Non-Diet Coaching Scholarship Program
The Non-Diet Coaching Certification & It’s Beyond the Food are committed to doing our part in making the non-diet and anti-diet industry more inclusive and accessible to fat, black, indigenous and people of colour. We need coaches representing these groups now more than ever!
The Non-Diet Coaching Certification Scholarship Fund was created to help improve diversity in the non-diet coaching industry by making the Non-Diet Coaching Certification Program more accessible to people in marginalized identity.
We believe one primary key in making the non-diet approach accessible to all is by encouraging diversity in size, race, ethnicity & culture among non-diet coaches, health & mental practitioner and business owners.
If you need financial assistance to make your participation possible, you may apply for a scholarship from the Non-Diet Coaching Certification. Our company will will award a limited number of partial scholarships. To apply for a scholarship, please click the button below to submit your application. Please note that these scholarships are intended for self-identified women BIPOC and fat people who truly are not able to participate in the Non-Diet Coaching Certification program unless they receive financial support.
Please carefully consider your financial needs in your scholarship request, understanding that the overall funding is limited: the scholarships are intended for self-identified women that also self-identify as fat and BIPOC self-identified women who would not be able to register otherwise.
The 2025 application period is now open and will close January 5 2025 for the next Cohort 11 of the Non-Diet Coaching Certification Program starting January 30th 2025.
Who Can Apply?
1.Self-identify as BIPOC and / or fat women. This identity may be considered subjective. However, we respect the word used by the person to self-identify. We trust that you will respect the mission of Non-Diet Coaching Certification Scholarship and not use this as an opportunity to exploit support and funding sources for those who need this financial resource.
2.Have a desire to build a primarily online coaching business offering 1:1 coaching, group coaching, etc.
3. Have a coaching certification; health, fitness, or life coaching, be licensed health or mental practitioner, nutritionist, or personal trainer.
4. The 2025 application period is now open and will close January 5 2025 for the next Cohort 11 of the Non-Diet Coaching Certification Program starting January 30th 2025.
Become a Confident & Qualified Certified Non-Diet Health Coach
Revolutionize Health Coaching—Transform Behaviors, Not Bodies
Break free from diet & wellness culture health coaching and empower your clients to trust their bodies through a weight-neutral approach to health & cognitive behavoral coaching.
The next cohort will start in January 30 2025
Health Coaching MODELs Are Broken
The Problem
We live in a world gripped by diet and wellness culture, where the constant pressure to be thin and “healthier” traps women in cycles of self-doubt, shame, and perfectionism.
The conventional health coaching model leans heavily on restriction, control, and weight loss, leaving clients feeling overwhelmed, anxious, and stuck in harmful patterns.
This outdated, fatphobic approach ignores the science of behavior change, making women feel like their bodies are problems to solve. It convinces them they must work harder, restrict more, and lose weight to feel “worthy” of well-being. We’re here to change that.
We are changing that!
The Solution
Inside the Non-Diet Coaching Certification, we bridge the gap between weight-neutral health science and actual human behavior, redefining how health is coached.
Sustainable health isn’t about more information, stricter rules, or control. In fact, piling on more knowledge often leads to overwhelm, anxiety, and self-doubt—emotions that fuel avoidance, restriction, and harmful behaviors like binge eating and body hatred. Neuroscience supports this: genuine behavior change is rooted not in control but in how people feel about themselves and their health.
But most health coaching ignores this science, still pushing for rigid control and restrictive rules. Layered onto this are the misogynistic and fatphobic standards that treat women’s bodies as problems to solve, forcing them to conform to narrow definitions of beauty and health.
This is what we’re revolutionizing.
The Non-Diet Coaching Certification changes the game in health and nutrition coaching:
- We believe women’s bodies are not problems to be fixed.
- We believe women can be trusted with their own health needs.
- We believe in coaching that honors women as whole people—not just physical bodies.
Our intersectional & collaborative approach to coaching is rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Coaching—the gold standard for fostering meaningful changes in health, behavior, and body image.
The health coaching industry needs a revolution, and we’re leading the way.
Stephanie Dodier
Non-Diet Nutritionist & Cognitive Behavioral Coach and Founder of The Non-Diet Coaching Certification
WHO IS THIS CERTIFICATION DESIGNED FOR?
✓ You’re a health or wellness provider
Nutritionist, RD, Therapist, Social Worker, Counselor, Nurse, Physician, Fitness Professional, Health Coach, Intuitive Eating Counselor, Nutrition Coach, or Body Image Coach—who wants to confidently coach clients using a weight-neutral, non-diet approach using Cognitve Behavioral Coaching.
✓ You work with individuals socialized as women
on topics like health, food, body image, confidence and self-worth, and you’re ready to help them break free from diet & wellness culture and build genuine empowerment.
✓ You’re a self-identified woman
on a personal development journey who wants to deepen your own transformation while learning how to support others
✓ You’re passionate about empowering women
and want to lead with integrity, compassion, and an intersectional, trauma-informed approach
✓ You value lived experience
and believe that becoming an effective coach requires personal growth, empathy, and continuous self-awareness.
✓ You’re ready to build or grow a sustainable, non-diet business
that aligns with your values—no restrictive “bro-marketing” tactics, just ethical, impactful client work.
Why We’re Different
1-Weight Neutral Health Approach
We reject weight as a measure of health, focusing instead on helping clients cultivate sustainable health promoting behavior. You learn to faciliate health coaching using: Intuitive eating, gentle nutrition and body neutrality.
2-Cognitive Behavioral Coaching
Our certification uniquely integrates a blend of neuroscience-based coaching techniques like Cognitive Behavioral Coaching and nervous system regulation and trauma informed lense to address the root of client behavior and create lasting transformation.
3- Intersectional & Collaborative Coaching Approach
Our certification integrates an intersectional lens, acknowledging how factors like race, gender, and culture shape each client’s health journey. Using a collaborative coaching model, we work alongside clients as active partners, creating a space where their unique identities, experiences, and perspectives are honored. This inclusive, flexible approach allows you to coach compassionately, co-create solutions with clients, and build trust that empowers sustainable, meaningful change.
4- Body Trust, Not Control
Where others teach behavior control, we champion self-trust. You’ll learn to coach clients in a way that liberates them from diet culture, cultivating a healthy relationship with food and their bodies using intuitive eating, body neutrality and weight neutral health approach. We do not support, teach or help facilitate intentional weight loss.
Transformation you and your client deserve
1. Confidence to Guide Clients Through Complex Body Image Issues
You’ll leave with advanced tools to navigate body image struggles without falling back on weight-loss language. Master coaching the desire to lose weight empowering clients to build genuine body trust and acceptance.
2.An approach that Feels Right
Finally, a certification that aligns with your personal and professional values. You’ll gain the skills to coach intuitively and compassionately making a real & life long difference in your client and your own life without diet & wellness culture.
3.Freedom from Diet Culture-For you and Your Clients
Our certification supports you in deconstructing your own biases around food, health and body image and doing your personal work so that you can confidently guide clients from a place of integrity and personal transformation.
4. Skills to Grow Your Business Authentically
You’ll learn ethnical marketing strategies tailored for non-diet professionals, helping your attract client align with your values and build a thriving sustainable coaching practice. You will learn strategies for long-term retention and client satisfaction.
5.A supportive community of like-minded professionals
Connect with fellow coaches who share your commitment to liberation via a weight neutral approach to health and compassionate coaching. Together, you’ll grow and continuously improve, surrounded by support.
WHAT ARE GRADUATES ARE SAYING
I feel super confident about my coaching skills now!
Kate Williams Stone
Founder, Kate Williams Stone Coaching
I gained competencies that help me support my clients not just with nutrition but with managing their mindset and body image– a missing piece in other nutrition training programs.
Before working with Stephanie I didn’t unclear about how I wanted to conduct my nutrition coaching business in a non-diet way. I knew that I wanted a non-diet approach to nutrition coaching but didn’t know how to do so.
I was immediately drawn to Stephanie’s no-fuss approach to nutrition and signed up for the Mentorship program within days of hearing about it. What I love most about working with Stephanie is that she’s passionate about and committed to helping you manage your mindset around being a non-diet nutrition coaching entrepreneur.
Through the Program, I gained competencies that will help me support my clients not just with nutrition but with managing their mindset – a missing piece in other nutrition training programs. I have a clear vision for my business and have built friendships with other women that share similar values. I’m very confident that I’m starting on a solid foundation with the tools I need to help me succeed in the nutrition entrepreneurial space
Stephanie helped me see what I couldn’t see – I now feel aligned in my business!
I haven’t felt aligned in my work in such a long time. I was at a point in my business where I was ready to throw in the towel. When I signed up for the Mentorship program, I had been in the industry for over a decade. I wasn’t feeling connected with the work I was doing anymore.
I had been eating intuitively for a while, but I was scared to bring it into my holistic business. I felt isolated and afraid of going against the grain.
Stephanie helped me see what I couldn’t see in my relationship to food and my business.
Stephanie’s coaching allowed me to find the answer that was within me all along. Having the sisterhood with the other students allowed me to tap into the courage I needed to shift my business to the non-diet approach.
By month 3, I launched an intuitive eating program to reinstall my excitement for coaching again. This launch allowed me to pay 2/3 of my investment in the mentorship program.
I haven’t felt aligned in my work in such a long time! I highly recommend the Mentorship Program!
This program fast track my progress with so much clarity- Just do it!
I had so much trouble finding the right coach because no one understands our niche and what we do. How to position our non-diet approach in the market but also how to coach our client effectively. This is something really special and unique about this program and Stephanie.
I found the value for my money within the first 2 weeks of the Program!
Not only does Stephanie challenge you with your mindset with food and body image but also within your capability in your business.
I 100% recommend Stephanie’s program coming from a traditional personal training background entering into the non-diet world, Stephanie has told me everything I need to know and I’m forever thankful.
Thank you, Stephanie, can’t recommend you enough!
HOW THE NON-DIET COACHING CERTIFICATION WORKS
This certification is more than just training—it’s a fully supported journey designed to transform you into a confident, expert non-diet coach. Here’s what you can expect
Live, Small Group Coaching and Mentorship
This program is a small-group, online coaching experience led personally by Stephanie Dodier. With intimate live sessions twice a week, you’ll receive direct coaching, mentorship, and training. These sessions include live coaching, office hours allowing you to bring your questions and receive real-time feedback by Stephanie. All teaching module are pre-recorded and self-paced.
Personalized Support and Accountability
Each month, you’ll have 1:1 coaching session so you can be coached by Stephanie 1:1 and learn how to coach by witnessing coaching and gain valuable insights into the coaching process. Between sessions, you’ll also have access to a private support channel where Stephanie and the team provide ongoing guidance and feedback.
Flexible, On-Demand Learning Modules
With over 100+ hours of pre-recorded video training, you can learn at your own pace. Each module covers essential topics—coaching frameworks, body neutrality, intuitive eating, and weight neutral health—supported by digital workbooks, a private podcast feed, and printable worksheets for use with clients. You’ll have lifetime access to this material, allowing you to revisit lessons whenever you need and get free access to any update for lifetime.
A Safe, Private Space for Personal Growth
This program creates a secure, professional environment for you to deepen your personal journey and expand your capacity to guide clients. You’ll be part of a community of professionals dedicated to closing the gap between “student” and “expert,” building confidence to coach others on confidence. mindset, body neutrality, intuitive eating, and more.
Professional Skills and Business Training
Our certification doesn’t just teach coaching techniques—it equips you with a complete system for building or refining a successful non-diet coaching business. From foundational skills to advanced techniques in trauma informed & intersectional coaching, advance intuitive eating coaching and complex body image situation you’ll be ready to coach clients with confidence and integrity.
Comprehensive Learning Portal
Gain access to a centralized online portal where all program materials live: training videos, digital workbooks, private podcasts, guest teacher sessions, clients worksheets and more. You’ll have lifetime access to this portal, ensuring your resources are always available as you grow in your practice.
THE CURRICULUM
Inside the Non-Diet Coaching Certification you get to learn, embody and facilitate The Going Beyond The Food Method ™. Our proprietary methodology created by Stephanie Dodier is an integrative and countercultural approach to women’s well being integrating the weight neutral approach to health, cognitive behavioral coaching, intuitive eating, body neutrality and life coaching.
Professional Skills Curriculum
1. The Coaching Module
Sample of classes
- Learning to process & release emotions
- Understanding of belief systems and thinking process
- How to change thoughts and beliefs
- Behaviour and habits modification without willpower
- Master the self-coaching process
- Master being a coach to others human with integrity
- Intersectional coaching
- How to hold safe space
- Using powerful thinking to create
- Believing in possibilities
PLUS Guest Experts professional skills classes on trauma informed coaching and nervous system regulation:
✔ Getting the nervous system onboard
✔ Being a trauma-informed practitioner
2. The Life Coaching Module
Sample of tools provided
- Cultivating enoughness workshop
- Setting boundaries process
- Having hard conversation guide
- Befriending your future self process
- Time management
- People pleasing detox
- Believing in myself harder
- Motivation and follow thru
- Setting clean goals
- Elevate your self-image
PLUS 30+ additional life coaching concepts uniquely selected for coaching women undieting their life.
On-demand access on via our private podcast feed for our students
3. The Eating Module
Sample of classes
- Making peace with emotional eating
- How to ditch diet mindset
- How to attune to eating cues
- Creating unconditional permission to eat
- A new approach: From self-control to self-care
- How to deliver gentle nutrition
PLUS Guest Experts professional skills classes taught by paid teachers:
✔ Gender identity, pronoun & the intersection with disordered eating.
✔ How to navigate digestive health in a non-diet approach to health.
✔ How to approach fertility in a non-diet approach
✔ How to help clients transform their relationship to movement
4. Weight-neutral health Module
Sample of classes
- What is health?
- Health beyond weight- Setpoint
- Health At Every Size ® principles overview
- Health At Every Size ® developing a healthy relationship with food & exercise
- Health At Every Size ® size acceptance
- Health At Every Size ® health coaching guides for specific conditions
PLUS a library of classes teaching how to coach specific health topics in weight neutral approach on demand:
✔Weight-neutral approach to health – Female hormonal health
✔Weight-neutral approach to health – Stress
✔Weight-neutral approach to health – Inflammation
✔Weight-neutral approach to health – Hypertension
✔Weight-neutral approach to health -Diabetes
5. The Body Image Module
Sample of classes
- The intersection of women’s bodies and power structure
- The purpose of having a body
- You don’t need to love your body
- The body neutrality roadmap
- Feeling safe in your body
- The body compass
- Betting on your body to live your best life
PLUS a full library of Guest Experts professional skills classes taught by paid teachers:
✔ How to navigate thin privilege in practice
✔ How to help clients transform their relationship to movement
Designations & Certification Process
Our Non-Diet Coaching Certification offers you flexibility—complete it for personal growth or pursue full certification to gain professional credentials.
Certification Requirements
If you choose to earn your certification, here’s what you’ll need to do:.
- Attend Live Classes or Watch Replays: Attend the live sessions to engage with the community and instructors. Must attend 80% of live class to certify.
- Complete 4 Certification Assessments (70% or Higher):
Each professional skills track concludes with an open-book assessment, designed to reinforce your knowledge. The exams are multiple-choice and true/false, available in your online portal, and can be taken at your convenience.
- Coaching Practicum:
Work with 3 to 6 clients, totaling 36 hours of coaching. This hands-on experience lets you put your skills into action. Submit your coaching log to fulfill this requirement..
Achieve Your Certification
Upon completing the requirements, you’ll receive your certification and gain exclusive rights to use the Non-Diet Coaching Certification logos on your website and marketing materials.
- Cognitive Behavioural Coach & Non-Diet Life CoachNon- Di
- Non-Diet Eating Coach
- Non-Diet Body Image Coach
- Non-Diet Health Coach
These designations will distinguish you as a certified expert in non-diet coaching, ready to make a meaningful impact in the lives of your clients.
Business Skills Curriculum
1. Create an aligned business strategy
- The Aligned Business Strategy
- The Only Strategy to 100K
- How to create money in your business
- How to set a safe business goal
- How to evaluate your tactics
- Guest expert class – How to build a feminist body of work
2. Create a confident marketing message
- Getting to know your ideal client
- The interview process
- Your Confident Message
- The story. Your message.
- Guest expert class – How to build a business with ethical marketing
- Guest expert class- How to build a powerful brand
3. Create a compelling offer
- The Compelling Offer Process
- Calling your ideal client into action
- Effective Testimonial Guide
- Guest expert class- How to build an anti-racist business
4. Create an authentic marketing system
- The Non-Diet Marketing System
- Authentic Marketing Tactics
- Podcasting 101
- Non-Diet Marketing Standards
- Non-Diet Website Guide
- Non-Diet Social Media Guide
- Guest expert Class – How to use storytelling in your marketing
- Guest expert Class – How to use audio marketing to maximize your conversion
- Guest expert class- How to show up authentically on social media
5. Selling with integrity
- How to sell with integrity
- Ethical consultation process
- Guest expert class – How to run effective consultation calls
MEET OUR GUEST EXPERT TEACHERS
Our faculty includes some of the most respected voices in the anti-diet and ethical business space. These guest experts bring real-world experience and revolutionary approaches to health coaching, body image, and building a values-driven business.
From intuitive eating to trauma informed coaching practices, you’ll learn from the best in the field, gaining insights and tools that will set you apart as a non-diet coach.
Get ready to learn directly from the leaders who are transforming the health and wellness industry.
Vanessa Preston
Vanessa Preston
Kim Hagle
Angie M Jordan
Angie M Jordan
Podcasting Digital Marketing Expert
Teaching on how to leverage podcasting to grow your business and get more visibility and reach online. Learn how to set initial goals for your podcast and the framework for creating content that moves your audience to want to buy.
Nicola Salmon
Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth
James Rose
Tamara Melton MS, RDN, LD
Tamara Melton MS, RDN, LD
Beth Rosen MS, RD, CND
Shelby Gordon
Shelby Gordon
Dana Sturtevant
Michelle Mazur, Ph.D.
Michelle Mazur, Ph.D.
Alissa Rumsey, MS, RD, CDN, CSCS
Rachel Molenda
Rachel Molenda
Hailey Rowe
Stephanie Long
Pricing for the non-diet coaching certification
SLIDING SCALE
Since 2021, we’ve adopted a sliding-scale pricing model to make non-diet coaching training accessible to more people, support diverse voices in the coaching industry, and help dismantle diet culture faster. This model, inspired by Alexis J. Cunningfolk @worthandcunning considers individual financial circumstances to create an equitable path to certification.
The sliding scale relies on truthfulness, respect for complexity, and accountability. While we don’t require income verification, we trust that each participant will select the option that truly reflects their financial situation. All sliding scale options include a no-cost, equal payment plan for added flexibility.
PAYMENT PLANS
Each sliding scale option offers the flexibility of a payment plan or a one-time payment at no additional cost. You can choose the structure that best fits your budget:
Sliding Option $4,000
- Deposit: $1,000 upon registration (once application is approved)
- Payment Plan: 6 monthly payments of $500
- Sliding Option $6,000
- Deposit: $1,000 upon registration (once application is approved)
- Payment Plan: 6 monthly payments of $833
Sliding Option $8,000
- Deposit: $1,000 upon registration (once application is approved)
- Payment Plan: 6 monthly payments of $1,167
By choosing the option that best aligns with your financial reality, you’re helping us create a more inclusive, diverse coaching community. Together, we’re building a movement to challenge diet culture and empower women.
$4,000
✔ You have access to basic needs such as food, shelter, and childcare, though sometimes it may feel difficult, and you stress about it.
✔ You rent lower-end properties or have unstable housing. You may not have a car and/or have limited access to a car, or you may not always be able to afford gas.
✔ You are able to put away money each month to save up to be able to pay for the program, but the middle tier price would mean that you have to save for longer than 12 months.
✔ This tier is for people in need of financial assistance and will be funded by “people paying it forward” in the $8000 tier.
$6,000
✔ You may be paying off debt or working to build savings, but you also have access to meeting your basic needs such as food, shelter and childcare. You have a steady income.
✔ You own or lease a car. You can take a vacation annually or every few years without a financial burden.
✔ Making this investment might require you to reduce some discretionary spending in your life (such as going out to dinner, buying coffee, buying a new outfit, or going on vacation), but the sacrifice is short-term but will not harm you in the long term.
✔ This tier is the fair price for the program.
$8,000
✔ You have financial security, own property, or have personal savings.
✔ You are comfortably able to meet all your basic needs and able to pay for “wants.” You have access to financial savings.
✔ You have the economic privilege and power in our community, this price is for you.
✔ By choosing this price, you are “paying it forward” and contributing to a more equitable world by supporting access for those with less privilege.
Enrollment period
- Enrollment Period
Open for enrollment from January 13-17, 2025.
- Application Process
Registration for the Non-Diet Coaching Certification is through application only. Applications will be reviewed on a “first-come, first-considered” basis.
- Upcoming Cohort
Our next cohort (#11) will run from January 30 to June 26, 2025.
JOIN THE WAITLIST FOR THE NEXT COHORT
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
Zero pressure.
Bring coffee. Or tea.
You tell me what’s going on and I’ll listen. Then I’ll help you come up with a decision that makes sense for you, and where you’re at.
THE IMPACT OF THE NON-DIET COACHING CERTIFICATION
I would have saved so much money if I had meet Stephanie before!
I have launched the my signature program and the revenue from which covered my investment!
I’m so happy I said YES to this program!
My knowledge base and confidence working with clients has grown because of the high quality non-diet education Stephanie has provided. I know that the things I am teaching are changing lives, and that feels amazing!
I am proud of the fact that I have launched the beta test of my signature program and the revenue from which covered my investment in this mentorship! I have also launched my podcast and look forward to being featured on the Going Beyond the Food Show! I would never have had the courage to take that step without Stephanie’s support and encouragement. Stephanie has really pushed us to launch as we learn!
The Non-Diet Coaching Certification is the perfect program if you want to take your non-diet business to the next level; this is an investment that will pay dividends if you put the work in.
Kim Hagle, CPT RHN
Founder, Radiant Vitality
I earned back my investment in the first 3.5 months and I’m on track to double my first-quarter revenue this quarter!
Before this program, I had no clear direction or idea on WHO I actually wanted to serve. Discovering my ideal client brought so much clarity on the type of program I wanted to offer.
She provides so many tools and resources and helps with program creation as well. She also includes the mindset component of running a business and coaching clients which I have realized is VITAL for any type of success.
It truly is a HOLISTIC program for non-diet entrepreneurs and I highly recommend it!
About Stephanie Dodier the founder of the Non-Diet Coaching Certification
Stephanie Dodier is a Non-Diet Nutritionist CNP, Cognitive Behavioral Coach and Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. She is host of two top-ranking podcasts in the non-diet industry and creator of the Going Beyond The Food Method™️. She founded Undiet Your Life, a global coaching and online training platform focused on helping women make peace with food and their body so that they can live a fulfilling life… right now! She is also the founder of Undiet Your Coaching Practice, a global professional training platform and the Non-Diet Coaching Certification.
Stephanie has been a leader in business & sales for over 25 years. As a vice-president for the #1 retailer company in Canada, she has learned how successfully build and operate a thriving business. Over the last 9 years, Stephanie has built two 6 figure health businesses with her clinic in Toronto and her online Going Beyond The Food online programs. Through her clinical work, teaching, speaking, workshops, podcast and online programs, Stephanie has worked with hundred of thousands of women in over 92 countries around the world. Resume and professional profile available here.
Stephanie is on a mission to help free over 1 million women from diet culture. That’s when you come in. The way we teach health & nutrition needs to change. This program is her way to empower other practitioners like you to make the change and impact 1 million women together inside the non-diet coaching certification!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Am I ready for the non-diet coaching certification training?
If you’re passionate about helping others, then you’re ready!
This program is designed to support you at any stage—whether you’re an established health professional looking to expand your skills or just beginning your journey in coaching. Y
ou’ll receive step-by-step guidance, hands-on practice, and personalized mentorship to build your confidence and expertise. As long as you’re open to learning and committed to personal growth, this certification will meet you where you are and equip you to make a real impact.
I have no coaching certification. Will this program be enough to coach with?
Yes, this non-diet coaching certification has everything you need to become a coach and coach other humans. We teach you the coaching framework and tools that will give you all you need to coach women on almost anything.
Will I be able to integrate other healing methodologies?
Yes our non-diet coaching certification is integrative, and we will help you integrate your own process. In fact, Stephanie created the Going Beyond The Food Method™️ and Undiet Your Life coaching process by integrating her own educational degree, certifications, trainings and healing methodologies.
The only exception is that we do not allow our process to support ANY WEIGHT LOSS process. If you intend to continue or start to use our non-diet coaching certification to support diet culture, do not join us. Our program is not for you.
I coach weight loss right now. Is the certification right for me?
Yes the non-diet coaching certification is for you, if you want to stop promoting and supporting diet culture and coaching weight loss. If you want to stop coaching any form of weight loss, transition your teaching, business, and coaching to a non-diet approach.
No the non-diet coaching certification is not for you if you desire to continue or intend to continue to support diet culture, wellness culture or weight loss in any way, shape or form. Our program is not for you. Certification will be withdrawn from you if it is discovered to promote intentional weight loss after graduation.
What is the certification process and requirement?
Our Non-Diet Coaching Certification offers you flexibility—complete it for personal growth or pursue full certification to gain professional credentials.
Certification Requirements
If you choose to earn your certification, here’s what you’ll need to do:
Attend Live Classes or Watch Replays: Attend the live sessions to engage with the community and instructors, or, if you miss a live class, access replays and study at your own pace.
Complete 4 Certification Assessments (70% or Higher):
Each professional skills track concludes with an open-book assessment, designed to reinforce your knowledge. The exams are multiple-choice and true/false, available in your online portal, and can be taken at your convenience.Coaching Practicum:
Work with 3 to 6 clients, totaling 36 hours of coaching. This hands-on experience lets you put your skills into action. Submit your coaching log to fulfill this requirement.
Achieve Your Certification
Upon completing the requirements, you’ll receive your certification and gain exclusive rights to use the Non-Diet Coaching Certification logos on your website and marketing materials. You’ll also be able to use the following professional titles:
- Cognitive Behavioural Coach & Non-Diet Life Coach
- Non-Diet Eating Coach
- Non-Diet Body Image Coach
- Non-Diet Health Coach
These designations will distinguish you as a certified expert in non-diet coaching, ready to make a meaningful impact in the lives of your clients.
Will this program be trauma-informed?
Our program, the non-diet coaching certification is trauma-informed, which means we teach to understand trauma, recognize how trauma impacts your clients, and how to deliver coaching with safety and to support nervous system regulation.
We do not believe coaches are licensed therapists or health professionals trained to support processing trauma. We believe coaches in general are not qualified to “treat” trauma; we teach to respect your limitations and refer out.
Am I the right fit for this program?
You are the right student for the non-diet coaching certification if you are:
- If you are in the process of undieting your own life and want to learn to coach this process in the future.
- If you want to undiet your own life and learn advanced skills set for your own development.
- If you are an established coach or licensed mental or health professional or in a position to work with women on food, health, body image, self-acceptance or self-confidence and want to integrate non-diet coaching into your skill set.
I still struggle with my own relationship with food and body; not sure I'm ready?
We got you. The non-diet coaching certification is built so you work on your relationship to food, body and mindset to learn the methodology. You get to experience the Undiet Your Life process personally and receive coaching on your own journey.
You master yourself so you can coach your client masterfully.
Will I learn to build a coaching program?
Yes. The non-diet coaching certification business track will teach how to create a compelling coaching offer. You will learn to facilitate the Undiet Your Life process and get access to all our client worksheets and assessments.
We start by teaching how to coach using the Going Beyond The Food Method™️ and the cognitive behavioural model in combination with intersectionality and trauma-informed approach. Then you learn to apply this coaching framework to eating, body image, health and life coaching topics for women.
Will you help me launch my business?
Yes. The non-diet coaching certification business track will take you step-by-step from creating a business strategy, ideal client, messaging, offer, marketing and selling.
Most importantly, you will learn how to coach yourself to show up in the world and do the work to grow your business.
Will you help me refine my niche?
Yes. We think of niches differently inside the non-diet coaching certification: we teach you to think about your ideal client. We have a unique process that will help you refine the unique woman you are best suited to help in your special coaching process.
Will I learn to coach my client's mindset and emotions?
Yes. Inside the non-diet coaching certification we are passionate about coaching emotions and mindset that's the foundation of Going Beyond The Food. Our coaching process is the foundation of our training program and the key to helping your client create sustainable life-changing results through your program.
During the first 6 weeks of our program, you will learn to coach yourself, embody the coaching process in your life and then learn to coach others.
Can I join the certification for my own personal development?
Yes. The non-diet coaching certification process is optional. You can join the certification for personal development interests only.
What is included in the business training segment of the program?
*Note the business track is on-demand from the day you join and optional to complete for certification.
Inside the non-diet coaching certification you get to build your self-concept as a business owner using the self-coaching framework. Being successful in business starts with your thoughts.
Then we teach business-building skill sets aligned with the principles of the non-diet approach: non-toxic business culture and ethical business process.
- The Aligned Business Strategy
- The Only Strategy to 100K
- How to create money in your business
- How to set a safe business goal
- How to evaluate your tactics
- Getting to know your ideal client
- Your Confident Message
- The Compelling Offer
- How to sell with integrity
- Ethical consultation process
- The Non-Diet Marketing System
- Authentic Marketing Tactics
- The story. Your message.
- Calling your ideal client into action
- Podcasting 101
- Non-Diet Marketing Standards
- Non-Diet Website Guide
- Non-Diet Social Media Guide
- Effective Testimonial Guide
PLUS a full library of Guest Experts business classes taught by paid teachers:
- How to use storytelling in your marketing
- How to use audio marketing to maximize your conversion
- How to build a business with ethical marketing
- How to build a feminist body of work
- How to run effective consultation calls
- How to show authentically on social media
- How to build a powerful brand
- How to build an anti-racist practice
What is included in the professional training segment of the program?
Inside the non-diet coaching certification you get to learn to embody and facilitate the Undiet Your Life Coaching process that consists of three steps:
- Confident Mindset
- Peaceful Eating
- Liberated Body
The Coaching Track
We began our professional skills training by learning the non-diet coaching process. The non-diet coaching process is a cognitive behavioural coaching framework with an intersectional and trauma-informed approach.
- Processing emotions and emotional intelligence tools.
- Belief systems and thoughts awareness
- Behaviour and habits that create the reality
- Changing thoughts & beliefs
- Believing new thoughts
- The self-coaching process
- The external coaching process
- Being a coach and coachable
- Holding safe space
- Powerful thinking
The Eating Track
The next professional skills training track inside the non-diet coaching certification is Eating & Health. We learn to apply the non-diet coaching process to eating. As a certified Intuitive eating counsellor, Stephanie created the Peaceful Eating course using the formal 10 steps intuitive eating process created by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch.
- Making peace with emotional eating
- Ditching diet mindset
- Attunement to eating cues
- Unconditional permission to eat
- From self-control to self-care
- Gentle Nutrition
Weight-neutral health approach - The first 6 lessons must be completed for certification.
- What is health?
- Health beyond weight- Set point
- Health At Every Size ® principles overview
- Health At Every Size ® developing a healthy relationship with food & exercise
- Health At Every Size ® size acceptance
- Health At Every Size ® health sheet library
- (opt) Weight-neutral approach to health - Female hormonal health
- (opt)Weight-neutral approach to health - Stress
- (opt)Weight-neutral approach to health - Digestion
- (opt)Weight-neutral approach to health - Inflammation
- (opt)Weight-neutral approach to health - Hypertension
- (opt)Weight-neutral approach to health - Diabetes
- (opt)Weight-neutral approach to health - Blood sugar regulation
The Body Image Track
The last professional skills training track inside the non-diet coaching certification is Body Image. We learn to apply the non-diet coaching process to the relationship to the body (body image). The Body Neutrality framework you will learn is a proprietary 5 steps process created by Stephanie Dodier towards body acceptance and liberation.
- The intersection of women’s bodies and power structure
- The purpose of having a bod
- You don’t need to love your body
- The body neutrality roadmap
- Feeling safe in your body
- The body compass
- Betting on your body to live your best life
PLUS a full library of Guest Experts professional skills classes taught by paid teachers:
- Getting the nervous system onboard
Being a trauma-informed practitioner - How to navigate thin privilege in practice
- Gender identity, pronoun & the intersection with disordered eating.
- How to navigate digestive health in a non-diet approach to health.
- How to approach fertility in a non-diet approach
- How to help clients transform their relationship to movement
Do you offer a refund?
The non-diet coaching certification is a small group coaching container. If you commit to the program, you're committing to the entire direction of the program. To preserve the integrity of the peer relationships cultivated in small group coaching containers and because there is specific training that stacks upon each other, we cannot accept new students after intake closes.
That means that if someone drops out partway through, we cannot fill their spot. Because the container is so small, there’s no margin for cancellations or drop-outs and so we cannot offer refunds. If you stop participating before the end date and select a payment plan option, your payments are still due in full.
Our certification is a significant commitment of time, money and energy. It’s a serious investment in yourself and your business that can generate a big impact and return across the years.
We appreciate your careful yes -- and we trust it.
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Ethical and Earning Disclaimer of the non-diet coaching certification:
Clients understand that Company cannot, in any good conscience guarantee any outcome of financial gain from attending this event. We can teach you everything we know, but we can't implement it for you. As it is in life, how far you go up is up to you and your ability to implement what we teach you. It's stipulated by law and our good intentions for you that we let you know this. You'll get the most cutting-edge training and it's up to you to make it happen. You should know that all product and services by our company are for educational and information purposes only. Nothing on this page, any of our websites, or any of our content or curriculum is a promise or guarantee of results or future earnings, and we do not offer any legal, medical, tax or other professional advice. Any financial numbers referenced here, or on any of our sites, are illustrative of concepts only and should not be considered average earnings, exact earnings, or promises for actual or future performance. making decisions based on any information presented in our products, events, services, or website should be done only with the knowledge that you could experience risk or losses just like any entrepreneurial endeavor. Use caution and always consult your accountant, lawyer or professional adviser before acting on this or any information related to a lifestyle change or your business or finances. You alone are responsible and accountable for your decisions, actions and results in life, and by your registration here you agree not to attempt to hold us liable for your decisions, actions or results, at any time, under any circumstance.
The program content of the non-diet coaching certification is not a substitute for direct, personal, professional medical care and diagnosis. All the information contained inside the non-diet coaching certification within is not intended to provide specific physical or mental health advice, or any other advice whatsoever, for any individual or company and should not be relied upon in that regard.
Always work with a qualified medical professional before making changes to your diet, prescription medication, supplement, lifestyle or exercise activities.
