I Didn’t Pass the ICF Exam—Now What? 🤷🏽♀️
Ever poured nearly a decade into something, only to have it smack you in the face with a big fat "not yet"? Yeah, same. In this episode, Krista Kathleen—a Professional Certified Coach, spiritual business mentor, and founder of an ICF-accredited coaching school—gets brutally honest about failing the ICF MCC exam after nine years of prepping. Spoiler alert: it sucked. 💔
From the unexpected difficulty of the new scenario-based format to the soul-crushing realization that exhaustion played a bigger role than expected, Krista breaks down what went wrong and how she’s planning a comeback. If you’re a coach on the ICF credentialing path (or just someone who needs a reminder that failure doesn’t mean the end), this episode is for you. 🚀
What you'll learn in this episode:
🤍 Why the new ICF exam format threw even an experienced coach off her game
🤍 How stress, exhaustion, and a testing center that felt like a prison contributed to the outcome
🤍 The mindset shifts Krista is making to approach her retake differently
🤍 The importance of failure in personal and professional growth
🤍 Actionable strategies for preparing for (and passing!) the ICF exam
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Hey There! I’m Krista
A Retired Nurse Turned Professional Certified Life Coach, Spiritual Business Mentor, Hypnotherapist, World Traveler, Author & Mama to Lincoln.
I was born to be a coach and live a life beyond the white picket fence. I was never designed to struggle through a 9-5 job and sell my soul to the devil.
Now I work with heart-centered humans all over the world showing them how to become life coaches and start their own online businesses.
Hopefully one day I’ll get to work with you inside one of my coaching programs too. Because you deserve to have a life and career that brings you the ultimate freedom and flexibility so you can do the work you were born to do.
Xo,
Krista Kathleen, PCC