Should You Go to Grad School or Become a Certified Coach?
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If you’re considering a career change and keep circling the same question, “Do I go back to school, or do I become a certified coach?” this episode is for you. Liv has done both, and she’s breaking down the questions she wishes she had asked before investing years, money, and energy into figuring out what came next.
This conversation goes way beyond tuition costs or how long each path takes. Liv gets into career outcomes, earning potential, professional coach training, graduate degrees, ROI, and one of the biggest pieces people tend to overlook when making a major career decision: what you actually want your life to look like on the other side of it. Because choosing the path that sounds the most impressive is very different from choosing the path that gets you where you actually want to go.
If you’ve been researching coaching certification, considering grad school, questioning your current career, or wondering whether it’s too risky to take a different path, press play. Liv shares the framework she uses to think through these decisions, why traditional education is not automatically the safer choice, and the question that could completely change how you look at your next move.
In this episode, you’ll hear about:
- Coach certification vs. graduate school
- Making a career change without blowing up your entire life
- Career outcomes and earning potential
- The real ROI of education and professional training
- ICF-accredited coach certification
- How long coach training actually takes
- Turning coaching skills into income
- Choosing education based on the career you want
- Building a coaching business while still working full time
- Why lifestyle matters when making career decisions
- The difference between learning a skill and creating a career from it
- Fear, money, and investing in a future you cannot fully see yet
- Creating a career that actually fits the life you want
- Knowing when graduate school is necessary and when another path may make more sense
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