2026 Pre-conference Workshop

Transformation: The body feels it. Coaching nurtures it.

This immersive pre-conference experience offers practical tools that plant possibility, nurture insight, and harvest impact through movement.

Wednesday September 23, 2026
1:30-4:30 pm
Cost $80
2.5 Core Competency and .5 Resource Development CCEs

Transformation begins with awareness—but awareness starts with noticing. In this experiential pre-conference session, coaches will explore how embodied practices help uncover deeper insights, cultivate presence, and create the fertile conditions for growth.

Through creative dialogue, mindful observation, and somatic exploration, participants will practice coaching with their whole selves: mind, body, and spirit. This immersive experience offers practical tools that help clients plant possibility, nurture insight, and harvest impact.

Participants will be able to participate in both sessions during the Pre Conference.

The Seeds of “Yes, And”: Coaching Through Change with Ben Dooley, MCC

Where acceptance meets imagination and new coaching futures take root.

The coaching world has always been changing—evolving, stretching and growing in unpredictable ways—and after 30 years the changes and challenges are coming even faster than ever. And while oversaturation, technology, AI, and other factors continue to threaten our profession, it’s the coaches who can meet the unexpected with confidence, creativity, and presence that will not only survive, but thrive. In this energizing, interactive session, you’ll explore one of the deep secrets of MasterFull Coaching through the powerful lens of improv, discovering how to stay grounded, connected, and resourceful no matter what shifts around you. This experience will stretch your skills, spark fresh insight, and help you turn the inevitable probable into inspiring possibility. If you’re ready to discover your MasterFull coaching and step powerfully into the “what’s next”, this session will take you there.

Leadership in Motion: Unlocking Potential Through Movement and Somatic Intelligence with Stephanie Simpson, PCC

Leadership is not just something we think about—it’s something we embody. As coaches, we often focus on mindset, language, and strategy, but the body also carries wisdom that can unlock new levels of awareness, resilience, and growth.

In this interactive session, participants will explore how integrating somatic practices and movement into coaching can expand leadership capacity—for both themselves and their clients. Drawing on the Energy Leadership™ framework and her background in dance and somatics, facilitator Stephanie Simpson will guide coaches through experiential exercises that bring energy and awareness into motion. Participants will practice noticing how different energetic states show up physically and emotionally, and learn tools to help clients shift patterns, regulate their nervous systems, and step into more resourceful ways of leading. By weaving together coaching methodology and somatic intelligence, this session offers an expanded toolkit for coaches who want to support transformation that is sustainable, embodied, and deeply impactful.

Key Takeaways
*Be introduced to the Energy Leadership™ framework and its application to coaching and leadership.
*Experience how movement and somatic awareness can expand coaching practice. *Explore embodied states of energy and their connection to leadership potential. *Learn tools to help clients build resilience, regulate stress, and access new possibilities through body-mind awareness.