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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
I was a mental health counselor working with adolescents and adults dealing primarily with issues of depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and trauma.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
I decided to become a wellness coach for both professional and personal reasons. Being a mental health therapist, I have always had a strong desire to help others. But I have felt there has long been a piece missing.
So many of my clients struggle with depression and anxiety that while it does improve with therapy and medication, there seemed to be a disconnect between physical and mental health. Through the IAWP, I was able to really learn ow the things people eat, the quality of their sleep, and the levels of stress in their lives have a major impact on both their physical and mental health.
I was personally drawn to become a wellness coach after experiencing my own struggles with my health. I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder in 2010 and since that time, I have read virtually every health and nutrition book I could get my hands on to try to understand and improve my health.
I came across the IAWP during this process and finally feel like I found the community and support I was looking for, not only for my own health, but also for the clients I see. I am excited to share my newfound knowledge with others!
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
I have found such a wonderful community of like-minded, health conscious individuals that share a passion to help others create and maintain healthy lifestyles. Listening to Suzanne and the other wellness experts speak and impart their knowledge and experience has been invaluable and though I am continuing to learn, I now feel I have the information and confidence to move forward in such an exciting field!
Becoming a wellness coach has significantly expanded my knowledge and success as a mental health counselor. I have seen dramatic improvements in mood and lessened anxiety once we worked on specific ways to improve their sleep and talked about how specific foods can improve their digestion and their overall physical and mental health. I have seen such amazing improvements in my clients’ outlooks since incorporating what I have learned though the IAWP.
I want to continue this success and share my knowledge. I hope to open my own wellness coaching practice in the future and eventually expand to provide a variety of wellness services to include wellness coaching, nutrition education, yoga and Pilates, classes, stress management skills, mindfulness, massage therapy, and chiropractic services. I never could have imagined this dream prior to joining the IAWP!
Laura Albers
IAWP Certified Wellness Coach
Laura Albers
Class of 2016
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
I worked at a start-up solar company. I've always been environmentally conscious, so it was a great job to land. The problem was that I was expected to work 6 days a week, long hours, no lunch break out of the office, and after just 1 1/2 years, I was burnt out. My life was so out of balance - I was moody and angry, couldn't see my friends often, had no downtime to recharge. I knew I had to make a change.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
After assessing my current life situation, I knew I had to make a change. Since I always had a passion for holistic wellness, I started researching wellness jobs and came across the IAWP. I immediately knew it was the right program for me. It's an all-encompassing program that teaches not only the wellness content, but also the coaching methods and how to set up your business. I knew if I was going to take the leap and create my own business, I'd need a strong support system behind me. The IAWP provides me with a community that makes me feel supported and confident.
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
Being a student in the IAWP program has changed my life! I am happier, more confident, and know that I'm on the right track. Before the program, I despaired that I would be stuck in passionless job to pay my bills and fund my next escape from the mundane routine. Now, I'm creating a life I'm proud of, and know that there are so many options available to me. I want to help others realize their dreams, just as I'm doing now.
I went from feeling hopeless that I would ever find my purpose and passion, and now I am living it! I was able to take a chance on myself and my dreams, and it's paying off. Life is now an exciting adventure that I am actively participating in, instead of passively hoping things improve. I have found my path, and it's to help other people live happier lives. Becoming a Wellness Coach through the IAWP is the greatest decision I've ever made.
I am now the founder of Molly Wentzel Holistic Health Coaching. My signature program is Finding Fulfillment, a program designed to help clients have breakthroughs with their life goals, find their purpose, or just rebalance their life with stress management, confidence boosting, nutrition, and exercise. My signature program Finding Fulfillment is based on my own personal breakthrough. I realized that life is whatever we make it, and using that knowledge and everything I learned with IAWP, I created Finding Fulfillment. Any lifestyle change seems overwhelming and scary, but I've been through it myself and know how it feels to be on both sides of the situation. I support clients using my own personal experience.
Molly Wentzel
IAWP Certified Wellness Coach
www.mollywentzel.com
Molly Wentzel
Class of 2016
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
Prior to deciding to become a Wellness Coach I worked full time in my own massage practice. I did a lot of corporate chair massage work and had regular clients come to my private studio for table massages. In addition I taught my unique bodywork technique to other massage therapists in workshops. I also am the marketing director for my parent’s lighting business and a model and actress.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
I decided to become a Wellness Coach because I have been unofficially coaching people my entire life. It’s very natural to who I am. I was a peer tutor in middle school and a student counselor. I’ve always been the person people divulge their secrets to, both their dreams and their pain points. People come to me with their challenges whether they be physical, emotional, spiritual, mental, social, or relationships. Supporting people to live their best lives, on their terms, and to transform their challenges is something that totally lights me up and I feel so much passion and zest when I am coaching. As soon as I saw the course work and the recommended reading lists inside the program I knew I had arrived "home".
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
Being a student at the IAWP has helped me in ways I never even thought of. I came into the program with an extensive history of self-study in living a holistic and natural life. I had healed myself from all of my ailments physically and have been living a non-toxic and natural lifestyle without the need of using pharmaceuticals or over the counter drugs for many years. The program taught me a lot about being an effective coach...and allowed me to relax into the coaching process….
Personally, I have grown so much by going through the program. It was totally unexpected and completely life changing. I chose to hire a coach outside of the program while going through the program and I worked to resolve what could be called my "core issues". The ongoing support of my student buddy and our shared process together empowered the both of us to focus on improving ourselves in ways we had never thought of and to become much better versions of ourselves. We both said we went into the program with the intention of helping other people and along the way we discovered we really had helped ourselves. For me the biggest shift this year has been that I went from being a high achieving "striver" to finally arriving into who I wanted to be, now all the rest of my achievements and accomplishments are for the joy of the doing, I’m not basing how I feel about who I am or my success in life on them.
Now, I'm confident that I can guide my clients to take sustainable action to create the lives they desire.
Morgan Sheets,
IAWP Certified Wellness Coach
livewellbewelldogood.com
Morgan Sheets
Class of 2014
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
I was working in a corporate job and wanted to follow my passion doing something I loved. I had been diagnosed with a thyroid condition known as Hashimoto’s and began my own discovery of how to heal myself naturally.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
Before finding the IAWP I was searching for a way to turn my “hobby” for health and wellness into a career.
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
The IAWP’s Wellness Coach Training Program provided me not only a clear path to my passion, but the success tools to make it happen. I love all of the done-for-you marketing tools I received like workshop scripts, client handouts, and my own website. And because of the focus on holistic business training, I was able to leave my day job and jump start my new wellness coaching business! If you want to start a career in health and wellness and be fully supported in your success, the IAWP is your one-stop-shop! The IAWP showed me how to turn my story into my success. I’ve launched my own thyroid health online program and am now teaching mom’s with low thyroid diagnoses how to take control of their health and live symptom-free.
Lisa LeVerrier
IAWP Certified Wellness Coach
DemystifyingtheThyroid.com
Lisa LeVerrier
Class of 2014
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
I was a writer with a passion for wellness.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
I wanted to help others improve their lives for a long time, but hadn’t yet found the right method.
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
Being a student in this program has provided me with so much more than great preparation…it has given me the space and opportunity to learn about myself, explore my dreams, work through long-standing blocks and come away with the tools to begin a new, never-ending adventure of helping others. The IAWP program gave me so many amazing results I’d never expected. Had I been seeking a way of improving my own life, I couldn’t have found a better program. The fact that I was looking for training to help heal others and, in the process, so significantly healed myself feels like an enormous two-for-one. I feel very lucky to have found the IAWP!
Emily Soares Proctor
IAWP Wellness Coach
Emily Soares Proctor
Class of 2014
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
“Before finding the IAWP, I had taken quite a few courses in health and wellness. Even though I had acquired all of this knowledge, I was still missing something. I had no idea how to bring it all together to actually start a business helping people.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
When I found the IAWP, a lightbulb went on and I realized that this was the missing piece. I knew this was the program for me.
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
As a current student at the IAWP, I’m really enjoying my experience. The program is so personable and interactive, which I love. I also get to interact with students from all over the world. I live in Spain but now I have an international community of like-minded friends and colleagues. I have no doubt that the IAWP Wellness Coach Certification program is the foundation to everything else I have been doing up until this point. It’s given shape and meaning to what was just my passion and has shown me how to turn it into an actual career. I’m looking forward to launching my business as a Wellness Coach very soon!”
Silvia Sanchez
IAWP Wellness Coach-in-training
Silvia Sanchez
Class of 2013
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
I had just gotten back from living in Turkey and working as an au pair when I found the IAWP program. This was the last job in a slew of part-time misadventure stories and I was desperate for some stability and direction in my life. Since yoga and healthy eating had been my foundation for so long — and people often came to me for health advice — I finally decided to stop fighting the direction in which life was so effortlessly guiding me. Although I had a BFA in writing, I knew it would be years of hard work before that career path would give me a sustainable future. I also realized shortly after graduating from college that simply having a degree doesn’t guarantee a job anymore, so I set out to find my niche and become an expert in a field.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
I think this is something common to coaches and therapists, but a lot of us start out as that one person who friends and family have always confided in. I definitely was. So simply studying nutrition and health to write about it didn’t have enough of a fulfilling outcome for me. I wanted to learn the skills to help people in my own life most effectively. The most important aspect of the wellness coaching program that intrigued me was using the holistic approach. I’ve been against Big Pharma and over-prescribing medicine since I was a child, so to see an entire organizations coming together to teach how to heal ourselves naturally felt like I’d finally found my tribe.
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
I went into the IAWP program expecting to learn information and techniques to help others, but what I didn’t expect was how much it would affect my personal life. Receiving the coaching sessions and working with my student buddy changed my life. I’d struggled with anxiety and depression for years, had no idea how sensitive my body was to dairy and gluten, and didn’t realize just how hard I’d been on myself. Throughout the program, I practiced many of the diet and lifestyle changes we learned about, and little by little my body and mind started to shift as well. My goals became clearer and my confidence to reach them improved. Having another student to share in the experience made it even more incredible. My student buddy is still such an inspiration in my life, even two years later. The IAWP enabled me to pursue my dream of being a Wellness Coach, Wellness travel writer and teaching yoga in Cambodia. I’m also now writing travel and wellness articles for various publications and hope to publish my travel and wellness memoir later this year!
Margaret Ulrich
IAWP Certified Wellness Coach & Wellness Travel Writer
margaretulrich.wordpress.com
Margaret Ulrich
Class of 2015
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
As a holistic health practitioner specializing in computerized bio-energetic testing and emotional release techniques.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
I had over 14 years of experience in the wellness field yet I had no idea how to market myself, coach my clients, or make a living following my passion. I lacked confidence, had poor time management and had no system in place to attract clients for my programs. That all changed when I became a student at the IAWP.
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
I am very happy to now be able to say I am an IAWP Certified Wellness Coach, my business has taken off and I’ve created more balance and confidence in all areas of my life.
In my business, results were dramatic. I began practicing the discovery session process taught at the IAWP. It’s just one of over 150+ business tools they provide. It was a simple tool so I put it to use right away. I followed the exact steps as they were outlined and signed up my first client on my first try! I couldn’t believe it was that easy, but it is. I was shocked because this was the first time I practiced the discovery process taught to me at the IAWP and it just simply works. I’m now using this simple business tool over and over again to grow my coaching business with amazing results.
I’ve had many successes, I’ll list just a few here:
- Being hired already for 4 speaking engagements!
- Attracting and enrolling new ideal clients for my program
- Being able to truly empower clients to making last changes through the coaching method I learned at the IAWP
- Creating more balance in my life and improving my quality of life
- Contributing to my family’s income and taking the financial load off of my husband
- Having more quality time and fun with my family
- Physically, my weight has normalized without dieting and I have sharpened my professional look.
- Feeling excited and energized by what I do now
- And – this one I love – actually working less!
My life has changed in so many ways. Not only do I have purpose, confidence, excitement and so much to offer others but I have a system and the support to reach the people I’m meant to help. I am thrilled to provide more to those ready for real changes with lasting solutions. I am doing my part to bring peace, wellness and light into this world!
Thank you, IAWP and Suzanne Monroe for your expert guidance and foolproof methods.
Donna Lee Humble,
IAWP Certified Wellness Coach
biosynergybetterhealth.com
Donna Lee Humble
Class of 2015
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The IAWP training has transformed my business and given me the tools I need to be confident, professional and successful.”
What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
“Before I found the IAWP, I was a sales rep for an organic whole food supplement company for 10 years.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
After leaving that job, I decided to follow my dream and become a health and wellness coach. I got certified through another program and after it was over, began working feverishly to figure out how to get my business going. While I had gained the wellness knowledge and knew that I could help people, I was struggling to get clients and get my business off the ground and running. I had no idea that I even needed business training! I was missing the pieces I needed to actually turn my passion into a career and be a successful coach. Worse yet, I wasn’t able to help people with my education.
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
When I found the IAWP Wellness Coach Certification program, everything started to change. I have learned more from the IAWP Wellness Coach Certification program than I could have ever imagined. I’m now getting the full training I really need to be successful in this field and am learning so much about wellness, coaching and business. What I love about the IAWP is that everything they teach you works. I’ve followed the exact systems they provide and immediately signed up my first client ! It’s true, you really can “get five clients fast” if you follow the program. The IAWP training has transformed my business and given me the tools I need to be confident, professional and successful. I am so excited I can now help people get to the root of their health issues and watch them transform into being healthier, happier and more fulfilled!”
Karina Hammer
IAWP Certified Wellness Coach
Karinahammer.com
Karina Hammer
Class of 2014
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
“Before I decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach, I was running my own business as a Personal Trainer. I began to feel that ’7 year itch”, and decided I was ready to make a few changes to my business, and really take it to another level.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
I realized over the past 7 years that fitness and nutrition were only part of the equation when it came to living a healthy lifestyle, and I wanted to feel confident adding those other ‘parts’ to my services. I also was ready to change business models and offer programs instead of hourly services. I chose IAWP after an incredible amount of research because it offered the business side of coaching, which I needed more than anything, plus the holistic side.
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
The program was fabulous, and with great webinars featuring industry experts, it felt fun, easy, and inspiring to listen to their wise words. I have now created my new website and programs and look forward to helping more and more women live strong and switched on lives! Thanks IAWP and Suzanne Monroe, you are a genuine woman with so much love and guidance to give, it radiates through you!”
Sonja Franzmann
IAWP Certified Wellness Coach & Personal Trainer
Sonjafranzmann.com
Sonja Franzmann
Class of 2013
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
I had just graduated from college with a degree in Psychology and a personal passion for health and wellness and wanted to find a way to bring it all together in a career.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
“I knew that so many people struggle with just focusing on the food and not looking at their lifestyle to heal their health, so when I discovered the IAWP Wellness Coach Certification Program I was ecstatic! The key to being healthy is a Holistic lifestyle not obsessing over every calorie you put in your mouth. The IAWP teaches you this approach to set yourself free from restriction and dieting jail forever!!
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
Not only did the IAWP teach me about a Holistic lifestyle, they taught me a whole new way to live life. The training program taught us how to support ourselves and our income through teaching others the material we’ve learned. You feel so much freedom when you know you can call the shots and take yourself where you want to go with your career. Thank you IAWP for helping me make a career out of my passion!”
Kristina Sloan
IAWP Certified Wellness Coach
Vital Women Global
www.vitalwomenglobal.com
Intuitive Health Coach
Kristina Sloan
Class of 2013
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
Psychology student with a passion for wellness and fitness.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
"Without the IAWP Wellness Coach Certification program, I would not be where I am in my business today. In fact, I wouldn’t even have a business at all. When I first joined the program, I had no intention of creating my own business, but as I went through the course, I quickly FELL IN LOVE with the idea. The information and the support that was available in the business modules and included in the IAWP membership allowed me to hit the ground running after I graduated from the program…
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
I am now in a very exciting and creative place as I carry out designing my signature programs, building my website with my web design team, building my target audience with my marketing strategies, and creating my first teleseminar to officially launch my business! I’m even more excited to report that I received my first paying client the other day! I have never felt so confident and so ready to do something in my life and I want to express my gratitude to Suzanne Monroe and the IAWP for preparing me and inspiring me to step onto the path that I was meant for! I have no doubt in my mind that I will be extremely successful in my business.”
Kayla MacArthur
IAWP Wellness Coach
Kayla MacArthur
Class of 2014
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
I was in a direct sales party plan business that had a focus on a green and clean lifestyle. I also have a background in nursing that I stepped away from to be at home for my kids.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
For the last seven years, I have been on a holistic journey following a health scare. I am very passionate about the importance of understanding that wellness is not just about food and exercise. I learned there are zero quick fixes, and I see so many struggling to be happy and healthy.
One of the ways I figured out this was the direction I wanted to head was after working with a Life Coach. She helped me to realize this passion and to open my mind to the possibility of helping others through coaching and education.
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
This was the perfect program for me! It helped me learn tools to build my business, but more importantly, I was taught skills on coaching. This was the area I needed educated in the most. This program really reinforced the idea of self-discovery. The CORE coaching method is an amazing way to help my clients get at the solutions on their own.
It has given me freedom that NO other profession has done. I have the power to do my business my way. I am focusing on the power of real foods. I am offering real food cooking classes (live and online) geared for busy mamas and workshops on creating real food pantries. Plus, I have a system I call the Real Food Overhaul that offers coaching, one on one cooking, meal planning, shopping tips and more! And, I am working on an E-Cookbook!
It has been fun to see my business grow as well as my following. It is hard work but so rewarding! I have discovered that I LOVE to share, educate, and empower my fellow mamas. This program has been such a blessing.
Kristine Lies
IAWP Certified Wellness Coach
www.allaboutmykitchen.com
Kristine Lies
Class of 2016
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
I had a 20-year background in a corporate manager role. I also managed an organic CSA program on our farm.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
I was exhausted from the Corporate rat race. I felt unfulfilled at the end of the day and started to physically feel ill around 2:00 every Sunday afternoon. I knew the person inside of me was not living the life I was meant to live.
We owned a farm and I loved the mentoring/coaching aspect of my corporate job. I just disliked the sales and marketing aspects. I thought if I could incorporate my love for helping people with my interest and passion for health and wellness, then I would find peace and purpose in my daily life.
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
I actually completed several certification courses prior to enrolling with the IAWP. I was teaching workshops and coaching clients on an individual basis. I always felt like something was missing. I felt like my clients walked away not really feeling like they had answers to make changes. I was giving them the same information they could read in a book or research on the internet.
My role needed to help them go deeper to uncover their core issues that were preventing them from reaching their goals. The IAWP's CORE Coaching Method was the piece I was missing. The business and coaching blueprints were critical in helping me redefine my business and how I wanted to coach. My coaching income has improved and I'm not spending as much time developing client tools and materials as I was prior to my IAWP training.
Now, I wake up every day and love my job. I used to hear people say that and thought I'd never have that feeling. I love the moments when my clients discover something new about themselves. I love sharing success moments with them and reminding them of how far they've come.
Danielle Luipersbeck
IAWP Certified Wellness Coach
Danielle Luipersbeck
Class of 2016
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
I was a Montessori educator turned stay home mom with a home based essential oil business that included a health and wellness blog. I was an individual searching for clarity in my greater purpose and how to align that, all-the-while managing my family according to our ideals.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
I was searching for fulfilling work that I could do from home on my own time being my own boss. I wanted it to be in line with my current passions of clean eating & natural solutions. I wanted it to be education based, and allow me to make a difference in the world through serving others in a greater capacity. I also wanted to diversify my income producing activities.
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
The IAWP gave me a dynamic platform on which to grow my existing business & blog, integrate my passions, and serve other people. It offered me the clarity and the direction I was previously lacking in my home-based business. It has allowed me to expand what I am offering, helping me diversify, while adding more value to what I was previously doing.
Aimee Schrank
IAWP Certified Wellness Coach
Aimee Schrank
Class of 2016
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What you were doing before you decided to become an IAWP Wellness Coach?
I had spent approximately 30 years in the corporate world, and for the last 15 years, had been a CFO of various companies.
Why did you decide to become a Wellness Coach?
During my corporate career, I always had felt as though something was missing in my life. While I was successful, I lacked a sense of fulfillment and wanted to help others. I have always been passionate and involved in health and wellness (play sports, exercise regularly and focused on proper nutrition as I am a type 2 diabetic and sometimes have issues controlling my weight). Through the assistance of a self-evaluation course, I decided to pursue my passion and fulfill my role in life by helping others achieve their health and wellness goals.
How has being a student at the IAWP helped you?
Not only has this program prepared me for starting my own coaching business, but more importantly, greatly assisted in helping me improve my own personal health and wellness in all areas of my life including nutrition, disease management, relationships, stress management, awareness, spirituality, happiness and, develop an overall greater appreciation for life. Making the significant behavioral changes in my own life has greatly assisted in my ability to relate to and empathize with potential clients struggling with their own health and wellness challenges.
The support received from the advisors at IAWP has also enabled me to grow beyond my comfort zone and be in a position to launch a successful business sooner than I ever thought possible.
Paul Moretti
IAWP Certified Wellness Coach
Paul Moretti
Class of 2016
