I lead clients who carry quiet money anxiety, questions about visibility, and the weight of trying to figure it all out alone. And when I joined Thrive Academy, I realized I had been carrying some of those same struggles too. I wasn't starting from scratch. I had a business with steady coaching clients and had been leading weekly classes for over five years. But inside, I knew it was time for something bigger. I was ready to refine my niche, update my digital assets, shift my audience, and expand my revenue in a way that truly reflected my soul's work. Thrive Academy met me right there. The way they teach is both digestible and expansive. I could take things in small, easy steps that built confidence and momentum--and at the same time, I had the freedom and structure to run at full speed when inspiration hit. There's always a clear pathway forward, and that's been priceless. What I love most is that Thrive isn't just strategy--it's transformation. They've given me the clarity, community, and courage to embody the next level of my business. I'm no longer trying to figure it all out alone. I feel supported, structured, and lit up about the impact I'm here to make. Thrive didn't just help me revamp my business. It helped me rise into the leader I've always known I could be. If you're a coach, healer, or heart-centered entrepreneur who knows you're meant for more--but you're tired of piecing it all together on your own--Thrive Academy is the container that will hold you, stretch you, and guide you into the business and life you were born to create. read more

Just the support I needed in my business! After years of paying for systems and not using them, I am finally finding the clarity, inspiration, and guidance to create online and grow my business to new heights! I love Jesse and Sharla and all their amazing staff! I feel grateful for their tech efforts and coaching to develop myself and my offers! read more

Thrive! Academy is a blessing to be a part of. It really helped me get out of my fear and isolation generated by my mind. The amount of support from the Thrive! team and the community at large is so amazing. I've met so many amazing people. If you're stuck in your life, you should do Thrive! It'll help you get leverage over your self-sabotaging ways. Join Thrive! if you're tired of merely surviving and see a vision for your life that is one of Thriving! read more

Joining Thrive Academy's Platinum program has been one of the best investments I've made in myself and my coaching business. The daily calls keep me focused, inspired, and constantly learning practical strategies for launching and growing my women's health coaching practice. Sharla and Jesse are not only incredibly knowledgeable but also high-value professionals who lead with integrity, heart, and authenticity. They provide consistent guidance while equipping us with powerful resources--programs, templates, and wizards--that make the process of building a coaching business so much clearer and more doable. What makes Thrive truly unique is the sense of community and ongoing support. I feel both challenged and uplifted every day, and I am so grateful to be surrounded by like-minded coaches who are also growing and thriving. Thrive Academy isn't just training--it's a movement, and I'm honored to be part of it. read more

I joined Thrive Academy's Mastery program as a coach looking for more alignment and strategy, and it truly exceeded expectations. The program blends soulful transformation with actionable tools like their HeartSelling™ model, helping me shift from hustle to heart-centered business practices. The community support and mentorship from Jesse, Sharla, and fellow members created a space where real breakthroughs felt possible, and I watched my confidence in both sales and self-worth grow. If you're ready to attract clients, build with integrity, and create a business that feels aligned and abundant, I highly recommend it. read more

Joining Thrive Academy has completely changed my life as a small business owner and entrepreneur. When I first attended the Summit (their introductory program) in January of 2018, my small Intuitive healing business had zero consistency and I had no idea how to support myself in gaining more clients, income, and having appropriate work-life balance. When I enrolled in the Thrive Platinum program, I was scared. It was a huge commitment for me, not to mention a pretty big investment into myself and my future. I realized that I had never really invested in myself or supported myself in anything business-wise-- I was just flying by the seat of my pants....expecting clients to come knocking with not a lot of work on my end. Thrive taught me to streamline my work. They taught me how to market and advertise myself, how to achieve long term clients and support them in reaching their highest goals. It's been amazing! I'm also completely financially comfortable now-- Thrive's goal is to help Holistic Entrepreneurs make 10k/month, every month....and they totally helped me achieve this! I would recommend that anyone who is struggling with gaining clients in their small business enroll in a Thrive program. It will change your life!! read more

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I joined Thrive Academy in early October of 2022, and it completely changed the trajectory of my Holistic Health and Wellness Coaching business. I went from being uncertain on how to connect with potential clients, on how to communicate and convey what it is I do and how I do it, and only having a handful of clients TO having a clear, proven blueprint on how to connect with the people in my niche, knowing how to support them in free consultations AND enrolling people who benefit from what I do. The result after only 4-months, I have tripled the number of clients I have, along with my monthly income. I feel confident in how I create partnerships and in the process of creating my workshops and on-line program. And to be honest, this wonderful result, for which I'm so grateful, has happened with me following their system, but I haven't followed each and every step as I know I should. My intent is to go back and improve my focus and consistency in following their system. I received these great results even though I didn't do everything they advise. Can you imagine what results I'll get by following each step?! I can't wait!! I highly recommend Thrive Academy. Worth every cent of the investment!! read more

Thrive has absolutely changed my life. I 100% recommend them. They helped me transform my business from a slow, one-on-one practice, to center full of healing practitioners. They are incredibly genuine and have high integrity in what they do. read more

Where to start!!! Both Jesse Koren and Sharla Jacobs lead with such heart and warmth. What they teach is also responsible for me tripling my income in 90 days! The community that they bring together have also become life long friends. If you are thinking about attending an event I recommend you DO! It will be totally worth it. read more

Thrive Academy taught me about client attraction and speaking, but most of all it changed my life forever. If you are in a niche that is considered holistic or off the beaten path, this could be a great match for you. I went from hiding my genius, to being see as an expert in my field. I joined their Mastery program in Fall 2015, used the course templates and quickly tripled my income within the first month. Little did I know that joining Thrive Academy would be exactly what it took for me to go from a struggling artist, earning $300 a month to creating a completely new business . Then, I had my first 10k month ever! The best part is that I am now living my path as a sensuality instructor and supporting thousands of people around the world! I became a Lifetime member of Thrive Academy,continuing to grow and learn. My gratitude for Thrive and the community it created is limitless. read more

Thrive Academy is an amazing community of incredible leaders. Jesse and Sharla have created an incredible and comprehensive program that has taught me how to create a business that creates profit...from how to get clients, how to create a speech that has people wanting what you have to offer, to creating home study programs so that you can keep making money while you sleep. The community is absolutely stellar. It's hard being an entrepreneur and alone, but with the Thrive Community, you are never alone, can always have people to count on and collaborate with. I would have never been able to grow and sully as I have in the new pursuit of entrepreneurialism had it not be for Thrive Academy. I love coming back to all of their events and I highly recommend Thrive to ANYONE who is just starting or even is a veteran coach, holistic practitioner, or healer. Love you guys! read more

Things to consider: 1. They give you something for little or nothing 2. They make you like them 3. They make you think it is now or never 4. They say they are going to make you rich 5. They make you believe it worked for other people. This is a definition of a con. Buyer beware. read more

I found Thrive when I was struggling as a Yoga teacher in the SF Bay Area. I made $100 for a private session and less for yoga classes. I was frustrated when I walked in the door of their big event, and the skills I learned from Jesse and Sharla and the whole Thrive community, not to even mention the personal transformation I received from the warm and welcoming community, allowed me to understand how to "sell" without being sleezy. I'm grateful for learning to be of service with my work AND my business, and to be of service TO my income as well. Without that, who can I serve? Today I take my work seriously AND playfully. I created a whole body of work helping visionaries be epic - and now live in Hawaii after 9 years of resisting the dream. I am confident when it comes to creating programs and value that people want, and more important, with being myself. Thrive is certainly a specialty school for big minded and big hearted practitioners like me. Here's why I'm giving 4 rather than 5: I wish I had received more private coaching when I signed up, though I understand that since 2010, they've listened to feedback and have added more coaching to their programs. So if you're clear you're a holistic practitioner, and if you're ready to take your business more seriously, and if you're ready for a journey, then I highly recommend you consider Thrive Academy's programs. You'll get the chance to have your integrity with business and selling match your integrity with heart. Thanks for being epic. read more

Studying with these guys, I doubled my intuitive coaching revenue twice, and hit 6-figures and beyond. But more importantly, I connected with a great community, and learned how to do what my soul came here to do, and make money doing it. Highly recommended. But I feel l like I should tell you more, even. Thrive Academy offers business development training specifically for holistic practitioners, heart-centered coaches, and spiritually-minded folk who want to make great money doing what their heart loves most. They are brave to teach this stuff to woo-woo folk who are so resistant to marketing and making money! And I'm so glad they're doing it, cause they teach marketing with spiritual integrity. First, I took their Client Attraction Mastery training, and doubled my practice as an intuitive coach within a month after the first weekend. Seriously. It wasn't even hard if I followed their stuff, and it did not make me feel queasy like other marketing approaches. Their classes include two live weekend trainings (where you really get an awesome community plus live support in a super fun weekend) plus tons of support and everything online too, templates for EVERYthing you wanna do - even for how to do follow up calls, or how to write an email to get referrals, or how to structure an intro session to give great value and determine fit with clients. I took their Get Leverage program next, which taught me how to offer group & online classes, so I wasn't getting exhausted working one-on-one anymore. I put a group program together during the first weekend of this class, and by the next weekend, I'd started it and my monthly revenue had doubled again, putting me into their "$10K/month club." Then I took their Speaker training, and I learned how to structure my long-winded intuitive woo-woo talk into clear valuable content whenever I speak. I started doing webinars (easier than you'd think) and made 50% more AGAIN without working extra hours. So, um, yah. Thrive Academy works. But you HAVE to actually do the work. And I think that's why you've got some woo-woo folk throwing them a one star review here and there. I think Thrive is really brave trying to teach spiritual people (many of whom are against money, business, and marketing) how to make money. Yet Thrive does this better than any other trainers I know cause they have a lot of heart themselves, and so their ways of marketing are not wobbly-spined, but they are also NOT pushy, manipulative, and obnoxious. They are empowering, encouraging, and no-BS. I know way too many gifted spiritual practitioners who remain unknown, unpaid, and struggling to make rent. Frankly, that frustrates me. This world needs those people doing their thing, I think. And I'm grateful to Thrive for teaching me how to do it (I never dreamed I'd be sending my son off to a private college this year! I never thought I would afford it!), and I'm grateful to them for having the cajones to teach business to a very resistant audience who needs it most. Those of us who do the work, succeed. And we are fans for life. That's why you see raving reviews here like mine. We're not paid to write them - we are just that grateful. The friends I made in Thrive are now lifetime friends for me! In fact, I met my Beloved there. Such a great community. Check it out. read more

I LOVE Thrive! when I first met Jesse and Sharla back in 2011, I already had a really healthy low six figure business mostly based on one on one coaching which could be kind of exhausting and time consuming. My biggest challenge at that time was that I felt paralyzed and totally not confident in my ability to make large ticket sales to big groups of people from the stage. What I saw out in the world with other speakers seemed so manipulative-- a lot of audience shaming going on and values that just aren't mine. I found Jesse and I saw the way he is on stage--humble and funny and kind and generous. I could totally get behind that. So I signed up and I took both of his speaking classes, and it changed my whole experience of enrolling from the stage, where now I feel good and generous when I'm making my continuing education invitation. The speaking and selling templates Jesse provided felt aligned, ethical, and easy, and my income quadrupled in 2012 at the same time that I was working much less hard. I found I had all this extra money and all this extra free time. I led my first goddess retreat in Bali that year. I met my husband. My husband and I now have the space to travel the world and get married a hundred times in a hundred countries. And I get to have a business I love with clients who send me success stories every day. Thank you Jesse and Sharla. read more

First and foremost, this is the best business group program I have ever taken. Before I started Thrive, I was working a job and had a business on the side that was generating about $4,000 a month. I joined their Platinum Program and my whole business transformed practically overnight. I used their templates and followed their suggestions. I started hitting over 5 figures a month in my business and I was able to leave my job 12 months later. I learned how to build and grow my confidence as an entrepreneur and share my unique gifts with my clients. I felt incredibly supported by both Jessie and Sharla as well as their community. They have built a community, unlike anything I have ever seen. Not only have I made life long friends, but I have also gained business partners as well as many referrals. Both Jesse and Sharla are truly brilliant. I still continue to use their methods and I am proud to say my business is doing great. They are truly the reason I am living my life purpose and helping others around me do the same. read more

OMG, Thrive Academy is the most amazing thing that happened in my business life. You got to go to a Summit event to understand the feeling and the value of what Jessie & Sharla have to bring to the table. I'm so grateful that I am now a part of the Thrive Academy community! It's a blessing in my life!! read more

Thrive has absolutely changed my life. I had no idea how much amazing shifts would occur when I said yes to myself and yes to this community. If you are ready to take your life and business to the next level. Start here. Start now. You can thank me later. read more

From $500 to $14000 per month in less than two years Few month ago I decided to become a Lifetime member of the Thrive community. Why? Because i have a big vision of empowering women all over the planet so they can be in control of their lives, live their dream and not be stopped by anything or anyone. My vision went from a hobby to a full size business over the past couple of years thanks to Thrive. Every day, I get to work empowering women move on and create their future after heartbreak. Few years ago I didn't think it will be possible. I was a single mom just went through my own divorce. And as a coach I was making five hundred dollars a month and to support myself financially was not even imaginable. When I stepped through the door of Thrive, I promised myself I would not put a penny on the table. Guess what I did? And there's no regret about that because within six months I had to recoup my money and now two years after I'm on my way to a six figure year. Just last month I made fourteen thousand dollars doing in what I love doing. Can you believe it? Fourteen thousand dollars just helping others not being in biotech like everybody told me I should be. Not in the high tech. Not having a job but doing what I wanted to do: inspire women one at a time or in small groups and I can do that from anywhere in the word. With Thrive I go the structure, the knowledge, the inspiration, the support and a wonderful community there by my side every step of the way. Thank you Sharla and Jesse for your amazing work. I am the proof it can work. PS: English is not my first language. I am French. If I can do it, so can you. No excuse read more

I enrolled in Thrive academy in September 2014--at that time my business was at an all-time low. I was depressed, exhausted, and ready to give up. I can honestly say that the investment I made in this training was the best money I've ever spent. Jesse and Sharla are the real deal. They walk their talk and the community is right there with them. The support that I have received and the friends I've made in this community have been invaluable. So much has changed for me personally and professionally since I joined Thrive. I would highly recommend this program to anyone who is working on building a heart centered business. read more

Thrive Academy so delivers on their promise. I took their live courses in 2011 and have returned many times since then, and the work keeps getting better and better. The founders, Jesse Koren & Sharla Jacobs, have created one of the most supportive, powerful communities I've ever experienced. I think they're one of the best companies out there for helping entrepreneurs, specifically holistic practitioners & coaches, build their business & reach more people. read more

I signed up for Thrive and was really convinced I would go far in my business by doing so. It seems that the coaches that make the most money are those who coach other coaches. Sharla and Jesse are amazing people. But the reality is, I am still paying off the debt I acquired from them after several years. I DID get more clients. But I always felt a bit slimy using the techniques. Even though they say it's from a "heart" place (and I believe they believe it) It still feels very manipulative. Don't get me wrong, there are some GREAT things about this program! And I know that there are other programs out there that charge WAY more and are very much a scam. I do not think Thrive is a scam. I DO think it is overpriced and that much of the ideas that infiltrate the coaching world can lead to giving up a lot of personal power and finances. It DOES work for some. But not the majority. There's an idea that if you "Get on the train you'll get where you'e going no matter what. As long as you stay on the train." I have seen people stay on that train for years now and still struggle to get clients. It might work for you. But use caution. My biggest regret was acting on emotion and impulse. They feed on emotions (most good sales people do) "What will happen if things don't change? What will happen if you don't fix this NOW?" The mind automatically goes to the worst case scenario when you're in that heightened state of emotion. And they will certainly take you to a heightened place. There are a lot of brilliant, beautiful people there. I have very mixed feelings about Thrive. If I could give it a 2.5 I would. I feel like it's cut right down the middle. That being said, it is probably one of the better programs out there in the self-help world. If you are going there for a sense of community, to learn how THEY sell (keep in mind it doesn't work for everyone- I had some issues with it from an ethical place) and to have fun then it's a great place! If you are banking on this to be the thing that launches your career to the next level and gets you in the $10,000 a month club I would be very careful. DO NOT MAKE THIS DECISION FROM AN EMOTIONAL PLACE. They will try and get you to do that. It is part of their tactic. Instead, give yourself permission to take as much time as you need to evaluate whether or not it's truly right for you. Good luck! read more

Thrive helped launched me to a new level in my career but even more importantly, it launched me to a new place in my LIFE! I learned incredibly valuable skills right from the get go but the real magic of Thrive is the transformational shifts that you'll experience and the community that you become a part of. My Thrive group feels like a family to me now and it's so important to have social support as you are building your business. It's flat out, an amazing program! read more

I attended Rejuvenate your Practice 2 day course in Jan 2010. Marketing was a dirty word for me. Now I feel differently. I received great info and also some really important inner shifts from simple exercises during the course. I traveled 6 hrs to get there and it was definitely worth it! Thanks, Jesse and Sharla for all that you share. Ariel in Oregon read more

Being in business for over 11 years, I have experienced the incredible highs of being a business owner and the amazing lows which is why I believe in the value of life-long learning. When I came to Thrive Academy, my business was in a holding pattern and I didn't know why. After numerous six-figure+ years, I felt stuck. In 2012, at the suggestion of a friend, my marketing strategist and I reached out to Thrive Academy and received their full scholarship to attend the event. We had been around the block enough to know what snake oil looked like (and my background is in law enforcement so I can smell a scam from a mile away) so we made a pact that if anything seemed inauthentic we would leave and go shopping in San Francisco. What happened during the first 5 minutes blew us both away -- and so we stayed for the full three days. I knew that Jesse Koren and Sharla Jacobs were people I could grow my business with and so I signed up for their entire package before they even offered it. (I just went to the back of the room and asked what it would look like to work with them.) Over the past several years, my business has expanded exponentially and I have become a better person for knowing them. I highly recommend their life-changing work.. read more