World Coaches' Masterclass and Dojo: Coaching Emotions

Community Events in 2026: The Coaching Journey

The Coaching Journey is our year-long community events format for coaches who want to keep growing through learning, practice, and connection. Throughout the year, we gather in a steady rhythm of Masterclasses and Coaching Dojos, each focused on a key coaching competence. Masterclasses deepen understanding and perspective; Coaching Dojos turn learning into embodied practice through real conversations and feedback.

The Coaching Journey is designed as a full-year journey, supporting sustainable growth over time. At the same time, sessions are open to guests and alumni, allowing you to join a Masterclass and Coaching Dojo around your chosen topic whenever you want. Whether you step in for one pair of sessions or walk the path with us all year, you’re warmly welcome into our global coaching community.

The Journey presents next: Coaching Emotions

Masterclass Wed 23 Sep, 17.30-19.30 CEST/18.30-20.30 EEST

Coaching Dojo Sat 10 Oct, 10-12.20 CEST/11-13.20 EEST

Emotions are present in every coaching conversation – sometimes clearly expressed, sometimes just beneath the surface. In this combined Masterclass & Coaching Dojo, we’ll explore what it means to coach when emotions enter the conversation. We’ll look at how to notice and acknowledge emotional signals, stay present without rushing to comfort or solve, and help the client explore what their emotions may be revealing. We’ll also pay attention to the coach’s own emotional responses – and how to remain grounded, curious and client-centered when the conversation becomes emotionally charged.

We’ll then take these ideas into practice, experimenting with different ways of responding to emotion and reflecting together on what creates safety, awareness and movement.

You can expect:

• A deeper understanding of the role emotions can play in awareness, meaning-making and change

• Practice noticing emotional cues and listening beyond the words being spoken

• Ways to acknowledge and explore emotions while keeping the client in the lead

• Exploration of presence, silence and powerful questions when emotions emerge

• Awareness of your own emotional responses and how they can influence the coaching conversation

• Real coaching practice, observation and feedback to build confidence in staying with emotionally meaningful moments

Each Masterclass session will be recorded (Dojos where applicable), so you can watch it anywhere anytime in case you would happen to miss it.

Together, the masterclass and dojo form a complete learning cycle: insight, practice, reflection, integration. The sessions will be hosted and facilitated by our Master Coach Trainers Pauliina Hallama and Anna-Riikka Kärnä.

Participation options

These sessions are part of the Coaching Journey, a year-long program, and members of the Journey are automatically enrolled, so no separate sign-up is needed.

For guests and alumni who want to join without committing to the full year (yet), you’re warmly welcome to join this upcoming pair of Masterclass and Coaching Dojo only. This flexibility allows you to step into the journey in a way that fits your current situation, while experiencing the depth of our mastery approach.

Want to join the full Journey?

If you already know you want consistent growth, practice, and community throughout the year, we warmly invite you to join the complete Coaching Journey. By joining the Journey, you’ll gain access to all masterclasses and dojos throughout the year, our growing resource library, session recordings, and optional community gatherings – all designed to support your evolution as a coach.