Nutrition and Wellness Coaching
Empower Others to Live Healthier Lives with Lasting Results
Benefit from up to 14% savings on this learning journey
The Nutrition and Wellness Coaching learning journey combines two popular online programs from Harvard Medical School Executive Education, offering a curriculum that integrates advanced nutrition planning with behavior change techniques. This immersive journey is designed to equip participants with the skills to develop comprehensive wellness strategies and facilitate impactful, lasting health outcomes.
Who Is This Program For?
The Nutrition and Wellness Coaching learning journey is designed for professionals and enthusiasts in the health and wellness sector who seek to elevate their practice with advanced skills and certifications. This program is ideal for:
Health Coaches, Wellness Advisors, and Fitness Trainers
Designed for professionals aiming to guide clients toward informed, personalized health decisions with advanced strategies and client retention and satisfaction
Health Advocates and Enthusiasts
Tailored for those passionate about health and wellness, aiming to strengthen credibility and influence by providing accurate, science-based advice.
What you will learn
This program will enable you to:
Assess an individual's lifestyle, considering the societal and environmental factors that impact health.
Apply effective coaching techniques and relationship-building strategies to facilitate client behavior change.
Design and implement personalized health plans by incorporating tailored interventions for nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, and social support.
Evaluate and refine lifestyle plans using peer feedback and self-reflection, fostering a growth mindset and resilience in clients.
Explore how healthy lifestyles prevent and manage diseases and chronic conditions through evidence-based guidelines for nutrition and lifestyle choices.
Use the five-step collaborative cycle, growth mindset, and self-compassion to motivate clients to adopt and sustain healthy behaviors.
Design personalized plans that incorporate the six pillars of lifestyle medicine to support healthy practices across all life stages.
Communicate effectively to address the six pillars of a healthy lifestyle and build authentic rapport, even in challenging situations.
Use behavior change theories and interview techniques to foster collaboration and empower individuals to maintain healthy living patterns through life's disruptions.
Apply the latest research and guidelines to inspire and motivate people to adopt and sustain healthy behaviors for a lifetime.
Why choose this multi-program learning journey?
The Nutrition and Wellness Coaching learning journey offers a unique opportunity to engage in an integrated educational experience by combining two related programs from Harvard Medical School Executive Education. This immersive learning journey is designed to provide a sequential learning path with unique content that equips you with the essential knowledge and skills to make a meaningful impact on the lives of others. This multi-program learning journey offers:
Comprehensive, Expanded Skill Set
Enhanced Credibility
Market Relevance and Demand
Integrated Approach to Lifestyle Medicine
Cost and Time Efficiency
Final Project Synergy
Networking Opportunities
Projects
The weekly journal reflections are integral to the Nutrition and Wellness Coaching learning journey, providing hands-on opportunities to apply concepts from both the Health and Wellness: Designing a Sustainable Nutrition Plan program and the Lifestyle and Wellness Coaching program.
Participants will engage in projects that address real-world wellness challenges, equipping them with the knowledge and skills needed to create comprehensive health strategies. Throughout this journey, they will explore sustainable nutrition planning, develop effective coaching techniques, and learn to set and refine SMART goals, ultimately empowering clients to adopt and sustain healthier lifestyles.
Comprehensive Curriculum
The Nutrition and Wellness Coaching learning journey combines two highly regarded programs from Harvard Medical School Executive Education, offering a comprehensive curriculum that equips wellness professionals with the essential skills and knowledge to drive impactful change in their practices.
Meet the Faculty
Elizabeth “Beth” Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
Beth Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM, is a trained physiatrist and a health and wellness coach with expertise in lifestyle medicine. She has received several teaching accolades fro...
Featured Guest Faculty
Stelios Kiosses
MS, GMBPsS, BACP
Stelios Kiosses has over 30 years of experience and is renowned for his interdisciplinary approach that integrates culinary arts with psychology to explore how dietary habits ...
Robert Brooks
Assistant Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Robert Brooks is a clinical psychologist known for his strength-based approach to working with clients. He frequently lectures on a variety of topics, including motivation, re...
Walter C. Willett
MD, DRPH
Dr. Walter Willett is well known for his work in creating the Harvard Healthy Eating Plate. He has served as chair of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard for 25 years and i...
Meghan Ariagno
MBA, RD, LDN
Meghan Ariagno has been working as a dietitian in weight management for over 12 years, contributing expertise on health coaching in a health care setting. She started her care...
Earn three distinguished certificates
Upon completion of this program, you will receive three digital certificates from Harvard Medical School Executive Education. These include an advanced certificate in Nutrition and Wellness Coaching, a certificate of completion for the Health and Wellness: Designing a Sustainable Nutrition Plan program, and a certificate of completion for the Lifestyle and Wellness Coaching program.
Your digitally verified certificates will be issued in your legal name and emailed to you, at no additional cost, upon completion of the program, per the stipulated requirements. All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of Harvard Medical School Executive Education.
Note: This program does not grant academic or professional certifications from Harvard Medical School.
FAQs
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