Turn holistic wellness coaching into a career advantage. Learn to guide mindset, habits, lifestyle, and well-being so you can support meaningful, sustainable change beyond the gym floor.
The Certified Wellness Coach program is designed for fitness, wellness, and health professionals who want to support clients through a more complete approach to health and behavior change.
Through this course, participants go beyond traditional training to explore movement, nutrition, recovery, sleep, and mental and emotional well-being. The program focuses on coaching the whole person, inside and outside the gym, across different life stages and wellness goals.
This evidence-based program helps professionals understand the five pillars of wellness, build healthier routines, reduce stress, and coach with clarity and confidence. Participants also learn how to connect physical fitness with often-overlooked areas of health to create more meaningful and sustainable client outcomes.
*Additional Program Support:
Wellness Coaching Business Blueprint
This course helps participants understand how to build and manage a wellness coaching business, attract ideal clients, develop a personal brand, and navigate marketing, legal, and ethical considerations.
Wellness Coaching Simulation
This interactive simulation allows participants to practice real-world coaching skills in a virtual environment, engage in client scenarios, and receive feedback to improve confidence and coaching effectiveness.
Professional Benefits
Prerequisites
A Certified Wellness Coach is a professional who leverages expertise in movement, psychology, nutrition, and recovery to support clients in achieving their health and wellness goals. By mastering essential coaching skills such as effective communication, empathy, and relationship-building, they help clients make meaningful, lasting changes in their lives.
You can complete your wellness coach certification in as few as 4 to 6 weeks. In addition to the interactive multimedia-rich content, learning tools, resources, and comprehensive study-planning guide, you receive assistance from NASM experts when questions arise.
The NASM Certified Wellness Coach program is approved for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by the following organizations:
Yes. To maintain your Certified Wellness Coach credential, you must complete 1.9 NASM CEUs every two years.
Learn the role of a wellness coach, build effective communication skills, and use behavior change strategies to support clients in achieving their wellness goals.
Help clients use movement to improve overall wellness, overcome exercise barriers, build healthy habits, and enhance physical and mental well-being.
Understand the connection between brain health, emotions, sleep, and behavior, and apply coaching techniques to improve resilience and emotional balance.
Apply evidence-based nutrition principles, address nutrition misconceptions, support healthy eating habits, and evaluate supplements for long-term wellness.
Use coaching methods and motivational interviewing to create personalized wellness plans and support lasting behavior change.
