BECOME A CERTIFIED, PROFESSIONAL EMPOWERMENT COACH
For a thriving generation of healthy and empowered teachers,
administrators, and other adults who work with children and youth.
It's time to SHIFT the systems that our young people work, play, learn, and live in into W.E.L.L.-Being.
No more toxic stress and lack of emotional, mental,
and physical well-being for anyone!
Developed over 35 years of scientific and applied action research in athletics and education by Meg Hanshaw PhD, the Empowerment Education® System of W.E.L.L.-Being (EESWB) provides a framework and principles for a new-paradigm teaching & learning methodology
or pedagogy called
Empowerment Coaching & Learning.
The theories, concepts, and skills that are learned over 6 Learning Adventures, can be integrated into the daily routines, curriculum, and learning objectives of current classrooms, schools, homes, and communities, promoting the SHIFT into the new-paradigm of education from the inside-out.
What is the SHIFT into the New-Paradigm?
The new-paradigm of learning and living, at it's core, consist of trusting and inspiring environments and relationships which promote meaningful, personal growth, through the positive transformation of all participants,
...so that everyone has the freedom, confidence, and skills to know, love, trust, and BE themselves, while experiencing and sharing their highest and healthiest visions for themselves, their relationships, their community, and their world.
The Empowerment Coaching & Learning Certification
Take Part in 6 Learning Adventures
Adventure 1
EXPLORATION
Consists of a Free online Community with bi-monthly Zoom World Cafe events, an online Empowerment Education® Exploration Adventure, and 1 free individual coaching session from a credentialed Life Coach. Includes an optional low-cost weekly Group Empowerment Coaching/Counseling Program.
Adventure 2
FOUNDATION
Consists of the online Empowerment Coaching & Learning Foundation Adventure with 3 individual coaching sessions, and 6 live Empowerment Coaching Basics group sessions. Includes optional weekly group Empowerment Coaching sessions w/ Q & A's. Earn an Empowerment Coaching Basics diploma.
Adventure 3
TRANSFORMATION
Consists of 12 live Zoom sessions and an online Adventure.
Adventure 4
COMMUNICATION
Consists of 12 live Zoom sessions and an online Adventure.
Adventure 5
COLLABORATION
Consists of 12 live Zoom sessions and an online Adventure. Earn your Empowerment Coaching & Learning Professional Certification after this Adventure.
Adventure 6
INTEGRATION
Consists of 24 Live Zoom sessions and an online Adventure. For individuals who want to earn a Train the Trainer Certification and have the qualifications to become an Empowerment Coach for a school or other learning environment, and coach other individuals who work with children and youth on our coaching platform.
ARE YOU READY?
Take the Survey
See if you are ready to step into the new-paradigm of education and become highly skilled at connected relationships by learning the science of coaching & learning.
THE SHIFT!
The Fishbowl Story
Go on a journey with Taka and his friends to learn how the education system and the world can positively change one fish (person) and fishbowl (community) at a time.
Empowerment Education® BLOG
What is Trauma?
Educators and caregivers are tired of hearing about and implementing trauma-informed practices because most of the time they just add extra stuff to their curriculum. So whats new?
What others are saying about Empowerment Education® and Empowerment Coaching & Learning
"Gratitude for this gift"
“I will never have the words to express how deep my gratitude is for the gift this program has given me. For the first time, I now understand how to be a teacher that can educate the way I know students deserve. It all makes sense now. Learning this has changed my life in so many great ways, not only at school, but in every area of my life. I am on this journey with you for a long time.”
- Tina Puricelli, Preschool Teacher
Hawaii
"Amazed at how coaching really works with students"
“Initially it was just amazing to have a certified coach on board that understood what it was like working with kids who had experienced trauma and chronic stress. That matured into me using Empowerment Education® communication strategies and tools because they were really working in creating the deep, connected relationships that students need to learn. I now know how to coach students in real-time to help them shift into self-regulation and stay there more often because I can think deeper about what might be causing outward behaviors, as well as shift my own triggers. As a result, students get what they emotionally and socially need, and are more confident to learn, especially when their teacher understands this stuff too."
- John Baker, Elementary School Counselor
Tennessee
"As a researcher and trainer
Observing Dr. Hanshaw’s Empowerment Education® training at Evolve Early Learning Preschool was a transformative experience. With a background in graduate-level K–12 educational leadership, I quickly recognized that her approach stood apart. Rather than overwhelming teachers with traditional, system-driven strategies for motivating students, Dr. Hanshaw invited them to reimagine education through a person-centered lens, one that places the child’s individual needs, voice, and potential at the heart of the learning experience.
During the training workshop, I witnessed a remarkable transformation in the teachers. They began to see themselves not just as deliverers of content, but as coaches and cultivators of whole human beings. The shift in perspective was powerful.
Dr. Hanshaw’s Empowerment Education framework fosters trust, deepens engagement, and inspires children to learn, not through external rewards, but because they feel genuinely seen, heard, and valued.
This workshop is far from a typical professional development session. It was a true paradigm shift. Evolve Preschool emerged from the experience better equipped to build classrooms where every child is respected, empowered, and given the tools to thrive.
I can say with full confidence, any institution committed to justice, belonging, and meaningful learning would benefit immensely from Dr. Hanshaw’s Empowerment Education training.
- Dr. Ebony Phillips, Ed.D.
Maryland
"As a co-founder of i.b.mee. and Meg's Mentor Coach
Testimonial coming...
"I can get to the root of my problem"
“In the Empowerment Education® System Certification, I learned the VICTA and WAVE coaching and communication blueprints®, that I return to any time a challenging situation arises, BIG or small, whether at work, in my community or at home. I now have a way to recognize the root of the matter, speak up for myself, communicate my needs, as well as own what is my responsibility. I know how to support my students and my son so they are also able to move through challenges and make decisions with more ease and confidence. In doing these things, it has created a harmony and connection in my classroom and home that I never thought was possible.”
- Nancy Miller, Parent and Teacher
North Carolina
"I have more awareness and connection"
"Leader Empowerment Coaching helped me identify how I want to show up for myself and for others as a leader. I learned what mental and emotional patterns were getting in the way of feeling effective and connected in my work, and I have been able to shift into more empowered energy. I am able to bring more awareness and agency to my interactions with staff, which is supporting the development of a more positive organizational culture. Because i.b.mee.'s Empowerment Coaching Approach supports the whole self, I have seen important shifts in my other relationships and in my parenting".
- Donna Lanahan, High School Principal
North Carolina
"I have my own definition of success now"
“I started working with my coach in 2017 in the i.b.mee. Living Your Legacy Program, and what I have learned through the process has been invaluable. The program not only guided me to an understanding of what I wanted to do when I graduated from high school and college, but gave me the tools to do it and to trust myself in the process. Now, with my own definition of success and a better understanding of myself, I can trust the decisions I make and feel more empowered to move through challenges in all areas of my life. The past couple of years of coaching have successfully helped me in my personal transformation and have given me the strength to live the fulfilling life I desire. All students should have an Empowerment Coach."
- Ruby Grace Neau, Model and Entrepreneur
NYC
"Kids are more self-regulated and confident"
"Not only did I leave the program able to effectively coach my students and build stable, supportive, empowering and nurturing relationships with my students, I learned how to apply the principles of Empowerment Education® to my own unique classroom and my own life. This naturally shifted my classroom into one where even most challenged students were more engaged, happy and self-disciplined. The time I spent dealing with behavior challenges decreased a lot. I loved seeing my little ones in self-regulation more and more, and become more creative and confident as a result. I love teaching even more!
- Stacy Frazier, Kindergarten Teacher
North Carolina
"I feel better about problems with students"
"Watching Meg coach the students both in the classroom and in small groups helped me to apply the principles of the Empowerment Education® Framework and the WAVE Process® internally rather than just knowing them as external constructs. The repeated practice helped me adopt a new amazing way of being in the classroom more easily."
- Chris Martin, Elementary/Middle School Teacher
North Carolina
"Integrates seamlessly with the old system structures"
"Becoming an Empowerment Coach helped me develop a compassionate approach when selecting strategies and interventions for routines, evaluation and learning. I felt supported at all times that my vision for my classroom was moving in the right direction, integrating seamlessly with the old system structure. Empowering students is our business as teachers, and Meg's deep understanding of the human relationship helped me move forward from leading from an “old school approach”, to a thriving, W.E.L.L. approach where ALL students can't wait to participate."
- Angelena Hindocha, Elementary School Teacher - London England
"As the Empowerment Coach in the school, everything is sustainable"
"This program helped me love to teach middle schoolers again. I began to see them as human beings who were not getting what they needed, emotionally, physically, spiritually, and socially. I learned how to support and empower them and the other teachers to be more responsible for asking for what they needed. I developed routines and connections that positively changed how all my students showed up, -more excited to learn and give back to each other and their school, and less conflict and struggle. Now as the Empowerment Coach in a preschool, I can work with both the teachers and students and the process of shifting into the new-paradigm of education speeds up and it sustainable!"
- Brianna Colina, Middle School and Preschool Teacher
North Carolina
"EE will definitely help SHIFT the system"
"I believe that Empowerment Education® System of W.E.L.L.-Being and Empowerment Coaching will...
- MaryAnne Malear.
Georgia
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Frequently Asked Questions
If you need more information, please contact us!
Question 1: What are Learning Adventures?
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Question 2: Why are their 6 different Adventures?
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Question 3: What does this Certification allow me to do?
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Question 4: Is it really possible to coach infants, toddlers and even a developing fetus?
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