This course comes with a 20-page workbook.
This course addresses the reality that many coaching clients are facing a new kind of anxiety: Eco Anxiety. As temperatures rise, news of climate catastrophes increases, and environmental protections are stripped away, it’s increasingly common for clients to experience the existential dread and anxiety that comes along with confronting the reality that our planet is changing quickly.
Coaches have a unique ability to help people navigate this reality. As experts in the process of visioning, goal setting, action planning, habit forming, and providing accountability, we have the power to help individuals create sustainable changes and transform anxiety into action. The collective action of individuals has inspired movements across the globe; Empowering individuals to understand that their action can have a positive impact on their families, communities, and the world can inspire hope for a better future and create a community of activists who are taking care of themselves and the planet.
Throughout this course, we’ll explore your environmental values, talk about transforming anxiety into action, discuss mistakes in behavior change related to eco anxiety, examine the bigger picture of climate change and its impact on marginalized communities, discuss the 6 R’s of low impact living, conduct a trash audit, and take a look at 12 key areas in which we can all make small changes that can have a massive impact.
If you’re ready to talk about what we CAN do to save the planet, this course is for you.
Module I:
Define the concepts of eco anxiety, climate optimism, a low impact lifestyle, underconsumption, and zero waste.
Understand the impact eco anxiety can have on mental health, learn how to navigate these conversations within the scope of coaching, and know when to make a referral to a therapist.
Discover how to use your values to inspire change and gain confidence using this exercise with coaching clients.
Understand how intersectional environmentalism and the social determinants of health fit into the topic of climate change.
Discuss the cycle of change as it applies to individual action, business action, group action, and policy action.
Module II:
Define the concepts of eco anxiety, climate optimism, a low impact lifestyle, underconsumption, and zero waste.
Discuss how the top 10 mistakes in behavior change keep people stuck in eco anxiety.
Learn about the 6 R’s of low impact living and understand how they can help in the shift towards underconsumption.
Evaluate how you can make sustainable changes to your lifestyle across 12 areas of underconsumption.
Create an action plan that empowers you to make environmentally positive changes while prioritizing your values.
If you buy a CEU course and decide you don't like it, I'll give you a full refund for up to 30 days (or until you earn your CEU certificate).
I totally get that it's hard to know who to trust and who you want to listen to for your continuing education - I want you to feel comfortable taking courses from me. If you start taking my course and realize it's not your thing, reach out to me at sonjaecklund@gmail.com, provide me with a short explanation about why it's not working for you, and I'll give you a full refund.
Please note that no refunds will be given once you have earned your CEU certificate.
I'm a board certified health and wellness coach (NBC-HWC), a financial social work coach, a learning and development professional, and a behavior change expert with 13 years of experience helping people navigate transitions and change their lives through the power of coaching.
I started growing my coaching business in 2011 and ran it part time on the side of my corporate coaching and training career until I took it full-time in 2024. In the meantime, I earned over 5,000 hours of coaching experience, developed the NBHWC-approved training program at a leading corporate health and wellness company, was the lead faculty member for a coach training program for 3 years, trained over 200 new health coaches, helped over 100 students pass the NBHWC Board Exam, and managed continuing education for a team of 300 coaching professionals.
I'm a behavior change nerd who's passionate about leveling up the professional credibility of the coaching industry, providing high quality coaching to my clients, and helping out coaching professionals along the way.
Absolutely, let's chat! I love getting to know the students in my NBHWC Board Exam Prep Course and CEU Courses! Here's how to get in touch:
You will have access to this course material for 6 months.
If you buy a CEU course and decide you don't like it, I'll give you a full refund for up to 30 days (or until you earn your CEU certificate).
I totally get that it's hard to know who to trust and who you want to listen to for your continuing education - I want you to feel comfortable taking courses from me. If you start taking my course and realize it's not your thing, reach out to me at sonjaecklund@gmail.com, provide me with a short explanation about why it's not working for you, and I'll give you a full refund.
Please note that no refunds will be given once you have earned your CEU certificate.
Please check with your manager to make sure that this CEU Course meets the requirements of your employer's tuition reimbursement program.
You'll receive a certificate indicating that you completed all required elements of the course when you finish the course. I can also send you an invoice for reimbursement purposes if you need it! Send me an email at sonjaecklund@gmail.com if you have any questions.
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I'm really passionate about making high quality coaching education accessible to students from all economic backgrounds, so I offer the opportunity for programs to license this course material at a significant discount. This would allow your students to access this material for free.
If you think this CEU Course could add value to your training program, let's schedule a time to meet and have a conversation about how I can support your program's goals.
If you're a student of an Approved Training Program who would like to see your program license this CEU Course, send me an email at sonjaecklund@gmail.com and I'll reach out to your program's coordinator.
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