Nutrition coaching... is it for you? Can you legally do it and be within scope of practice? A personal trainer who wants to be authoritative, credible, and stand out among the noise of health coaches and trainers today wants to have knowledge and tools beyond the norm. A degree and certification are not enough. If lab tests about nutrient sufficiency, hormone balance, blood sugar response, and food sensitivities are getting your attention, you'll want to listen and pay attention to this episode. 

This is the future of personal training that results in not only functional movements but functional protocols that balance hormones. It's not a doctor-only world any more. You can identify and use the right labs with the right customer needs and support change that changes lives. Nutrition coaching that is informative and supportive of change is not necessarily out of scope of practice for a personal trainer. Know what is and isn't an option for you. 

Reed Davis is a Certified Nutritional Therapist, received honors for his postgraduate work at The University of San Diego School of Law, and is the Founder of the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) Certification Course. Reed is known as one of the most successful and experienced clinicians in the world today, having provided functional assessments to over 10,000 clients for hormone levels, bone density testing, adrenal function, digestive problems, immune system and detoxification issues as well as testing for pathogens, food sensitivities and many related health problems.

Reed has served as Health Director and Case Manager at The Better Health & Wellness Center in Poway, California for over 15 years and now teaches a course in functional medicine with over 2500 trainees or graduates in 50 countries. He is also a Clinical Advisor at BioHealth Laboratory where he helps doctors interpret lab test results and develops natural protocols to restore function instead of just treating the symptoms. Reed lives in Southern California teaching the FDN Certification Course and helping his graduates to build robust, private-pay practices.

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Debra's Favorite Quotes from this episode:

“healing opportunities"

“treat nothing specifically, everything non-specifically”

“poop on insurance”

“No guarantee, [instead] responsible expectations”

“D.R.E.S.S. for health success”

“repair, rebuild, restore, rebalance”

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Prepare your fitness business for the best next year by planning with three things in mind. This super short episode I share three levels of planning for the new year's launches, promoting your best selling programs, and the promotions themselves. 

Join the webinar Saturday, December 9 for making the most of social media marketing that can strategically set your promotions in place for months ahead with a minimum of content creation. 

If you know what your bestselling programs are you can assess what you're doing to promote them. 

If you know what gives you the most energy and what drains you in your business you can consider what to drop, delegate, or develop. 

If you know what your overarching fitness business goals are then you can focus on how to get there and plan it so all you have to do is go into action.

Register for the Social 365 webinar

Once you've registered, I'll send you the link to the webinar. If you can't make it live you'll get the recording within 24 hours. Set your annual goal in action with promotions that are strategically planned.