Live and lead with awareness — expanding how you see, act, and connect.

Ontological Coaching helps you notice how you show up and how you observe the world — through your language, emotions, and body — and how this shapes your work, relationships, and impact.  When you see yourself more clearly, you open space for wiser action and deeper connection.

Recipient of the International Coach Federation Distinguished Coaching Education Provider

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Why Ontological Coaching Matters

How we live and lead arises from our Way of Being — the interconnection of language, emotion, and body that shapes how we experience life.

Real change begins with awareness. As we notice how language, emotions, and body influence our listening, speaking, and relating, we start to see patterns that keep us limited , and new possibilities we couldn’t see before. Ontological learning provides practical ways to shift these patterns from within. Coaching from this awareness invites deeper understanding and more conscious action in the world.

What You'll Learn

  • Observe how language, emotions, and body influence action, relationships, and outcomes
  • Use language — including your inner conversations — to shape understanding, build trust, and create new possibilities
  • Develop curiosity and awareness of how emotions and moods shape what actions become possible for you and others
  • Support others to grow through awareness and embodied learning, not instruction

Ontological learning invites a shift in how you observe and participate in life.

Through deepening awareness of language, emotions, and body, you expand your capacity for meaningful action, connection, and growth.

Real change begins with awareness. As we notice how language, emotions, and body influence our listening, speaking, and relating, we start to see patterns that keep us limited , and new possibilities we couldn’t see before. Ontological learning provides practical ways to shift these patterns from within. Coaching from this awareness invites deeper understanding and more conscious action in the world.

Our Programs

Whether you want to develop as a leader or professional coach, our programs offer a deeply practical path to learning and growth.

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For Whom

For coaches, leaders, and people who care about human development and growth

Our programs are for anyone who wants to engage more consciously with life and others — whether in leadership, coaching, consulting, or personal development.

Testimonials

This course was far more than I could have hoped. I was able to make myself vulnerable and begin to work towards a fuller, enriched understanding of myself. I chose this workshop to develop my skills in coaching in the workplace... it not only delivered on this but also enabled a deeper awareness of how I show up in the world. Anyone in the People, Coaching, Development space can benefit from this workshop and this is also for you if you want to get to know yourself more deeply and explore any internal self talk or issues that you want to begin letting go of. PS. The course was so significant in my journey and enabled me to make a more positive shift in my mind, body and emotion - which I believe helped me in getting a job soon after attending.- Dina Manne, Organisational Psychologist
A very profound yet practical three days spent understanding what it means to be human and how through the awareness of language, mood and our bodies we can live a more fulfilled and meaningful life. The content works at a deep level with the self as well as providing pragmatic processes to apply in organisations in contexts such as leadership, OD and coaching – but will in fact empower one in all facets of business and life. Facilitators Karen White and Erma Steyn created just the right space and energy for deep learning to happen. Karen has a unique gift with people on so many levels and is an authentic, warm human being while Erma’s insightful line of questioning also invited participants into awareness and shift.- Tracey McBain, Organisational and Life coach
The 18 month program has been an invaluable and transformative experience that has touched every area of my life. I developed an acute awareness and understanding of myself, and how I view myself, others, and the world. I have become more reflective, flexible, adaptable, agile and resilient. The program has helped me to develop and establish the offer I want to be as a coach. It is a joy to see the positive impact the ontological coaching approach has on my client’s ability to bring about the change that they desire for their own lives. Alan and Karen throughout the programme, displayed the qualities of rigour, humility, respect, care, and generosity, an example I aim to emulate in my journey as a coach.- Tshepo Harvey-Modiso, Executive Coach
I had been coaching for 15 years, and yet the value I gained from the 18 month program was profound and transformational. I learned a great deal about my own way of being. Adding ontological elements to my coaching methodology has deepened my ability to serve my clients and has led to transformational changes in their lives, and mine.- Jenny Hoggarth, Coach