I was taught that true expertise means continuing to learn.
The MCC I’ve just been awarded is proof of that.
MCC. Master Certified Coach.
The highest level of certification from the ICF, the International Coaching Federation.
56 coaches in France hold it.
4% of ICF-certified coaches worldwide.
I’m not saying this to impress.
I’m saying it because it says something about what this certification demands.
Documented hours of practice.
Regular supervision.
A high standard in terms of stance, ethics and quality of presence.
And a rigorous assessment by international peers.
But what struck me most in this process wasn’t what I had to demonstrate.
It was what it forced me to look at.
My blind spots.
My automatic patterns.
The places where my experience can become a trap, when it makes me believe I already know.
Because with experience comes a certain legitimacy.
But also a risk: questioning what you do less, asking for feedback less, letting yourself be challenged less.
And that’s probably what I find most interesting about this milestone:
doing exactly the opposite.
Continuing to learn.
Continuing to look at what escapes me.
Continuing to accept that my practice be challenged.
Thank you to everyone who has supported, supervised and challenged me.
And above all to the clients who trusted me enough to let me learn alongside them.
It isn’t an arrival.
It’s a confirmation that the work goes on.
And that, deep down, is probably the kind of expertise that interests me most.