Beautiful You Life Coaching Course
Terms and Conditions
We are thrilled that you are interested in training to become a Beautiful You Life Coach. If you decide to train with us you will experience one of the most personally uplifting, challenging and inspirational periods of time in your life.
Before submitting your application to us we require you to read the following information carefully and then tick the appropriate box to indicate that you have fully understood and accepted all terms and conditions of enrollment.
1. Agreement
These terms and conditions form the agreement between Beautiful You Coaching Academy (“us” “our” “we”) and our Clients (“you” “your”). This agreement commences when you enrol in the Beautiful You Life Coaching Course and continues until termination is made in accordance with these terms. We may update these terms and conditions from time to time, so we recommend that you re-visit this page to stay informed of any changes that are made. Any changes to our terms will only apply to new Trainees who enrol under the new terms.
2. Our commitment to you
The Beautiful You Life Coaching Course is an internationally accredited on-line course. The Beautiful You Life Coaching Course is a six month course conducted by way of:
- Fourteen Modules
- Fourteen Group Coaching Calls for Tuition and Live Coaching
- An online Trainee Support Group via a Private Facebook Group and Course Membership site
All trainees receive the following the Beautiful You Life Coaching materials which have been created specifically for our course. These are provided to you 2 to 4 weeks prior to the first group coaching call:
- The Beautiful You Life Coaching Course Manual (Hard Copy) posted approximately 2 to 4 weeks prior to your course start date.
- The Beautiful You Life Coaching Course Workbook (Hard Copy) posted to you approximately 2 to 4 weeks prior to your course start date.
- 50+ Client Worksheets (Soft Copy)
We also provide you with an:
- Opportunity to attend two in person meet ups, and an
- Opportunity to undertake an internal certification pathway.
3. Enrolment and Commencement
The Beautiful You Life Coaching Course is offered at three times throughout the year commencing in February, May and October.
We accept enrolments at any time prior to the commencement of the Course until sold out. Once the enrolment fee has been received on the terms below, you will receive a link and email from us requesting you to nominate your chosen month to commence the Course. We will also ask you to complete a personal details form so we can get to know you better and have your details on file.
Once we receive your personal details form we will send you an official welcome email into the course, confirming that your application is complete.
You will not hear further from us until we send you the course materials approximately 2 to 4 weeks before your first group call. However, after your acceptance into the course you are welcome to contact info@beautifulyoucoachingacademy.com with any questions you may have.
4. Your commitment to us
4.1 The Beautiful You Life Coaching Course requires a commitment of time, co-operation and participation. The Beautiful You Life Coaching Course runs for six months. It is our experience that to successfully complete the Beautiful You Life Coaching Course trainees need to dedicate approximately 8 to 10 hours of study between group coaching calls for each Module.
4.2 You acknowledge that undertaking the Beautiful You Life Coaching Course may at times be personally challenging and you will not knowingly undertake the course if you believe that you will not respond well to personal conversations, personal growth and constructive feedback.
4.3 We record all group calls and by enroling in the Beautiful You Life Coaching Course you consent to these recordings. The recordings are only made available to trainees in the course.
4.4 It is highly recommended that you be on every call possible for your growth and learning.
5. Your commitment to each other
5.1 You acknowledge that you are undertaking an adult learning process and that everyone has individual approaches to learning and participation. You acknowledge that there may be times when you or other trainees will have a difference of opinion or values and that you will deal with those differences with dignity and respect for yourself and others.
5.2 All trainees have the option to be paired with a fellow trainee that you will practice your coaching skills on throughout the Beautiful You Life Course. You will treat your coaching partner with confidentiality, respect and professionalism.
5.3 There is an additional time commitment in having a coaching partner throughout the Beautiful You Life Course.The time commitment will vary between Modules and can range between 15-120 minutes to 1-2 hours every 1-2 weeks. Communications with your coaching partner can occur in person, via phone or Skype.
5.4 If you choose to have a coaching partner throughout the Beautiful You Life Coaching Course, you commit to making yourself available at times that are mutually convenient to you both.
5.5 The Beautiful You Life Coaching Academy cannot be held responsible for the connection between you and your training partner. Any breakdown in communication or engagement between the two of you is to be dealt with respectfully and privately, just as it would be with a coaching client and that the Academy will not intervene in that relationship unless gross misconduct is reported.
6. Participation requirements
6.1 Trainees agree to participate in the Beautiful You Life Course (including use the Membership Site (“the Site”) and Facebook page) in good faith and in a way so as to not bring disrepute or cause reputational or other damage to the Beautiful You Coaching Academy.
6.2 You agree that you will not upload or provide content on the Site or on the Facebook Page which is:
- a. defamatory, fraudulent, unlawful, threatening, intimidating, harassing, disrespectful, inappropriate, harmful, hateful, abusive, tortious, obscene, invasive of another’s privacy, sexist, racist, homophobic, violent or degrading;
- b. infringes the intellectual or other proprietary interests of third parties;
- c. contains spam, chain letters, pyramid and other such selling and marketing schemes, computer viruses, computer code, files or programs or other harmful components that are designed to interrupt, destroy, change or limit the functionality of the Site or any other computer software, hardware or other electronic equipment, information which in any way impinges on another user’s use or enjoyment of the Site or otherwise breaches or encourages other users to breach these Terms and Conditions;
- d. violates any law; or
- e. encourages or incites any other person to engage in any of the above behaviour;
6.3 Trainees also agree that you will not :
- f. Use technology or other means that is not authorised by the Owner to access the Site;
- g. Use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, “robots,” “spiders,” or “offline readers,” to access the Site;
- h. Attempt to, or introduce viruses or any other computer code, files or programs that may interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of the Site or the Facebook Page;
- i. Gain or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Site or Facebook Page including the networks or user accounts; or
- j. Attempt to or engage in conduct that damages, disables, overburdens, or impairs the Site, Facebook Page, servers or networks.
7. Your financial commitment
7.1 All prices are displayed in Australian Dollars and are exclusive of GST which only applies to Australian residents. GST will be added to the fees below during the enrolment process.
7.2 In order to secure your commitment in the Beautiful You Life Coaching Course we require a deposit of $990 be paid at the time of enrolment. Your deposit is retained and deducted from your course fee.
7.3 A deposit is not required where payment is made in full at the time of enrolment. Upfront payments receive a discounted rate of $4,480.00.
7.4 Alternatively, we accept payment by way of twelve monthly installments of $320 AUD per month. Your first payment is due one month after the date of your enrolment. Each following payment will be withdrawn from your account on the same date each month.
7.5 While we provide all of the Course materials, trainees are responsible for the costs associated with participating in group training calls, (cost of a local call/higher from mobiles or free via Skype) and transport and accommodation if required to meet up days.
8. Transferring and Withdrawing
8.1 We conduct our services in accordance with, and you have the rights as provided by, the Australian Consumer Law (“the law”). Under the law, we are not required to provide a refund for a change of mind.
8.2 Cooling off Period
Despite our rights by law, we offer a cooling period during the period of time between your enrolment and the date upon which we request you to confirm your address with us. If you notify us prior to this time, you will receive a full refund of any fees paid minus a $500 administration fee.
8.3 Withdrawal Period
The Beautiful You Life Coaching Course commences when your training materials are posted to you which will be approximately 2 to 4 weeks prior to your first coaching call. Again, despite our rights by law, we will provide a partial refund for withdrawals where we receive notification prior to the end of Module 3.
Partial Refund: If you notify us of your intention to withdraw prior to the end of Module 3 you will receive a refund of funds paid, or a release of the obligation to continue to pay, less the amount of $1000.00 which will be retained by us to cover the cost of the services already provided to you.
8.4 The Refund is conditional upon:
- your having fully participated in the Course up until the date of your withdrawal, including full completion and submission of all of your required worksheets and actions; and
- returning all hard copy materials to us within ten days.
Once we receive all of the above from you, we will process your refund via your paypal account within ten business days. Paypal is the gateway through which we receive your payment no matter what type of credit card or financial institution you pay via. There are no exceptions to the way we provide refunds. All refunds are made via Paypal.
8.5 Withdrawing at any time means you will not be eligible to call yourself a Beautiful You Life Coach or undertake certification.
8.6 Cancellation / Late Withdrawal
If you withdraw from the Beautiful You Life Coaching Course after the completion of Module 3 you will have forfeited your course fees and must pay all fees if any are still owing for the course.
8.7 You acknowledge that if necessary the Beautiful You Coaching Academy will engage the services of a Debt Collection Agency to attain any owed fees from your course tuition that are outstanding and that if this is required you will be liable for the agency fees charged to do this.
8.8 Transferring
If something arises prior to the first coaching call and you would like to transfer to another course at a later time, you may transfer your enrolment to a new date as long as availability permits. Transfers are only possible if the course fees continue to be paid on your current instalment plan. If we cannot accommodate your transfer, you will be entitled to the partial refund if you choose to withdraw within the withdrawal period.
9. Certification
9.1 When you graduate from the Beautiful You Life Coaching Course you can call yourself a Beautiful You Life Coach. If you do not wish to do anything further than that with your life coach training you do not have to.
To become a Certified Beautiful You Life Coach you need to:
- complete all required course work in the membership site
- undertake an additional six session coaching series with a Certified Beautiful You Coach of your choice
- document 18 hours of coaching with three coaching clients
- have a review phone call with a Certified Beautiful You Life Coach and
- other requirements as noted at the certification page on our website
If you wish to pursue certification with us please visit our certification page for full and further information:
http://www.beautifulyoucoachingacademy.com/life-coach-certification/ It is your responsibility to be aware of these requirements and undertake them if you wish to be certified with us. We do not make the assumption that any trainee or graduate wishes to be certified and therefore will not question your level of involvement or undertaking of certification requirements at any time.
Once certified you will receive:
- a Certified Beautiful You Life Coaching Coach Seal for your website and marketing material,
- a professional profile on the Beautiful You Coaching Academy website and
- life time access to the Certified Beautiful You Life Coaching Alumni Online Facebook Group
9.2 You can undertake a certification coaching series with a Beautiful You Life Coach at any time, including before, during or after your life coaching course and you can contact the coach of your choice directly from their profile or by contacting info@beautifulyoucoachingacademy.com outlining your preferred expertise for working with a coach. Payment for the six certification coaching series is an agreement between you and Coach and the Beautiful You Coaching Academy plays no role in your relationship other than to receive confirmation that you have attended the six sessions.
Your coaching series is not tested or reviewed in any way and can be about anything you like. It’s your personal growth time and is confidential with your coach, and you may choose to work with them on something related to your life, health, finances or related to the growth of your new life coaching business.
9.3 Please note however that if the Certified Coach reports to the Beautiful You Coaching Academy that you did not complete your coaching series in a timely manner, cancelled or did not attend appointments, or generally did not participate in the series as a willing client, we reserve the right to discuss that with you further and potentially revoke your right to become a Certified Beautiful You Life Coach and/or request you undertake a series with another coach at your expense.
9.4 Once you have completed your training and coaching series and have your documentation ready to submit, please email info@beautifulyoucoachingacademy.com to arrange your phone interview. There is no charge for this service.
9.5 All decisions about whether or not you are granted certification status are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Once you have been granted certification and upon submission of your professional quality photograph and biographical details, your profile will be created, allowing you to receive direct coaching client referrals from the Beautiful You Coaching Academy website.
10. Warranties and Indemnities
10.1 We do not warrant that the Website or Facebook page will be uninterrupted or error free or that the Site, its content or the server are free of viruses or other harmful components. The Beautiful You Coaching Academy maintains current anti-virus software, however to the extent provided by law, we do not guarantee against third party interference or that the Website or its content will be compatible with third party software or hardware. The Beautiful You Coaching Academy is not liable for any default due to an act of God, war, terrorism, strike, lock-out, industrial action, fire, flood, storm or other event beyond the Owner’s reasonable control.
10.2 You agree to indemnify, the Academy, its partners, licensors, affiliates, contractors, officers, employees and agents for any claim arising directly or indirectly from your acts and omissions in using the Site and Facebook page pursuant to the terms of the Agreement.
10.3 You acknowledge that while you will be receiving training in a life coaching model and the building of a life coaching business, you will not hold the Beautiful You Life Coaching Academy responsible for anything related to your personal business success or otherwise including your income and client attraction, including if you are profiled on the Beautiful You Coaching Academy website.
11. Intellectual Property
The Beautiful You Coaching Academy retains the right to all intellectual property (whether registered or not) that is created by us and you agree not to disclose, sell or deal with our materials in any way other than in accordance with these terms and conditions.
12. Termination
This agreement will terminate automatically upon completion of the Beautiful You Life Coaching Course. This agreement will be terminated without notice if you fail to pay any amounts owing by the due date. We reserve the right to terminate this agreement if a breach of the terms occurs. We also reserve the right to terminate this agreement in the unfortunate event that we become unable to provide the services requested, in which case all monies paid for work not undertaken will be refunded.
If your Traineeship is terminated you will no longer have access to the Site or the Facebook page. The restrictions imposed on you with respect to the material provided to you, payment obligations, and the disclaimers and limitations of liabilities contained in these terms and conditions will survive termination.
13. Governing Law
This agreement is governed by the laws of Victoria and Australia.
14. Queries and Concerns
If you have any concerns relating to the Beautiful You Coaching Academy and the Beautiful You Life Coaching Course you are welcome to contact info@beautifulyoucoachingacademy.com asap detailing your concerns and how you believe it can be swiftly resolved, where you will receive prompt support and attention. We are a supportive and caring business who will liaise with you in a professional manner and we ask you do the same for us too.