Edition 5: March 2026

A newsletter made just for coaches like you...a space designed to elevate your skills, strengthen your confidence, and keep you connected to the evidence-based heart of our profession. Whether you’re just beginning your coaching journey or advancing toward the NBHWC credential and beyond, this newsletter will deliver the tools, insights, and support you need to grow with purpose.

Each month, you’ll find practical skill-building tips, research-based guidance, cohort announcements, NBHWC-exam study support, and resources you can use immediately in your coaching sessions.

Our mission is simple: to help you master your craft, stay inspired, and feel empowered as a leader in the field of professional health and wellness coaching.

Let’s grow, learn, and lead...together.

Skill Builder of the Month: The Art of Interruption

NBHWC Competency 3.7.1. Skillfully interrupt and redirect

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Coaches sometimes need to interrupt. Doing it well is a skill that takes practice. Clients may ramble, loop back to the same story, or drift away from the session's focus. A skilled interruption is respectful, purposeful, and keeps the client's agenda at the center.

When to interrupt:

• The client is repeating themselves without moving forward

• The conversation has drifted far from the session goal

• An important thread is being buried under other content

• Time is running short and action planning hasn't begun

Not already a certified health and wellness coach? Keep scrolling to enroll in our accelerated summer program. Begins June 21st. 

Tools, Templates, Tips

Coaching Asset: SMART Goal Fillable Form

Context: The SMART goal framework offers coaches and their clients a powerful structure for turning vague aspirations into concrete, actionable plans. Rather than working toward broad intentions like "get healthier" or "advance my career," clients are guided to define goals with precision — specifying exactly what they want to achieve, how they'll measure progress, and within what timeframe.

The template's action planning and accountability components further support the coaching relationship by helping clients break goals into manageable steps, anticipate obstacles, and identify a support network. For coaches, it provides a consistent, repeatable tool that can be revisited across sessions to track growth, while keeping ownership squarely on the client.

Summer 2026 Coaching Cohort (accelerated)

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NBHWC Exam Study Hub

Testing in July?

Our next peer-led study cohort will run May 31st to July 26th. Sessions are held on Sunday evenings from 4-6pm central time for a total of 8 sessions (no session on July 5th). Study cohort students receive access to our digital study course for free. For more details about the cohort or to enroll, click here. 

Can't join us live? Enroll in our digital study course instead.

In need of support in obtaining your 50 required coaching sessions?

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Building Your Coaching Business : 

Book the discovery call!

New coaches spend weeks perfecting their offer, pricing, and packages - then freeze when it's time to actually get clients. Getting all those details set "feels" productive, but avoids the inevitable...you need to talk to people!

The truth is, your next client won't be sold on your offer based on beautiful sales page alone. They need a conversation with you. They need to feel a connection in order to invest in what you're offering. Prospective clients will invest in the outcome they're hoping to achieve, not the package on your webpage. 

Focus your early energy on booking discovery calls. Every call teaches you how people describe their problems, what they're willing to invest, and what makes them say yes. That intel is worth more than any marketing course. The program can evolve, but you can't refine what you never sell. 

Upcoming Events

NEW!! ECC is launching weekly case study reviews to help coaches enhance their skills by looking at the whole person in real-life context.  

Each case study includes:

• Client profile: name, age, circumstances, biometrics, values & goals
• 12-week session-by-session coaching arc
• Sample coaching questions (open, evocative, MI-aligned)
• Potential barriers and coaching considerations
• Suggested behavior change theories and models
• Annotated motivational interviewing dialogue example
• Sample resources for each scenario

Join us live on Fridays from 12:00-1:30pm from April 17th-June 5th. 

Perfect for new and experienced coaches alike. Not yet a coach, but exploring the field? Join us to see how coaches work with clients through a whole-person lens.

For more information or to sign up, click here. Recordings will be sent afterwards. Live attendance is encouraged, but not required.

(Pending NBHWC CE approval.)

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Until next time, happy coaching!

~Holly Miller, Owner of Expert Coach Center