The Ford Institute empowers and awakens individuals and organizations throughout the world by offering unique training and educational programs that transform lives. We provide our students and clients with the tools, perspectives, knowledge, and coaching that allow them to develop authentic, abundant, joyful, and fully integrated lives.

Founded by New York Times best-selling author Debbie Ford in 2000, The Ford Institute has helped tens of thousands of people to transform their lives in fulfilling and enriching ways. Employing a highly effective, leading-edge approach based on integrity, authenticity, and clear, direct communication, The Ford Institute offers a variety of personal development courses, professional coaching training, and corporate programs. Our students and clients have a strong desire to expand their horizons personally, professionally, and spiritually while seeking to contribute back to the betterment of the world.

We offer virtual and in-person trainings and workshops and customize programs to meet a corporation’s or organization’s needs and desires. In all of our programs, we use a combination of lecture, personal sharing, guided meditations and visualizations, interactive exercises, proven processes, and laser-sharp coaching that go far beyond traditional forms of education and training into life-transforming experiences of individual growth and collective expansion. Our intention is that through every interaction, you will be encouraged to cultivate a greater capacity to understand yourself, interact productively with others, and evolve into expanded levels of consciousness to live a fuller, more contributive, and rewarding life.