Best Health and Fitness Certifications (My Favorites After 17+ Years in the Industry)

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Sharing a roundup of my favorite reputable health and fitness certifications if you’re considering becoming a wellness professional. Check out all of the details below!

Hi friends! How are you? I hope that you’re having an amazing week so far! Mine is PACKED with client calls and podcast interviews, but I’m looking forward to a long, relaxing Easter weekend with the fam.

For today’s post, I wanted to talk a bit about health and wellness certifications, especially now that I’m working my way through two new ones: High Performance Health and Integrative Health Practitioner Level 3.

I LOVE to learn, and over the past 17 years in the wellness industry, I’ve completed quite a few health and fitness certifications. I won’t recap them all again here (they’re all on the About page!), but I definitely have some favorites. 😉

I figured I’d share my top certification options if you’re considering expanding your knowledge in the health and wellness space, teaching fitness, or pursuing a new career.

Whether you want to coach clients, teach classes, dive into functional health, or simply deepen your own knowledge, there are so many incredible programs out there.

Best Health and Fitness Certifications

One of the biggest questions I get is: Where do I even start?

The answer really depends on your goals.

Do you want to:

Work 1:1 with clients?

Teach fitness classes?

Build an online wellness business?

Or simply learn more for yourself and your family?

I’ve broken this down into a few categories to help you find the best fit.

Health Coach / Functional Practitioner Certifications

If you want to help clients get to the root cause of health imbalances, functional lab testing is the BIGGEST gamechanger.

When you can run labs, analyze them, and recommend appropriate protocols, it’s such an incredible way to serve clients on a deeper level.

(Friendly reminder that we don’t diagnose, prescribe, cure, or treat. We’re looking for deficiencies and toxicities—and how we can support the body back into balance.)

Integrative Health Practitioner (IHP) Institute

This is by far my favorite certification.

I’ve completed Level 1 and Level 2, and I’m currently working through High Performance Health and Level 3. I’m not exaggerating when I say that IHP has completely changed my life.

It’s enabled me to help clients in a much deeper capacity, and I’ve also used the

AI for health coaches workshop

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Sharing the details on a free workshop I’m hosting all about using AI for health coaches. If you’re a fello health coach and stuck with the behind-the-scenes systems, content creation, and copy, you can use AI to streamline your systems and make a huge difference in your business.

Hi friends! I hope you’re having an amazing week! We took off for a little getaway to San Diego. It’s so fun to see our Kleiger fam and enjoy some beach time. I’ll share some pics and adventures in Friday Faves!

For today’s post, I wanted to share something I’m doing for my fellow health coaches: a free AI for health coaches workshop.

One of my missions for 2026 is to serve and support my health coach friends. I know SO many new health coaches who have the knowledge and passion, but aren’t quite sure how to run an online business or how to get started. It’s my goal to help as many as possible this year, by offering free resources like my health coach starter kit, and then paid coaching options, like Revenue Rx.

Here are some details about the AI for health coaches workshop:

AI for health coaches workshop

So many of us didn’t start our online businesses because we love building systems, writing endless social media captions, or figuring out what to say in emails every week.

If you’re a fellow health coach or Integrative Health Practitioner, you’re probably in this industry because you wanted to help people feel better.

Once you’re running an online business, you realize how much of it happens behind the scenes: intake forms, client notes, discovery calls, content creation, email newsletters, resources for clients, all the things that make a business run, but it’s a lot.

Over the past year, AI has quietly become one of the most helpful tools in my business. Not because it replaces creativity (it definitely doesn’t lol and I’m still here!), but because it makes a lot of those backend tasks faster and easier.

It doesn’t replace you, but it can help support you…especially for the little behind-the-scenes tasks that you don’t even like.

I know a lot of health coaches feel curious about AI but also a little unsure where to start. There’s a lot of noise around it right now, and it can feel overwhelming to figure out what’s actually helpful.

So I decided to host a free workshop and walk through how I actually use it.

AI for Health Coaches (Free

Revenue Rx: The Business Accelerator for Health Coaches Who Want to Finally Make Money Online

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Sharing something I’ve been working on to help you turn your certification into a profitable business. Learn how Revenue Rx helps health coaches make money online with proven systems and support.

Hi friends! How are you? I’m here in Florida for the Reimagining Health Summit and ready to connect with fellow IHPs and learn as much as possible. I’ll definitely share a full recap when I’m back!!

I’m also super excited and honored to be presenting on a panel with some rockstar IHP friends. Please send me all of your good vibes lol.

For today’s post, I wanted to share a little something that I’ve been working on behind the scenes for the past couple of months. I did a small soft launch to a target section of my newsletter list just to see how it would do, and our first cohort is already crushing it, so I’m doing a big announcement now. 😉

I’m excited to tell you about Revenue Rx: designed to help health coaches set up their online business and make money online.

If you’ve earned your health coaching certification but feel completely stuck on what to do next, you’re not alone.

So many new health coaches and integrative practitioners come out of their programs full of passion – ready to help people feel their best – but no one teaches them how to actually run a business. You get your certification in the mail and it’s just like, “Welp! Good luck!”

You know how to help your clients get results, but how do you find those clients? How do you price your services? What should you even post online?

That’s exactly why I created Revenue Rx: a 12-week accelerator program that helps new and growing health coaches confidently build and launch a business that helps them help others.. and actually makes money.

Revenue Rx: The Business Accelerator for Health Coaches Who Want to Finally Make Money Online

What Is Revenue Rx

Free Health Coach Toolkit: The Ultimate Starter Resource for New Health Coaches

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Download this free Health Coach Toolkit for new coaches and integrative health practitioners. Includes editable forms, scripts, checklists, and resources to launch your business with confidence.

Hi friends! I hope that you’re having a wonderful day. We’re back from an amaaaazing trip to NYC – I’ll share a recap soon! – and getting back into the routine. I’ve been tackling the laundry mountain, getting ready for the Pilot’s birthday and P’s bday celebrations, and some more travel. I’m headed to Ft. Lauderdale and LA soon!

I wanted to share something that I’ve been working on behind the scenes: helping fellow IHPs and health coaches launch their businesses. I’ve been in the online space for 15+ years now (how?!) and have learned so many things along the way of reaching multiple six figures online.

I’ve loved sharing what I’ve learned and helping others start successful online businesses. I started a small group paid mentorship here – read more about Revenue RX – but am also working on as many free resources as possible. One of my first clients just ran a 7-day challenge and 20 people signed up!

The first free resource is a Health Coach Toolkit, which you can download for free here.

Free Health Coach Toolkit

If you’re a new health coach or integrative health practitioner, you probably feel a mix of excitement and overwhelm. You’ve spent months (or years!) studying functional medicine, learning lab analysis, and helping clients transform their lives…

but now you’re asking:

“Okay, how do I actually run my business?”

I get it. When I started coaching, I had no idea what forms I needed, how to set up client onboarding, or how to keep my systems organized. I wanted to focus on helping people feel better, not chase down spreadsheets and waivers.

That’s exactly why I created the Free Health Coach Toolkit – to help you skip the messy trial-and-error phase and start your practice with clarity, confidence, and systems that actually work.

This free toolkit includes everything you need to launch or streamline your coaching business – whether you’re just finishing IHP2 or have been coaching clients on the side for a while.

What’s Inside the Free Health Coach Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to give you the exact resources I wish I’d had when I started my practice: all editable, customizable, and easy to brand as your own.

Here’s what you’ll find inside:

1. Client Intake Form

Your first step in understanding your client’s health history, symptoms, and goals.

This editable form helps you collect everything you need to create personalized recommendations – without missing key details.

You can use this with a tool

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