Megan J. McCrory
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Real coaching, reviewed in plain language.
Becoming a Health Coach tracks the move from health coaching theory into real practice. Megan McCrory and Donna Levy Hoffman talk through IIN training, coaching sessions, burnout, tools, privacy, and the messy judgment calls that shape coaching work.
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Becoming a Health Coach is a grounded look at how health coaching is learned, practiced, and turned into a real business. It began with Megan McCrory documenting her time in the Institute for Integrative Nutrition health coach training program. The newer episodes look back with more experience and less romance about what coaching actually requires. Donna Levy Hoffman joins as a second voice, bringing functional medicine coaching perspective and a willingness to talk through the rough parts. The result is less like a polished lecture and more like a coach’s table read of real situations. The show explains concepts, then tests them against actual coaching dynamics. The special coaching series with Joanna gives that approach a clear format. Joanna’s health history sets the context: parenting demands, divided attention, sleep, memory, concentration, and the desire to make changes over three months. The recorded coaching sessions happen elsewhere, but this feed captures the debriefs. Megan and Donna discuss what they heard, why certain questions mattered, and where a coach might need to pause instead of racing toward a solution. That makes the show unusually useful for people who want to understand the craft behind the conversation. It also admits that coaches are people with tired brains, imperfect timing, and their own stress signals. Burnout prevention and self-care are treated as professional necessities, not decorative wellness advice. Episodes about technology look at apps, wearables, telehealth, and client data with similar caution. Numbers can open a conversation, but they do not replace judgment. Food tracking, portion control, and repeat habits appear as coaching examples, especially when the hosts weigh data against stress and pattern-chasing. Functional medicine is handled through the lens of symptoms, self-diagnosis, and the role a coach can play around medical uncertainty. The tone stays friendly and plainspoken. Its real value is showing the thinking between the question and the next question. For future coaches, that behind-the-scenes layer is the point.
Made for: Best for aspiring health coaches, IIN-curious listeners, and wellness professionals who want practical examples of coaching conversations. It also suits people interested in the business and emotional stamina behind coaching work.
What sets it apart: The show pairs training reflection with debriefs from a real coaching series, so the craft is visible instead of abstract. It spends time on why a coach asks, waits, reframes, or holds back.
Are you exploring a career in health coaching? Wondering if the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN) is right for you? In Becoming a Health Coach, Meg shares her unfiltered experience going through the IIN Health Coach Training Program—module by module. You'll hear about holistic wellness, habit change, mindset shifts, and what it's really like to train as a certified health coach. Perfect for aspiring coaches, wellness enthusiasts, and anyone curious about a more meaningful, purpose-driven path.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
It makes the business of health coaching legible by connecting client technique, niche decisions, technology, and sustainable working habits.
Megan McCrory treats health coaching as a working practice with commercial decisions attached. Solo instruction, guest conversations, and debriefs with co-host Donna Levy Hoffman move between developing coaching skills and building a viable business.
This is the show that turns your "no clients yet" from dead end into coaching practice.
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A grounded coaching debrief on when data helps and when it adds pressure.
Joanna's third coaching-session review stays with a familiar coaching tension: when food tracking helps a pattern come into focus, and when it starts adding pressure to an already charged loop.
Burnout is treated as part of sustainable coaching work, with the discussion kept firmly in the body.
The episode frames self-care as part of the work, not a soft sideline. It moves from mental health, depression, and burnout into the practical business of a health coach, while staying grounded in the body through Megan's hip, Donna's back, and hair falling out.
A practical look at coaching tech, client data, and the cost of too many apps.
Megan treats technology as part of health coaching work, not as a gadget added for show. The episode moves through telehealth platforms, apps, wearables, and data privacy with a business-minded lens, making the case that the right tools can help coaches work more effectively,…
Health coaching is treated as a niche-and-offer problem, not a mood.
Megan McCrory frames her conversation with Michelle Leota as a practical guide to the basics of health-coaching business building: choosing a niche, speaking to the right people, and becoming visible.
A practical reset for new coaches learning while the business is still forming.
Megan McCrory treats coaching without clients as a practical problem for someone building a health coaching business. She stays with that in-between stage after training, when a coach may not yet have an ideal client and still needs to keep the coaching side active while the…
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Alex Blumberg interviews guests like Megan Phelps-Roper and Shane McAnally about failure and reinvention.
Megan McCrory and Donna Levy Hoffman debrief Joanna's third coaching session, focusing on food logging, processed foods, and sustainable behavior change.
Burnout gets practical here.
This episode is a coaching debrief where Megan and Donna reflect on a challenging second session with Joanna, discussing the realities of imperfection in coaching when dealing with fatigue and human limitations.
This episode introduces a new coaching series featuring real recorded sessions between a coach and client, along with coach debriefs and client health history, to demonstrate practical health coaching in action.
Megan and Donna debrief their first coaching session with Joanna, discussing impressions, goals, and key takeaways for aspiring coaches.
This episode features a health coaching session where Joanna discusses her struggles with concentration and memory while managing life with twin four-year-olds and a 10-year-old, aiming to improve her focus and well-being.
This episode revisits an early podcast episode to discuss how perspectives on functional medicine and health coaching have evolved since 2018, focusing on the gap between training and real-world practice.
Megan opens by treating technology as part of the coaching work, with telehealth platforms, apps, and wearables all in the mix.
Megan McCrory talks with Michelle Leota about getting into health coaching and why Michelle was already easy to find online.
This episode introduces Sparketypes, a personal development framework developed by Jonathan Fields that helps identify work that brings energy and purpose, with the host explaining their relevance for health coaches and entrepreneurs.
Megan McCrory opens with a familiar challenge: how to coach before there are any clients to coach.
This episode reviews the hormone health advanced course from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, discussing its value and content for health coaches.
The host shares their initial experience in the first week of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition program, discussing the mission, the role of health coaches, and how the curriculum facilitates both professional coaching skills and personal healing.