I’m looking for a change
How to Become a Health Coach: The Career That Can Bring You Joy
Learn what Health Coaching is, the Health Coach’s Scope of Practice, how Health Coaches can help your patients, how they can add an income stream for your practice, and more.
I’m a doctor
The Doctor’s Guide
to Health Coaching
Learn what Health Coaching is, the Health Coach’s Scope of Practice, how Health Coaches can help your patients, how they can add an income stream for your practice, and more.
I’d like to learn through listening
Health Coach Talk Podcast Conversations About Wellness Through Functional Medicine Coaching
Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum hosts Health Coach Talk: Conversations About Wellness Through Functional Medicine Coaching, a podcast delving into the world of Health Coaching and Functional Medicine. Discover the transformative power of personalized, science-based wellness through thought-provoking interviews and deep dives with experts in the field.
I’m looking to transform healthcare
Functional Medicine Coaching: How to Be Part of the Movement That’s Transforming Healthcare
Discover how Health Coaches are making a difference through Functional Medicine and positive psychology, explore inspiring real-life stories of small changes leading to significant impacts, and gain insights into FMCA’s Health Coach Certification Program and core principles. Written by Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum and Elyse Wagner, founders of the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy, with a foreword by Dr. Mark Hyman.
About Sandra Scheinbaum, PhD
Health & wellness practitioner and educator Dr. Sandra Scheinbaum is passionate about transforming our healthcare system, preventing physician burnout, and empowering people to become CEOs of their own health.
She believes that a great health coach is an ally each of us needs to make healthy changes that actually last. With her co-founder Elyse Wagner and in collaboration with The Institute for Functional Medicine, Dr. Scheinbaum founded The Functional Medicine Coaching Academy in 2014.
A clinical psychologist for nearly 40 years, Dr. Scheinbaum is an expert in positive psychology and mind-body medicine, and the author of “Functional Medicine Coaching,” “Stop Panic Attacks in 10 Easy Steps,” and “How to Give Clients the Skills to Stop Panic Attacks.” She is a regular contributor to Forbes on Health and Wellness, as well as the host of the Health Coach Talk podcast.
FMCA: Founded in 2014
The Functional Medicine Coaching Academy has certified nearly 4K health coaches to date.
In Collaboration with IFM
Only Health Coaching Program designed in collaboration with The Institute for Functional Medicine.
NBHWC-Approved
Health and Wellness Coach Training & Education Program providing the highest level of training available.
Award Winning Program
Honored by the United States Distance Learning Association for Excellence in Teaching/Training Award in 2020.