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Health and Wellness: Designing a Sustainable Nutrition Plan

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Lifestyle and Wellness Coaching

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.

Teaching Team