Health Coach Certification
The most comprehensive curriculum, taught by world-class faculty in just 20 weeks
The most comprehensive
curriculum, taught by world-class
faculty in just 20 weeks
Start Date: December 17, 2024
Duration: 20 weeks, 7-10 hours/week
Bonus: Business Course ($1,197 value)
Start Date: December 17, 2024
Duration: 20 weeks, 7-10 hours/week
Bonus: Business Course ($1,197 value)
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Health Coach Certification
The most comprehensive curriculum, taught by world-class faculty in just 20 weeks
The most comprehensive
curriculum, taught by world-class
faculty in just 20 weeks
Start Date: October 8, 2024
Duration: 20 weeks
Time Investment: 7-10 hours/week
Interactive cohort based learning
NBHWC approved program
0% APR financing up to 24 months
Learn about the program
Sign up to receive a syllabus with course details. Optionally join our virtual summit for live Q&A.
Health Coach Certification
The most comprehensive curriculum, taught by world-class faculty in just 20 weeks
The most comprehensive
curriculum, taught by world-class
faculty in just 20 weeks
Start Date: October 8, 2024
Duration: 20 weeks
Time Investment: 7-10 hours/week
Interactive cohort based learning
NBHWC approved program
0% APR financing up to 24 months
Free Virtual Live Summit
Join our Become A Health Coach Live FAQ
Approved by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching.
Efficient design takes just 20 weeks to complete.
Combines live lessons, online videos, and real-time practice to maximize learning retention.
Taught by world-class healthcare experts and NBC-HWCs.
Curriculum Overview
Our program is centered on an interactive, cohort-based learning experience over 20 weeks.
- What is Health Coaching? A Brief History of Health Coaching
- Coaching Triad - Building a Coaching Presence
- What's In Scope for a Health Coach & mbg Wheel of Well-being
- Transtheoretical Model of Change
- Self-Regulation & Listening for State of Change
- Self-Determination Theory, Social Cognitive Theory & Coaching Applications
- Mindful Listening, Motivational Interviewing, OARS
- Motivational Interviewing
- Scaling & Reflections
- Nonviolent & Non-Verbal Communication
- The Arc of a Coaching Relationship
- Practice Initial Coaching Session
- Demo of Intro Coaching Session Discussion
- Navigating Chronic Disease with Clients
- The Coaching Agreement
- Accountability & Measuring Progress in Coaching
- Integrating Assessments
- Triggers for Coach and Client & Skillful Interruption
- How is the Health coaching profession different from other professions
- Personal Development & Healing Presence
- Coaching Triad Mind-Body Dialogue Tool
- Professional Development, Self-Care & Avoiding Burnout
- Healthy Thought Habits
- Foundations of Functional Health
- Coaching Around Stress & Resilience
- Resilience
- Chronic Diseases I
- Coaching Clients on Sleep
- Chronic Disease II
- Nutritional Models & Diet Types
- Chronic Disease III
- Navigating Conflict of Interest
- NBHWC Standards of Ethical Conduct
Of Records
- Positioning Statements Workshop
- HIPAA Detail
- What’s in scope for a Health Coach (and What Isn’t)
- Coaching Lab 1, 2 and 3
- Final Exam Announcements, Celebrations & Success Stories
- Collapsed Beliefs / Taming One's Inner Critic
- Review of Biometric Items to Commit to Memory
Graduate Testimonials
STEPHANIE BLANDA
Graduate,
Vollyball Coach
JANELLE
Graduate, Business Professional
Liz
Graduate, Health Educator and Yoga Instructor
MAHESH
Graduate, Registered Acupuncturist and Co- Founder of Sepalika Fertility Clinic
This program is for you if:
You've worked through your own health issues and are now seeking to help others overcome theirs as a health coach.
You're changing careers (e.g., from corporate finance, sales, marketing, hospitality, etc.).
You're already a wellness professional (like a fitness trainer, yoga instructor, massage therapist, acupuncturist, etc.) and want to expand your career.
You're already a health coach looking to complete a board-certified program and hold the NBC-HWC credential.
You're a Registered Nurse or Medical Doctor interested in holistic healthcare approaches and functional medicine.
You’re a Registered Dietitian looking to incorporate health coaching into your practice.
You're a recent college graduate passionate about holistic health.
You're a stay-at-home parent looking to switch to a health and wellness career.
You're retired and seeking a rewarding second career in health coaching.
Our Instructors
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After you complete this program
As a mindbodygreen Health Coach, you'll be able to:
Launch your own health coaching business and offer one-on-one or group coaching sessions.
Work in a functional medicine practice to help doctors support their clients.
Work for a corporate wellness program to help improve employee well-being.
Build a social media platform to connect with people and offer coaching services.
Work at a wellness resort or spa.
Work in schools, colleges, or universities to help students make healthier choices.
Host events at local gyms or fitness studios.
Volunteer in local communities to promote healthy habits.
Speak at conferences or host workshops to share your expertise.
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Become a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBHWC)
Graduates of this program are eligible to apply for the HWC Certifying Examination.
Efficient design takes just 20 weeks to complete.
Our program is centered on an interactive, cohort-based learning experience
Combines live lessons, online videos, and real-time practice to maximize learning retention.
This program weaves together theory and practice through 75 hours of instruction combined with interactive coaching triads, live office hours & regular feedback sessions.
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how it works
Weekly live sessions
Students attend two live online sessions each week with our expert faculty. These sessions are held on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with morning and evening options available to accommodate your personal schedule. Each session includes time for Q&A at the end.
Pre-recorded lessons
New video content is released each week to supplement the live sessions. Students watch the pre-recorded lessons and review written materials, such as study guides and worksheets, alongside the live sessions.
Hands-on practice coaching sessions
Our program includes real-time practice coaching sessions to ensure our students are adequately prepared upon graduation. These 90-minute sessions are held on Wednesdays to provide hands-on coaching experience.
week in the life:
A mindbodygreen Health Coach student
tomorrow’s live session.
and reproductive systems.
Frequently Asked Questions
This can include - but is not limited to - nutrition approaches, fitness/activity plans, stress management protocol and broader lifestyle adjustments that will help clients reach their wellness goals.
The most effective coaches motivate, support and demonstrate unconditional positive regard for their clients and believe in their capacity to change.
A health coach can also:
Empower and educate clients to advocate for themselves in their healthcare setting. Assist clients to find a network of providers that best support their needs and wellness goals. Support clients in achieving health goals and behavioral changes which are consistent with their healthcare providers treatment plans. Help clients shift their perspective to see new opportunities and release limiting beliefs. Enable clients to increase their primary food, improve nutrition, and make lifestyle shifts to promote overall health and well-being. A health coach does not diagnose conditions or prescribe any individualized treatments, tests, or supplements for conditions. What health coaches can say about nutrition, exercise and lifestyle varies by state and by country.
With greater availability of health and wellness coach training programs than ever before, ensuring baseline qualification of coaches - and the organizations training them - has become critical to advancing the industry’s standard of care.
Our Health Coach Certification is Approved Health and Wellness Coach Training & Education Program by the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC).
Graduates of this program are eligible to apply for the HWC Certifying Examination to become National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC)
1. Have an associate’s degree or higher or 4,000 hours of work experience in any field
2. Complete an NBHWC approved training program
3. Complete 50 health & wellness coaching sessions (upon graduation from approved training program)
Once you have met these qualifications, you must apply for the National Board Certification Exam and score 80% or higher.
1. Our program not only provides best-in-class coaching fundamentals, but does so through a uniquely holistic mindbodygreen perspective.
2. Our weekly training has been thoughtfully designed to maximize knowledge retention & skill building in the shortest period of time possible (versus spreading the course over 6- or 12-months).
3. Our curriculum includes abundant real-time practice, including peer & faculty mock coaching feedback, to ensure you are confidently ready to serve as a health coach by time you graduate.
4. Certified health coaches - NBC-HWCs - will teach, train and mentor you through every step of the process. We truly believe that there is no better way for you to learn than from professionals who have successfully earned their board credentials and spent hundreds of hours working with clients.
5. Our support doesn’t end upon graduation: we are committed to helping to position all of our students for success - not only through connection to our extensive wellness community but through access to a robust network of graduates for opportunity sharing, continuing education and more.
If you’d like to learn more about what makes our Health Coach Certification stand apart, we invite you to chat with a Program Advisor mbgcoaching@mindbodygreen.com
The Functional Nutrition Training provides in-depth insight on functional nutrition. It’s a fantastic compliment to the Health Coach Certification, and as an advanced training to build upon nearly any health & wellness discipline.
To further support alumni in building their own businesses, we offer a free business course that is designed to help you awaken to your true calling as a coach or entrepreneur, discover your creativity, reprogram your mindset for success, connect with a supportive group of like-minded coaches, overcome fear, and step into your power and confidence to create abundance. Mindbodygreen graduates can enroll in this business course at no cost and earn 19 CEUs from the NBHWC.
- Good internet connection
- Laptop & Zoom account (free)
- Familiarity with Zoom
- Printer access
Kindly note that Zoom is required for recording your practice sessions (a prerequisite for all board-approved programs) and the recording feature is not supported on mobile or tablet devices. A laptop or desktop computer is required.
Given this fact, it is important to ensure that you are in a position to commit to the requirements of the program for 20 weeks. The majority of this program is delivered through required live instructional hours taught at set times each week.
While we understand life events can interfere with participation, students who miss more than a few lessons and are not able to attend make-up sessions will be encouraged to complete the course during the next enrollment cycle.
Refund requests up to Week 3 of the Health Coach Certification will receive a 75% refund, less a $250 admin fee. No refunds will be granted after Week 3 of the program.
