The Certification Training is offered via a 13-week phone teleclass. There are 14 sessions over the 13 weeks and classes are 90 minutes in length (2 classes in final week). The Certification Training also includes weekly buddy coaching sessions, homework, as well as a proficiency portfolio.

2009 TRAINING DATES DAY TIME February 11- May 6, 2009 Wednesdays 1:00-2:30 pm ET February 12- May 7, 2009 Thursdays 7:00-8:30 pm ET September 9- December 9, 2009 Wednesdays 1:00-2:30 pm ET September 10- December 10, 2009 Thursdays 7:00-8:30 pm ET

The Wellness Inventory is an online assessment and life-balancing tool that focuses on the whole person in 12 key dimensions of wellness. By participating in the training you will gain proficiency in working with clients with the 12 part Wellness Wheel (representing the Wellness Energy System). You will also experience ongoing exploration of the Wheel as a dynamic hologram of interdependent elements, as well as its use as an organizing principle for individual and institutional wellness programs.

The process of working with the Wellness Wheel helps to develop greater coherence in your personal life and teaches you how to use this whole person process in your coaching to facilitate greater coherence in your clients' lives.

You will also focus on increasing your knowledge and proficiency utilizing the key elements of the Wellness Inventory on both the client (user) side and administrative side of the program.

On the client side, you will gain greater insight into the key elements of the program:

• the assessment questions,
• the Wellness and Satisfaction Scores,
• Personal Wellness Plan,
• My Wellness Journal,
• Self-Study Center,
• the 12 Resource Centers, and
• the test comparison feature.

On the administrative/coaching side, you will receive in-depth training in the suite of wellness program management tools. These tools facilitate coaching, reporting and communicating with clients to support implementing the Wellness Inventory within individual, group and organizational settings in order to achieve optimal results.

From a business/marketing perspective, you will learn strategies for using the Wellness Inventory to:

• Create a wellness dimension in your practice,
• Quickly determine client's "change readiness" in each dimension of wellness,
• Create the context for ongoing wellness coaching,
• Build your practice and increase client retention,
• Create new profit centers, and
• Work with individuals, groups and organizations

You will also learn strategies for using the Wellness Inventory as an organizing principle for wellness programs that can be implemented in various markets - corporate wellness, wellness centers and clinics, hospitals, spas, as well as coaching and wellness practitioner practices. This will include learning how to integrate monthly workshops on the 12 dimensions of wellness into an institutional program (corporate, healthcare, spa) to provide education and accountability, to support the coaching process, and to foster a positive outcome for participants.

The course will provide additional interaction throughout the 12 weeks via an online discussion board.

WEEKEND INTENSIVE FORMAT As an option to the telelclass, the training is also offered in a 3-day weekend intensive format (includes a teleclass one week prior to training and one week following training). Three intensive trainings are currently scheduled: «September 26-28, 2008 and October 24-26, 2008. All trainings will be held in Asheville, NC.

Testimonials: For testimonials from graduates, click here

Who is it for?: The Certification Course is for licensees of the Wellness Inventory, including life coaches, wellness coaches, consultants, health practitioners, therapists, wellness professionals and corporate trainers. Onsite intensive trainings may be arranged for corporations, spas and hospitals.

Cost: Fall Training: $1,095 - $995 if paid by August 10, 2008.
Weekend Intensive Trainings: $1,500 (optional format)

Payment: Credit card, check, or PayPal. Payment plans available.

Continuing Coaching Education Units (CCEUs): The course is approved by the International Coach Federation for 20 hours of continuing coaching education credits as well as for ICF portfolio certification. Of the 20 CCEUs, 10.5 are for core competencies.

INSTRUCTORS: Bobbie Burdett, Director of Training for HealthWorld Online, was a co-creator of the first wellness center in the U.S. in 1975 with wellness pioneer and originator of the Wellness Inventory, John W. Travis, MD, MPH. She developed the wellness coaching process for the center and has been coaching for the past 30 years. In the process, she has developed an unparalleled depth of understanding of the Wellness Inventory. A lifelong learner, she has studied many aspects of wellness for nearly 40 years, and has been instrumental in honing and updating the assessment and commentaries of the Wellness Inventory. Jim Strohecker is president and co-founder of HealthWorld Online (www.healthy.net), the first alternative medicine/wellness-oriented Internet network, and co-developer of the Wellness Inventory online program. With over thirty years of experience in human potential, wellness and holistic health, including 3 years of intensive study of yoga and meditation in India in the 1970s, he has been a leader in the healthy living revolution via the media of publishing, radio, and the Internet. Co-author of five books, and executive editor of the influential book, Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide, he is publisher of Healthy Update, a weekly e-newsletter. View Trainer Bios

To Register or for More Information
For information on the Wellness Inventory Certification Training, please contact:

James Strohecker
President
HealthWorld Online
jim@healthy.net
310-823-9553