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If you are interested in starting your own health coaching or consultant business, you may want to consider taking an online course. They are often affordable, self-paced, professional and can give you very specific information for your area of need or help you clarify your life direction and career path. […] Read more
Are you struggling to determine if health coaching is the right career move for you? “What is health coaching anyway?” you may be saying. Are you having trouble finding information on health coaching jobs and job descriptions, salaries and more? Wondering if a health and wellness degree is required? Then, […] Read more
This website is dedicated to helping you determine answers to that very question, “How to be a Health Coach.” And truthfully, there are quite a few different answers to that. Additionally, this article will pose some key questions you should ask yourself when choosing a schooling path for becoming a […] Read more
One of the key ingredients to successful health coaching of a client is to fully engage in active listening. The entire focus should naturally be on the client (or patient) throughout the session. What is active listening? Active listening is focused listening and attention. It is being present and fully […] Read more
This health coach certification program offers the following levels: Health and Wellness Coach Certification, their core 32-hour program Professional Health and Wellness Coach Certification, which is an ICF (International Coaching Federation) approved process The credentialing levels move from the ‘practiced coach’ to the ‘proven coach’ to the ‘master coach’ and […] Read more
Founded in 1998, thousands of students have received a health coaching certificate in the (trademarked) Intrinsic Coaching methodology. It seems that they offer two main levels of health coach certification: 1) Certified Intrinsic Coach (CIC) 2) Certified Valuations Specialist (CVS) However, there are a number of add-ons (called extensions) and […] Read more
This consortium, the NCCHWC, began in 2009 and is working towards establishing a new framework for health coaching. Though this organization does not provide credentialing or licensing of any type for health and wellness coaching, it does lead a movement towards establishing a commonality in practice. Their vision is to […] Read more
This organization lends credentials to health and wellness coaches through participation in their membership-based program. ICF is international and is the only current means of accreditation for health coaching. There is no national or state standard just yet. ICF is a non-profit organization formed in 1995 by members who are […] Read more
Here you’ll find detailed information about Health Coaching organizations around the world. Some of the organizations (such as IFC, the International Coach Federation) are aimed at credentialing standards, while others are more member-based towards a specific area of health (such as with sports medicine, for example). ———————————————————————————————————- International Coaching Federation […] Read more
This health and wellness coaching certification program involves two levels of training and is accessed both online and via phone. There are core and professional levels of training. The “Core Health Coach Training Program for Heath and Wellness Coaches” is an 18 week-long enrollment. Each class is 90 minute and […] Read more
