Using Your Health Coach Certificate

Where Do Health Coaches Work?

What can you expect if you become a Health Coach? While your day-to-day responsibilities may vary widely, your coaching sessions will ultimately revolve around one thing: helping your clients achieve their unique health goals. This can mean exercise and physical activity, weight loss, stress management, holistic nutrition, chronic disease management, and much more. One of the great benefits of Integrative Nutrition’s health coaching education is the incredible diversity of career options that are available to you.

Graduates of our health coaching program have gone on to:

• Become acclaimed authors • Start health and wellness businesses, such as food, beauty, or skincare products • Partner with doctors and physicians • Open juice bars and restaurants • Become registered dietitians or pursue continuing education in nursing or Traditional Chinese Medicine • Build their own private health coaching services In other words, a Health Coach certificate can open endless doors to pursue versatile professional paths!

Whether consulting with clients (one-on-one or in groups) in their own coaching business, working with a physician, or embarking on an entirely different wellness path, Health Coaches contribute to improving health outcomes and spreading the ripple effect of health and happiness.

Health Coaches Versus Other Nutrition Educators

One of the most common questions we receive from prospective students is about the qualifications and scope of practice for professionals in the field of nutrition and wellness. Many people are familiar with the terms nutritionist and dietitian – professionals who help others develop healthier eating habits – but the details beyond that tend to get a little blurry.

Here are the distinctions to help you get clear on each and decide which type of practitioner – Health Coach, dietitian, or nutritionist – you may want to become.