National Board Certified Coach Preparation Course
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Increase your potential for success on the National Certification Exam
Are you a certified health coach from an accredited organization approved by NBWHC?
This self-paced, 3.5 hour NBHWC exam prep course, is built by the most experienced and credentialed coaches in the industry. Based on our 20 years of developing the health and wellness coaching industry, including the first health coaching textbook and co-founding the NBHWC, this course provides an overview of what we have found to be the key materials in preparation for the National Board Certified-Health and Wellness Coach examination from the NBHWC/NBME. Cost: $95, 3.5 Wellcoaches CEs
NBHWC Exam Prep topics:
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Resources from the NBHWC
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Basic Biometrics by Beth Tansey Peller, RN, ACC, NBC-HWC. This lesson provides an overview of the following sections in the NBHWC Content Outline:
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3.2.1 Hypertension/prehypertension, blood pressure
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3.2.4 Cardiovascular disease (mainly heart disease and stroke)
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3.2.5 Metabolic syndrome, arthritis and inflammation
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3.2.6 Lipid abnormalities, lipid panels
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Diabetes and Healthy Weight by Greg Hottinger, MPH, RD, PCC, NBC-HWC. This lesson provides an overview of the following sections in the NBHWC Content Outline:
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3.2.2 Diabetes/Prediabetes
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3.3.1 Healthy Weight
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3.3.2 Optimal Nutrition & Hydration
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Obesity and Exercise by Michael Scholtz, MA, PCC, NBC-HWC. This lesson provides an overview of the following sections in the NBHWC Content Outline:
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3.3.2 Optimal nutrition & hydration
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3.3.3 Physical activity, sedentary lifestyle
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Book Review: Motivational Interviewing by Erika Jackson, MA, MCC, NBC-HWC. This lesson provides an overview of the following sections in the NBHWC Content Outline:
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1.4 Routine follow-up sessions
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2.1 Client-centered relationship
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2.2 Trust and rapport
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2.3 Active listening and presence
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2.4 Client emotions and energy
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2.5 Reflections
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2.6 Expand the conversation
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2.7 Focus and refocus the conversation
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2.9 Goals and implementing action
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2.10 Client awareness, perspective, insights and shifts
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2.11 Client's freedom of choice, autonomy, and intrinsic motivation
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2.12 Self-efficacy
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2.14 Client active experimentation and self-discovery
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2.15 Increase positive psychological resources
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Book Review: Changing to Thrive by Erika Jackson, MA, MCC, NBC-HWC.
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This lesson provides an overview of the following sections in the NBHWC Content Outline:
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2.8 Assist client to evaluate and integrate health information
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2.14 Client active experimentation and self-discovery
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Book Review: The Coaching Psychology Manual by Erika Jackson, MA, MCC, NBC-HWC. This lesson provides an overview of the following sections in the NBHWC Content Outline:
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1.1 Coach preparation prior to session
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1.2 First session or before begin
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1.3 Early sessions
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2.1 Client-centered relationship
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2.2 Trust and rapport
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2.3 Active listening and presence
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2.4 Client emotions and energy
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2.5 Reflections
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2.6 Expand the conversation
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2.7 Focus and refocus the conversation
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2.9 Goals and implementing action
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2.10 Client awareness, perspective shifts and insight
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2.11 Client's freedom of choice, autonomy, and intrinsic motivation
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2.12 Client self-efficacy
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2.13 Improve support
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2.14 Client active experimentation and self-discovery
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2.15 Increase positive psychology resources
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