National Board Certified Coach Preparation Course
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 well-being 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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