Nutrition and Wellness Coaching

Program Overview

The 15-week Nutrition and Wellness Coaching learning journey is designed to offer an integrated experience of two popular online executive programs from Harvard Medical School—the Health and Wellness: Designing a Sustainable Nutrition Plan and Lifestyle and Wellness Coaching programs—and deliver a highly impactful curriculum that combines nutritional plans and health-coaching techniques to enable comprehensive wellness support.

Curriculum

By integrating nutrition expertise with behavior change strategies, the learning journey supports health and wellness professionals in acquiring advanced capabilities to drive lasting health and wellness outcomes. You will learn directly from Dr. Elizabeth Frates, MD, FACLM, DipABLM, a trained physiatrist as well as a health and wellness coach, who is recognized for her pioneering contributions to lifestyle medicine.

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.

Health and Wellness: Designing a Sustainable Nutrition Plan

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Lifestyle and Wellness Coaching

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Part 1 — Health and Wellness: Designing a Sustainable Nutrition Plan
- Module 1: Behavioral Causes of Disease and Lifestyle Impact
- Module 2: Coaching and Inspiring Others
- Module 3: Eating Patterns for Optimal Health
- Module 4: Empowering People to Adopt Healthy Eating Practices
- Module 5: Diet, Lifestyle, and Disease Connection
- Module 6: Healthy Eating and Living through the Ages and Stages of Life
- Module 7: Applying Nutritional Concepts at the Individual Level
- Module 8: Assessing Nutritional and Lifestyle Needs to Develop a Plan
Part 2 — Lifestyle and Wellness Coaching
- Module 1: The Basics for Using Lifestyle Coaching
- Module 2: Building and Sustaining Rapport as the Foundation of Lifestyle Coaching
- Module 3: Coaching While Addressing the Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine
- Module 4: The Power of Resilience: The Secret to Adopting and Sustaining Healthy Lifestyle Patterns
- Module 5: Key Coaching Concepts, Part 1
- Module 6: Key Coaching Concepts, Part 2
Part 3 — Exclusive Learning Modules
- Module 1: Collaboration for Behavior Change
  Identify a practice individual to apply initial coaching strategies, beginning the journey of supporting behavior change.
- Module 2: Communication and Connection
  Explore client motivation and learn techniques for fostering deeper connections that drive effective wellness outcomes.
- Module 3: Understanding Your Client's Lifestyle Landscape
  Reflect on your client’s environment, assessing how their surroundings influence their lifestyle choices and overall well-being.
- Module 4: Evaluating the Impact of Holistic Factors on Nutrition
  Understand how other pillars of lifestyle medicine, including sleep, stress, and physical activity, impact nutrition and overall health.
- Module 5: Identifying Mental and Environmental Needs for Nutritional Success
  Support clients in setting them up for success by addressing their mental and environmental needs in achieving nutritional goals.
- Module 6: Eating Patterns for Optimal Health
  Cocreate a SMART goal by establishing healthy eating patterns that promote long-term wellness.
- Module 7: SMART Goal Analysis
  Analyze and revise SMART goals, ensuring they are aligned with your client’s evolving needs and progress.
- Module 8: Mid-Program Summary
  Recognize the value of being coach-like, reflecting on how your coaching approach influences client outcomes.
- Module 9: The MOSS Technique and Building Relationships
  Learn to use the MOSS technique to build relationships, creating a foundation of trust with your clients.
- Module 10: Interviewing and Rapport-Building Techniques
  Assess how expressing appreciation enhances rapport, strengthening the coaching relationship.
- Module 11: Cultivating a Growth Mindset and Self-Compassion
  Understand how to develop a growth mindset and self-compassion plan, both for yourself and to support your clients.
- Module 12: Resilience and Overcoming Obstacles
  Explore how to create a resilience and obstacle plan, helping clients maintain progress despite challenges.
- Module 13: Theories of Behavior Change
  Assess the application of behavior change theories in supporting clients to achieve lasting change.
- Module 14: Revisiting SMART Goals
  Cocreate another SMART goal, refining techniques to support ongoing client progress.
- Module 15: Program Wrap-Up
  Compare your two codesigned SMART goals, reflecting on progress and identifying key insights for future practice.