LEVEL 1 WELLNESS COACH TRAINING CERTIFICATION
Get Certified as a Wellness Coach and Join the Front Lines of Personal and Community Transformation
Have you ever heard someone say “I want to change, but…”
Change is hard. Year after year, people fail at taking the steps needed to feel better and do better in their lives. The problem is most people who want to change don’t know how.
One of the most common barriers to change is ambivalence. It’s “yes, but” thinking: “I’d like to get exercise, but I get home from work late and then have to take care of my kids.”
But change doesn’t have to be out of reach for anyone.
Gain Skills to Take the Struggle
Out of Change
Get Certified as a Wellness Coach
When you get certified as a wellness coach with IWE, you’ll learn evidence-based approaches proven to help people make change that sticks.
We teach you how to help others change on their own terms and in their own way…
…the only way that is really proven to change behavior.
We Wrote the Book
We created the national occupational competencies and training curriculum that established wellness coaching as an official occupation recognized by the US Department of Labor (SOC # 21-1094.00).
The competencies and curriculum also serve as the basis for the Department of Labor’s Registered Apprenticeship in Wellness Coaching.
(Bulletin and Curriculum)
What Does a Wellness Coach Do?
Effective wellness coaches help people move from “yes, but” or “I really want to…” to positive action. Coaches:
Engage people in conversation about their dreams and aspirations for change.
Amplify and strengthen discussion about change, ultimately leading to planning for change and taking action.
Focus people’s attention on defining specific goals that matter to them and count in their lives.
Evoke from people their own thoughts, ideas, and feelings about change that will propel them forward through an effective self-change process.
Stimulate people’s imaginations about options and possibilities.
Help people create a plan of action that works for them and fits with their needs, interests, values, and preferences so they can achieve goals that are meaningful to them.
Give people hope and confidence, and help them celebrate the small changes that can lead to big rewards.
Who Is Wellness Coaching For?
Wellness coaching is for anyone who wants to make a difference by guiding others to positive, lasting change. Wellness coaching is for you, whether you’re a:
Person seeking a career change
Seasoned professional looking to enhance your skill set
Health practitioner wanting to improve outcomes
Manager wanting to coach for success and increase productivity
Community volunteer who wants to make a difference
Find Out If You Have What It Takes to
Become a Wellness Coach
Do people come to you for help because you are a good listener?
Will people’s lives be improved if you are able to help them succeed in making changes in their thinking and behavior?
Is helping or encouraging people to make changes part of what you do at home, work, school, or in the community?
Are you ever concerned about how to maintain good relationships with others so you can help them or retain them as clients or customers?
Are the people you want to help reluctant or ambivalent about making changes? Do they struggle to make changes that are important to them?
Do you ever struggle to help people who seem “resistant,” “in denial,” “unmotivated,” or “difficult?”
5 Benefits You Get by Becoming a
Certified Wellness Coach with IWE
Maximize your capacity to help others
Reduce your frustration with trying to “make” people change
Decrease conflicts and confrontations with others
Gain freedom and flexibility to work for yourself
Enjoy greater satisfaction and sense of purpose than you dreamed possible
Evidence-Based Foundation
We not only teach you to use models, strategies, approaches, and tools that have been proven in large, rigorous scientific trials, but our teaching methods are also evidence-based.
Sound Educational Principles
Our training is grounded in the critical principles of adult learning that emphasize practical application. And we guide you through a learning process in which each skill builds on another.
Self-Reflective
Learning
You become both “subject” and “scientist” in which you practice new skills and reflect on your own unique process of learning, which strengthens your capacity to grow as a coach.
Deliberate Practice
Wellness coaches use finely-honed communication skills very strategically. These skills develop only through concentrated practice, the kind of practice it takes to become a great performer or athlete. We offer daily live practice with feedback to give you the competence and confidence you need to be effective.
Faculty
Dr. David Mee-Lee
Dr. Deborah Teplow
Contributors
Jenna Hille, MS | Leslie Martin, MS | Megan Yousef, PharmD
Here’s what people say about our courses
“I created a chart from what I learned and refer to it on a frequent basis as I begin to initiate a new change. I would recommend this course to anyone who is sincere about creating long-lasting, meaningful change in his or her life.”
— Carol, USA
“I have told all my friends about this inspiring and easy-to-understand course, and they can see how genuinely happy I am about the future and how enthusiastic I am to learn more on this subject. I can not recommend more highly to get certified as a wellness coach. This short course will change you, and you will enjoy the process as you learn just how awesome you are.”
— Elizabeth, Australia
“I cannot recommend this course more highly! I use the techniques in my daily work with others and it’s made a huge difference in the help I’m able to offer.”
— Alejandro, Spain
“I loved the Take Charge of Your Life: Be Well To Do Well certification program! This program is invaluable and truly great. I cannot wait to implement and lead a wellness group here at the Public Health Department.”
— Tina, USA
Course Format, Outline, & Objectives
+ Course Format
Learn when, how, where you want, and at a pace that’s right for you.
- This is an online, self-paced course, so you need access to the internet and an email address.
- Course materials include:
- Online course using Instructure’s Canvas learning management system
- 81-page hardcopy Interactive Journal® (workbook) that accompanies the online material and that you keep as a private, personal journal
- Journal Club Facilitator Guide (pdf)
- The course features a learn-by-doing format, so activities are designed to give you opportunities to learn, reflect, assess, evaluate, report, create and act. There are no vast amounts of material to read, big exams to take, or papers to write.
- The course format has a rhythm that combines reading a page of text or watching a video, completing a 1–2 question quiz to reinforce learning, doing a hands-on, experiential exercise or survey, and participating in discussions.
- The material is varied and all assignments are relatively easy to do.
- We also conduct regular teleconferences to help you practice your coaching skills. Teleconferences are scheduled at different times during the week, so you should be able to find times that work for you. We can accommodate your schedule no matter where you live in the world. Our students have come from the USA, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. You can participate in any calls you want and don’t have to sign up for a particular recurring time. You must participate in at least 5 calls to earn full certification.
- Expected duration: Students generally spend 36-50 hours completing the course.
+ Course Outline
- Welcome and Orientation
- Module 1: All About Wellness
- Module 1a: Setting the Stage--Why Talk About Wellness?
- Module 1b: Dive In--What Is Wellness?
- Module 1c: What Is Wellness Coaching?
- Coaching Skills*: Asking Open-Ended Questions
- Module 2: How People Change...for Good
- Module 2a: Stages of Change, Growth Mindset, Six Sources of Influence
- Module 2b: Strategies for Change: Behavior Design and Tiny Habits
- Coaching Skills*: Addressing People Where They're at in the Change Process
- Coaching Skills*: Providing Affirmations
- Module 3: Using Data to Support Your Coaching Efforts
- Coaching Skills*: Making Reflections
- Module 4: All Things Physical
- Module 4a: Physical Wellness
- Module 4b: Nutritional Wellness
- Module 4c: Medical & Dental Wellness
- Coaching Skills*: Leading Journal Club--Getting Started
- Ten Strategies for Change
- Matching Strategies for Change to Stage of Change
- Module 5: Inner and Outer Spaces
- Module 5a: Social Wellness
- Module 5b: Environmental Wellness
- Module 5c: Spiritual Wellness
- Module 6: Mind, Mood, Action
- Module 6a: Behavioral & Intellectual Wellness
- Module 6b: Psychological & Emotional Wellness
- Coaching Skills*: Leading Journal Club--Digging Deeper
- Group Facilitation, Building Support for Change
- Scaling: Building on Strengths One Step at a Time
- Module 7: Occupation and Finances
- Module 7a: Occupational Wellness
- Module 7b: Financial Wellness
- Module 8: Bringing It All Home
- Final Coaching Exercise
- Coaching Demonstration
*Students learn about and develop coaching skills through the online course, live practice on teleconferences, and through coaching-practice assignments.
+ Learning Objectives
- List factors that enable people to make sustainable change.
- Describe the role Wellness Coaches can play at home, at work, and in their communities.
- Use tools and strategies that are part of the US National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) to facilitate the self-change process for yourself, individuals, and groups.
- Help others set appropriate behavioral goals based on their unique interests, needs, desires, and abilities.
- Demonstrate empathy, understanding, and respect for client autonomy and choice.
Course Registration
Pay in full or use our interest-free payment plan that makes it easy to get the training you need right now. New classes start the first and fifteenth of each month, so sign up now to get started!
NOTE: Contact us for bulk discount pricing.
Regular Tuition
$895
Special Discount for Employees in the Public or Non-Profit Sector and Veterans