Our holistic health & nutrition school will teach you how to change lives, including your own.

There's a ton of buzz about Health Coaches out there right now, which is probably why you're here!

A Health Coach is a wellness professional whose main goal is to guide clients to reach their health and wellness goals, whether that’s sleeping better, boosting energy, weight loss, stress management, and so much more. Health Coaches create a safe space for their clients to explore their health, facilitating behavior and lifestyle change that can be sustained for the long-term. Using their nutrition and coaching education, Health Coaches help their clients discover which foods and lifestyle choices makes them feel best. Most importantly, Health Coaches take a holistic approach to health, not just focusing on food, but also all the other areas of life that can support and nourish your overall health, such as career, spirituality, relationships, and environment. We call these “primary foods,” and embracing this unique IIN concept in their work is what sets IIN Health Coaches apart.

Health Coaches can work with clients one-on-one or in group settings, or alongside other healthcare professionals such as medical doctors, chiropractors, therapists, and nurses. Health Coaches play a pivotal role in the greater healthcare team, filling the void that is often left by doctors who don’t necessarily have time to provide nutrition and coaching guidance. Those who complete an IIN Health Coach education may also go on to work in gyms, wellness centers, restaurants, cafes, or even create food or wellness products!

To put it simply, Health Coaches are changing the world and reversing the global healthcare crisis. Health Coaching is one of the quickest growing careers and Health Coaches are seriously in demand.

The program consists of 40 modules that are released on a weekly basis in our 1-year program, or 2 modules per week in our 6-month accelerated program. Although modules open at a regular cadence, you will be able to go through the content on your own schedule - you don’t need to be online at certain times to be able to complete your program. As long as you complete the program within the allotted time - 6 months or 1 year - and satisfy your graduation requirements, you can take the program at any pace that works for you.

All learning content is hosted in our online Learning Center, where you’ll access video lectures, PDF materials, quizzes, assignments, and tests. You’ll have a private Facebook group that you will be able to join upon enrollment where you can interact with classmates and IIN staff about the curriculum and program updates. Throughout the program, you’ll have the opportunity to interact with a small group of classmates and an experienced IIN Health Coach in coaching sessions that will help facilitate your education to become a practicing Health Coach.

Integrative Nutrition is the longest running institution that offers training in health coaching. Founded in 1992, what started as a small macrobiotic cooking class in NYC has evolved into a global school that has trained over 100,000 students and graduates in 155 countries. These incredible students and graduates are fulfilling the school's mission of spreading the ripple effect of health and happiness, impacting millions of people around the world.

While we have a lot to be proud of, our role in creating the profession of health coaching comes with a deep sense of responsibility to protect the integrity of what a Health Coach certificate actually is, and what it stands for. For this reason, below outlines the critical elements that we feel set us apart from other health coaching schools:

• We created the field of health coaching: We've been around the longest, and we take pride in igniting the movement that has created other health coaching schools, as it demonstrates the need for, and the power of, Health Coaches and their incredible work.
• We're licensed by the New York State Department of Education: This means that our curriculum is regularly reviewed to ensure that our content is both up to date and accurate. Being held to these high standards is important to us, and helps ensure that we can provide a world-class education that you can apply wherever you're learning in the world.
• We're partnered with a variety of U.S. and international academic institutions to allow you to advance your education - and your career - with your IIN certificate: Our Health Coach Training Program is worth up to 29 credits towards a bachelor's, master's, or even a doctorate degree, at participating institutions. Our training is also worth up to 43 CEUs with our State University of New York (SUNY) partner, so that you can apply your IIN education towards propelling your existing career forward.
• You'll learn from over 85 experts in our dynamic, innovative curriculum: Our instructors are experts in their fields such as integrative health, public health, nutrition, functional medicine, spirituality, alternative healing modalities, business and coaching. You can learn anywhere in the world, on any device: Our program is hosted on our online Learning Center, which gives you the flexibility to learn on your schedule in our 1-year (English or Spanish-supported) or 6-month accelerated program (English) options. You can even download program materials for offline use on our app.
• Our advocacy efforts empower you to effect real, sustainable change in the lives of millions: We advocate on behalf of the Health Coach industry by working with leaders and policy makers in government. This advocacy aims to promote the work and value of Health Coaches, which not only impacts the health coaching industry in the U.S., but also around the globe, as more countries catch on to the value that health coaching has on health outcomes. Most recently, the approval of CPT codes by the American Medical Association underscore this value, paving the way for health coaching services to eventually be covered by insurance!

The possibilities are endless. Our graduates not only create part-time and full-time health coaching businesses, but they spread the ripple effect of health and happiness in the following ways:

·       Partner with doctors in their private practices

·       Up level their existing career with their health coaching knowledge - many Health Coaches already have careers in health and wellness

·       Become a Health Coach for a wellness center, spa, gym, or health food store

·       Open their own wellness centers, spas, gyms, or health food stores

·       Create their own products in the food, beauty, or supplement industries

·       Become involved with local & federal government to influence health and food policy

·       Create their own podcasts and TV shows

·       Write books such as cookbooks, how-to books, and self-help books

·       And so much more!

Our only academic requirements are a high school diploma, GED, or equivalent. However, if you have a passion for health and wellness, a desire for a transformative personal experience and/or career change, and the determination to make a difference in the world, you’ll find success within our program.