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Become a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach. 5-week Virtual Classroom to Fit Your Busy Schedule in June 2026. Launch your Health and Well-Being Coach Training in June 2026 Module 1: 5-Week Virtual Classroom (Saturdays) Back to all classes Our Health and Well-being Coach Training program is widely respected as the gold standard. Our industry-first programs gave birth to a new professional, the Certified Health and Well-being Coach. The training is also open to those who do not intend to become a Health Coach but wish to learn the skills and behaviors to apply in other settings. Our classes are provided live online, allowing you to learn from and be mentored by the most experienced and credentialed faculty in the industry. We offer several information sessions each month! Reserve Your Spot! Get Trained Only - Module 1 only: $1985 Our Core Coach Training (live classes and Coaching Habits e-course) Register Now Get Trained, Certified and be eligible for the National Certification - Modules 1-3: $3495 Our Core Coach Training + Lifestyle Medicine Course + Wellcoaches Certification Process Register Now Payment plans and PayPal options may be available through registration links. IMPORTANT: If you opt for a payment plan, you will not have access to mentoring and certification until all payments have been made. Register for Information Session Key Dates Early Bird discount: by May 4, 2026: Module 1 only $150 off or Modules 1-3 bundle $250 off Registration deadline: June 4, 2026 at 5pm ET or when full Certification deadline: January 31, 2028 This module is a prerequisite for Module 2 . You must complete Modules 2 and 3 for Certification! Review the Certification Handbook . Materials for Module 1 Required Purchase: The Coaching Psychology Manual , 2nd edition Prefer the Manual in Spanish? Purchase here. Additional reading and listening materials are provided upon registration. Note that preparation for this course requires an average of 20 hours of reading and listening in advance. Module 1 Live Class Dates/Times (listed in Eastern/New York time) Click here for timezone conversion. Live classes begin Monday, June 15, 2026 and end Monday July 20, 2026 . This class is delivered in a real-time, virtual classroom, via Zoom. Plan for active engagement in discussion and practice, a key part of being a student and becoming a coach. Class Schedule Week 1: June 15th L01 10:00-12:00pm LUNCH L02 12:30-2:30pm BREAK L03 2:45pm-4:45pm BREAK L04 5:00-7:00pm Week 2: June 22nd L05 10:00-12:00pm LUNCH L06 12:30-2:30pm BREAK L07 2:45pm-4:45pm BREAK L08 5:00-7:00pm Week 3: July 6th L09 10:00-12:00pm LUNCH L10 12:30-2:30pm BREAK L11 2:45pm-4:45pm BREAK L12 5:00-7:00pm Week 4: July 13th L13 10:00-12:00pm LUNCH L14 12:30-2:30pm BREAK L15 2:45pm-4:45pm BREAK L16 5:00-7:00pm Week 5: July 20th L17 10:00-12:00pm LUNCH L18 12:30-2:30pm Sample of Times for 10am ET Classes Module 1 Self-Paced E-course At any time during Module 1, you may begin the self-paced, virtual e-course focused on "Coaching Habits". The 10-hour habits course includes 8 collections of self-paced video lessons to explore common growth edges that hold us back as leaders and professionals, our signposts for new insights and wisdom. Each habit (70+ habits to choose from) comes with a 5-10 minute video, resources, reminders, and an optional habits tracker. You will have access to this course upon registration. Completion of the above, including ALL live classes, will be required to receive a Certificate of Attendance. This module (Module 1) is a prerequisite for Module 2 . You must complete Modules 2 and 3 for Certification! Review the Certification Handbook . How long will it take to become Certified? Overview of Certification 12-Month Journey Sample

Resources to help continue your education and improve habits in healthcare. Habits For Healthcare Continuing Education How it Works Habits for Coaches Habits for Healthcare Continuing Ed AAFP This Enduring Material activity, Wellcoaches Habits, has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 10.00 Prescribed credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Completion of the course survey is required. Earn AAFP CEs CHES/MCHES Earn 10 Entry Level, Category 1, Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECHs) for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and Master of Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES). Completion of all surveys is required. Earn MCHES/CHES CECHs ACSM Earn 10 Continuing Education Credits (CECs) toward ACSM recertification. The American College of Sports Medicine's Professional Education Committee certifies that Wellcoaches Corporation meets the criteria for official ACSM Approved Provider Status. Completion of the course surveys required. Earn ACSM CECs NBHWC Earn 10 NBHWC continuing education credits (CECs) when purchased separately from Module 1. Completion of all surveys is required. Earn NBHWC CECs Coach-Related Continuing Education Wellcoaches Certified Coaches will receive 10 Continuing Coach Education Hours (CCEHs). Completion of the course survey is required. Earn Coach-Related CEs

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Blog by Gary Sforzo and Margaret Moore with Claude AI For years, health and well-being coaches have known something that mainstream medicine is only beginning to fully embrace, behavior change is the engine of lasting health transformation. A new study published in Obesity - a highly respected journal - offers compelling, rigorous evidence that combining culinary skills training with health coaching principles produces meaningful, sustained weight loss over a full year. And it does so remotely, affordably, and without a single prescription pad. The article was selected to be featured by Obesity's May 2026 issue and also highlighted on Medscape. Here's what the science shows - and why it matters deeply for coaches, clients, and the future of lifestyle medicine. The Study at a Glance Conducted across two clinical centers - Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital at Harvard Medical School in Boston and Sheba Medical Center in Israel - this bi-center randomized controlled trial enrolled adults aged 25–70 with BMIs between 27.5 and 35 kg/m². Participants cooked fewer than five home meals per week, making them a realistic proxy for the clients many of us work with every day. Fifty participants in the intervention (n=24) and control (n=26) groups received dietary counseling focused on the Mediterranean diet. The intervention group received 12 weekly, one-on-one, 30-minute telehealth sessions that combined culinary training with health and well-being coaching. Coaches helped participants identify their home cooking vision, set weekly culinary goals, review progress, and develop skills through a guided self-discovery process. The control group received access to culinary resources on their own. Body weight, nutrition, body composition, lipid profiles, cooking attitudes, and self-efficacy were measured at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months. The Results: Significant, Sustained, and Meaningful The weight loss findings are significant, particularly for a behavioral intervention delivered entirely by telehealth without any weight loss medication. The intervention group lost an average of 3.23% of body weight at 3 months — more than double the control group's 0.71%. At 6 months, the intervention group reached an average loss of 4.2%, compared to just 1.22% in the control group. At 12 months, the intervention group maintained their losses at an average of 4.02%, while the control group gained weight slightly. The between-group difference at one year was 4.3%, a statistically and clinically meaningful gap. Body composition data, analyzed through DXA scanning, reinforced the quality of the weight loss: the intervention group shed fat mass without significant loss of lean body mass. Fat loss without muscle loss is the signature of genuine metabolic improvement. The study's authors noted that this weight loss is comparable to pharmacological agents like naltrexone/bupropion and exceeded the short-term results of other culinary medicine programs that required in-person teaching kitchens. This was accomplished through twelve half-hour telehealth coaching sessions. The Coaching Piece: Not a Detail, but the Engine Perhaps the most important aspect of this study for the Wellcoaches community is what distinguished the intervention: the integration of health and well-being coaching principles into the culinary training. Participants weren't simply taught recipes. They were guided through a self-discovery process. They set their own cooking visions and weekly goals. They reflected on progress. They built confidence through action - and through the relationship with a trained health and well-being coach. Qualitative analyses from companion publications reveal that participants consistently named coaching elements - goal setting, planning, accountability, and growing confidence - as decisive factors in sustaining their new cooking habits. The culinary skills mattered. The coaching made those skills stick. This is the central insight of Wellcoaches' work, validated once more by rigorous science: knowledge alone doesn't change behavior. The coaching relationship - built on autonomy, self-efficacy, and structured reflection - is what transforms intention into lasting action. What Changed Nutritionally The dietary changes tracked with coaching's individualized, goal-centered approach. Rather than uniform improvements across all measures, participants shifted meaningfully in ways aligned with their personal goals at different points in time. Mediterranean diet scores improved significantly at 3 months. Caloric intake dropped by an average of 452 calories per day at 6 months — a substantial reduction achieved without prescribed calorie counting. Consumption of commercial sweets declined significantly at 3 months and sweet beverages at 12 months. Both groups reduced ultra-processed food intake and increased minimally processed food consumption over time, though the between-group differences were not statistically significant on NOVA classification measures. The authors suggest this may reflect the NOVA system's limits in detecting personal-level dietary change - an important nuance for coaches who know that individual food behavior is far more granular than broad classification systems can capture. Cooking Confidence as a Health Outcome One of the study's most practically useful findings concerns cooking self-efficacy. At 12 months, intervention group participants showed significantly improved confidence in cooking techniques and meal preparation. They reported greater skill in using knives, applying basic cooking methods, steaming, sautéing, stewing, and cooking from whole ingredients. These aren't trivial outcomes. They represent durable behavioral assets - capabilities that participants carry forward regardless of whether they're enrolled in a program. This is exactly the kind of change that health and wellness coaches are trained to cultivate: not compliance, but capability. Not dependence, but self-direction. Why This Matters for Our Field This study arrives at a pivotal moment. GLP-1 receptor agonists are transforming obesity medicine, but they carry side effects, costs, and questions about long-term use. Lifestyle modification remains the first-line recommendation in major clinical guidelines. Yet the behavioral infrastructure to support that modification — the coaching, culinary skills, and sustained relationship — has rarely been studied with this level of scientific rigor. This trial changes that. It demonstrates that a remote, coaching-integrated culinary medicine program can produce weight loss comparable to medication, sustain it over a full year, reduce fat mass without sacrificing muscle, and build lasting behavioral capacity — all through telehealth, without a teaching kitchen, using the core principles that health and wellness coaches practice every day. We are proud to say that the Wellcoaches coaching protocol was used in this study, and first author Rani Polak is Wellcoaches-trained and a long-standing member of our Wellcoaches family. For coaches advocating for the value of their work in healthcare systems, in lifestyle medicine programs, and in policy conversations about reimbursement and integration, this study is a gift. It speaks the language of medicine — randomized design, validated instruments, DXA scans, confidence intervals — while validating the science of coaching. The kitchen, as it turns out, is a powerful coaching room. And the coach, it turns out, is essential medicine. Polak R, et al. One-Year Weight Loss Following a Remote Culinary Medicine Program: A Bi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial. Obesity, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.70193

The National Commission for Health Education Credentialing (NCHEC) designates Wellcoaches as a provider of continuing education. Our courses and classes are for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) seeking to develop and enhance occupational skills and meet continuing education contact hour (CECH) requirements. Our courses are evidence-based and will encourage individuals, families, and communities to maximize and maintain healthier lifestyles. Learn more about our NCHEC approved courses and classes below. MCHES® & CHES® Continuing Education Approved by NCHEC Core Coach Training: Module 1 - 47 CECs Attend in our virtual classroom with real-time instruction Begin the journey to become a certified health coach, enhancing your impact as a health educator. Completion of Module 1 (including 100% attendance, completion of all lesson feedback surveys and a score of 80% or greater on quizzes) is required for course completion and to receive a Certificate of Attendance. ​ See all upcoming classes . Lesson topics include:​ ​​Differentiating the coach from the expert How to establish growth-promoting relationships Coaching presence Expressing compassion through empathy Building positive emotions for resilience Eliciting motivation Building self-efficacy Readiness to change Building powerful visions Crafting designs for behavior experiments Creating generative (ah-ha!) moments Appreciative goal review Coaching habits e-course “Collaborating with Wellcoaches School of Coaching has transformed our institutional approach to supporting physician well-being. The physicians who underwent training and certification are newly empowered to walk this journey toward meaning, purpose, and engagement with their colleagues, and with themselves. They are well prepared to work 1:1 with their colleagues and are also engaging in small and large group coaching which has been invaluable for improving system-level issues within the institution.” - Kerri Palamara McGrath, MD, Director of the Center for Physician Well-being at Massachusetts General Hospital Wellcoaches Member Classes - 1 CEC/hr (must be pre-approved) Attend in our virtual classroom with real-time instruction Cost: $35/month Our Wellcoaches Membership enables you to be well-informed and up-to-date on the latest coaching science, theory and practice so that you are continually upgrading your skills. Each class offers an opportunity to expand your tools and resources while being inspired by thought leaders. Our business development-focused classes prepare coaching entrepreneurs to build their business in alignment with their vision and values. In our Perspectives series we will expand your framework for what it means to be healthy, what it means to be human, and what it means to be a coach for all. This is the easiest and most cost effective way to earn the continuing education credits needed for your Wellcoaches and National Board recertifications! Our Wellcoaches Membership comes with several one-hour classes each month including: 1. Coaching demonstrations 2. Practical coaching skills 3. Business development and start-up 4. Town Hall discussions on hot topics 5. Access archive of more than 80 past member classes. Sample classes: How to Have a Good Day with Caroline Webb How to Uncover What You Are Really Selling with Debbie LaChusa Self-Compassion in Action with Ellen Albertson A "Certificate of Attendance" is provided following class attendance, completion of a feedback survey and a score of 80% or greater on a knowledge assessment. "This is a wonderful program with so many fabulous people. The membership could not have served me better" - Gail Garcia Lifestyle Medicine for Coaches - 21.5 CECs Self-paced, self-directed e-course Lifestyle Medicine Coaches partner with clients seeking self-directed, lasting changes, aligned with their values, which promote health and wellness and, thereby, enhance well-being. They support clients to engage in the practices of lifestyle medicine, such as healthy diet, regular exercise, good sleep and stress management, in order to become healthier and happier. See overview of curriculum and world-renowned faculty . To earn a "Certificate of Attendance", students must view each of the lessons in full, complete the six knowledge assessments with 80% accuracy, and complete a course survey. "Establishing a standard for health coaches in lifestyle medicine will help ensure that crucial information is consistently of the highest caliber. Coaches reach an enormous number of people, and, with standardized training in lifestyle medicine, they'll have an enhanced ability to promote health and prevent disease. The public can be confident that certified coaches are practicing at a high standard and providing evidence-based guidance. Certified Health and Wellness Coaches who specialize in lifestyle medicine will become integral members of the lifestyle medicine practice team, contributing importantly to the treatment and even reversal of disease." - David Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM, Past President of the ACLM Behavior Change Agent - 5.5 CECs Self-paced, self-directed e-course Improve relationships at work and at home by shifting just a few key behaviors. Based on the most important concepts in our full Health and Wellness Coach Training, this abbreviated course is designed to provide you with essential skills needed to have engaging and influential conversations personally and professionally. The course includes six videos (50-60 minutes each) which explore the cultivation of connection, autonomy, self-compassion, positivity, motivation and confidence. The videos include lecture from Wellcoaches Faculty member, Michael Scholtz , as well as student discussions and coaching demonstrations. A "Certificate of Attendance " is provided following course completion, feedback survey and a score of 80% or greater on a knowledge assessment. Wellcoaches Habits - 10 CECs Self-paced, self-directed e-course The 10-hour habits course includes 8 collections of self-paced video lessons to explore common growth edges that hold us back as leaders and professionals, our signposts for new insights and wisdom. The Wellcoaches habits system is designed for any coach, team or organization that aspires to a culture of coaching where everyone is growing and thriving together. The course includes a Habits Library with several collections to choose from. Our collection includes: Behavior Change Communication Connection Leveraging Emotions Cultivating Capacities Burnout Prevention Transformational Leadership The Declipse Technique ™ (preview here) Each habit (70+ habits to choose from) comes with a 5-10 minute video, resources, reminders and tracker. A "Certificate of Attendance " is provided following course completion and feedback survey for all eight content collections. Professional Coach Training - 95 CECs Attend in our virtual classroom with real-time instruction and two on-site sessions Once you have completed our Core Coach Training & Certification program, start making plans to lift your coaching mastery to a galactic orbit with our nine-month advanced Professional Coach Training & Certification Program. This advanced program is specially designed for Certified Wellcoaches®, Nationally Board Certified Coaches or ICF-ACC/PCC/MCC Coaches only. This program is developing the future leaders of the health and wellness coaching industry. We built and continue to upgrade an innovative, science and neuroscience-based, robust coaching framework we call the "Onward & Upward Model" designed to enable Certified Wellcoaches® to help clients optimize mental and physical well-being. This is a hit-the-ball-out-of-the-park opportunity for Certified Wellcoaches®, Nationally Board Certified Coaches or ICF-ACC/PCC/MCC Coaches who want to be masterful coaches. The course includes: Two 2.5 day on-site sessions in January and September each year 32 ninety-minute virtual classes with the ability to practice new tools and skills in class, including 8 group coaching sessions. Six private mentor coaching sessions with feedback from coaching masters regarding the application of Wellcoaches protocols and International Coach Federation Competencies A reading list of over 20 carefully chosen books written by scientists and psychologists with a strong evidence basis A "Certificate of Attendance" is provided following class attendance, completion of a feedback surveys and all mentoring sessions. "The great thing about the PCT is not only the professional growth that you get from all of the tools and skills that you learn from all of the mentor coaching, and from all of the great Wellcoaches faculty, but the greatest value is the personal growth. The books that you read and the way that you process all of the new information is truly life-changing and transforming. It makes you a better professional but, more importantly, it makes you a better person." - Noah Gentner, PhD Module 2 - 10 CECs Attend in our virtual classroom with real-time instruction along with numerous e-course offerings. Continue your journey of becoming a certified health coach. Module 2 was created to further deepen coaching skills through demonstration and practice opportunities. Participants will hone in on the specific topics: Organize Your Emotions, Organize Your Mind, Wellness Visions and Generative Moments A "Certificate of Attendance" is provided following class attendance, completion of 4 feedback surveys and a score of 80% or greater on all knowledge assessments. Module 2 PLUS  - 8 CECs Module 2 PLUS prepares coaches to support the whole patient by building awareness of mental health conditions, cultural dynamics, and the broader environmental forces that shape health behaviors. Across four courses, coaches will learn to recognize mental health warning signs and make appropriate referrals, develop cultural competence and humility, examine their own biases and assumptions, and explore how Social Determinants of Health and ecological systems influence a patient's perspectives and well-being. Through self-reflection, skill-building, and practical application, coaches will emerge equipped to practice with greater cultural responsiveness, psychological awareness, and respect for each patient's unique lived experience. . NCHEC Continuing Education Requirements Once all requirements are complete, a Certificate of Attendance will be provided to the student. Wellcoaches will also report your name, and any hours you have earned to NCHEC. NCHEC receives reports 4 times per year in January, April, July & October. Have questions about a course? 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