Hi! I’m so glad you’re interested in our Health Coach Certification. This 20-week interactive program (live classes twice a week with optional practice sessions) is NBHWC-approved and covers all the essential topics to become a well-rounded health coach. It also includes Nutrition & Longevity+, Peri/Menopause+, coaching tools, business + marketing support, and lifetime alumni resources. Tuition is $6,499, and monthly plans through Affirm are available. Would you like me to send you the full details by email or hop on a quick call?

Great question! What really sets us apart is the experience. You’re coaching every week, asking questions live, and building real confidence, not just learning theory. You’ll also complete 3 recorded sessions with personalized faculty feedback. We include specialized training like Nutrition & Longevity+ and Peri/Menopause+, plus strong prep for the board exam with a 92% pass rate. And our alumni support is ongoing, so you’re not on your own after you graduate.

You don’t need to be a health professional or have a college degree to take the program. Many of our students come from all different backgrounds. What matters most is your passion for health and helping others.

Our next Health Coach Certification cohort starts January 5th, 2027. You can enroll early and get started with the included self-paced courses. We have regular special offers on tuition which you can find here: https://institute.mindbodygreen.com/health-coach-certification#tuition

Here’s the direct link to enroll in the Health Coach Certification at Mindbodygreen: https://institute.mindbodygreen.com/health-coach-certification#tuition

Once you’re on the page, click “Enroll Now,” choose your payment option (pay in full or monthly with Affirm), and apply your discount code at checkout to receive your special offer.

You can explore the Health Coach Certification and enroll here: https://institute.mindbodygreen.com/health-coach-certification#tuition. Regular tuition is $6,499 USD. A limited-time discount may be available; an advisor can confirm the current offer.

You can review the Health Coach Certification syllabus here: https://institute.mindbodygreen.com/health-coach-syllabus.

Absolutely! An advisor would be happy to answer your questions and help you explore whether the Health Coach Certification is the right fit for your goals. You can schedule a call at a time that works for you here: https://institute.mindbodygreen.com/advisor.

The average student spends 7 to 10 hours per week attending all required live sessions, watching the pre-recorded lessons, practicing with their peers, reading the study guides and taking the weekly comprehension quizzes.

Great question! The required live classes take place every Tuesday and Thursday. You can choose to attend at 12 PM or 6 PM Eastern Time, and each session is 90 minutes long. There’s also an optional (but highly recommended) Coaching Triad on Wednesdays, offered at the same times. Would any of these times work for you?

These are live practice sessions where students work in small groups of three and rotate roles as Coach, Client, and Observer. As the Coach, you’ll practice real coaching techniques in a supportive environment. As the Client, you’ll experience being coached and gain insights into your own growth. As the Observer, you’ll take notes and share feedback, noticing what makes a session effective. After each practice round, everyone returns to the main room to share takeaways, ask questions, and receive guidance from faculty. It's a very rich learning experience!

We have a simple make-up process, which includes watching the recording of the class you missed and then choosing another day where you will attend two live classes in one day (the AM and PM sessions). This allows you to make up the required live instructional hours needed for graduation. We don't have a set requirement for how many absences are permitted, but we don't recommend more than four.

Yes, orientation sessions and support circles are required! The good news is that you can attend them live or watch the recordings in your dashboard afterward. Required live lectures have different attendance requirements.

There are typically around 150 students per cohort, with approximately 75 in each live session across two session times. Cohort sizes may vary, so an advisor can confirm the expected size for your start date.

To graduate, you'll need 100% attendance, completion of all lessons and assessments, and a passing score on the final exam. Graduating from this program qualifies you to take the NBHWC certification exam.

Our entire faculty is board-certified health coaches with hundreds of hours of coaching and teaching experience. What is particularly great about our faculty is that they all come from very different paths into health coaching - which gives our students a wide range of very practical perspectives about what health coaching really looks like in different settings. One of our faculty members was an RN for 30 years before becoming a board-certified health coach. Another was an addiction counselor in a hospital setting for a decade before becoming a board-certified health coach. One is a yoga and meditation teacher as well, another was a completely career switcher from tech and another comes from corporate HR and made the switch.

Within the program, there is a week on nutrition where you will learn how to coach clients through nutrition goals. The good news is, you will also get complimentary access to the Nutrition & Longevity+ program, which includes more than 30 hours of nutrition content so you can learn how food is medicine and the role food plays in any health issue your clients may be facing.

The Lifestyle Factors weeks are extremely deep, the deepest of the entire course. You will get many hours of education (pre-recorded videos, live lectures, practice coaching sessions, extremely detailed study guides) for each topic. Our program offers more hours on each of these topics than other programs out there because these topics are so important.

When we talk about spirituality in the program, we’re referring to a broad and inclusive approach — not tied to religion or any specific belief. It’s more about connecting with purpose, inner peace, and meaning in life. Some people explore this through practices like mindfulness, breathwork, or prayer, but it’s always personalized and respectful of each person’s background and values.

The only mind-body tools in the curriculum are taught from a very straightforward, science-backed evidence-based approach. No influence of any kind other than how certain ways of breathing impact the nervous system which can help clients integrate behavior changes in a more accessible way.

The curriculum will include healthy eating habits during the Nutrition week and how to coach through addicting behaviors during the addiction week. The focus will always be on behavior change and the skills you learn in that area can be used for many topics. There will be some areas that are outside of the scope of a health coach and you’ll learn when it’s appropriate to refer out to other experts.

We offer a 1-month Marketing, Business & Mindset course with Jennifer Grace. You’ll define your niche, build your brand, plan your website, create a lead magnet, and learn to network & collaborate. It also includes mindset work (overcoming imposter syndrome, procrastination, and money blocks), worksheets, checklists, and step-by-step actions to attract your first clients. We help you think through your website, though we don’t teach the technical steps of building one.

We’ll help you think through what your website needs and how it fits into your business, but we don’t teach the technical steps of building a website. You’ll also have access to an alumni session to help you plan your next steps.

The final exam is multiple choice over several hours, which closely mirrors what the board exam looks like. This is by design so you are really prepared for the board exam. There is no coaching session, which is also the case for the board exam.

Tuition is $6,499 USD for the 20-week program, which includes lifetime access to our Nutrition & Longevity+ and Peri/Menopause+ courses, business + marketing support, our 6-Hour Preparing for the Board Exam course and alumni resources. We offer Affirm payment plans—and right now, there’s a limited-time discount which you can see here: https://institute.mindbodygreen.com/health-coach-certification#tuition

We don’t offer traditional financial aid or formal scholarships, but we do offer monthly payment options through Affirm to make the investment more manageable. A limited-time discount may also be available. Would you like to explore your payment options?

Yes, we do offer a military discount! Please email us at mbgcoaching@mindbodygreen.com, and we’ll be happy to share the current offer with you. We also offer monthly payment plans through Affirm to help make the investment more manageable.

Yes, we offer monthly payment plans through Affirm. It’s based on your credit score, so you’ll be able to see your options at checkout when you apply directly on the website, and there’s no obligation if the options don’t work for you.

Yes! You can find the details and steps for paying with HSA funds through Truemed here.

Our refund policy: Full refund (minus $250 admin fee) within 14 days of purchase. 75% refund (minus $250) up to Week 3 of the program. No refunds after Week 3. You can also defer your start date up to two times if needed. Let me know if you have questions!

The National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) has partnered with the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) to create a standardized curriculum and board exam to represent the rigorous training that health coaches must complete to become board certified.

To apply for the NBHWC board exam, you’ll need to complete an approved program (like ours), have 4,000 hours of work experience in any field (it doesn’t have to be health-related), and log 50 eligible coaching sessions.

You can begin completing the 50 coaching sessions required for the NBHWC board exam after Week 18 of the program. Each session must be at least 20 minutes long and completed with an eligible client. During the program, we train you on how to find and work with clients and support you through that process, but the sessions themselves are completed independently. Many students find practice clients through their own network or peer connections, and some start with free sessions to build experience.

We don’t provide the clients directly, but we do give you everything you need to find them — including step-by-step guidance, scripts, and tools to help you confidently get practice clients. Plus, there’s a super supportive resource-sharing system in your cohort. Since you can’t coach friends/family, students share contacts they can't use — to help one another find eligible practice clients.

The NBHWC board exam has a $100 application fee and a $400 testing fee. You can find the application details here: https://nbhwc.org/fee-policy/.

No, the NBHWC board exam fees are separate from your Health Coach Certification tuition. The exam has a $100 application fee and a $400 testing fee.

Board-certified health coaches need 36 hours of continuing education every three years. You can explore continuing education opportunities and renewal information through the NBHWC.

We’ll help you prepare for the NBHWC board exam, but passing isn’t guaranteed. Our board-exam pass rate is 92%, and the program includes exam preparation to help you feel ready.

As a health coach, your role is to support and empower clients to make sustainable lifestyle and behavior changes. You won’t be able to diagnose, treat, or recommend specific functional tests or supplements, but you’ll be trained to guide clients through goal setting, habit change, and holistic wellness strategies.

A dietician is actually licensed in each state to give custom meal plans for each client whereas a health coach (and what you will learn in our nutrition program) is only able to share nutrition and food resources with their clients and coach around behavior change as it relates to implementing those food resources.

Great question. Holistic nursing is a clinical practice with a medical scope — nurses can assess, diagnose, and treat. Our Health Coach Certification trains you in behavior change and lifestyle support, not clinical care. It's often used alongside nursing credentials to expand how you support patients. Are you a nurse currently?

Health Coach Certification trains students in health coaching and behavior change, not in diagnosing conditions, ordering or interpreting medical tests, or prescribing individualized meal plans. Licensed healthcare professionals may have a separate scope of practice based on their own credentials.

Health coaching is flexible, and grads go into a variety of sectors—clinical settings, private practice, corporate wellness, or education. For example, nurses often go into clinical roles, while career-switchers might start their own business or work in wellness programs. What are you most drawn to?

One thing that helps a lot when job searching in this field: don't just search "Health Coach." A lot of relevant roles use different titles, like Wellness Coach, Health Educator, Population Health Coach, Care Coach, Chronic Disease Coach, Patient Coach, or Nurse Coach. Searching only the exact phrase "Health Coach" means you'll miss a big chunk of what's actually out there.

It absolutely varies by client and how frequently you are working together as well as their goals and their availability. In this program you will learn what the structure of a coaching relationship looks like and you will work with several clients so you’ll have a good understanding of it by the end of the program. We also have extensive alumni support to help graduates figure out what services to offer, how long their packages should be, what they should charge for them, etc. So you are supported all along the way.

The NBHWC credential may be relevant to health coaching opportunities beyond the United States, but requirements for practicing, using professional titles, or providing services vary by location. Please check the rules that apply where you plan to work.

Yes, you should arrange appropriate professional liability coverage before you begin practicing. The Health Coach Certification program does not include an insurance policy, but we cover how to explore coverage options.

Yes, clients may be able to use HSA or FSA funds for health coaching sessions, depending on their plan and eligibility requirements. They should check with their HSA or FSA administrator before paying.

It depends on where you work! Clients may pay out of pocket, and some health coaching services may be covered by insurance in clinical settings through a licensed provider’s billing arrangements. If you open your own practice, you shouldn’t assume you can bill insurance directly. Clients may also be able to use HSA or FSA funds, depending on their plan and eligibility requirements.

Our alumni have access to ongoing educational and business support, including 20 hours of support and continuing education each year at no extra cost. Through our partnership with Pillar, you can also explore health coaching job opportunities and get support with your résumé and interview preparation. Learn more here: https://withpillar.com/for-coaches. Job placement isn’t guaranteed, but you won’t be on your own as you explore your next steps!

We offer career resources and access to our Pillar partnership to support your job search, but job placement isn’t guaranteed. You can explore Pillar here: https://withpillar.com/for-coaches.

Our live webinar is a great way to learn more about the Health Coach Certification and get your questions answered. If you register but can’t attend live, you’ll receive the replay afterward so you can watch whenever it works for you. Register here: https://institute.mindbodygreen.com/events/health-coach-certification.