Trauma-Informed Holistic Weight Loss Coach Certification

Sustainable weight loss is not simply about food, macros, or motivation.

Real change happens at the level of metabolism, hormones, adrenal patterns, gut health, inflammation, lifestyle rhythms, and the subtle trauma-imprinted stress responses that shape a client’s relationship with food and body.

This certification teaches a trauma-informed weight loss model grounded in naturopathic weight loss, metabolic science, and nervous system awareness so you can help clients create results that last through root-cause weight healing.

What You Will Learn

You will learn how to integrate trauma-informed weight loss with a physiology-based, holistic weight loss coaching framework so you can confidently support clients through sustainable healing.

You will learn how to:

• Understand weight gain as meaningful feedback rather than failure

• Identify the five core root causes of weight challenges, including hormonal dysregulation, adrenal load, gut-brain connection weight loss factors, trauma-shaped eating behaviors, and lifestyle or circadian disruption

• Understand why calories in versus calories out overlooks trauma and metabolism, hunger and satiation hormones, and survival-based stress responses

• Guide clients using a holistic weight loss coaching system that supports safety, balance, and recovery

• Support metabolic stress healing using lifestyle-based physiological routines

• Explain emotional eating science and somatic eating patterns without medical claims

• Teach mind-body weight healing and lifestyle-based Ozempic alternatives rooted in metabolic balance

• Build personalized step-by-step coaching plans using a root-cause approach

This course provides a complete coaching framework informed by trauma awareness while remaining focused on metabolic, hormonal, and lifestyle-based change.

Why This Approach Is Different

Most programs focus on discipline, willpower, or calorie math.

This certification takes a whole-person approach that integrates:

• Hormones and stress patterns

• Adrenal resilience

• Gut ecology and inflammation

• Metabolic rhythm and energy balance

• Nervous system and weight regulation

• Trauma influence on food behaviors and survival responses

This course does not teach deep trauma processing that is covered in the companion Trauma-Informed Somatic Weight Loss Coach Certification. Instead, it shows you how to apply trauma-informed awareness within physiological and metabolic coaching so clients feel safe and supported while healing physically.

Trauma, Stress, and Weight Regulation

You will learn how trauma and stress histories shape:

• Emotional and stress-based cravings

• Nighttime eating patterns

• Cycles of dieting and rebound weight gain

• Adrenal fatigue and exhaustion

• Appetite signaling disruptions

• Sleep rhythms and metabolism

All content is presented in a coaching-appropriate, non-medical way.

Who This Course Is For

This certification is ideal for:

• Health coaches, nutrition coaches, and holistic weight loss coaches

• Naturopathic and mind-body practitioners seeking deeper root-cause understanding

• Therapists and somatic practitioners wanting metabolic education within scope

• Coaches supporting clients with emotional eating, chronic dieting, weight cycling, or hormonal exhaustion

• Individuals on a personal healing journey seeking a mind-body framework

If traditional weight loss methods overlook the real reasons people get stuck, this course fills that gap.

Benefits and Outcomes

By the end of the certification, you will be able to:

• Conduct root-cause assessments focused on hormones, adrenals, gut health, inflammation, and lifestyle

• Educate clients on trauma and metabolism without medical claims

• Build individualized holistic coaching plans using metabolic reset principles

• Explain weight loss through physiology rather than restriction

• Support emotional eating using somatic and neurohormonal science

• Offer naturopathic & lifestyle-based Ozempic alternatives rooted in metabolic balance

• Position yourself as a Trauma-Informed Holistic Weight Loss Coach with a structured and credible system

  
  

Instructor Credibility

Created by Naturopath, Somatic Therapist, and Mind-Body Healer Shana Neril, who comes with over two decades of clinical practice and teaching in:

• Naturopathic and holistic weight loss coaching

• Trauma-informed and somatic methodology

• Metabolic, hormonal, and gut-focused healing

• Mind-body lifestyle transformation

This certification unites trauma-awareness with naturopathic weight-loss science so you can confidently coach the whole person.

If you’re ready to move beyond restrictive dieting…

If you want to guide clients into deeper balance, safety, and metabolic resilience…

If you want a certification blending physiology, trauma-awareness, and sustainable weight-loss methods

Then join the Trauma-Informed Holistic Weight Loss Coach Certification.

Empower clients not by fighting the body

but by listening to it.

Let the transformation begin.

Those who complete the full course may apply to receive an Accredited Certification as a Trauma Informed Holistic Weight Loss Coach and Practitioner through Inner Wellsprings Academy.

This training is part of a broader alternative health education curriculum and includes a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Disclaimer

This course is for educational purposes only and does not replace medical or mental health care. It does not diagnose, treat, or claim to cure any condition. Always consult a licensed healthcare professional for medical concerns.