Learn to build a deep connection with your clients and help them achieve the long-lasting results that they want and deserve!

We teach you practical coaching skills, including motivational interviewing, and take you through an entire coaching session flow showing you how to conduct an effective coaching session.

• Courses Manuals 
• Course Workbooks 
• Activities
• Videos
• Assignments
• Coaching Forms 
• Coaching Exercises to Use with Your Clients 
• Quizzes
• Coaching Case Studies
• Final Exam
• Course Manuals, Workbooks, Exercises and Forms are all Downloadable.
• Access to instructors to answer your questions!
• Coaching Community Chat Page (Health Coach Collaborative)

 

You’ll graduate feeling confident in your skills and have the tools to launch, run and grow a thriving business in the nutrition industry – right from the start.

In this program, you’ll discover:

In-depth coaching and business-building strategies. Our over-the-shoulder tutorials and teachings give you a practical look at how to coach clients and build your business, saving you valuable time.

How to coach clients successfully (and confidently). You’ll learn how to coach clients on a variety of topics and health concerns, so you’re ready to take on any client that comes your way.

How to build your nutrition coaching or consulting business from the ground up. We will show you exactly what to do to get your business up and running as you work through the program. That means you’ll have a ready-to-launch business upon graduation.

How to apply your nutrition knowledge directly to your practice. You’ll learn what assessments, tools, and practical coaching techniques to use from day one.

How to coach clients both 1-on-1 and in group sessions

A variety of career opportunities to choose from

How to achieve optimal health for both yourself and your loved ones

The FOUR PILLAR APPROACH to health and wellness

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Meal Planning For Your Clients

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These are just some of the topics we cover in Meal Planning for Your Clients:

• How to read and interpret food labels
• Portion sizes
• Which food additives to avoid and why
• The benefits of eating seasonal, organic, non-GMO food
• Organizing and planning a healthy menu for the entire week
• Healthy food preparation and practices, including instructions for soaking and sprouting
• Cooking methods to prevent nutrient losses
• How to overcome barriers to healthy eating, including time and budget constraints, picky eaters, and more
• Specialty diets, diet trends, and menu planning for clients following these diets
• Preparing a weekly grocery list
• And more…

You’ll receive a variety of useful tools and resources, including grocery and healthy snacking lists to share with clients, and access to Holistic Nutrition Hub’s Meal Planner, Recipe Builder, and other time-saving meal planning applications!

Throughout the course are activities, exercises, and quizzes, and at the end of the course, you will have the opportunity to practice putting your knowledge to use by preparing a menu for a family member or friend! The assignment will be reviewed and returned with helpful feedback to ensure you’re on the right track.

Students will learn the components of required food labels, the terms, and methods involved in organic and processed food production, and how to recognize whether a food is organic, contains additives, or genetically modified ingredients. Students will develop a foundational understanding of the process of meal planning, and how to work with clients to establish a practical, healthy, and balanced menu they will be inclined to follow.

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate:

• An understanding of the various food labels and their parts.
• What ultra-processed foods are and their risk factors.
• How to identify common food additives and their risks.
• An understanding of natural and organic labeling terms.
• Examples of greenwashing.
• How to introduce clients to an organic diet and lifestyle.
• What GMOs are and how to recognize and avoid them.
• How to approach healthy meal preparation.
• How to introduce more vegetables into one’s diet.
• How to grow microgreens and sprouts at home.
• How to incorporate healthier ingredient substitutions into one’s current diet.
• How to plan a weekly grocery list.
• How to educate clients about mindful eating.
• An understanding of portion sizes and the best way(s) to explain them to clients.
• How to approach eating outside the home.
• What healthy snacking is.
• The elements of the Mediterranean diet.
• Knowledge of popular diet trends and how to identify which eating style may be the right approach for a particular person.
• How to conduct a nutrition assessment and assess a client’s goals to establish meal plan recommendations.
• Which questions to consider before creating a menu plan for clients.
• The steps to creating a meal plan.
• Countermeasures for clients struggling to follow their meal plan.
• An understanding of causes underlying common food cravings.

This past year has given us more stress than we ever thought possible! Tai Chi is an excellent vehicle to teach yourself or your clients how to “balance out your life”, both in terms of external balance and in terms of helping your body heal itself by toning down the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) and allowing our parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) to take hold. MedeXN presents Dianne Bailey, the creator of the Open the Door to Tai Chi system, in this informative and interactive webinar. Try out some Tai Chi exercises and learn how Tai Chi just may be the perfect exercise for you and your clients!

Sampler_CETI Yoga Book

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In addition to receiving the entire Cancer Exercise Specialist, (CES) Advanced Qualification, you also receive the CES Yoga Program; it’s really two programs for the price of one!

In the Yoga program some of the things that you will learn include:

• Considerations for Practicing Yoga with Cancer Clients
• Hatha Yoga Styles
• Asana Alignment Guideline including a reference sheet for muscle/joint action
• The Relaxation Response
• Foundational Poses
• Introduction to Kriyas, Flows & Improved Autonomic Response
• Common Postural Deviations and Corrective Exercises
• CES Practice/Class Sequence
• Restorative Yoga for Healing
• Lymphedema Prevention and Management
• CES Practice for Recovery and Core Integration
• Dharana – Meditation
• Yoga Language
• And More……..

The Cancer Exercise Specialist® Yoga Advanced Qualification was developed for yoga instructors and yoga therapists seeking to attain a higher level of mastery and work with cancer patients during and after cancer surgery and treatment and into survivorship. Participants will gain a complete understanding of the entire cancer process from diagnosis and treatment to reconstruction and survivorship. Our unique and individualized programming will help to improve the patient’s ability to cope with the mental and physical stress following cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Our comprehensive programming covers 27 types of cancer, as well as pediatrics, with special emphasis on breast cancer and breast reconstruction. The Cancer Exercise Training Institute has trained more health and fitness professionals worldwide to become Cancer Exercise Specialists® than any other organization.

Andrea Leonard, 37-year cancer survivor, PFP 2019 Personal Trainer of the Year, author of “Essential Exercises for Breast Cancer Survivors,” NASM Corrective Exercise Specialist and Performance Enhancement Specialist, ACE Certified Personal Trainer, and President/Founder of the Cancer Exercise Training Institute began her extensive research in 1995; long before anyone had ever hear of “cancer exercise.” She spent three years working on Essential Exercises with the chiefs of breast surgery at Georgetown, George Washington, and Johns’ Hopkins University Hospital Medical Centers. Realizing there was a need to assist patients with many types of cancer, Andrea expanded her research and writing to cover a broader spectrum. She is truly a pioneer in the field of cancer and exercise and has paved the way for other organizations to follow.

What Our Graduates are Saying!

• You’ll learn the causes, signs, and symptoms of multiple sclerosis along with traditional treatment and management techniques.
• You’ll obtain a working knowledge of the anatomy and physiology affected by multiple sclerosis, and how they are used during exercise.
• You’ll learn to design and prescribe a proper exercise program with progression for MSers and be able to cue proper technique and body alignment.
• You’ll earn the title of MS Fitness Specialist.

Course Length: 10 hours.

Course Authors: CarolAnn and David Lyons

Course Prerequisite: The Multiple Sclerosis Fitness Specialist certification is considered an advanced level education, and is meant to be taken by fitness professionals who have previously acquired education and experience as a professional within the health and fitness industry. In order for one to receive the Certificate of Specialization that is conferred upon those who purchase this MS Fitness Specialist Course, review all the content, and successfully pass the comprehensive assessment, one must be able to show proof that he or she has the following:

1. A current certification, or vocational credential, from a reputable certifying or credentialing organization, and within the health and fitness industry; OR
2. An associate’s degree, or higher, from an accredited college or university in the field of exercise science, kinesiology, physical education, fitness, or a related field; AND
3. A current CPR/FA/AED certification, and professional liability insurance.

Continuing Education: This course is approved by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) to provide 1.0 CEUs (10 hours).

Description: The completion of this Multiple Sclerosis Fitness Professional Specialization Course, and the passing of its corresponding competency assessment with a minimum score of 75%, leads to a Certificate of Specialization to work with clients who have been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

This Certificate of Specialization will be considered valid for a period of two years, and to keep it current, you must complete fifteen (15) topically relevant, continuing education hours, prior to the date of its expiration, and must formally renew the certificate. Professionals should anticipate and consider the cost of the required continuing education, as well a nominal renewal fee.

Examples of the types of continuing education hours that are applicable can include webinars, MedFit Tour Conference presentations (live or video), short-format online education courses, selected articles from credible publications, etc. These formats must include MS as part of the primary subject matter.

A fitness professional holding current this Certificate of Specialization is able to list himself or herself as a MS Fitness Specialist on the MedFit Network (MFN), within an active account profile. Being listed on the MFN, and having this additional qualification is a true differentiator, and one that greatly improves the chance of receiving a referral from the MFN when consumers visit the MFN web site, and are seeking a fitness professional with this specific educational background in their geographical region.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

CarolAnn, MS

Known as the trainers’ trainer, CarolAnn has become one of the country’s leading fitness educators, authors, and national presenters. Combining a Master’s degree in Exercise Science/Health Promotion with several fitness certifications/memberships such as FiTOUR, ACSM, ACE, AFAA, and LMI, she has been actively involved in the fitness industry for over 25 years.

She has executed her leadership and business skills within her career through various positions such as Wellness/Fitness Coordinator, General Manager, and Studio Owner. She specializes in teaching functional movement, pilates, yoga, TRX, HIIT, weight management, and behavior modification.  She is the creator and star of The Steel Physique Fitness on Demand series. She is a freelance health & fitness expert content provider for various companies and organizations such as eHOW.com and LiveStrong.com.  She is currently the Founder and Director of Education for Chiseled Faith, a Faith Based Health and Fitness Program for churches.

David Lyons

In 2006, David Lyons was hospitalized and diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 47. David, a former bodybuilder and health club owner, exercised regularly and lived a healthy lifestyle. He was devastated by the diagnosis and frustrated by the physical limitations of his condition. His initial MS attack left him with partial paralysis, tightness, pain and numbness in his extremities and back. These common symptoms of MS come and go without warning. The multiple lesions in David’s spinal cord make it difficult for him to coordinate movements and they affect his balance. The lesions in his brain cause cognitive problems affecting his concentration. And the lesion by his optic nerve, at times, causes vision impairment and blackness when seeing out of his left eye. David also lives in a constant state of fatigue caused by this disease attacking his nervous system. While in the hospital the doctors told David he would most likely leave in a wheelchair and would not return to his normal workout routine. They also warned him that MS is a disease that most often progressively worsens and to prepare for his limitations as he ages.

So what does David do? Give up and sink into depression? Grab a walker to steady himself? Retreat to bed to conserve his strength? No… at the age of 50, he decided to compete in an NPC bodybuilding competition!

David knew he could not do this alone, so he assembled a team he calls The Challenge Team. David needed dedicated, talented experts on his side to make this challenge a reality. His doctors all told him that his pursuit of a bodybuilding title was sheer madness, especially at 50 years old. On August 22, 2009, David competed in his first competition where he was awarded an impressive trophy for Most Inspirational Body Builder.

David is the founder of the MS Bodybuilding Challenge and co-founder of the MS Fitness Challenge with wife Kendra. He has dedicated his life to helping people with MS understand and be educated on the importance of fitness in their lives.

He is an author and sought after motivational speaker, dedicated to helping others by sharing the lessons gained from his life experience.  His most recent book, Everyday Health & Fitness with Multiple Sclerosis was a #1 New Release on Amazon at its release.

He is the 2013 recipient of the Health Advocate of the Year Award; in 2015, he received the first ever Health Advocate Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Lifetime Fitness Inspiration Award in Feb 2016. In 2017, David received the Special Recognition Award from the National Fitness Hall of Fame.

Course includes 1-year of professional membership on the MedFit Network (MFN), for new members only [$169 value]. Instructions for creating your MFN account will be sent after course purchase. (Existing MFN members are not eligible to receive a free year of membership, but do receive a discount on this course. Check your MFN account for details or contact ivy@medfitnetwork.org.).

Note: It is highly recommended that you complete this course using a browser other than Google Chrome (e.g., FIREFOX). The Google Chrome browser automatically plays all videos in a lesson at the same time, which may be an extremely annoying feature for some, and for which, at the present, there is no easy fix in the Google Chrome settings.