Credentials

 

National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach

NBHWC Code of Ethics

NBHWC Health & Wellness Coach Scope of Practice

Health and Wellness Coaching Job Task Analysis

Category III CPT Codes

NBHWC HIPAA Position Statement

Health & wellness coaches partner with clients seeking to enhance their well-being through self-directed, lasting changes, aligned with their values. In the course of their work, health & wellness coaches display unconditional positive regard for their clients and a belief in their capacity for change, honoring the fact that each client is an expert on their own life while ensuring that all interactions are respectful and non-judgmental.

In 2019, the American Medical Association granted category III CPT codes for health & wellness coaching. Learn more.

 
 

Mindful Change Coach

Mindful coaches start with self-discovery. They are willing to first identify their own strengths and blind spots in order to powerfully support clients seeking better health, wellness, and meaningful change.

Mindful coaches do not impose their ideas and agendas on their clients. Instead, they apply the guiding mindful change coaching techniques – based on our foundational beliefs – to allow their clients the freedom to discover pathways to their hearts’ desires.

Guiding Mindful Change Foundational Beliefs

  • People are naturally whole and resourceful

  • Balance is essential for fulfillment

  • Clients are their own authority for change

  • Change is promoted by mindful guidance, support, encouragement, and partnership

Curriculum

  • 24 Hours of Instruction on Proven coaching methods

  • Coaching process

  • Coaching structure

  • Legal/ethical considerations

  • Mindfulness practices

  • 7 Hours of Peer coaching

  • 20 Hours Coaching practicum

  • 3 Hours of Personal Coaching from a Master Coach

  • Mentorship

 
 

Brain Health Coach

Success in anything you do starts with an optimized brain. Dr. Amen created an accredited brain health coaching certification that teaches the techniques and methodologies for coaching brain health to those you serve. Certified Brain Health Coaches receive in-depth training on a multitude of conditions ranging from ADD/ADHD, anxiety, depression, memory issues, mood disorders, brain trauma, sleep disorders, weight issues, and so much more. 

Curriculum

  • 14 Lessons: Brain Health Coaching Course Video

  • 13 Lessons: Opening the Mind, Healing the Brain Video

  • 10 Lessons: Unchain Your Brain Audio Course

  • 5 Lessons: Natural Ways to Heal The Brain Audio

  • Brain Healthy Addiction Treatment Program PDF

  • Images of Human Behavior Brain SPECT Atlas

  • Coaching Course and Supplement Lecture Slides

  • Change Your Hormones, Change Your Brain, Transform Your Relationships Audio Course

 
 

EXOS Performance Specialist

24 hours of content and emphasizes the integration of our four pillars of Mindset, Nutrition, Movement, and Recovery.

Curriculum:

  • The testing, theory, and program design behind the EXOS training system

  • Movement instruction, feedback, error identification and correction, and cueing

  • Coaching and motivational science

  • How to optimize movement skill learning and transfer it to sport and life

Experience:

Worked for EXOS at Intel in Hillsboro, OR 2012-2015

 

Certified Personal Trainer

The ACE Personal Trainer Certification Program is accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), the gold standard in the U.S. for assessing fitness and allied health certification programs. It is also recognized globally by leading international standards-setting bodies, including iCREPs and EuropeActive.

Curriculum:

  • The role and scope of practice of personal trainers

  • A client-centered approach to personal training

  • Assessments, programming and progressions

  • ACE Integrated Fitness® Model (ACE IFT® Model

  • ACE Mover Method™

  • Program modifications for clients with special considerations

  • Professional responsibilities and legal guidelines

 

Laughter Yoga

Laughter Yoga is not a comedy. It is an exercise program for Health and Wellbeing. The yoga part of Laughter is the combination of Laughter Exercises with yoga breathing techniques ( Pranayama ). There are more than 20,000 free social Laughter clubs in 110 countries. Besides, Laughter Yoga also being practiced in Senior centers, age care facilities, schools, and colleges, companies, corporations, factories, physically and mentally challenged, police, and prisons.

Laughter Yoga is both preventive and therapeutic. It is like an aerobic exercise and the best cardio workout. It is like a breathing exercise for those suffering from bronchitis and asthma. Laughter Yoga releases endorphins which are natural pain killers, that can help those suffering from arthritis, spondylitis, chronic migraine headaches, chronic pains, fibromyalgia, autoimmune, and chronic inflammatory diseases.

Curriculum

  • 2 Day in-person training

  • How to lead a laughter session for social clubs, corporate organizations, seniors, school children, and people with special needs.

  • Basic facilitation skills of how to lead a group of people through laughter sessions and meditation.

  • The history, concept, philosophy and different steps of Laughter Yoga and meditation.