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Champion Training

Life Transformation
Coach Certification

Champion (noun): One who defends, advocates, and fights for the cause of another.

If you believe people are more than their pain, more than their diagnosis, trauma, or past, then you’re already a Champion at heart. Now it’s time to become a Certified Story Coach and use your own story to lead others into lasting transformation.

What You’ll Experience
  • Personal Mentorship from the founders of Story of Self
  • Hands-On Development that equips you to lead through real-life practice
  • Immediate Impact by starting client work during training
  • A Purpose-Driven Community of Story Champions committed to deep, identity-level change

You’ll Be Ready To:

  • Guide Others through the full Story of Self journey
  • Help People uncover how their narrative shapes identity
  • Support Individuals in transforming pain into purpose
  • Lead with Clarity through personal growth and meaningful change
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What’s Included in Champion Training

These tools save you time, boost your confidence, and elevate your work, so you can deliver powerful results from day one. You’ve lived your story. Now it’s time to lead with it.

Certification & Training

Walk away with more than knowledge, you’ll be equipped to lead real transformation. Once you complete the Champion Training, you’ll be certified in the full Story of Self framework: a proven model that brings clarity, purpose, and lasting change to people’s lives.

You’ll graduate with:

  • A Story Champion Certified Coach badge to showcase your credibility
  • A license to use the Story of Self Curriculum in your work with clients
  • The skills to teach, coach, and guide others through deep identity transformation
  • A 12-month action plan to help you immediately begin making an impact

Story of Self Tools & Resources

We’ve built the framework, now you get to bring it to life. Our comprehensive toolkit is designed to support you every step of the way so you can focus on what matters most: changing lives.

You’ll get access to:

  • The Story Champion Community for connection, insight, and ongoing support
  • A detailed Story Planning Guide to help you confidently lead others
  • Ready-to-use coaching materials, including workbooks, courses, and support tools
  • Plug-and-play assets to help you present professionally and stay organized

Champion Training: The BASE Journey

From Transformed to Transformational

You’ve done the work. You’ve rewritten your own story. Now you’re ready to help others do the same.
The BASE Model is our four-part training path for those ready to become transformational coaches, teachers, and leaders. Whether you’re a therapist, guide, or someone called to lead others through purpose-driven change, this experience equips you with everything you need to create lasting impact,starting now.

B – Beginner

See the Story Behind the Scenes

Shift your perspective. Learn how transformation really works.
You’ve been through your own Story of Self. Now, step into the other side, where the magic is made. In this first stage, you’ll study the framework from a coach’s view, observe live sessions, and learn how each part unlocks identity, purpose, and change.

What You’ll Do:

  • Watch coaching in action with expert commentary
  • Learn the structure and psychology behind Story of Self
  • Start building your mindset as a transformational coach

What You’ll Get:

  • Coach’s Companion Guide
  • Behind-the-scenes videos and insights
  • Reflective tools to begin shaping your coaching identity

A – Apprentice

Practice the Craft

Lead a little. Learn a lot. Start coaching with real support. This is where you begin to guide others—bit by bit. You’ll practice leading parts of the Story of Self process, walk alongside real clients or peers, and begin building confidence as a guide. You’ll receive mentorship, feedback, and a supportive space to grow your voice.

What You’ll Do:

  • Lead sections of sessions and sharpen your coaching presence
  • Navigate client emotions, breakthroughs, and resistance
  • Work alongside mentors and other apprentices

What You’ll Get:

  • Practice labs & coaching role-play
  • Structured feedback & mentorship
  • Client tracking tools & observation guides

S – Steward

Lead the Journey

Guide full transformations. Facilitate purpose and change. Now, you take the lead. As a Steward, you’ll guide individuals or small groups through the full Story of Self journey. You’ll begin integrating Story of Self into your own practice, shaping lives, and learning to facilitate deep identity shifts with clarity and care.

What You’ll Do:

  • Facilitate full Story of Self programs with individuals or groups
  • Customize the process to your own clients and context
  • Grow your leadership presence and voice

What You’ll Get:

  • Certified Story of Self Coach status
  • Full access to curriculum, tools, and brand assets
  • Session templates, client tools, and facilitation guides

E – Expert

Multiply Your Impact

Train others. Shape the future. Lead the movement.
This final level is about multiplication. You’ll learn to train new Champions, teach the framework, and lead workshops, in-services, and organizations into transformational change. You’ll be recognized as a Master Trainer and invited to shape the future of the Story of Self movement.

What You’ll Do:

  • Train and mentor new Champions
  • Lead retreats, workshops, and custom programs
  • Co-create and expand curriculum and culture

What You’ll Get:

  • Master Trainer Certification
  • Opportunities to teach, speak, and lead events
  • Influence in the movement’s direction and growth
  • Your Story Led You Here. Now Lead Others.

Whether you’re a therapist, coach, or someone with a calling to help others grow, this is your next chapter.

Champion Training gives you the tools, confidence, and community to become a catalyst for purpose and change.
Become a Champion

Champion Training

Change a Story. Change a Life. Lead a Movement.

You’ve walked through your story. Faced your truth. Reclaimed your purpose. Now you’re ready to help others do the same. Champion Training is a powerful, year-long certification that equips you to lead others through the Story of Self framework—and transform lives through the power of narrative, identity, and purpose.

This is more than training. It’s a leadership journey. One that prepares you to coach, guide, and inspire change at the deepest level.

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The Journey: The BASE System

Champion Training follows a four-quarter growth model, based on our BASE system.

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Quarter 1: Beginner

Learn to see like a guide. Begin your journey by studying the Story of Self process through the eyes of a coach. Observe expert guides, unpack the framework, and prepare to lead transformation from the inside out.

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Quarter 2: Apprentice

Practice coaching in a safe space. Step into real conversations with real people. With mentorship and live feedback, you’ll practice your coaching voice, learn by doing, and grow in confidence.

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Quarter 3: Steward

Lead the full Story of Self experience. You’ll guide clients 1:1 or in groups using the complete curriculum—building skills, tracking outcomes, and stewarding real growth.

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Quarter 4: Expert

Own your role as a Champion. You’ll refine your practice, expand your influence, and step into leadership—empowered to teach, speak, and multiply impact in your community or organization.

Why This Matters

This isn’t another checkbox certification. It’s a transformational path—professionally and personally.

What’s Included:

  • 12-month Story Champion Certification
  • Story of Self Coach License
  • Live quarterly coaching labs & mentorship
  • Curriculum access: workbooks, scripts, teaching plans
  • Plug-and-play tools to work with clients right away
  • Client tracking & transformation templates
  • Story Champion Community access for support & collaboration

You’ll walk away with:

  • A coaching practice with purpose
  • A proven framework that clients finish and love
  • The tools to turn pain into purpose for others
  • A clear system for launching or expanding your impact
  • And the confidence to lead others through lasting change

Make Your Story Matter

Whether you’re already working in recovery, mental health, or coaching—or you’re just beginning to follow your purpose—this is how you become the kind of guide people remember for the rest of their lives.
Because when you change a story, you change everything.

Apply Now For The Next Champion Training Cycle

Spots are limited. Begin your Champion Journey today.

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Success Stories

What People Say About Us

“The story of self helps clear your mind and brings you back to where the pain started. Instead of letting it consume you, you can break it down, piece by piece, and start making sense of it. It’s not about ignoring the pain but about understanding it, so you can move forward and grow instead of feeling stuck.”

“Looking at my own story has completely changed the way I see my life. It’s helped me understand why I am the way I am, why I react to things the way I do, and how my past has shaped me. Every day, I try to take control of my own story, making choices that move me in the right direction instead of letting my past choose my future.”
“My life feels different now because I no longer see challenges as things that hold me back. Instead, I see them as reminders of who I am and how far I’ve come. Knowing my story has given me a sense of clarity, and for the first time, I feel like I have the power to shape the next chapter.”

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