Nutrition and Wellness Coaching . Victoria Fortnum . Harvard Medical School

About the Program

This program will enable you to:

Assess an individual's lifestyle, considering the societal and environmental factors that impact health.
Apply effective coaching techniques and relationship-building strategies to facilitate client behavior change.
Design and implement personalized health plans by incorporating tailored interventions for nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, and social support.
Evaluate and refine lifestyle plans using peer feedback and self-reflection, fostering a growth mindset and resilience in clients.

Explore how healthy lifestyles prevent and manage diseases and chronic conditions through evidence-based guidelines for nutrition and lifestyle choices.
Use the five-step collaborative cycle, growth mindset, and self-compassion to motivate clients to adopt and sustain healthy behaviors.
Design personalized plans that incorporate the six pillars of lifestyle medicine to support healthy practices across all life stages.
Communicate effectively to address the six pillars of a healthy lifestyle and build authentic rapport, even in challenging situations.
Use behavior change theories and interview techniques to foster collaboration and empower individuals to maintain healthy living patterns through life's disruptions.
Apply the latest research and guidelines to inspire and motivate people to adopt and sustain healthy behaviors for a lifetime.