mPEAK Coach Training Pathway

Over the last several decades mindfulness has gained a strong reputation for serving individuals who identify with their suffering. But in recent years, as the interest in mindfulness has grown, more and more people have been attracted to these practices for their potential to improve performance as well as enhance overall quality of life. Now you can be trained and certified to lead others along the path of mindfulness for performance enhancement through the highly reputable UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness Professional Training Institute.

The process to becoming a fully certified mPEAK coach through the UC San Diego can be completed in 4 phases:

1. 3-Day Coach Training Intensive (in-person) + 4 week Integration Session (virtual)

2. 10-Week Practicum (virtual)

3. 9-Week Mentorship Process (virtual)

4. 4-Day mFLOW Retreat (in-person)

Each phase involves more extensive prerequisites, as well as a greater understanding of the mPEAK methodology, more advanced teaching competency and a deeper commitment to personal practice. Below is an outline of the four phases in the Coach Training Pathway.

Module 3: mPEAK Mentorship

If a participant wishes to become a fully Certified mPEAK Coach, they must apply for mentorship and complete 9-weekly mentorship sessions with an mPEAK Mentor during the process of leading their own 8-week mPEAK course with between 8-15 participants.

Participants are encouraged to partner with others from their mPEAK certification cohort to share the promotional efforts and co-lead their first mPEAK course. Mentorship sessions are offered 1:1 or to small groups of up to four participants.

Each mentorship session will focus on supporting Coaches-in-Training to prepare for upcoming classes as well as process the learning and review the challenges from each previous class.

Common Challenges include:

• Reflect on the mindful use of time

• Discuss difficult participant interactions

• Reflect on moments of performance anxiety

• Acknowledge moments of reactivity or judgment

Because embodiment of mindfulness and the foundational attitudes of mPEAK is essential to becoming an effective mPEAK Coach, Mentorship will also focus on the personal daily practice of the Coach-in-Training. We say “you must practice mPEAK while coaching mPEAK”. The Mentee will check-in each week around the progress of their own meditations and application of mIndfulness to their established intentions.

Mentorship is also used to evaluate the effectiveness of the Coaches in Training. This is most often done by the mentee’s own self-report and subjective evaluation of their performance but there are times when video recordings of various sections of the mPEAK curriculum may be requested. In the case of a video request, permission from students to record the session must be granted before recordings can be reviewed and evaluated during the following mentorship session.

Upon completion of the mentorship sessions, certification is awarded at the discretion of the mPEAK Mentor. If after the Trained mPEAK Coach has completed these initial three phases of training, it is determined that they are still not yet ready to be certified by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness, the Coach-in-Training and the Mentor together will co-create a plan for continued support until the professional standards for certification have been met. There may be additional fees for the agreed upon extra support. It is the intention of the Mentors to support Mentees in moving toward certification as efficiently as is skillfully possible.

Sample Schedule

• Mentorship can be scheduled at the convenience of the mentee as soon as their mPEAK 8-week course has been scheduled with a minimum of 8 participants.