On Wednesday, April 8th, 2026 we’re opening registration for the PN Level 2 Master Health Coaching Certification. The PN Level 2 is a 20-week, small-group mentorship where you practice real coaching scenarios every week, with live feedback from expert mentors, until the skills become instinct.
Seats are limited by design. Join the FREE Waitlist to get:
✔️ First notification when doors open—get your invitation on April 8th
✔️ Our biggest discount—save $1,000+ (waitlist members only)
✔️ Exclusive coaching bonus worth $697—for early registrants
✔️ Full enrollment packet with curriculum, schedule, and certification pathways
The instincts that take most coaches a decade to develop? You’ll have them in 20 weeks. Level 2 gives you:
- The psychology of behavior change, so you finally understand why clients struggle and exactly how to help them through it
- Confidence in the situations that used to feel hardest: difficult conversations, emotional blocks, resistance, and setbacks
- A way to help clients beyond food and fitness, across every dimension of their health, in ways that actually last
- Eligibility for the industry’s top credentials, NBC-HWC and HCA-RHC, built into the program at no extra cost
- A practice that grows: more clients, better results, and the kind of referrals that come from doing exceptional work
For more about the program, check the frequently asked questions below.
Table of contents
About the Program
→ What is the PN Level 2 Master Health Coaching Certification?
→ Who is it for?
→ Are there prerequisites? Can I become a health coach without a degree?
→ Do I need clients before joining?
→ Why did PN create Level 2?
→ What qualifies you to teach this?
→ How does it compare to other certifications?
→ What are other people saying?
The Curriculum
→ What do you learn?
→ What coaching skills does it teach?
→ Why is behavior change psychology important?
→ How is it different from Level 1?
→ I’m in Level 1. Can I still join Level 2?
The Experience
→ What are the live sessions like?
→ Are the live sessions mandatory?
→ What’s the time commitment?
→ What is the schedule?
Credentials and Certification
→ Is PN Level 2 NBHWC approved?
→ Why should I become board certified?
→ How does it qualify me for HCA-RHC?
→ What is the difference between NBC-HWC and HCA-RHC?
Career and Income
→ Can the PN Level 2 certification help me make more money as a health coach?
Enrollment and Pricing
→ How do I get a spot?
→ How much does it cost?
Guarantees and Policies
→ Is there a guarantee?
→ What about recertification?
→ How do I enroll?
About the Program
What most coaches spend 5–10 years figuring out, you’ll master in 20 weeks.
The PN Level 2 Master Health Coaching Certification is a practice-based mentorship originally built to train PN’s own in-house coaches—the ones managing hundreds of clients and delivering life-changing results every day. It worked so well, we opened it to health and fitness professionals everywhere.
This is not a nutrition course. It’s not a lecture series. It’s a 20-week immersive experience where you practice real coaching scenarios with a small group of peers and receive direct feedback from master-level mentors until the skills become second nature.
Graduates consistently tell us Level 2 fast-tracked their growth in ways they didn’t expect. And the relationships they built inside the program? Those last long after graduation.
After 20 weeks you’ll be able to:
- Retain up to 10x more clients than the average Level 1 coach
- Walk into any coaching scenario—complex, messy, emotionally charged—with confidence and a clear plan
- Apply PN’s “Deep Health” coaching method to help clients improve not just their physical health, but their mental, emotional, relational, and existential wellbeing
- Join the ranks of the top 1% of coaches worldwide
We’ll be honest: Level 2 isn’t for everyone.
It’s for coaches who are done settling for good enough. Who know they’re capable of more and are ready to do the work to get there. Who want to walk into any client situation, no matter how complex or emotionally charged, and know exactly what to do.
If that’s you, you’re in the right place.
Our students come from all kinds of backgrounds—personal trainers, nurses, dietitians, physiotherapists, healthcare professionals, and wellness coaches at every stage of their careers. Some have decades of experience. Others are just getting started.
What they all have in common is a genuine desire to help people change and the willingness to invest in becoming exceptional at it.
If you’re newer to coaching: You’ll get structured practice, clear tools, and weekly mentor feedback to build confidence fast. The imposter syndrome that follows most new coaches around? It gets quieter. Then it stops. All you need is at least one person to practice with—a client, colleague, friend, or family member—and you’re set.
If you’re more experienced: You’ll refine instincts into repeatable systems, tackle tougher client scenarios, and sharpen the communication skills that separate good coaches from great ones. Coaches with years of experience consistently tell us Level 2 showed them things about their coaching they didn’t know they were missing.
Because the program is skills-based and feedback-driven, your mentors meet you where you are, so both newer and seasoned coaches progress meaningfully.
If you’re ready to take your coaching to the highest possible level, make a lasting impact in the lives of the people you serve, and build a practice that reflects the coach you know you can be, Level 2 is for you.
No formal prerequisites are required.
You do not need a university degree to enroll in or complete the PN Level 2 Master Health Coaching Certification.
Our most successful students tend to come in with some foundation—whether that’s PN Level 1, another coaching certification, or hands-on experience working with clients or patients in a health-related field. That background helps, but it isn’t a requirement.
What matters most is your commitment to the process. If you’re newer to coaching, the program’s structured practice, weekly feedback, and step-by-step mentorship are designed to build your confidence and skills from the ground up. All you need is at least one practice partner—a patient, colleague, family member, or friend—to work with during the program.
If you’re more experienced, you’ll refine your instincts into repeatable systems, tackle more complex client scenarios, and sharpen the communication skills that separate good coaches from great ones.
What we do ask is that you come ready to learn. Be open to feedback, willing to be challenged, and prepared to show up consistently for 20 weeks. The coaches who get the most out of this program aren’t necessarily the most experienced ones coming in. They’re the ones who engage most fully once they’re here.
Because the program is skills-based and feedback-driven, your mentors meet you where you are, so both newer and seasoned coaches progress meaningfully.
You don’t need paying clients to enroll. But since Level 2 is built around hands-on practice, you’ll get the most out of the program if you have at least one person to practice with outside of the weekly live sessions — whether that’s a current client, a colleague, a friend, or a family member willing to be your guinea pig.
Throughout the program you’ll be applying what you learn in real coaching conversations, so having someone to practice with makes a real difference in how quickly your skills develop.
Don’t have anyone in mind yet? Not a problem. Your cohort peers are there for exactly this — practicing with each other is built into the program from week one. Many of the most meaningful coaching relationships our graduates talk about started right there.
Honestly? We didn’t set out to build the industry’s best health coaching certification.
We set out to build better coaches for our own in-house coaching program—the one where we work with thousands of clients every year, helping them make meaningful, lasting changes to their health.
Our coaches needed to be exceptional. Managing hundreds of clients at a time, online, with no ability to rely on in-person connection—there was no room for guesswork. They needed to deliver world-class results at the same quality (or higher) than they would if they were only coaching a handful of in-person clients.
So we created an intensive coaching curriculum for our new coaches and paired them with one of our Precision Nutrition Master Coaches.
The results blew us away. Already great coaches became dramatically better—at building connection, navigating resistance, and helping clients achieve things that previously seemed impossible.
We realized pretty quickly that this wasn’t something we should keep to ourselves.
So twice a year, we open the program to health and fitness professionals everywhere. The curriculum, the mentors, the live practice sessions, the small-group experience—all of it. The same program that transformed our own coaches is now available to you.
That’s Level 2. And that’s why we believe in it so deeply.
“You can have knowledge, degrees, certifications. But you’re not truly a coach until you go through this program. It was life changing.” — Shir Warr, PN Certified Master Health Coach
The short answer: we don’t just teach coaching. We do it every day, and we have the data to prove what works.
Over the past 20+ years, more than 150,000 people have gone through PN’s coaching program. Because it’s all online, we track everything: compliance, behavior, body composition, and performance outcomes. We don’t have to guess what makes a great coach or what helps clients change. We know. And everything we’ve learned goes directly into Level 2.
Our coaching method has been validated in independent peer-reviewed research. When major companies, professional sports teams, and elite athletes need coaching expertise, they come to us.
But the heart of Level 2 is the three coaches you’ll learn from every single week.
- Toni Bauer, Program Director and Lead Instructor BA, NASM-CPT, PN2-MHC, NBC-HWC: 20+ years of coaching experience, 11 years at PN. Known for her non-judgmental approach and meeting every student with compassion and firm support.
- Jay Bonn, Lead Instructor MLA, CSCS, PN2-MHC, NBC-HWC: A former teacher turned coach, Jay has been with PN for 9 years and has coached thousands of clients and students. He knows firsthand that communication is a skill, not a talent.
- Dominic Matteo, Lead Instructor CPT, PN2-MHC, NBC-HWC, Mayo Clinic Certified Wellness Coach: 15 years working with clients, 7 years as a Level 2 instructor. His personal journey, including losing over 100 pounds, gives him a rare depth of empathy that he brings to every session.
The program was also created by:
- Dr. John Berardi, PN Co-Founder: PhD in Exercise Physiology and Nutrient Biochemistry, published researcher, university professor, and consultant to Nike, Equinox, and Titleist. He’s coached thousands of everyday people and elite athletes, including Olympic gold medalists.
- Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon, Program Creator: A specialist in adult education and curriculum design with nearly two decades of experience and the intellectual architect behind PN’s coaching program.
- Brian St. Pierre, PN Director of Nutrition and Performance: A registered dietitian and performance nutrition specialist who has consulted with professional athletes and sports teams.
- Dr. Karin Nordin, Curriculum Advisor: A behavioral scientist specializing in the psychology of health behavior change.
There are many excellent NBHWC-approved training programs out there—and we’d encourage you to explore them. We’re confident in what PN Level 2 offers, and we think the comparison speaks for itself.
Most NBHWC-approved programs cost between $4,000 and $8,000. PN Level 2 is intentionally priced below that—not because we’ve cut corners, but because we believe world-class coaching education should be within reach for coaches who are serious about their craft. That’s always been part of our mission.
But affordability is only part of the story. Here’s what actually sets us apart:
- We’re built by practitioners, not just educators. PN is the only certification company that also coaches real clients every day—150,000+ and counting. Everything we learn from that work goes directly back into the curriculum. What you learn here reflects real life, not just theory.
- We prioritize practice over memorization. Most programs teach you what to know. PN Level 2 builds what you can do. Every week you practice real coaching scenarios with peers and receive live mentor feedback—the same way elite performers in any field develop mastery.
- We’re evidence-based. Our coaching method is validated in independent, peer-reviewed research and refined over two decades. This isn’t a program built on trends. It’s built on what actually works.
- We’re trusted by leaders. We’ve consulted for major companies, professional sports teams, and elite athletes. PN Level 2 is highly ranked by Forbes, Fortune, and Indeed. When the best in the industry need coaching education, they come to us.
- We offer more mentorship for less money. Programs charging $4,000–$8,000 often offer similar hours and curriculum but smaller networks and less hands-on practice. PN Level 2 gives you live weekly mentorship, a private cohort community, mentor office hours, and—for those pursuing the NBHWC pathway—three private one-on-one mentoring sessions. All included.
Inside PN Level 2, you get behind-the-scenes access to the same tools, strategies, and coaching methods we use every day in our personal coaching program—the one that has helped over 150,000 people make meaningful, lasting changes to their health.
We’re not just teaching theory. We’re sharing what actually works, with real people, in the real world.
Results like this:
Want to compare programs yourself? The NBHWC maintains a full directory of approved training programs at nbhwc.org. We’re proud to be on that list and confident you’ll like what you find when you look us up.
We could tell you all day long how transformative this program is. But we think our graduates say it better.
- “I find that I am becoming equipped to coach clients from all different walks of life. This isn’t ‘surface’ coaching, it gets to the core of human nature, habits, and emotion. Best thing I’ve done for myself as a coach thus far.” —Michelle Mobley Simpson
- “PN Level 2 will teach you how to mobilize your personal strengths in ways that will place you among the elite in your field. The program’s coaches are fantastic resources, providing spot-on insights, valuable information, and just the right touch of supportive mentoring.” —Zoe Georgas Johnson
- “This course has made me realize that there is no end to the skills and knowledge that can be acquired to make yourself better. These concepts are ones that you can read in the morning and use them in the afternoon.” —Keith Countess
- “With 9 years under my belt as a coach, I expected to learn from this course, but not to the extent I have. I have had long-held beliefs challenged and had to reexamine some of my own priorities, making me a better coach and person through increased knowledge and a supportive system.” —Bronwyn Adams-Hooper
- “The program helped me feel confident creating an upper tier for my gym members, with a higher profit margin.” —Leann Hatler
- “I skyrocketed my coaching skills and confidence…My impostor syndrome is gone. And I got a new job!” —Katya Mohsen
- “You can have knowledge, degrees, certifications. But you’re not truly a coach until you go through this program. It was life changing.” —Shir Warr
- “I now have more knowledge, more confidence and more skill. My clients stay longer and experience better results.” —Jonny Landels
- “This program does an absolutely phenomenal job of addressing how to affect behavior change…something that’s sorely missing in most people’s practices.” —Jeb Stuart Johnson
- “This program taught me how to be a better coach and retain clients longer. Before, I had clients staying for a month. Now, it’s six, nine months, even a year.” —Jeff Grogan
The Curriculum
Level 2 focuses on the coaching skills that determine whether a client actually changes—not just whether they have a good plan.
The program focuses on the human side of coaching: the ability to meet clients where they are, navigate resistance, and create the kind of coaching relationship where lasting change actually happens.
Specifically:
- Coaching foundations: Client-centered coaching, scope of practice, the PN 6-Step Coaching Process, kickoff calls, goal-setting, and the full arc of a client relationship. Plus how to assess research quality so you’re always working from the best available evidence.
- Advanced communication: Active listening, nonverbal communication, empathy and connection, and the language that builds trust fast at every stage of a coaching relationship.
- Behavior change psychology: Motivational interviewing, cognitive-behavioral techniques, mindset science, the psychology of motivation and willpower, habit formation, and how to help clients follow through when life gets messy.
- Coaching complex situations: Stress, burnout, disordered eating, body image, emotional blocks, and competing priorities. Plus referral and scope edge cases including GI issues and supplementation and medication interactions, so you always know when to refer out.
- Somatic psychology and the mind-body connection: Appetite awareness, hunger, environmental cueing of eating behaviors, mindful eating, and practical meal planning and food prep strategies you can use with clients right away.
- Diversity, inclusion, and life stages: Coaching clients across different ages, backgrounds, abilities, and life circumstances, including chronic illness and disability, so you’re prepared for whoever walks through your door.
- Deep Health coaching: Helping clients thrive across all six dimensions of health: physical, mental, emotional, relational, environmental, and existential.
After 20 weeks of deliberate practice, live feedback, and real coaching scenarios, you’ll be able to:
- Walk into any client situation, no matter how complex or emotionally charged, with confidence and a clear plan
- Have difficult conversations without dreading them—resistance, ambivalence, setbacks, and emotional blocks become things you know how to navigate
- Help clients follow through, not just make plans—because you’ll understand the psychology behind why people struggle and exactly how to help them move forward
- Coach beyond food and fitness, addressing the mental, emotional, relational, and environmental dimensions of health that determine whether change actually lasts
- Recognize when a client needs a referral and know exactly how to handle it—including edge cases like disordered eating, GI issues, and medication interactions
Everything that used to feel hard will start to feel natural.
One thing worth noting: Level 2 deepens your coaching skills across any health and wellness context. It doesn’t replace the need for specialized medical credentials like registered dietitian or physician status for medical nutrition therapy. What it does is make you a dramatically more effective coach within your existing scope of practice — and gives you the confidence to work right up to that edge.
“I believe there isn’t a single person I can’t help with the coaching skills I’ve developed during Level 2. The confidence to be able to help anyone is both energizing and empowering.” — James Haggard, PN Level 2 Graduate
Because knowing what to do and actually doing it are two completely different things.
Most coaches already understand nutrition, exercise, and healthy habits. Their clients do too, at least on some level. They know they should eat better, move more, sleep longer.
But knowing isn’t the problem.
Doing it consistently, when life gets busy and motivation fades and old patterns creep back in—that’s where most people struggle. And that’s where most coaches feel underprepared.
Behavior-change psychology gives you the tools to close that gap.
Not textbook psychology. Real-world, practical tools for understanding how people think, feel, and behave, and how to help them move forward even when everything feels hard.
It’s the difference between giving a client a great plan and actually being able to help them follow through on it.
When you understand the psychology behind behavior change, everything shifts. Difficult clients become fascinating puzzles. Resistance becomes information. Setbacks become part of the process rather than signs of failure.
That’s the coaching that creates lasting results. And that’s why it sits at the heart of everything we teach at PN.
Here’s the simplest way to think about it:
PN Level 1 is where you build a strong foundation in nutrition science and behavior-change coaching.
It’s self-paced, comprehensive, and ideal for coaches who want to confidently coach nutrition and deliver better client results. Think of it as learning the knowledge.
PN Level 2 is where you develop the skills to actually use that knowledge—with any client, in any situation, no matter how complex or messy it gets.
It’s a 20-week, mentor-led mentorship focused on the art and science of coaching itself. Not nutrition. Not meal plans. The human side of helping people change. Think of it as developing the mastery.
As one graduate told us: “If Level 1 was like learning how to do surgery, Level 2 is like standing beside a world-class surgeon while they help you perform surgery.”
Together they’re the most complete coaching education in the industry. But you don’t need Level 1 to enroll in Level 2—they’re two separate, complementary programs and each stands completely on its own.
| Level 1 Nutrition Certification | Level 2 Master Health Coaching Certification | |
| Focus | Nutrition science and behavior-change coaching | Advanced coaching psychology, communication, and client-centered practice |
| Format | Self-paced, digital | 20-week mentor-led mentorship, digital |
| Time commitment | 3–5 hours per week | 5–8 hours per week |
| Live sessions | No | Yes, one 2-hour session weekly (attendance is mandatory only for students pursuing NBC-HWC or HCA credentials) |
| Ideal for | Anyone who wants to confidently coach nutrition | Coaches ready to develop elite-level coaching skills |
| Credential | PN Level 1 Certified Nutrition Coach | PN Certified Master Coach
— Or — PN Certified Master Health Coach, with eligibility for NBC-HWC and HCA-RHC |
| Evaluated by | Exams | Completion of lessons
Completion of daily practices Case studies Quizzes Final Exam |
Data from over 100,000 coaching clients shows that the average PN Level 2 coach retains up to 10x more clients than the average Level 1 coach, gets better results, and reports more enjoyment in their coaching practice.
There are no formal prerequisites for Level 2. However, many of our most successful students come in with a foundation like PN Level 1 or experience working with fitness clients or healthcare patients. But plenty start before they’ve ever had a paying client.
Yes. While we recommend completing Level 1 first, it’s ultimately your call, and there are some real advantages to doing both at the same time.
The two programs feed each other in ways that can actually accelerate your growth. The nutrition science you’re building in Level 1 gives you a richer base to draw from in Level 2 coaching scenarios. And the coaching skills you’re developing in Level 2 make you immediately better at applying your Level 1 knowledge with real clients. What you learn in one reinforces what you’re practicing in the other.
Doing both simultaneously also compresses your timeline. Instead of finishing Level 1 and then waiting for the next Level 2 cohort to open, you graduate from both programs within the same window and hit the ground running.
One thing worth knowing: Level 1 is self-paced with no deadline, so there’s no pressure to finish it before Level 2 begins. You can assess how things are going once you’re inside Level 2, and if you need to pause your Level 1 studies and return to them after Level 2 is complete, that’s completely fine. The flexibility is built in.
That said, doing both actively at the same time is a genuine commitment. It’s absolutely doable, but it works best for coaches who are ready to make their professional development a real priority for the next few months.
The Experience
Every week for 20 weeks, you join one live 2-hour session via Zoom with your cohort and one of PN’s expert mentor coaches. These aren’t lectures.
Multiple session times are offered each week so you can choose what works for your schedule and switch week to week as needed:
- Tuesdays @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm ET
- Wednesdays @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am ET
- Thursdays @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm ET
- Thursdays @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm ET
Live sessions begin the week of April 27th and run through the week of September 14th, with a one-week break from June 27th – July 3rd.
A note on attendance: Live sessions are mandatory only for students pursuing NBC-HWC or HCA credentials. If that’s your path, you’ll need to earn credit for all 20 sessions. We know life happens—you can miss up to two sessions as long as you complete a make-up assignment, but you must attend at least 18 sessions in person for a minimum of 105 minutes per session.
For everyone else, recordings are provided for any session you miss. That said, these sessions are consistently what graduates say changed them the most. Once you experience them, you’ll want to show up every week. We recommend attending live whenever you can.
A typical live session starts with a brief review of that week’s material, followed by a real client scenario: a difficult conversation, a resistant client, an emotional block. You analyze it with your group. You role-play it, taking turns as coach and client, while your mentor observes and gives you real-time feedback on your technique.
This is how coaching instincts are actually built: deliberate repetition under expert guidance, in a safe environment where mistakes are part of the process.
After going through these sessions, graduates consistently tell us that working with real clients feels familiar rather than frightening. You’ve already done this. You know what you’re doing.
“You can’t really practice being a client-centered coach without role-play. These live sessions are the best practice you can get.” — Austin O’Neal, PN Certified Level 2 Master Health Coach
“You get tons of practice. You have opportunities to fumble, pick the ball back up, and run again until you get a lot more comfortable. After you’ve gone through these sessions, when you’re working with clients, there’s this sense of comfort and calm. Like, ‘This is nothing new. I’ve done this many times before. I’ve got this.'” — Reggie Gentry, PN Certified Level 2 Master Health Coach
It depends on your goals.
Live sessions are mandatory only for students pursuing NBC-HWC board certification or the HCA Registered Health Coach designation.
If that’s your path, you’ll need to earn credit for all 20 sessions. We know life happens. You can miss up to two sessions as long as you complete a make-up assignment, but you must attend at least 18 sessions for a minimum of 105 minutes per session.
For everyone else, recordings are provided for every session so you never fall behind if life gets in the way.
That said, these sessions are consistently what graduates say changed them the most. The live role-play, the real-time feedback, the small-group dynamic—it’s the part of the program that turns knowledge into instinct. Once you experience it, you’ll want to show up every week.
Plus, the coaches you show up with week after week become something more like teammates. And those relationships don’t end when the program does. Graduates tell us the friendships they built inside Level 2 are among the most meaningful professional relationships of their careers — and they last long after graduation.
We recommend attending live whenever you can. However, we’ve built the program so that no matter what life throws at you, you can keep moving forward.
The core Level 2 program is 20 weeks—that’s one live 2-hour session per week, plus approximately 3–6 hours of self-study, case study work, and reflection questions. Most people spend about 5-8 hours a week on Level 2, and manage that with full-time jobs or coaching careers.
After the 20 weeks are complete, you’ll have a two-week window to sit your final exam.
If you’re pursuing the NBC-HWC board certification pathway through the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC), the timeline extends beyond the core program. You’ll need to complete additional self-paced Health Conditions and Preventive Care units, log 50 health and wellness coaching sessions, and pass the NBHWC board exam. Depending on your pace and how many clients you’re seeing each week, this typically adds another 3–4 months.
Here’s a quick overview of each pathway:
Path 1: PN Certified Level 2 Master Coach 20 weeks core program + 2-week exam window.
Path 2: PN Certified Master Health Coach Everything in Path 1, plus additional self-paced Health Conditions and Preventive Care units, three 90-minute private mentoring sessions, and a practical skills oral exam. Timeline varies based on your pace. Earn eligibility for an extra credential: HCA-RHC (Health Coach Alliance Registered Health Coach).
Path 3: NBC-HWC Board Certification Everything in Paths 1 and 2, plus 50 coaching sessions and the board exam. Approximately 8–10 months total depending on your pace.
All pathways are included in your enrollment fee at no extra cost. (Please note that the HCA and NBHWC have their own applications and annual membership fees separate from your PN enrollment.)
This is a rigorous mentorship. You’ll be thinking, reflecting, practicing, and growing every single week. We ask that you give it the time, energy, and attention it—and you—deserve. Most students tell us it’s the best professional investment they’ve ever made.
There are only two cohorts a year.
Enrollment for the Spring 2026 cohort of PN’s Level 2 Master Health Coaching Certification Program begins on Wednesday, April 8th, 2026. It closes on April 17. Miss this window and you can’t enroll again for 6+ months.
Here are the key dates:
- Enrollment opens: Wednesday, April 8th
- Enrollment closes: Friday, April 17th
- Orientation content delivered: Saturday, April 18th
- Live orientation sessions (choose one):
- Tuesday, April 21 @ 2–4 pm ET
- Wednesday, April 22 @ 9–11 am ET
- Thursday, April 23 @ 12–2 pm ET
- Thursday, April 23 @ 7–9 pm ET
- Live classes begin: Week of April 27th
- Choose ONE to attend each week:
- Tuesday @ 2-4 pm ET
- Wednesday @ 9-11 am ET
- Thursday @ 12-2 pm ET
- Thursday @ 7-9 pm ET
- Choose ONE to attend each week:
- Break week: June 27 – July 3
- Live classes end: Week of September 14th
- Final exam window: September 18 – October 1
- Results delivered: Friday, October 2
Seats are limited by design to keep this a true small-group mentorship experience. If you’re ready to take the next step, don’t wait.
Credentials and Certification
Yes. PN Level 2 is an approved training program recognized by the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC), meaning graduates are eligible to sit for the board exam and earn the NBC-HWC designation—one of the most respected credentials in the industry.
Earning the esteemed NBC-HWC credential and completing a rigorous training program is an opportunity to bolster your reputation as a qualified health and fitness professional—allowing you to stand out from the pack and coach with more confidence than ever before.
When you enroll, you choose the pathway that’s right for you:
- Path 1: PN Certified Master Coach. Complete PN’s 20-week core program. You’ll earn the PN Certified Master Coach designation along with the knowledge, instincts, and hands-on experience to take your coaching to a world-class level. Live session attendance is highly encouraged but not mandatory for this pathway.
- Path 2: PN Certified Master Health Coach. Everything in Path 1, plus self-paced Health Conditions and Preventive Care units, three 90-minute private mentoring sessions, and a practical skills oral exam. Additional mentorship and knowledge, all included in the cost of your program. (This path makes you eligible for the HCA-RHC credential.)
- Path 3: National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC). Everything in Paths 1 and 2, plus one additional step that happens outside of the PN program itself. Once you’ve earned your PN Certified Master Health Coach designation, you’ll then need to log 50 health and wellness coaching sessions with clients before you can apply to take the NBHWC board exam. PN students pass the board exam at a 92% rate—well above the national average. This pathway may take a total of 8 to 10 months depending on your pace, and comes at no extra cost for the PN portion. See NBHWC website for full requirements and timing.
The credentialing landscape is shifting fast. What was once a nice-to-have is quickly becoming a need-to-have.
More employers now require NBC-HWC rather than simply preferring it. The NBHWC recently launched a career center connecting employers exclusively with board-certified coaches. And board-certified coaches earn approximately 55% more on average than non-credentialed coaches.
But the benefits go beyond the paycheck:
- Stand out in an unregulated field. Health coaching is largely unregulated, which means anyone can call themselves a health coach. The NBC-HWC credential signals to clients, employers, and healthcare professionals that you have the proper experience, education, and expertise to back it up. You’ll also get a complimentary listing in the National Directory of Board Certified Health and Wellness Coaches, making it easy for clients and organizations to find and verify you.
- Access more job opportunities. Many healthcare organizations specifically require NBC-HWC when hiring coaches. This credential puts your resume at the top of the pile—and the NBHWC actively shares job opportunities with certified coaches so you stay informed about openings.
- Build unshakeable confidence. The rigorous training and third-party validation of board certification does something that experience alone can’t always deliver—it quiets the imposter syndrome for good. You’ll know you’ve earned it.
- Future-proof your career. As the health coaching field matures and moves toward greater regulation, being board certified positions you ahead of the curve. No scrambling to meet new requirements later.
- Potential future insurance reimbursement: The NBHWC actively advocates for health and wellness coaching to be eligible for insurance reimbursement in the US—although widespread coverage is not yet available, and there is no set timeline for this to take effect. However, clients can currently use their HSA/FSA funds for nutrition coaching when physician-referred with a Letter of Medical Necessity (this pathway doesn’t require board certification, but is available for health coaches).
Everything PN provides to prepare you for the NBC-HWC pathway is built into your Level 2 enrollment at no extra cost. The one step that happens outside of PN — logging 50 health and wellness coaching sessions with clients—is yours to complete after graduating. Once you’re ready to sit the board exam, you’ll be well prepared: PN students pass at a 92% rate, well above the national average. Please note that the NBHWC has its own separate application and annual membership fees.
PN Level 2 is an approved school through the Health Coach Alliance (HCA), meaning the program has gone through a rigorous audit process to verify it meets HCA’s standards for educational hours, testing, support, learning objectives, and instructor expertise.
To qualify, you’ll need to complete Path 2 of Level 2—meeting all live session attendance requirements, passing the 20-week core curriculum, completing self-paced Health Conditions and Preventive Care units, three 90-minute private mentoring sessions, and a practical skills oral exam. You’ll earn the PN Certified Master Health Coach and are then eligible to apply for the HCA-RHC designation. No separate board exam is required.
The HCA-RHC is an internationally recognized designation that signals to the public, potential employers, and healthcare professionals that you have the proper experience, education, and expertise to call yourself a health coaching professional.
As an HCA-RHC, you also get access to:
- A complimentary listing in the HCA verification registry, so clients, employers, and medical professionals can confirm you’re a registered professional in good standing
- Job opportunities, as many organizations actively submit openings to the HCA specifically to find credentialed coaches like you
- Comprehensive liability coverage at low member rates for coaches in Canada and the USA
Combined with your eligibility for NBC-HWC board certification, PN Level 2 gives you a clear path to two of the most respected credentials in the health coaching industry. Everything you need from PN to qualify for both is included in your enrollment fee. Please note that the HCA and NBHWC are separate organizations and each has their own application and annual membership fees.
Both are respected, internationally recognized credentials in the health coaching industry—and PN Level 2 gives you a pathway to both. But they’re issued by different organizations and have different requirements.
- NBC-HWC (National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach): Issued by the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC), the NBC-HWC is widely considered the gold standard credential in the health coaching industry.Earning it requires completing Path 3 of the PN Level 2 program, which builds on Path 2 and includes the full 20-week core curriculum, all live session attendance requirements, self-paced Health Conditions and Preventive Care units, three 90-minute private mentoring sessions, and a practical skills oral exam.
Once you’ve earned your PN Certified Master Health Coach designation, you’ll then need to log 50 health and wellness coaching sessions with clients. This coaching must take place after completing the PN Level 2 certification.
After those requirements are met, you can apply for the NBHWC board exam. PN students pass at a 92% rate—well above the national average. This pathway may take an additional 3–4 months depending on your pace. Please note that the NBHWC has its own application and annual membership fees separate from your PN enrollment.
- HCA-RHC (Health Coach Alliance Registered Health Coach): Issued by the Health Coach Alliance (HCA), the HCA-RHC is an internationally recognized designation that confirms you’ve completed a rigorous, HCA-approved training program.To qualify, you’ll need to complete Path 2 of the PN Level 2 program—meeting all live session attendance requirements, passing the 20-week core curriculum, completing self-paced Health Conditions and Preventive Care units, three 90-minute private mentoring sessions, and a practical skills oral exam.
Everything required from PN to qualify is included in your Level 2 enrollment fee. No separate board exam is required. Please note that the HCA has its own application and annual membership fees separate from your PN enrollment.
Which one should you pursue? Many coaches pursue both—and PN Level 2 gives you a clear pathway for eligibility at no extra cost. The NBC-HWC tends to carry more weight with healthcare employers and organizations that specifically require board certification. The HCA-RHC is faster to obtain after graduation and still carries meaningful professional credibility, particularly in an industry that remains largely unregulated.
If your goal is to work in hospitals, health systems, digital health, or corporate wellness, NBC-HWC is worth pursuing. If you want a recognized credential quickly after graduating, HCA-RHC is a strong starting point—and you can always pursue NBC-HWC afterward.
Career and Income
For most graduates, yes—significantly.
Many Level 2 Master Health Coaching graduates charge $120+ USD per hour for their services. The top 10% earn over $240,000 USD per year. And board-certified coaches earn approximately 55% more on average than non-credentialed coaches.
But the way Level 2 increases your income isn’t what you might expect.
It’s not a business development course. You won’t find modules on software, bookkeeping, or marketing tactics here. What you will find is the thing that matters most to any coaching business: the ability to get results.
Clients who get results stay longer, refer their friends, and become your best marketing. Data from over 100,000 coaching clients shows that the average Level 2 graduate retains up to 10x more clients than the average Level 1 coach. That kind of retention changes everything about how a coaching business grows.
Beyond that, all Level 2 graduates are listed on PN’s Certified Coach directory, making it easy for potential clients to find and verify your credentials.
For students who go on to pursue NBC-HWC board certification, the career benefits expand even further, including a listing in the National Directory of Board Certified Health and Wellness Coaches and access to the NBHWC career center, which connects board-certified coaches exclusively with employers who are actively hiring. (See a list of companies that regularly hire health coaches)
Students who earn the HCA-RHC designation are also listed in the HCA verification registry, so clients, employers, and medical professionals can confirm you’re a registered professional in good standing.
You’ll also graduate with access to PN’s global network of over 175,000 certified coaches worldwide. Many graduates tell us the connections they made inside Level 2 became some of the most valuable professional relationships of their careers.
So while we won’t teach you how to run your books, we’ll give you something more valuable: the coaching skills, credentials, and professional network that make everything else easier.
Enrollment and Pricing
Join the Waitlist.
Seats are limited by design. We keep cohorts small so every student gets the mentorship experience they deserve. That means spots go fast.
Waitlist members get:
- First notification the moment doors open on April 8th
- $1,000+ in savings off the public price
- An exclusive bonus worth $697, for early registrants only
- The full enrollment packet with curriculum, schedule, and certification pathways
The Waitlist is free to join and there’s no obligation to enroll. But if Level 2 is something you’re seriously considering, getting on the waitlist is the single best thing you can do right now.
Waitlist members get our biggest savings, and we don’t offer this to the general public.
Waitlist member pricing:
- One-time payment: $2,699 USD
- Monthly payment plan: $269/month for 12 months
General public pricing:
- One-time payment: $4,788 USD
- Monthly payment plan: $399/month for 12 months
That’s a savings of over $1,000+ for waitlist members. Early registrants also receive an exclusive coaching bonus worth $697 USD, free with enrollment.
Your enrollment fee covers everything: the full 20-week core program, all three certification pathways including the additional prerequisites for NBC-HWC and HCA-RHC eligibility, and three private 90-minute mentoring sessions if you’re pursuing the Master Health Coach or NBC-HWC pathway. No hidden costs. No separate fees for the credential pathways.
To put that in perspective: many comparable NBHWC-approved programs cost $4,000–$8,000 and offer less live mentorship and guided practice than Level 2. We’ve intentionally kept our pricing accessible because we believe world-class coaching education should be within reach for coaches who are serious about their craft.
Guarantees and Policies
Yes, and it’s one we’re proud to stand behind.
95% of our graduates rate PN’s Level 2 Master Health Coaching Certification as the best course they’ve ever taken in their coaching career.
We believe that will be your experience, too. But we also know you’re making a real commitment of time, energy, and money, so we back it up with two guarantees:
- 30-day refund window If you decide within 30 days that Level 2 isn’t right for you, you get a full refund. No questions asked.
- “Best coaching experience” guarantee Complete all 20 weeks and at least 75% of the program — the lessons, case studies, quizzes, and final exam. If you don’t feel it was the best mentoring experience of your career, we’ll refund you in full. No questions asked.
We’re that confident in what happens inside this program. Show up, do the work, and we’re certain you’ll feel the same way.
There’s no risk. There’s only the question of whether you’re ready.
Once you’ve completed Level 2, your credential requires renewal every two years from your date of completion.
This isn’t just administrative housekeeping. The health and wellness coaching field is evolving quickly, and recertification ensures you stay current with the latest research, methods, and best practices. It’s also a signal to clients and employers that your commitment to excellence didn’t stop when you graduated.
As long as you complete the renewal process before your credential expires, you’ll maintain your status as a PN Certified Master Health Coach.
There are moments in a coaching career that change everything.
This is one of them.
If you’re ready to become the coach you’ve always known you could be, we’d love to have you in the program. Enrollment opens April 8th for just 10 days. Seats are limited by design.
Join the Level 2 Master Health Coaching Certification Waitlist now. Once you’re on the list, we’ll follow up with more details about the program and enrollment.
Have more questions? Our Certification Advisors are all Level 2 certified and here to help. Send us your questions or to schedule a call here: [email protected]
Ready to move from competent to truly masterful—in 20 weeks?
The PN Level 2 Master Health Coaching Certification is an advanced, practice-based program designed for coaches who want to work at a deeper level—and do it sooner than the traditional 5–10 year path.
This is not a nutrition course.
It’s a mentored, small-group experience that prepares you to:
- Work confidently with complex client realities like stress, mental health, and emotional setbacks
- Apply behavior change principles that hold up when life gets messy
- Understand clients beyond food and fitness—so change actually lasts
You’ll learn directly from PN’s most experienced coaches through weekly live mentorship, structured self-study, and real-world coaching practice.
Why it matters
Level 2 is NBHWC-approved, making graduates eligible for:
- National Board Certification through the NBHWC
- Professional membership with the Health Coaches Alliance (HCA)
These credentials expand your career options and set you apart in an increasingly crowded field.
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