Health & Wellbeing Coach Training

Become Certified in 5 Days

Our comprehensive training sets you up with everything you need to launch a successful wellbeing coaching practice and guide people to better health and fulfilment.

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Overview of This Training

Hear how our training helps you go from uncertain to confident with the skills and credentials to make a real difference in people’s wellbeing.

In Just 5 Days

You Will Master…

  • Understanding Wellbeing & Your Role: Define your unique position as a health and wellbeing coach and how you differ from other helping professions.
  • Core Coaching Skills: Master genuine rapport building, active listening, and powerful questioning techniques that help clients discover their own wisdom.
  • Proven Coaching Frameworks: Learn the GROW model, visioning techniques, goal setting, and coaching wheels for life balance.
  • Solution-Focused Approaches: Develop strategies for helping clients overcome procrastination and build persistence.
  • Emotional Health: Understand emotions as valuable messengers through physiology, cognition and behaviour.
  • Stress & Nervous System Regulation: Master the crucial role of the vagal nerve and practical techniques to help clients build genuine resilience
  • Neuroplasticity & Lasting Change: Explore how the brain changes and master breathing techniques and meditation styles you can guide clients through.
  • Food Relationship Coaching: Help clients examine motivation with compassion, identify triggers, and cultivate a nourishing relationship with food.
  • Professional Boundaries & Ethics: Master The Association for Coaching’s code of ethics and learn to conduct sessions with warmth and professionalism.
  • Practice Launch Essentials: Create discovery sessions, welcoming onboarding experiences, and handle all professional documentation with confidence.

Learn the Complete Coaching Skillset: Your 11-Module Journey

Each module is designed to be practical, engaging, and grounded in real-world coaching experiences. By the end, you’ll have a complete toolkit to confidently guide clients through wellbeing challenges, so you can step into coaching with clarity and impact.

  • Module One:

    The Role of a Health and Wellbeing Coach

    This module introduces the foundations of professional health and wellbeing coaching.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • The Challenge of Defining Wellbeing
    • Wellbeing: Philosophical Perspectives
    • Wellbeing: Modern Perspectives
    • The Importance of Balance
    • The Difference Between Wellness and Wellbeing
    • Your Role and Responsibilities as a Health + Wellbeing Coach
    • Clients’ Needs and Readiness

  • Module Two:

    Coaching Skills

    This module focuses on the essential skills every effective coach needs.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Building Rapport and Emotional Connection
    • Client Communication
    • Your Communication
    • Developing Genuine Listening
    • Asking Insightful Questions

  • Module Three:

    Coaching Models

    This module introduces the core coaching frameworks that shape effective sessions.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Introduction to the GROW Model
    • Setting Goals and Visioning
    • Understanding Reality and Self Awareness
    • Exploring Options and Possibilities
    • Establish Will and the Way Forward
    • Motivational Interviewing
    • Procrastination + Persistence

  • Module Four:

    Emotional Health, Habits and Behaviour

    This module explores the role of emotions and habits in shaping wellbeing.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • The Emotional Brain
    • Core Emotions and Their Impact
    • Working with Emotional Patterns
    • The Science of Habits
    • Behaviour Change Strategies

  • Module Five:

    Managing Stress

    This module examines the nervous system and practical approaches for managing stress.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Stress and The Nervous System
    • Recognising Stress Symptoms
    • The Vagus Nerve and Regulation
    • Polyvagal Theory in Coaching
    • Characteristics of Stress Resilience
    • Stress Management Frameworks
    • Journaling for personal development

  • Module Six:

    Coping + Food Relationship + Movement

    This module looks at coping strategies, emotional eating, and movement as key factors in wellbeing.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • What is Coping + Unhealthy Strategies?
    • The Six Stages of Change
    • Food + Diet Scope of Practice + Nutrition for HWCs
    • Motivation and Sabotage
      Excuses, Triggers and Temptation
    • Working with Emotional Eating
    • Mindfulness with Food
    • Food Relationship Coaching Plan
    • Movement for Wellbeing

  • Module Seven:

    Neuroplasticity + Meditation + Breath

    This module explores how the brain adapts, and how meditation and breathwork enhance wellbeing.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Neuroplasticity + Wellbeing
    • Brainwaves: The Rhythm of Your Mind
    • Introduction to Meditation
    • Scope of Practice: Meditation for HWCs
    • Focused Attention Meditation
    • Open Monitoring Meditation
    • Leading Meditation Sessions
    • Importance of Breathing Well

  • Module Eight:

    Self-Care and Self-Love

    This module explores how to build sustainable self-care practices and a healthier relationship with self.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Understanding Hedonic Adaptation
    • Obstacles to Self-Care
    • Creating a Self-Care Practice
    • Developing Self-Love and Identity
    • Taking Care of Your Home and Sanctuary

  • Module Nine:

    Business Boundaries + Ethics

    This module covers the boundaries that ensure safe, professional coaching practice.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Importance of Boundary Setting
    • Delivery Methods for Coaching Sessions
    • Importance of Confidentiality and Safeguarding
    • Managing and Respecting Time
    • Cancellation, Money and Unacceptable Behaviours
    • Sex, Business and Friendships in Coaching
    • Cultural Sensitivity
    • Availability and Emotional Involvement
    • Your Energy and Fitness to Practice
    • Supervision and Professional Development
    • Your Code of Ethics

  • Module Ten:

    Getting Your Coaching Practice Organised

    This module focuses on the practical steps to set up and run a professional coaching practice.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Crafting Your Authentic Coaching Story
    • Defining Your Ideal Client
    • Designing Your Coaching Services
    • Creating Effective Discovery Calls
    • Developing Your Professional Welcome Pack
    • Cultivating Change Between Sessions
    • Professional Client Documentation

  • Module Eleven:

    Setting You Up For Success

    This module helps you overcome internal barriers and build confidence in your path as a coach.

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Getting Prepared
    • Create Your Manifesto
    • Overcoming Limiting Beliefs
    • Managing Resistance
    • A Money Manifestation Challenge

  • Bonus Modules

    Setting up a Business

    Over 6 hours of bonus videos to assist you launch your coaching practice, covering:

    What You’ll Learn:

    • Insurance needs
    • GDPR/data protection
    • Marketing methods and top tips
    • Website creation and key design aspects
    • Business plan guidelines for health and wellbeing coaching

Fully Accredited Training

Personalised Care Institute

Raw Horizons Academy is proud to be among the first training providers in the UK to be accredited by the Personalised Care Institute (PCI) for Health & Wellbeing Coach Training.

The PCI sets the professional standards for health and wellbeing coaching, ensuring coaches have the skills and knowledge to support patients in taking control of their health. If you want to work as a health & wellbeing coach in the NHS, completing a PCI-accredited course is a mandatory requirement.

What this means for you:

  • Recognised CPD certification from the PCI
  • Essential requirement to have completed a PCI training if you wish to work in the NHS
  • Access to exclusive webinars, podcasts, and learning resources
  • Stay ahead with the latest updates in the field
Association for Coaching

The Association for Coaching

We believe in delivering top-tier training that meets international coaching standards. That’s why our training is accredited by the Association for Coaching (AC), one of the UK’s leading independent professional coaching bodies, dedicated to raising standards and promoting excellence worldwide.

As a student on our accredited course, you’ll automatically receive 12 months of Introductory Associate Membership with the AC at no extra cost. This connects you with a global coaching network, ongoing professional development, and exclusive industry resources.

Your membership benefits include:

  • Certificate of Health & Wellbeing Coaching endorsed by the AC
  • 12 months of Introductory Associate Membership
  • Access to the AC Resources Hub—packed with research, reference materials, and videos
  • Live webinars, podcasts, and online learning to keep your skills sharp
  • Coaching supervision and development sessions to refine your approach
  • Inclusion in the AC Coach Directory (when you upgrade to full membership)
  • Join a thriving global coaching community and take part in industry discussions

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