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11 Tips To Start A Successful Health Coaching Business

11 Tips To Start A Successful Health Coaching Business

I have been working as a Holistic Health Coach since 2016 and have worked with hundreds of people from around the world helping them take charge of their physical and mental health.

As I’m a strong advocate and supporter of the Institute For Integrative Nutrition - where I studied to get my coaching certification - I routinely get emails from prospective IIN health coaches asking how I’ve built Wholesome Stef and my health coaching business over the years.

And so I wanted to put together a resourceful and insightful blog post distilling some of my health coaching business knowledge that I have acquired of the years, in the hopes that it will help you find the confidence to create your own coaching business. There’s a lot of things that I did right early on, but there are also many things that I wish I would have known or done sooner, and I’ll be sharing all of those lessons with you. So, let’s dive in!

All You Need To Know About The Institute For Integrative Nutrition - IIN Health Coaching Q&A - Part 4

All You Need To Know About The Institute For Integrative Nutrition - IIN Health Coaching Q&A - Part 4

Now that I’ve covered

…it is time discuss the nitty gritty details The Institute For Integrative Nutrition program, such as the accreditation of IIN, whether your clients will be covered by health insurance, the intake dates for 2020, tuition fees and costs, payment plan options and how to get a 4-figure saving.

How To Become a Health Coach - IIN Health Coaching Q&A - Part 3

How To Become a Health Coach - IIN Health Coaching Q&A - Part 3

Now that I’ve covered what a Health Coach is and is not, and my personal journey to becoming a Health Coach, it is time to look at the specifics of how exactly to become a Health Coach. In today’s post, I discuss the details of the The Institute For Integrative Nutrition program, such as the different nutrition theories/ coaching skills/ business skills covered, the time commitment needed to complete your IIN studies and whether or not IIN is suited for people who just want to work on themselves for personal self development reasons but not coach others.

From Anorexic and Binge Eater to Holistic Health Coach - IIN Health Coaching Q&A - Part 2

From Anorexic and Binge Eater to Holistic Health Coach - IIN Health Coaching Q&A - Part 2

From anorexic to binge eater to Holistic Health Coach - this is my personal journey of how I went from battling my own disordered eating demons to helping others tackle theirs. I take you all the way back to the first time I opened up about my eating disorder, how I struggled to find someone who could relate, how I finally found someone who was able to hold a safe space for me to be vulnerable and when/how I felt ready to give back and help others. I also talk about how I initially looked into becoming a nutritionist or psychologist, but soon realised that wasn’t the right path for me and eventually stumbled across The Institute For Integrative Nutrition, also known as IIN.

What is a Holistic Health Coach? IIN Health Coaching Q&A - Part 1

What is a Holistic Health Coach? IIN Health Coaching Q&A - Part 1

I continue to receive a lot of questions about the profession of a Holistic Health Coach, how to become a Health Coach and in particular my experience with IIN (the Institute For Integrative Nutrition), so I thought I would cover everything in further detail in a dedicated IGTV series.

In Part 1 we talk about

  • What a Holistic Health Coach is

  • What a Holistic Health Coach is not

  • Why the approach of a Health Coach is so unique compared to the majority of the health care system

  • Why bio individuality is so important

  • How your relationship to food is a direct reflection of your relationship to life itself

  • The different career opportunities that are available to health coaches, from one-on-one online health coaching to corporate health coaching, hosting workshops and events, creating online courses, writing books, hosting podcasts and so much more…

Your Top 5 Burning Questions About The Institute For Integrative Nutrition

Your Top 5 Burning Questions About The Institute For Integrative Nutrition

There seems to be something in the air, because I have been receiving countless emails from you guys lately about what I do as a holistic health coach, how I became a coach and specific questions about The Institute For Integrative Nutrition, the school through which I obtained my holistic health coaching certificate. Maybe it has to do with the fact that I’ve been focusing more on my one-on-one coaching, or maybe because it’s that time of the year where people recommit to their new year resolutions…either way, here are the top 5 burning questions that I see come up over and over again.

What You Can Do With A Coaching Degree From IIN

What You Can Do With A Coaching Degree From IIN

As many of you know, I studied with the Institute of Integrative Nutrition and qualified as a Health Coach in 2016. Every week I get emails and DM’s from you guys asking me for feedback and advice on IIN, so I thought it beneficial to offer some more unbiased and authentic opinion on the pros and cons of the course and offer an insight into where a path in health coaching can take you.

I did write a lengthy blog post last year outlining all the general information about the course like what the program entails, duration, cost, time commitment etc, so definitely have a read through that bit first if you are serious about learning more.

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My Body Journey And Where I Am Right Now

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My Body Journey And Where I Am Right Now

"I've been underweight, I've been chubby, I've been skinny fat, I've been super lean, I've been at the peak of my physical fitness and then lost it all again. All along this journey, I've hated my body, loathed it, accepted it, then loved it, then hated it again, wanted it to be skinnier, then stronger, fitter, more flexible, and the list goes on...

A Letter To My Younger Self

A Letter To My Younger Self

If you could go back and talk to your younger self, what would you tell her?

This is what I would say to my younger “eating disorder self”…

Letter to my younger self

Dear Me,

You probably don’t recognize me now. You won’t recognize me for the happy, healthy person that you see before you. I know that you are not in a good place right now, but I just want to let you know that you will get through this. In fact, you won’t only get through this but you will come out of the other side as a better and stronger person.

My Search For The Perfect Diet

My Search For The Perfect Diet

This is a post I’ve been wanting to write for ages, so I’m really excited to finally share it with you today. I’ve been saying a lot laltey how I want to be more open with you guys, more transparent and to share my struggles with being healthy, so here it finally is. It’s a very personal and honest post about my search for the perfect diet and it will shed some light on the questions I get about what I eat.

So many people always ask: Are you vegan? Vegetarian? Pescetarian? Do you eat gluten? What about soy? Would you ever consider going full raw?

Let me say it first off: I don’t believe in labeling one’s diet. People nowadays have this need to categorize people and themselves according to their way of eating. I personally think this just causes unnecessary pressure and can lead to eating disorders or even orthorexia. And what works for you now, doesn’t necessarily work for you in a couple of years, so why confine yourself like that? I’m saying this because I had a time where I felt like I needed to associate myself with a certain type of eating. I felt like I needed to choose and to stick to it and that I wasn’t truly healthy if I wasn’t eating specifically raw, vegan, paleo, gluten free or any of the other diets out there. I only learnt over time that it is OK to be a bit of everything.

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