through the aforementioned Facebook group with hundreds of the QSCA's graduates and I have looked at many of their websites, I have not found any, not even the course's teachers and mentors, who have created stable income from coaching using the Law of Attraction techniques taught by QSCA, except for Christy Whitman herself and possibly one or two of the QSCA's teachers. I find this to be disconcerting, since the course was advertised as training its students to become "financially successful" life coaches with lucrative careers (one of the promotional videos was entitled "How to make $200 an Hour in 90 Days!). If you ask the QSCA staff for examples of graduates from their program who went on to create financially successful coaching businesses, they will say that, while there have been many, to maintain the privacy of their students, they do not give out names. (I know that they gave this response to more than one such inquiring student.) This seems like a questionable response, considering that it is common for professional training programs to share lists of successful graduates as examples of their training's efficacy, and regarding privacy, they simply ask successful graduates for permission to share their names, which, as business experts told me, people almost always give.
My advice:
In considering a life coaching course, you need to ask yourself if you plan on making a living from what it you learn in it, and if you do, then you need to find a course that has a reliable list of successful graduates who have proven its occupational value.
4. Poor Quality Business Training
Since not all of the teachers had to create coaching businesses to qualify for teaching the course, they were not necessarily qualified to teach the "Business Building Module" from a position of experience. Thus, during the Business Building Module, it sounded like my teacher was literally reading from a script that she did not fully understand. I found this frustrating, and especially so, since, in the promotional videos of the QSCA, Christy emphasizes the high quality of the Business Building Module, saying that it will "will teach us everything that we need to know about setting up a great coaching business."
My advice:
In considering a life coaching course, ask yourself how important it is to you that it include business training. It may be that you can get such training from a separate program that focuses exclusively on business (there are many such programs). If not, and you want good business training, then you need to look at other coaching programs that have that.
5. Closed to Intellectual Challenges
If you are a critical thinker, do not expect intellectual explanations of how the philosophies and methods taught in the course make intellectual sense. Similar to the teachings of Abraham-Hicks, upon which the course claims to be based, the attitude is simply, "Try it and see for yourself"; it is not welcoming of critical-thinking challenges. The problem with this is that, from just experience, it is impossible to verify the truth of the alleged "Law of Attraction" that the course is based on, as it cannot be tested, for, if it does *not* work to help one to get what one wants, one can blame it on oneself for not being sufficiently in "alignment," and if it *does* seem to work to help one get what one wants, one cannot know if it was due to external reasons. So, the only reliable way to know if it is true or not is to see if it holds up to intellectual inquiry, which many thinkers, including some of the greatest spiritual teachers of our times, say it doesn't. (Here is what I imagine their explanation for disagreeing with it would be: "Life is not about trying to get what our egos want from the Universe, but about living with presence in each moment, and through this presence, opening up to our full ability to deal appropriately and effectively with life's experiences. Personal growth does not necessarily happen when we "feel good," but when we transform our desires and fears into clarity.") As a note, general references to "quantum physics" were mentioned as "scientific support" for the course's teachings, and while some spiritual practices may be able to claim support from quantum physics (see physics professor Amit Goswami's books, here: http://smile.amazon.com/Amit-Goswami/e/B0028OI2UQ/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1439808810&sr=8-2-ent), how it supports the specific practices that the course teaches is not explained.
My advice:
In considering a life coaching course, ask yourself how important it is to you that the teachers are open to intellectual engagement and challenges, and if it is of a high level of importance to you, then you need to find a different course.
6. Not ICF Accredited for Coach Training
While the program is approved by the International Coaching Federation (as mentioned in the promotional videos), it is important to realize that it is approved only as a "Continuing Coach Education" program, and not as an "Accredited Coach Training" program. The ICF writes the following about Continued Coach Education programs: "These offerings are meant for individuals who have a foundation of basic coach knowledge (and ICF credential) and are intended as supplemental training for those wishing to acquire additional learning and/or those who are renewing their ICF Credential." This means that the QSCA program has not qualified for the ICF's Coach Training, and passing the QSCA's course does not count toward ICF Coach Certification. (Neither Christy Whitman nor any of the QSCA teachers have ICF Coach Certification, as is evident from their absence on the ICF member's listing http://coachfederation.org/members/landing.cfm?ItemNumber=3030&navItemNumber=589. When I first discovered this, months ago, I took it as an indication of the unimportance of getting ICF certification, but in retrospect, I think it was a point that I overlooked.)
My advice:
7. No Money-Back Guarantee
The QSCA does not offer a 30-day 100%-satisfaction-or-your-money-back guarantee, which, I have since learned from online marketing experts, is considered mandatory for an online information or training program to be considered trustworthy. If you do a Google search for "life coaching programs with guarantees," you will see that many life coaching programs offer such a guarantee, and, in looking for a life coaching program, I would say to settle for nothing less, since there is no way to really know that it will resonate with you until you have tried it out.
8. More Students per Class than Advertised
I once counted the number of students during roll call before class to see how many there were. There were around 45, not 30, as advertised as the "maximum class size" in the QSCA's promotional videos. The reason for this discrepancy is likely because the videos were made a few years before I joined, when the school was smaller and had smaller class sizes, but there was nothing on the QSCA website that corrected this to let me know that it did not represent the latest school policy. Having an extra 15 students in the class didn't have a negative effect on the learning, but it bothered me because, compounded with the earlier points, I felt like it was yet another thing that wasn't as advertised in the promotional videos.
My advice:
In considering a life coaching course, ask yourself how important it is to you that the advertising be completely honest. If it will bother you if it is not, then you might need to consider a different course, though it can be difficult to know if it is honest until you have been in it.
9. Business Module Taught by Different Teacher than Advertised
The Business Building Module was taught by our regular teacher, not by Christy Whitman, contrary to what was advertised on the promotional video. However, in addition to the seven business building classes, we were given access to a series of recordings of Christy teaching what were called the "first six classes" of the Business Building Module, so maybe this is what Christy had been referring to in the promotional video, but I think that this should have been stated somewhere on the QSCA's website for honesty's sake.
10. False Pressure Tactics in QSCA Marketing Contradict its own Philosophy
In the last promotional video for QSCA enrollment, Christy says that "We can only accept 400 students maximum, and we fill up fast, so you need to register soon to reserve your spot so that you don't lose it." I listened to this and signed up early, but after I signed up, the QSCA continued to promote its program, indicating that there was still room for new students to join, until the deadline for enrollment, and this has continued to be their practice in every subsequent QSCA open enrollment since then, so, as it turns out, there was never really any need for me to hurry. This marketing technique, of applying pressure on a potential buyer by telling them that the product is scarce and will sell out soon, even when it is not true, (which, I have since learned, is a classic marketing technique,) bothered me, and especially so, since it is inconsistent with what the QSCA teaches that the Universe is abundant, and that to get what you want via the Law of Attraction you have to "allow" for things to be as they are without emotional attachment. Trying to pressure students to register for the QSCA by using less-than-fully-honest marketing techniques does not, to say the least, seem to reflect this "allowing" philosophy.
My advice:
In considering a life coach training program, you need to ask yourself how important it is to you that the marketing techniques used to sell the program are honest and consistent with its coaching philosophy. If it would bother you if they are not, then you need to look at different programs.
A few more clarifications about some of what was said in the QSCA's promotional videos (11 and 12) to help you to make an informed decision:
11. "Coaching" with Christy means "Group Q&A Sessions"
The QSCA promotional video says that students get the opportunity to be "coached" by Christy, and to the layman, the term "coaching" implies regular coaching sessions, but, as it turns out, many coaches use the term "coaching" to refer to group Q&A sessions, and that is what Christy intended here. There were about five 90-minute Q&A sessions with Christy offered throughout the year, open to all QSCA students, past or present, who wanted to join the teleconferencing call to ask Christy questions or to listen to her answers.
12. The Law of Attraction doesn’t Bypass the Need for Promotional Marketing
In the QSCA's promotional videos, Christy said that the QSCA would teach its students how to sell their coaching without the marketing that most people think of as "sleazy," but, instead, with the "Law of Attraction.” When I heard this, I thought that she was meant that she would teach us how to use the Law of Attraction to get paying clients in a way that would not require us to engage in self-promotion, which is what most people dislike about marketing. However, after having gone through the program, I realize that I was mistaken, and all that was intended was that she would teach us how to use the Law of Attraction in combination with classical marketing techniques, including those that require self-promotion, to bolster our efforts. (I am informing you of this so that you will not be under the misconception, as I had been, that the program will teach you how to sell in a way that does not require you to engage in classical marketing methods.) In considering becoming a life coach, you need to keep in mind that it requires marketing, and marketing requires at least some degree of self-promotion, and you need to ask yourself if you are comfortable with that.
Some background information that can help you to decide whether the QSCA is a good match for you (13 - 18):
13. Underemphasis on Classical Coaching Techniques
The basic coaching format that the QSCA taught us was this:
Ask the client how they are doing on a scale of 1 to 10, to get a sense of where they are holding on the “vibrational scale” (i. e. how positive they are).
Ask them what their intention is for the call, (i.e., what they want to resolve in their life that will be the topic of the call), and maybe a powerful question (i.e. an open ended question with no right or wrong answers) to help them gain more clarity and think of a solution.
Guide them through a Law of Attraction exercise (explained below) to help them achieve emotional relief and come into “vibrational alignment” with their desire (explained below.)
Ask them what they are taking away from the exercise, to help them “lock in the learning” through self reflection.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 until they have come significantly closer to being in “vibrational alignment” with their desire.
Ask them what practice or plan they are willing to commit to to progress toward achieving their desire after the call has ended, and have them commit to it.
Ask them what they are taking away from the session.
The “Law of Attraction exercises” (called “coaching processes” by the QSCA) of Step 3 are short psychological practices that cause one to focus on what one wants and to become inspired to attain it (what the QSCA calls “getting into vibrational alignment with one’s desires”). Most of these exercises are described in “Ask and It Is Given,” a book by Abraham-Hicks, where they are referred to as “games” because they are uplifting and “fun.” The QSCA curriculum, whose stated goal is for students to become certified Law of Attraction coaches, emphasises them strongly, for they are the “Law of Attraction” part of "Law of Attraction Coaching." As you can see from Step 5 in the coaching formula above that calls for their repetition, they are the main part of the coaching formula. Much more time in the curriculum is devoted to teaching them (7 classes in Module 2 and several more in later modules) than to teaching other coaching techniques, such as asking powerful questions (1 class) or creating a plan of action (0 classes). The rationale for this prioritization is, as the QSCA says, because these exercises are what “bring clients results,” for, through them, clients come into closer “vibrational alignment” with their desires, and, consequently, the Universe allegedly brings their desires to them. This is fine if you believe wholeheartedly in the Law of Attraction, but if you aren’t completely sold on it, you may find it disappointing that more time in the curriculum is not devoted to teaching the more classical coaching techniques, like asking powerful questions, brainstorming, and creating plans of action.
My advice:
In considering whether to become a student at the QSCA, I recommend that you get a copy of “Ask and It is Given” and read it. See whether its message and tone resonate with you, for much of the QSCA curriculum is based on it. Also, practice its “games.” If the QSCA is going to be your coach training program, then it is important that you believe in their efficacy.
14. Choose Your Program Director Carefully by Doing Thorough Research
The life coach training program that you choose will affect your personal development; this is especially so if you choose the QSCA which has a spiritual orientation, so in choosing a program, you are effectively choosing a personal growth path for yourself, and accordingly, the head of your program is like your personal-growth director for the duration of the program. It therefore behooves you to look carefully into who that director is, to determine if he or she embodies the values that you would like to see yourself develop. Find out: Does he/she live a lifestyle that you resonate with? Does he/she display honesty, humility, and sensitivity? Does he/she share enough of your ideals that you are able to accept him/her as your personal growth director? That having been said, a lot of people, myself included, were drawn to the professionalism and warmth that Christy displayed in the QSCA's promotional videos and on her Quantum Success Shows, but it is important to keep in mind that these videos are very well scripted and rehearsed. To get a fuller sense of who Christy is, I recommend that you sign up for her monthly newsletter (the "Quantum Success Newsletter") in which she shares short written stories about her life and unscripted family videos (which can sometimes be entertaining to watch). If you follow these newsletters and family videos long enough, you will have a more complete picture of her values and personality. This will help you to make a more educated decision about whether you resonate with her personality and philosophy.
15. Read "Exploring Coaching" to get a Realistic Sense of What it Means to Become a Life Coach.
Read the excellent ebook, "Exploring Coaching," for crucial background information that you need to know before making a decision whether to go into the coaching industry (given to QSCA students after registering for the program, and available for free here: http://www.slideshare.net/Monaviecoach/exploring-coaching-v4-2). (Christy quoted from this book extensively in the first three of the QSCA's promotional videos; see pages 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 25, and 26, and compare them to the content in the videos.) If you are drawn to the QSCA's promotional message that "setting up a coaching practice can be easy when you use the Law of Attraction to attract clients," I recommend reading pages 26-28, which dispels this idea.
16. Affiliate Recommendations for the QSCA Cannot be Trusted.
You may see recommendations for the QSCA on the internet or in your inbox from well-established coaches and authors, but these cannot be trusted for a number of reasons:
Motivated by Profit
It is important to realize that the driving force behind these recommendations is an affiliate commission of $1000 per referee that registers for the program ($1000 from your tuition payment goes to the affiliate), so they should not, in any way, be taken as unbiased recommendations.
Likely Poorly Acquainted with the QSCA Program
I recommend that you check out the QSCA's affillate website http://quantum-success-coaching-academy.com/partners/ to see out how the QSCA influences marketers to market its programs. Once logged in, you will see a page with quotes from various affiliates about how much money they made from partnering with the QSCA, and quotes from QSCA students about how much they liked the program, all for the purpose of swaying you, a potential affiliate marketer, to promote the QSCA's program. It is reasonable to assume that many affiliates who market the QSCA program do not know much more about it than what they read in those quotes, and, while recommending it wholeheartedly with such little knowledge of it might seem dishonest, such is not atypical in marketing. (As a note, in the QSCA's promotional videos Christy says that the coaching industry is one of "high integrity" and therefore hasn't needed government oversight to weed out its bad apples. This might be true regarding some issues, but it is certainly not true regarding weeding out irresponsible or less-than-fully-honest marketing. The life coaching industry, like every industry, is driven by profits more so than by morals, and this is reflected in its marketing.)
Text of Recommendations likely Written by the QSCA
If you are wondering how the QSCA's affiliates can write intelligent emails about the QSCA if they haven't examined its program, the answer is simple: The QSCA provides texts for them to use as templates for their emails, all that they have to do is add a few edits to make them seem like their own.
As a note, not all companies allow anyone to become one of their affiliates, as does the QSCA. Some companies will only allow select affiliates to market for them, and this gives them the ability, if they choose, to monitor the integrity of their affiliates’ marketing.
My advice:
In considering whether you want to build a life coaching business, it is important that you ask yourself if you feel okay about the lack of transparency that is common in the marketing of coaching, and if not, then you may need to consider a career path that doesn't require you to do such marketing.
17. Testimonials on the QSCA Website Tell a Fraction of the Whole Story
Many people, myself included, were impressed by the extensive number of testimonials, 109 currently posted on the QSCA's website, (http://quantum-success-coaching-academy.com/testimonials/) from QSCA students praising the QSCA's program. However, when considering the reliability of these testimonials, a few points should be taken into consideration.
Were Solicited Less than Halfway Through the Program
We were asked by the QSCA to write such testimonials less than 5 months into the 12 month program, before we went through the disappointing Business Building Module, to help it to promote during its upcoming open enrollment (which happens every 6 months), so the testimonials should not be taken as representative of students' experiences of the whole program. It would be necessary to poll students after they finished the year-long program to know whether, after having gone through the entire program, their attitudes have remained the same or changed. (I heard a story about how when one student, who wrote such a testimonial, was contacted after they finished the program by a potential student to provide information about the QSCA, they gave a bitter response.)
Biased by a "Free Gift" in Return
When asked for a testimonial by the QSCA, we were told that in return for providing one we would each receive a "special free gift in the mail," as a way of saying "thank you." This inevitably impacted the objectivity of the testimonials.
Represent a Tiny Fraction of QSCA Students
When I joined the QSCA, there had been over 2000 students who had either joined or who had finished the program, (Christy said so in a Q&A session), and that number has continued to grow by a lot every time that they have open enrollment, so the 109 testimonials on the website represent only a tiny fraction (app. 5% or less) of the students' opinions. To get a more complete picture, you would need to hear the opinions of a far larger section of the student body.
My advice:
In considering life coaching programs, do not rely upon testimonials that you read on the coaching schools' websites, for you do not know the integrity of those that wrote them, when they were written, what rewards they were given in return for writing them, or other crucial information that can affect the objectivity of their authors. Ironically, the only opinions to take seriously are those that are less than enthusiastic or critical of the program (like this one) and those will most likely not be posted on the programs' websites.
In general, it is important to keep in mind that when a program is heavily marketed like the QSCA, with rewards of $1000+ for anyone that promotes them, it is very difficult to find honest information online about it, for most of those who write about it are affiliate marketers, and this is the case for many life coaching programs. The best way to find out about a program is to speak with someone you know and can trust that was in it. If you do not know anyone that was in it, then you need to do meticulous research. Find out about its affiliate program by Googling its name together with the words "affiliate" or "joint venture partners," and find out how much money they give their affiliates for every student that registers. Keep that figure in mind when you read the positive statements about it on the internet. Also, look for a program that has a 30 day or more 100%-satisfaction-or-your-money-back guarantee. If they don't, you have much more reason to question the trustworthiness of their marketing.
18. Why is There No Criticism of the QSCA on the Internet?
As of the time of this writing, if you do an internet search for the QSCA, you will find very few negative opinions about it; most of what is written tends to be promotional and positive. Aside from the drive to make profit as an affiliate marketer of the QSCA, which every student fromt the QSCA can become, there are a few other reasons why this is so:
Because of the Inculcation of a "Feel Good" Philosophy
The main reason that I see for this is that the QSCA is permeated by in a "feel good" attitude, generated by Christy and her staff and propped up by the Abraham-Hicks "feel good" Law of Attraction philosophy (as mentioned in point 2). This creates a "group think" among the QSCA students that says that having a "feel good" mentality is the only attitude that is okay to express, and most of what is written on the internet about the QSCA reflects this attitude.
Because Some had a Net Gain to Offset their Loss
There is a lot be said for having an optimistic attitude to life, and many students, myself included, feel that they have gained from the program's requiring of them to practice having an optimistic attitude, and, for some, this outweighed the concerns that I have mentioned here, which is why they wrote about it positively.
Because of Fear of Betraying the QSCA and its Consequences
Writing honestly about the problems of the QSCA would feel to most students like they were betraying the QSCA, and this is reason enough for most students to withhold from doing so. Furthermore, as the QSCA has stated, students who are no longer "in good standing with the QSCA" (i.e. openly criticize the QSCA) are subject to having their coaching certification from the QSCA revoked (if they have already gotten it), or to being kicked out of the program (if they are still in it), and this serves as a major deterrent for those who would otherwise speak up.
Summary of Checkpoints
You can use the following list to check if the QSCA is right for you. For it to be right, you need to qualify on the following 6 points. The numbers in the parentheses indicate which paragraph, above, they are from:
1. You are an Abraham-Hicks fan: You accept, without skepticism, the teachings of Abraham-Hicks (1), you are not bothered by the contrived "feel good" attitude resultant of its teachings (2), and you believe strongly in the efficacy of the "games" described in "Ask and It is Given" to the degree that you are happy for them to be your main techniques of life coaching (13).
2. You are interested in life coaching as a hobby, not a career path: You have no intention of creating a profitable coaching career from what you are taught (3), you do not require solid business training (at least not from this program) (4), and you do not require the program to help you earn ICF coach certification (6).
3. While you are smart, you are not a particularly analytical thinker: You are not someone who needs an environment that is welcome to intellectual challenges or debates (5), you can accept a vague philosophy, even if it is not explained in a way that is intellectual (5), and you are not keen on picking up on inconsistencies between what is said and what is done (10), or between what was first taught and what was later taught (1).
4. You can overlook the program's marketing: So long as you like the program, you will not be bothered that not all of the program is as advertised (3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 12 & 15), that it asks for testimonials from students before they have completed half of it (17), that it offers them a "special free gift" in return for their testimonials (17), and that it requires students to be "in good standing with it" to keep their certifications (18).
5. You have enough money to risk the cost of the program without it denting your pocketbook: You are willing to risk your money on a program with no 30-day money-back guarantee and this is not going to be a significant loss to you if it turns out not to resonate with you (7 & 17).
6. You are a Christy Whitman fan: You admire Christy and resonate with her values (14), and you would happily choose her as your personal growth director (14).
Conclusion
In conclusion, while there were many students who expressed that they were pleased with the QSCA program, I think that those students who questioned the teachings of Abraham, joined the course with the intention to set up a profitable career from what they were taught, resent inaccurate marketing, or were analytical thinkers, ended up becoming most agitated by some or all of the 18 above-mentioned points, and if that would be you, then you would do best to look elsewhere in choosing your life-coaching program.
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Joscelyn C.,
August 18, 2015
