Integrative Nutrition: College Credits, + More!

Well hello there, wellness lovers!

I hope you are having a wonderful week so far!!

Today I wanted to share some more key highlights from the Integrative Nutrition* conference this past weekend in Long Beach, California!

Integrative Nutrition is now recognized by the National College Credit Recommendation Service

Here are the details!

The National College Credit Recommendation Service has established a recommendation for 29 college credits for Integrative Nutrition's Health Coach Training Program, and 11 college credits for the Immersion Program (the 2nd year complimentary graduate program). That's 40 credits total for both programs!

The National College Credit Recommendation Service (National CCRS) is an internationally recognized organization that partners with over 1500 colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada. With this additional credential, students and graduates can now use their Integrative Nutrition education to help fulfill part of their undergraduate degree requirements, or continue their professional development career.

Coming soon! The Integrative Nutrition Health Coach Practice Management App

It was very exciting to learn about the upcoming health coaching practice management app, which will be available by the end of this year! The app will be available for your computer and/or iPad... and will make it easier to keep track of clients, outlines, handouts, as well as run a paperless practice! The best part? It's going to be completely free to all students and graduates!

Graduation Celebration + Recognition

There was also a special graduation recognition of recent graduates, led by founder/director of IIN himself, Joshua Rosenthal. It was a great addition to the event, and I was very impressed by the number of students that have graduated recently!

Special Giveaway: The Integrative Nutrition Book

Every guest that was lucky enough to attend the conference with a student/grad received a complimentary copy of Joshua's book "Integrative Nutrition: Feed Your Hunger for Health and Happiness." I remember finding this book on Amazon several years ago, and reading all of the excellent reviews (it's rated 5/5 stars!)... before I even knew about IIN! My sister came as one of my guests... and is very excited to read it!

If you are interesting in downloading a complimentary copy of the book... you can get it here. *Please note: by downloading it, you will also be receiving e-mail updates from IIN about the latest program offerings.

If you have any questions about the IIN program transferring to college credits, or anything else... please feel free to e-mail me at tasteforhealthy@gmail.com

Have an excellent rest of the week!
xoxo
Ashley

*Integrative Nutrition® and Institute for Integrative Nutrition® are registered trademarks of Integrative Nutrition Inc.

Integrative Nutrition! 2011 Reflections

Greetings! 

And happy 2012! I hope the new year is treating you well so far!

As I sit here this afternoon, having just opened my official IIN certified health coach diploma in the mail... I realized something! Exactly one year ago today, I opened my beautiful big red box with all of my course materials + more, and officially began my journey as a student at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition!

Love.

*Yes, I received my coursework via the iPod Nano. However, as of January 2012, all new students started receiving their IIN material on an iPad! I am a little jealous... lol. read more about it in this post

Getting started

I had been contemplating my decision to enroll at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition for weeks before I picked up the phone to speak with an admissions advisor. I don't remember how I came across the school... but I remember that out of the several nutrition and natural health schools I was looking into, IIN immediately seemed like the perfect fit for what I wanted to do: start my own health counseling practice supporting individiuals to improve their overall health and happiness in a fun and enjoyable way!

Blindly, I 'leaped in,' enrolled, and made a promise to myself... 2011 was going to be 'the year of amazing!' After a somewhat rocky start (getting laid-off from a job at the beginning of the year)... things just kept getting better and better! I have never been happier, had a greater sense of purpose, nor have been more enthusiastic and passionate about everything! The glass ceiling that I had experienced at previous jobs was completely shattered. I was amazed at how quickly I was able to launch my holistic health coaching with IIN's support and guidance. It seemed like I blinked, and all of a sudden I had 6 clients enrolled in my 6-month program!

In May, I even got to meet Joshua and fellow IIN students from the Los Angeles/Southern California area at the W Hotel! posted about it here

Goals

Integrative Nutrition greatly stresses the importance of setting goals. At the beginning of the year, I had heard that it was possible for students to earn back their tuition by graduation. Immediately... Bam! That was going to be my goal. And, I can happily say... I've definitely accomplished it. :)

Additionally, of course, my other goal was to have clients. Check. I also started my monthly newsletter, presented several seminars and webinars including "Sugar Blues", "Healthy Kids," and 'Veg 101: Plant-Based Basics," published several articles on health + wellness topics, and had several recipes featured in Integrative Nutrition's seasonal recipe collections.

Looking ahead... 2012 Excitement!

I am so excited for what the future holds! I can't wait to spread the ripple effect of health and happiness into the lives of many more individuals!

Also... the Integrative Nutrition Mega Conference #MegaIIN is coming up!

The Integrative Nutrition Mega Conference is going to be held in Long Beach this March! It's going to be different, but totally exciting... returning to the Long Beach Convention Center for a professional conference that is completely unrelated to the last one I attended there! I am a firm believer that holistic nutrition is the way of the future! And, I can bring 5 guests with me to the conference, completely complimentary!

Something else I am excited about in 2012... the IIN Health Coaching Practice Management app is going to be released! I am definitely elated about this and can't wait to have a paperless practice! I adore that IIN continues to support their graduates even after graduation!

Have an excellent rest of the week! xoxo

P.S. If you are interested in learning more about exactly what an IIN education is all about, I highly recommend reading "Integrative Nutrition: Feed Your Hunger for Health and Happiness" by Joshua Rosenthal, the director and founder of the school. It's listed on Amazon for about $25. You can also download it here, completely complimentary!

Integrative Nutrition... iPad Distance Learning!

Happy Monday!

I hope you are having an excellent start to the week! Today I learned some news that I just had to share, since so many readers have inquired about my health coach training at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition.

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Integrative Nutrition

"Introducing a major upgrade to the Health Coach Training Program...

…The iPad!

We are so excited to bring our Health Coach Training Program to the next level by providing our new students with an iPad preloaded with our course material.

And it’s not just for our students while they are in school. They can also run their future health coaching practice right on their Integrative Nutrition customized iPad.

It’s a revolutionary way to learn. And a revolutionary way to run your health coaching business!
Students in the world’s leading Health Coach Training Program, can use the custom iPad to:

• learn from anywhere in the world and have fun doing it 
• run your green + paperless practice, right from your iPad 
• meet your new community of healthy and happy classmates 
• build your personal and professional success network

Starting today, anyone who enrolls at IIN, the worlds most cutting edge nutrition information on the world’s most cutting edge learning tool, the iPad!

Do you want to learn more about this educational game changer? Tune in to our special announcement webinar with our VIP guest, creator of the Integrative Nutrition material for the iPad, Uri Feiner! Listen in tomorrow, November 8, at 2pm EST. Register here."

*If you have any questions about my experience with the program and/or possible scholarship opportunities, e-mail me.