Why HOPE?
When HOPE is restored, everything becomes possible...
I created the HOPE Coaching Academy™ because I was you. I coached my heart out — but my business was flatlined. Then I realized: “You can't just teach people. You have to transform them.”
The difference? Connection. Confidence. And HOPE.
After facing my own journey through illness, fear, and paralysis, I discovered that it wasn’t strategy or strength that saved me — it was hope.
That’s why our method centers on helping coaches cultivate hope in every session — not as a uncertain ideal, but as a powerful, practical force that guides clients back to their wholeness. When coaches lead with hope, they don’t just help clients reach goals… they help them reclaim their lives.
Cecily Henderson, founder of the HOPE Coaching Academy
I Lost All Hope…
Cecily Henderson is a Certified Holistic Health Practitioner, behavior-health educator, applied health educator, psychology major, and women’s health advocate. She suffered from cancer, Breast Implant Illness, anxiety disorder, and was paralyzed for 7 years.
With over 12 years of academic training and 6+ years of client experience, Cecily combines scientific knowledge with deep empathy to help others reclaim their health and purpose.
She is the founder of the Hope for Healing Network, the Functional Coach Director for non-profit Integrative Hope for Healing, and now, the HOPE Coaching Academy — a global platform training the next generation of coaches to lead from the heart and change lives through the power of hope.
HOPE will find YOU….
The HOPE Coaching Academy was created because of knowing what it feels like to lose everything — including hope. After surviving cancer twice and spending seven years in a wheelchair, Cecily wasn’t just physically paralyzed... she was paralyzed by fear. But hope found her. It lifts despair, restores strength, and gives purpose.
The very method that helped Cecily rise is now shared with you — a heart-centered, behavior-driven, healing approach to coaching that helps others break through fear, reclaim their power, and step into their calling.
Our Vision
To become a global leader in behavior-informed coaching education — elevating the standard for how coaches are trained and how lives are transformed.
Our Mission
To certify coaches in a behavior-informed, heart-centered methodology rooted in science, soul, and service — empowering them to guide others dealing with illness, frustration, or emotional struggles with integrity, clarity, and hope.
What We Offer
Our expert certification, the HOPE Certified Coach™ program, is a 45-lesson journey grounded in:
Evidence-Based Coaching that Actually “Sticks”
Connecting Business Principles to Grow Organically
Emotional Safety & Nervous System Stabilizer
Ethical, Empowerment-Centered Identity Trust
A Proven Framework: The HOPE Map™
(Healing, Opportunity, Possibility, Empowerment)
Each graduate is equipped not only with transformative coaching tools, but also the presence, confidence, and ethical foundation to serve with professionalism and care.