Coaching Intensive Practicum

Master Your Coaching Skills & Get Equipped to Sit for the National Certifying Exam

ClP: Master Your Coaching Skills

Set yourself up for greater success with advanced coaching skills while completing your education requirements to sit for the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) certifying exam.

The Coaching Intensive Practicum is one of the only training programs for Integrative Nutrition grads approved by the NBHWC.

The Coaching Intensive Practicum is for you if...

CIP is for you if

You want to become board certified through the NBHWC, a recognized industry leader, to set yourself apart as a Health Coach.
You want to take your coaching practice to the next level by expanding your reach, enhancing your credibility, and making more money doing what you love.
You’re looking for a training program that offers hours of live support so you can ask for feedback, offer advice, and practice your coaching skills in a safe and interactive environment.
You feel most comfortable in a small group setting guided by an experienced National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC).

Melissa Wood

Melissa Wood-Tepperberg is an IIN health and wellness coach, yoga and Pilates teacher, and meditator. She focuses on meditation, mindful eating, and movement. Melissa is the founder of Melissa Wood Health and the MWH Method, a series of precise low-impact movements created to help people around the world looking to improve themselves mentally and physically. Melissa will be hosting an Instagram Live flow at 09:30am Eastern Time on IIN’s Instagram @nutritionschool.

Koya Webb

Koya Webb is an internationally recognized yoga teacher, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, author, speaker, and vegan activist whose core mission is to promote daily self-care. Koya is the founder of Get Loved Up, a yoga school and community that inspires mental, spiritual, and physical health through social media and events. Koya is certified in five types of yoga and will be hosting a deep meditation at 1:00pm Eastern Time on IIN’s Instagram @nutritionschool.

Toby Lightman

Toby Lightman's pure and soulful voice connects with listeners emotionally and cuts through the noise. In the 15 years since signing with a major label, Toby has developed and mastered her own sophisticated and unique urban pop sound. Darling to the normally harsh critics, Lightman received high praise from magazines like Rolling Stone, People, Billboard and others, which led to appearances on Letterman, Carson Daly, Conan, CBS Morning Show and more. Additionally, Toby has enjoyed tremendous success licensing her music for placement in film and TV. Toby will be will be hosting a live music session at 2:00pm Eastern Time on IIN’s Instagram @nutritionschool.

Meet Your Course Instructors

Megan Fedorenchik Kalocinski

Megan Fedorenchik Kalocinski, MS, CNS, NBC-HWC, is a 2011 graduate of IIN and is the proud founder and owner of Empower Functional Nutrition and Integrative Health Coaching, where she serves as a functional clinical nutritionist, national board-certified health and wellness coach, and instructor. Megan has faced her own trials and tribulations dealing with health issues. She learned to balance her own life with simple whole-food nutrition, targeted lab testing, proper vitamin and nutrient supplementation, digestive repair, and healthy lifestyle choices. As a former teacher of ten years, Megan is experienced in how balanced health and wellness affect everyone from every age, starting with our youngest populations.

Elizabeth Mander

Elizabeth Mander is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach who has achieved board certification through the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaches (NBHWC) as well as the International Association of Health Coaches (IAHC). She earned a Master of Science degree in Health Coaching from International Health Coach University and is also a trained Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) group facilitator. In addition to instructing students in the Coaching Intensive Practicum, Elizabeth is also a Coaching Circle Coach for IIN’s Health Coach Training Program. As a Health Coach, Elizabeth specializes in motivational coaching and creative expression.

Your goal of becoming board-certified starts here.

Transitionally-approved training program for the NBHWC certifying exam

The Coaching Intensive Practicum will help you master the NBHWC core competencies around coaching skills and relationships so you can confidently and successfully apply for the next NBHWC certifying exam.

18 hours of live support

With mandatory twice-weekly, 90-minute calls, led by your course instructor, this course provides you with ample mentorship and guidance – more than any other advanced course IIN offers!

Interactive coaching demos

On each call, students will participate as both the Health Coach and the client to help you develop a deeper understanding of skills and tactics that can be used to cultivate sustainable shifts and positive change.

At IIN, we believe that learning is best accomplished through practice, observation, and participation. That’s why the Coaching Intensive Practicum – a deep dive into the coaching strategies and techniques you need to stand out in a field that’s growing every day – should be the next step in your health coaching journey.

This six-week course is short and fast-paced and teaches you evidence-based best practices for coaching skills and processes to successfully guide your clients through the process of behavior change. You'll actively participate in small group calls twice a week with your experienced course instructor and classmates, giving you 18 hours of live support and practice time! We'll also provide a comprehensive overview of important coaching tools and processes, including motivational interviewing, helping clients through the stages of change, and masterfully using communication skills, such as mirroring, reflecting, and powerful questioning. You’ll feel more confident in guiding your clients on a path toward positive change and will understand the true value of your profession.

By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge, skills, and growth needed to sit for the NBHWC certifying exam.

What You’ll Learn

Understanding the Unique Value of a Health Coach

We’ll explore the definitions of what Health and Wellness Coaching is, and compare it with other professions so you develop a clear understanding of what it isn’t. This will help you identify the true value of your profession, why health coaching is changing the landscape of the healthcare industry, and all that you have to offer your clients.

The Client-Coach Relationship

You’ll learn how to properly prepare for your client sessions, so you. We’ll also provide you with an in-depth overview of the three phases of a coaching relationship, and the tools and processes to use in each phase to create the most impactful results. You'll understand the importance of creating a safe space for your clients, and how being fully present sets the stage for what’s to come.

Effective Communication

The power of coaching unfolds in the dialogue between coach and client. Communication is key in establishing a successful client-coach relationship and we’ll provide you with effective ways to help clients open up, feel understood, be prompted to go deeper, weigh their alternatives, and move forward when they’re stuck. By the end of the course, you’ll have a complete set of tools for communicating directly and purposefully with your clients.

Creating Awareness and Inspiring Change

As the coach, you can guide your clients on a path towards better health and happiness, but you can’t do it for them. Your role as a Health Coach is to help them feel empowered to take action on their own, knowing that you’ll always be there in case they slip up or fall behind. By using a bio-individual approach of meeting each client where they’re at, you’ll help your clients gain greater awareness around their habits, emotions, and motivation for wanting to cultivate change.

Guiding Your Clients Towards Sustainable Change

Some of your clients will resistant change more than others. However, as a Health Coach, you have the knowledge and advanced coaching skills you need to help guide those who feel more stuck than others. We’ll teach you how to use an evidenced-based process for inspiring change called Motivational Interviewing, and dive into the most effective ways to help clients track their progress and monitor accountability.

What You’ll Get in the Coaching Intensive Practicum...

Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion of this course, you’ll receive a certificate of completion. Share your credentials on LinkedIn or print your certificate and hang it in your home or office! This is a great way to showcase and celebrate your continued education, success, and commitment to bettering the health of people around the world.

Mentorship from NBC-HWC's

Our course instructors are health and wellness coaches with years of experience coaching and supporting their clients on health journeys of their own. They’ve also shared similar successes and struggles that you may face and worked with a wide array of clients – some who welcome change and others who resist it. Plus, they’ve successfully completed the exam you’ll eventually sit for!

Small Group Calls

You’ll get ample real-time interaction with your course instructor and classmates during your mandatory twice-weekly, 90-minute calls. The low teacher-to-student ratio provides everyone with the time they need to practice, participate in class discussions, and receive tons of mentoring. This is IIN’s most intimate learning environment!

Community

Apart from your live group calls, you’ll also have a chance to connect further with your classmates and instructor in an exclusive Facebook group. You can post any questions you have about your coursework, the NBHWC application process, or the exam or simply use this platform as a soundboard. Plus, the Facebook group will be an easy way for you to find partners for the buddy coaching assignments!

Coaching Assignments

As part of your course requirements, you must complete four buddy coaching assignments – two as the coach and two as the client. For each assignment, you’ll team up with a different classmate, allowing for new opportunities to learn and grow. You'll be able to apply what you’re learning in real life and gain even more valuable coaching practice and experience.

Study Resources

We’ll set you up for success during this course and beyond by providing resources that you can use to prepare for your upcoming NBHWC exam (some that our course instructors have used themselves!). Feel more confident and less stressed as you tackle this next goal in your health coaching journey.

Certificate of Completion

Upon successful completion of this course, you’ll receive a certificate of completion. Share your credentials on LinkedIn or print your certificate and hang it in your home or office! This is a great way to showcase and celebrate your continued education, success, and commitment to bettering the health of people around the world.

Mentorship from NBC-HWC's

Our course instructors are health and wellness coaches with years of experience coaching and supporting their clients on health journeys of their own. They’ve also shared similar successes and struggles that you may face and worked with a wide array of clients – some who welcome change and others who resist it. Plus, they’ve successfully completed the exam you’ll eventually sit for!

Small Group Calls

You’ll get ample real-time interaction with your course instructor and classmates during your mandatory twice-weekly, 90-minute calls. The low teacher-to-student ratio provides everyone with the time they need to practice, participate in class discussions, and receive tons of mentoring. This is IIN’s most intimate learning environment!

Community

Apart from your live group calls, you’ll also have a chance to connect further with your classmates and instructor in an exclusive Facebook group. You can post any questions you have about your coursework, the NBHWC application process, or the exam or simply use this platform as a soundboard. Plus, the Facebook group will be an easy way for you to find partners for the buddy coaching assignments!

Coaching Assignments

As part of your course requirements, you must complete four buddy coaching assignments – two as the coach and two as the client. For each assignment, you’ll team up with a different classmate, allowing for new opportunities to learn and grow. You'll be able to apply what you’re learning in real life and gain even more valuable coaching practice and experience.

Study Resources

We’ll set you up for success during this course and beyond by providing resources that you can use to prepare for your upcoming NBHWC exam (some that our course instructors have used themselves!). Feel more confident and less stressed as you tackle this next goal in your health coaching journey.

What Students are Saying

What Students Are Saying (CIP)

Martha King

“These past six weeks were amazing for me along with a lot of work, perseverance, and determination. For me, I came out with a completely different refreshed awareness of coaching, life, the universe, and myself. Now looking back since IIN (2018–2019), and adding CIP to my radar, I have been on a journey; a quest for more knowledge and understanding; a thirst for learning to the next level, and a love that fills my heart and radiates out a belief in the magic inside us all.”

Andrea Rodgers

“All I can say is that I learned more than I imagined and the course greatly impacted my health coaching journey. The second-to-last week of the course I was actually offered a full-time health coaching position at a weight-loss company. I was over the moon! This course really honed my skills as a Health Coach, and I have you to thank.”

Kimi Lebens

“Briefly, the course was immersive, interactive, and interesting. Our instructor, Megan, led new and experienced coaches alike on a journey together with confidence and skill. We were expected to perform out of our comfort zone and trust the process with experiential assignments – some offline while others were live during class. I embraced it and came out a much stronger and confident coach on the other side. Highly recommend it.”

Lisa Jones

“Thank you for the wonderful teaching, coaching, and leadership! I’m grateful to the group for all the love and support. This was such a positive experience!”

FAQ Launch Your Dream Book New

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to have writing experience to take this course?

While we do not teach you HOW to write, we do give you support and guidance around choosing a topic, creating and revising an outline, and creating writing prompts to easily get your book written. We also suggest a variety of resources that can help you dive deeper into your writing. We have had everything from first-time writers to journalists in the course. This is a great way to get your message out there in writing, if writing is not your forte. No matter what path you choose, we’ll support you in getting your book done and published.

Is this course strictly for books about health and nutrition?

No. This course is for anyone who wants to write a book, period. In previous classes, we’ve guided students to publish cookbooks, self-help books, children’s books, novels, and more. No matter what your topic, we will teach you to write, publish, and market the book of your dreams.

What if I don’t have an idea for a book yet? Will the course help me develop an idea?

Yes. While most of our students have a concept in mind when they enroll, the first portion of the course focuses on helping you refine your topic, envision your ideal reader, and get clear on your “beyond the book” goals. Additionally, the coaching you’ll receive throughout the program will help you flesh out your ideas every step of the way.

Will this course be graded?

Unlike our other advanced courses, the Launch Your Dream Book Course isn’t graded. Because the focus of the course is on writing, publishing, and promoting your own book, there are no written tests. The more you put into it, the more you’ll get out of it!

How much is tuition? Are there payment plans?

Tuition for the Shared Learning Experience is $995 for students who pay in full. We also offer three payment plans for those who prefer to pay their tuition in installments. Students can choose to pay two installments of $550, three installments of $375, or $99 down with six installments of $175. For the Self-Paced Learning Experience, students are required to pay the full amount of $695 upon enrollment.

Why is there a price difference between Supported Learning and Self-Paced Learning? What's different?

While both courses have 20 modules and contain the same valuable video content, handouts, exericses, and bonus library, the Supported Learning Experience includes live components that the Self-Paced Learning Experience does not. With Supported Learning, you'll get access to six live calls and daily Facebook group support, which will help you connect and build a support network with your classmates and course moderator. You'll also be guided each week and will be provided with more structure, while Self-Paced Learning gives you the flexbility to learn at your own pace and on your own time.

Are there any prerequisites for enrolling?

No! Anyone can enroll in the Launch Your Dream Book Course, whether you're a first-time writer or seasoned author. You don't have to be a student or graduate of the Health Coach Training Program like some of our other advanced courses require.