Over the last 27 years, we’ve licensed over 130,000 well being, diet, and health professionals. Every month, we acknowledge one in every of our distinguished graduates who’re utilizing what they’ve discovered to encourage others and make a distinction.
Meet our featured graduate for the month of October, Megan Seibel, a AFPA Licensed Holistic Nutritionist.
How did you initially turn out to be involved in well being and health?
I turned involved in well being and health in school after I was learning appearing. We had a yoga class to assist us get into our our bodies as actors, and I fell in love! I used to be a dancer rising up, and so motion is second nature to me. I really like the way in which it makes me really feel! So, I began training yoga every day at 22 and have become a licensed yoga trainer at 25. I went on to do totally different modalities like pilates, barre, and dance health courses. At 26 years previous, I had a well being scare with most cancers, and I began studying every little thing I might about diet, wellness, and therapeutic. I turned vegan in a single day and continued to show and take yoga commonly. After I turned a mother, I discovered it troublesome to attend courses, so I began utilizing house health applications to work out and get again into form as a busy mother. I fell in love with the net accountability teams that I used to be part of and determined to start out on-line health teaching. It felt like a pure development in my journey, and I’ve been doing that for the previous seven years.
What certification did you select, and why did you select AFPA?
I have a number of totally different certifications from AFPA, however my first was the Holistic Diet certification. As a health coach, I wished to additional my data about the best way to assist purchasers and improve my data of diet. I LOVED this system a lot and discovered loads. I even have my Autoimmune and Intestine Well being Diet Certification, Plant-based Sports activities Diet Certification, and The Science of Consuming the Rainbow Certification. I selected AFPA as a result of it was reasonably priced and credible and previous college students had an excellent expertise! I additionally love that it’s on-line and simple to entry, be taught, and full as a really busy mother!
What was your profession like previous to changing into licensed?
Previous to getting licensed in Diet, I used to be solely capable of assist individuals as a health coach nearly, and whereas that was nice, I wished to diversify my experience and expertise and have the ability to assist individuals with diet! I knew from expertise that diet is the important thing to therapeutic the physique and to dwelling a totally wholesome life, and I wished to have the ability to assist individuals in that manner. Getting licensed gave me the instruments and confidence to increase my enterprise and assist extra individuals.
What’s your profession like now?
Now my profession is flourishing as a web-based health coach and holistic nutritionist. I really like what I do, and I really feel like every year I’m able to construct my teaching enterprise and wellness model and assist extra individuals. I really like studying and sharing data and inspiring individuals to stay wholesome existence. As a busy mother of two boys, staying wholesome and serving to others turn out to be wholesome is essential to me! The way forward for my profession as a nutritionist and wellness coach feels very vivid and busy!
What are your favourite components of your profession?
My favourite components of my profession are teaching and serving to individuals work out the best way to eat higher, find time for motion, and really feel higher! I really like operating my on-line wellness boot camps, making meal plans, and creating content material for social media that educates and entertains! I really like seeing my purchasers have success and shine vivid of their well being and life.
How has changing into licensed with AFPA impacted your life?
Changing into licensed with AFPA has impacted my life in so some ways. It gave me one other approach to earn cash as a wellness skilled. I used to be capable of go from educating yoga courses to main digital wellness boot camps and training individuals 1-1 and in a gaggle setting. I really feel like AFPA makes studying about diet and changing into the perfect health and well being skilled extra accessible to busy individuals. It gave me the boldness to construct my dream enterprise!
Do you will have any shopper success tales you want to share?
I had a shopper come to me through the pandemic who was struggling together with her diet and mindset and was desirous to get pregnant. We labored collectively for a month with 1-1 calls and meal plans and wellness teaching, and in a number of months, she obtained pregnant and now has a child lady!! That was a memorable success!
What recommendation do you give others serious about changing into licensed?
The time and money you’ll make investments into your individual data and expertise might be invaluable! Don’t let the concern of constructing a training enterprise cease you from taking step one and changing into a pupil of well being and health first! I promise you that you’ll make a optimistic distinction in somebody’s life along with your certification—even when it’s simply you or your member of the family! Data is energy! I extremely suggest getting licensed!
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