The Rooted Coach Certification
by birch & stone

Where compassionate humans become skilled coaches, learning to lead growth with presence, strength, and grounded support.

Now Enrolling!

This is about more than learning how to coach

Join November Cohort

This is a live, relationship-based training where you build the inner steadiness and outer skill required to guide real transformation.

A sustainable, relationship-based certification for humans who want to guide themselves and others with clarity, integrity, and real tools.

It’s about learning how to:

Hold space
Hear what is actually being said
Guide change without force
Build growth that lasts.

How the Certification Works

A 16-week path. Two parts. Taken in order.

Because the best coaches are built from the inside out.

Leave With the Skills To:

Regulate yourself inside emotional conversation
Listen without fixing or rescuing
Ask powerful, clean questions
Help people find their own truth
Create safety and momentum
Trust your coaching voice
Work with clients ethically and confidently

What To Expect:

You won’t memorize scripts.
You won’t hide in a giant group.
You won’t be left wondering if you’re doing it right.
You WILL practice.
You WILL be coached.
You WILL be known.

This IS For You If:

You know personal growth must start with you
You want real mentorship, not just information
You are ready to stretch yourself
You feel called to help people in deeper ways
You want tools that are ethical, grounded, and sustainable

This is NOT for you if:

You want a quick certificate without practice
You prefer anonymous, self-paced learning
You want rigid formulas instead of human connection
You are unwilling to look at your own patterns

You Receive:

Weekly live teachings
Weekly integration & coaching calls.
Reflection exercises
Private cohort community
Replays of everything

Perfect For You If You:

Feel emotionally tired or reactive.
Struggle with people-pleasing
Want stronger internal boundaries
Are coaching-curious
Want real tools for your own life

Common Questions

Do I have to want to be a coach? No. Many people join coaching programs for personal transformation.
Can I skip Part One? No. Your self-relationship is the foundation.
Can I only take Part One? Yes.
What if I can’t attend the Tuesday/Thursday classes live? Everything is recorded.
What if I've never coached before? Great. We build from the beginning.
What if I'm already certified? You’ll deepen skill, ethics, and presence.
Are there refunds? Because of live teaching and immediate access, refunds are not available once the program begins. I’m happy to talk before purchasing.
Will this certification run again? Probably. Not scheduled.
Why birch & stone?

- Because transformation happens in rooms where people feel safe.

- Because coaching is relational.

- Because humans are not problems to fix.

- Because steadiness changes everything.
Have other questions? Email:
emilybrowerlifecoach@gmail.com

Birch & Stone Rooted Coach Certification

Part I Becoming Rooted

Week 1 — Returning to Self
Learn to return to yourself through awareness by noticing your thoughts, emotions, and patterns without trying to change them.

Week 2 — Emotional Awareness
Learn to recognize, name, and understand your emotions and develop a deeper awareness of your internal experience.

Week 3 — Regulation in Real Time
Explore what happens when we become activated and learn practical ways to create space between what we experience and how we respond.

Week 4 — Self-Trust in Action
Build the ability to listen to yourself, honor what you know, and make decisions from a place of self-trust.

Week 5 — Nervous System Steadiness
Understand the role of the nervous system in how we experience stress, relationships, change, and everyday life.

Week 6 — Working with Your Mind
Explore thoughts, beliefs, and mental patterns—and learn to create greater awareness around the stories your mind creates.

Week 7 — Inner Leadership
Develop the ability to lead yourself with intention, responsibility, compassion, and choice.

Week 8 — Integration & Embodiment
Bring the first half of the work together and begin practicing what it means to live from the person you are becoming.

Part II — Becoming the Coach

Week 9 — The Art of Coaching
Learn what coaching is, what it is not, and how to create a coaching relationship rooted in trust, respect, safety, and confidentiality.

Week 10 — Coaching Tools & Strategies
Learn foundational coaching tools and how to introduce them intentionally, including asking permission before bringing a new tool or exercise into the conversation.

Week 11 — Story vs. Fact & Finding the Thought
Learn to help clients separate what happened from the meaning they have assigned to it and uncover the thoughts underneath their experience.

Week 12 — The Coaching Conversation
Learn how to create a meaningful coaching conversation through presence, listening, powerful questions, reflection, and curiosity.

Week 13 — Emotional Adulthood, Buffering & The 50/50 Life
Explore emotional responsibility, buffering behaviors, and the reality that a full life includes both positive and difficult experiences.

Week 14 — Confidence & Self-Confidence
Explore the difference between confidence and self-confidence and learn how to help clients build trust in their own ability to navigate life.

Week 15 — Professional Practice & Time Management
Learn how to create sustainable coaching practices, manage your time, establish professional boundaries, and show up consistently for your clients.

Week 16 — Ethics, Crisis Support & Integration
Bring the certification together through ethical practice, understanding the scope of coaching, recognizing when additional professional support is needed, crisis support, suicide prevention training, and final integration.

Ready?

If something in you is exhaling while reading this… that’s information.