Certifications

Transformation Academy is an online program with classes that combine videos, reading, and exercises through a series of lessons. Courses include about 15-25+ hours of content each. The Master Coach programs consist of four courses each.

For the Master Wellness Life Coach certification, I took courses in:

• Health & Nutrition
• Diet
• Mindfulness
• Yoga

For the Master Life Coach certification, I took courses in:

• Professional Life Coaching
• Life Purpose
• Happiness
• Goal Success

I also took two of their online course creation courses and their Get Better Sleep course, before deciding that I should stop taking courses and start living what I had learned.

Additionally, I completed The Science of Well-Being, the highly rated Yale University course on happiness, via Coursera.

I was 2/3rds of the way to a MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Central Florida, including coursework in lifespan development and learning, mental health care systems, diagnosis and treatment, theories of counseling and personality, techniques of counseling, addictions counseling, group procedures, and ethics, before dropping out to write books and wander around the country. I am neither qualified nor licensed to work with clients with diagnosed (or diagnosable) mental illness, but I am familiar with therapeutic work and good listening skills.

For an incomplete list of the books I’ve read on happiness, habit formation, goal-setting, life skills, self-help, therapy, healing, mindfulness, self-discovery, personal transformation, positive psychology, sleep, wellness, exercise, nutrition, coaching, mental health and similar topics, see: Bibliography.

All this, of course, to answer the question: do I know what I’m talking about? There’s always more to learn, of course, not least because scientists keep making new discoveries and developing new theories, but I’ve done a lot of work and I’m continuing to learn, read & practice every day.