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Skills Beyond the Exam Room: Become an Accredited Coach & Rediscover Your True North

An interactive Lunch & Learn Webinar where you will:

  • Learn why trauma responsive engagement is now a mission critical skillset

  • Understand the path to becoming an ICF accredited professional coach

In this Lunch & Learn Webinar, You Will:

Learn why trauma-responsive professional coaching is the essential coaching methodology for today’s clients.

Move from awareness to action. Gain an immediately-actionable skill you can put into practice TODAY.

Experience programming developed by professionals for professionals with Lodestar's ICF & ACCME dually-accredited, coach training program.

Ask your questions & get our answers: Why this approach? Our pedagogy is backed by the best adult learning theories and cutting-edge neuroscience.

Testimonials & Experiences

  • "I developed a stronger sense of the coaching arc and loved the listening and questions exercises."

    —True North Participant

  • "Deepened understanding of multiple ways to engage clients."

    — Current True North Cohort Member

  • "The impact of community deepened our learning significantly."

    —True North Participant

  • "Gained confidence through practical experiences and supportive environment."

    —Current True North Participant

Why Trauma-Responsive Coaching Matters

Navigate Complexity Sustainably: Traditional coaching doesn't prepare you to fully engage clients exposed to traumatic stress.

Evidence-Based Foundations: Grounded in neuroscience, systems theory, and polarities navigation for better client engagement and outcomes.

Inside-Out Process: Discover the ROI on your own awareness and how it enables authentic presence with others.

Dual Accreditation Advantage: The only ICF ACC accredited program that also offers up to 68 ACCME category 1 CME credits.

Enhanced Career Flexibility: Ideal for mid- and late-career professionals who want to integrate coaching into their leadership or are transitioning into the next stage of their careers.

Secure Your Seat for the Lunch & Learn Now

This Lunch & Learn Delivers:

  • Learning Objective 1: Examine how traumatic stress exposure impairs communication and decision-making in high-stakes environments

  • Learning Objective 2: Understand why trauma-responsive engagement reliably increases clarity and effectiveness under pressure

  • Learning Objective 3: Learn how polarity (Both-And) navigation enables disciplined action amid high uncertainty and rapid change

  • Learning Objective 4: Discover a rigorous, unified training methodology integrating neuroscience, coaching outcomes data, social science, ethics, and international standards

We’ll conclude with a 30-minute Q&A with faculty to address your questions.

True North Coaching is developed by Professionals, for Professionals

  • Kemia M. Sarraf, MD, MPH, CCC, TIPC

    Course Director

  • Ann V. Deaton, PhD, PCC, CTPC, TIPC

    Course Co-Director

  • Antoinette DuBois Ayers RCC, CPCC, TIPC

    Course Co-Director

  • Kate Deaton, MS, PCC, TIPC, CPCC

    Lodestar Senior Faculty

  • Dianne Rizzo, RN, PCC, TIPC

    Lodestar Senior Faculty

  • Michael Forlenza, PhD, MPH, PCC, TIPC

    Lodestar Senior Faculty

  • Ken Jenkins, MA.S, ACC, TIPC

    Lodestar Senior Faculty

  • Wendi Wills El-Amin, MD, RCC, TIPC

    Lodestar Senior Faculty

  • Lynn Black, MD, MPH, TIPC

    Lynn Black, MD, MPH, TIPC

    Lodestar Senior Faculty

  • Steve Wendell, PhD, ACC, TIPC

    Lodestar Senior Faculty

  • Liz Peintner, MSW, PCC, CPCC, TIPC

    Lodestar Senior Faculty

  • Kerri Lockhart, MD, FAAP, CPC, TIPC

    Lodestar Senior Faculty

  • Lawrence Henderson, PhD, PCC, TIPC

    Lodestar Senior Faculty

Join the Lunch & Learn

Secure your spot for this exclusive webinar.

Choose from February 3, 2026 at 1:00 pm Central or February 23, 2026 at 11:00 am Central

Format: Virtual (Zoom link sent prior to Lunch & Learn date)

Cost: No cost to attend.

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