Course Description

The Human Potential Academy Coaching Faculty consist of Dr Mark Atkinson (creator of Human Potential Coach Training) and Certified Human Potential Coach Karin Reed (ACC).

Coach Training Faculty

Course curriculum

  • 01

    Pre-Course Section

    • Welcome to Human Potential Coach Training

    • Pre-Course Survey

    • Self-Assessment

    • Curriculum Guide

    • Zoom Training + Course Schedule [1.7.2020]

    • Human Potential Lab with Dr. Mark — Schedule [Updated 3.9.20]

    • Coaching Clinic Information

    • Syllabus

    • Professionalism

    • How to Use Zoom

    • Suggested Reading

    • Human Potential Coach Ethics & Personal Info Form: Please fill out to complete registration

    • Certification Checklist

    • Coaching Log

    • Human Potential Coaching Log

    • Things to Know
  • 02

    Week 1: The State of High Performance

    • Welcome to Week 1

    • Human Potential Coaching Process

    • Human Potential Coaching High Performance Roadmap 1

    • Human Potential Coaching High Performance Roadmap 2

    • Measuring the State of High Performance

    • An Introduction to Human Potential Coaching

    • High Performance Assessments

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Weekly Reflections Master Document

    • Week 1 Reflections
  • 03

    Week 2: Human Potential Coaching in Action

    • Welcome to Week 2

    • ICF Coaching Competencies

    • ICF Coaching Competencies

    • What is Coaching?

    • Competency 1: Meeting Ethical Guidelines and Professional Standards

    • Coaching Competency 1: Ethics & Professional Standards

    • Code of Ethics

    • Ethics & Ethical Decision Making

    • Competency 2: Establishing the Coaching Agreement

    • Competency 2: Establishing the Coaching Agreement

    • Setting the Coaching Agreement

    • New Client Documents

    • When To Refer

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 2 Reflections
  • 04

    Week 3: Foundations of Human Potential Development

    • Welcome to Week 3

    • Being & Becoming

    • The Heart of Personal Development

    • What Is Your Kryptonite?

    • Mastery

    • The Human Ego

    • The Power of Reflection

    • Personal Development Roundtable

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 3 Reflections
  • 05

    Week 4: Human Potential Coaching in Action

    • Welcome to Week 4

    • Competency 3: Establishing Trust and Intimacy with the Client

    • Competency 3 : Establishing Trust & Intimacy with the Client

    • Building Trust

    • Professional Development Roundtable

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 4 Reflections
  • 06

    Week 5: Building Better Habits

    • Welcome to Week 5

    • The Anatomy of Habits

    • Barriers To Change

    • How To Change Habits

    • The Kryptonite-Habit Challenge

    • Hacking Addictions

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 5 Reflections
  • 07

    Week 6: Human Potential Coaching in Action

    • Welcome to Week 6

    • Competency 4: Coaching Presence

    • Competency 4: Coaching Presence

    • Coaching Presence

    • The Power of Witnessing

    • Interview: Doug Silsbee of Presence-Based Coaching

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 6 Reflections
  • 08

    Week 7: The Art & Science of Biohacking

    • Welcome to Week 7

    • The Art & Science of Biohacking

    • Hacking Presence

    • Hacking Your Biology

    • Hacking Your Psychology

    • Hacking Your Environment

    • Tour of the Bulletproof Lab

    • 30 High-Performance Hacks

    • Cardiac Coherence Training

    • The Heart in Human Performance

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 7 Reflections
  • 09

    Week 8: Human Potential Coaching in Action

    • Welcome to Week 8

    • Competency 5: Active Listening​

    • Coaching Competency 5: Active Listening

    • Active Listening

    • Professional Development Roundtable: Active Listening

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 8 Reflections
  • 10

    Week 9: Logical & Critical Thinking Skills

    • Welcome to Week 9

    • Logical & Critical Thinking Skills Overview

    • Getting Started

    • It's All in the Source

    • Good Science Bad Science

    • A Rough Guide to Spotting Bad Science

    • Risky Business

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 9 Reflections
  • 11

    Week 10: Human Potential Coaching in Action

    • Welcome to Week 10

    • Competency 6: Powerful Questions

    • Competency 6: Powerful Questions

    • Powerful Questions

    • The Art & Architecture of Powerful Questions

    • Powerful Questions Roundtable

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 10 Reflections
  • 12

    Week 11: Coaching for Embodied Transformation

    • Welcome to Week 11

    • Embodied Intelligence

    • Interview with Prof. Guy Claxton

    • Coaching Embodied Transformation

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 11 Reflections
  • 13

    Week 12: Human Potential Coaching in Action

    • Welcome to Week 12

    • Competency 7: Direct Communication

    • Competency 7: Direct Communication

    • Direct Communication

    • Coaching Through Linguistic Patterns

    • Professional Development Roundtable: Direct Communication

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 12 Reflections
  • 14

    Week 13: Coaching for Nutrition

    • Welcome to Week 13

    • Coaching for Nutrition

    • The Nutritional Ketosis Advantage

    • The Bulletproof Diet with Dave Asprey

    • Beyond The Bulletproof Diet with Dave Asprey

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 13 Reflections
  • 15

    Week 14: Human Potential Coaching in Action

    • Welcome to Week 14

    • Competency 8: Creating Awareness

    • Competency 8: Creating Awareness

    • Building Awareness

    • Values & Strengths

    • Insight: Transformation by 'Aha'

    • Interview: Dr. Chuck Meakin

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 14 Reflections
  • 16

    Week 15: Coaching for Supplements

    • Welcome to Week 15

    • Coaching For Supplements

    • The Six Principles

    • The Six Principles Summary

    • Beyond Bulletproof with Dave Asprey

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 15 Reflections
  • 17

    Week 16: Human Potential Coaching in Action

    • Welcome to Week 16

    • Competency 9: Designing Actions

    • Competency 9: Designing Actions

    • Moving Into Action

    • Designing Action Steps

    • Being the Champion

    • Interview: Jean-Francois Thibault

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 16 Reflections
  • 18

    Week 17: Coaching for Physical Activity

    • Welcome to Week 17

    • Coaching for Physical Activity

    • The 5 Principles

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 17 Reflections
  • 19

    Week 18: Human Potential Coaching in Action

    • Welcome to Week 18

    • Competency 10: Planning & Goal Setting

    • Competency 10: Planning & Goal Setting

    • Goal Setting

    • An Interview With Bebe Hansen

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 18 Reflections
  • 20

    Week 19: Coaching for Sleep

    • Welcome to Week 19

    • Physiology of Sleep

    • Sleep Hacking with Dave Asprey

    • How to Hack Your Sleep

    • Coaching for Better Sleep

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 19 Reflections
  • 21

    Week 20: Human Potential Coaching in Action

    • Welcome to Week 20

    • Competency 11: Managing Progress and Accountability

    • Competency 11: Managing Progress and Accountability

    • Models of Change & Development

    • Progress & Accountability

    • Breakdowns as Openings

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 20 Reflections
  • 22

    Week 21: Coaching for Stress Reduction & Resilience

    • Welcome to Week 21

    • Coaching for Resilience

    • Stress Management: Introduction

    • Why Stress?

    • Hormones

    • What about you?

    • Cognitive Relief Strategies 1

    • Cognitive Relief Strategies 2

    • Physical Relief Strategies 1

    • Physical Relief Strategies 2

    • Sensory Relief Strategies 1

    • Sensory Relief Strategies 2

    • Emotional Relief Strategies 1

    • Emotional Relief Strategies 2

    • Stress Management Conclusion

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 21 Reflections
  • 23

    Week 22: Coaching for Energy

    • Welcome to Week 22

    • Coaching for Energy

    • Mitochondria

    • Thyroid

    • Adrenals

    • Mold

    • Hacking Energy

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 22 Reflections
  • 24

    Week 23: Coaching for Cognitive Performance

    • Welcome to Week 23

    • Coaching for Cognitive Performance

    • Cognitive Kryptonite

    • Presence & Biology

    • Psychology & Environment

    • The Six Principles

    • Neuroplasticity

    • Hacking the Brain

    • The Irlen Syndrome

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 23 Reflections
  • 25

    Week 24: Hacking Happiness Part 1

    • Welcome to Week 24

    • The What, Why & How of Happiness

    • Happiness: The Science of Subjective Well-Being

    • What is Happiness?

    • Interview—Professor Sonja Lyubomirsky

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 24 Reflections
  • 26

    Week 25: Hacking Happiness Part 2

    • Welcome to Week 25

    • 360 Degree Happiness

    • Emotions and Well-Being

    • Positive Emotions & Happiness

    • What 360 Degree Happiness Means

    • Flow: Hacking Optimal Experience

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 25 Reflections
  • 27

    Week 26: Hacking Happiness Part 3

    • Welcome to Week 26

    • Social Happiness

    • Love, Friendship & Social Support

    • Building Social Happiness

    • Positive Relationships

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 26 Reflections
  • 28

    Week 27: Hacking Happiness Part 4

    • Welcome to Week 27

    • Positive Psychology, Coaching & Meaning

    • Meaning & Happiness

    • Positive Psychology

    • PERMA & Learned Optimism

    • How Do Simple Positive Activities Increase Well-Being?

    • And Now To Work!

    • Coaching Happiness 1

    • Coaching Happiness 2

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 27 Reflections
  • 29

    Week 28: Psychology of Success Part 1

    • Welcome to Week 28

    • What Is Success?

    • Launching Your Personal Search for Success

    • The Growth Mindset

    • Week 28 Reflections
  • 30

    Week 29: Psychology of Success Part 2

    • Welcome to Week 29

    • Emotional Intelligence

    • Building Emotional Intelligence

    • Self-Regulation & Conscientiousness

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 29 Reflections
  • 31

    Week 30: Psychology of Success Part 3

    • Welcome to Week 30

    • Human Potential Coaching Productivity System

    • The Science of Productivity

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 30 Reflections
  • 32

    Week 31: Psychology of Success Part 4

    • Welcome to Week 31

    • Grit

    • Drive & Motivation

    • Coaching Success 1

    • Coaching Success 2

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Week 31 Reflections
  • 33

    Weeks 32-34: Transforming Passion into Profit

    • Welcome to Weeks 32-34

    • Transforming Passion Into Profit 1

    • Transforming Passion Into Profit 2

    • Transforming Passion Into Profit 3

    • The One-Page Business Plan

    • Crafting Your Mantra

    • How To Sell Yourself

    • To Sell is Human

    • Ethical Marketing

    • Websites 101 with Brock Armstrong

    • Email Lists 101 with Brock Armstrong

    • Social Media 101 with Brock Armstrong

    • Multimedia 101 with Brock Armstrong

    • HPI A/V & Podcasting Kit

    • Marketing Kit - DIY Resources

    • Marketing Partners

    • Transcripts & Downloads

    • Weeks 32-34 Reflections
  • 34

    Week 35: Course Review & Certification

    • Welcome to Week 35

    • Certification Checklist

    • Human Potential Coaching Agreements for Signature

    • Certification File Submission Instructions

    • Coaching Indemnity Insurance

    • Week 35 Reflection

    • HPCT Feedback & Exit Survey