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Become a Certified Health Optimisation Coach
Turn your passion for health into a profession.
Master the science and practice of personalised health optimisation and longevity — and develop the Health Coaching 3.0™ skills to coach clients confidently and build a thriving health coaching practice.
6-Month Training
IACTM & AANWC Accredited
23 Hours Live Skills Training
MEET YOUR LEAD INSTRUCTOR
A Personal Welcome From Dr Mark Atkinson, MBBS
Discover why Health Coaching 3.0™ is needed now, what makes this training different, and what you can expect from your journey to becoming a Certified Health Optimisation Coach.
Dr Mark Atkinson·Medical Doctor · Accredited Master Coach · Lead Faculty
IS THIS FOR YOU?
You're in the Right Place If…
You want to build a meaningful career in health coaching — or bring health optimisation and longevity into the work you already do.
ASPIRING HEALTH COACHES
Turn your passion for health into a professional coaching career focused on health optimisation and longevity.
EXISTING HEALTH COACHES
Expand your coaching practice with deeper expertise in personalised health optimisation, longevity and Health Coaching 3.0™.
HEALTH, WELLNESS & PERFORMANCE PROFESSIONALS
Add advanced coaching and health optimisation skills to help clients achieve more meaningful, sustainable health outcomes.
Already working in personal training, nutrition, fitness, wellness or allied health? Broaden your impact, deepen your client relationships and add personalised health optimisation to the work you already do.
HEALTH COACHING AS A PROFESSION
Build a Flexible Career With Real Earning Potential
The profession supports a range of career paths — from part-time private practice to full-time roles across healthcare, digital health, corporate wellness and independent coaching.
58%
SELF-EMPLOYED
of surveyed NBC-HWCs
67%
$50K–$99K
reported annual income among full-time coaches
12%
$100K+
of full-time coaches reported annual income at this level
Source: National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching, 2025 Annual Survey of 2,328 National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coaches.
Earnings vary substantially by experience, employment model, location, client base and other factors. These figures describe survey respondents and do not represent an earnings guarantee for Syntony graduates.
THE EVOLUTION OF HEALTH COACHING
Health Coaching Has Evolved
Health Coaching 2.0 brought behaviour change and whole-person coaching to the profession. Health Coaching 3.0™ builds on that foundation for the era of personalised health optimisation and functional longevity.
1.0
THE FOUNDATION
HEALTH COACHING 1.0
Education & Lifestyle Guidance
General wellness advice
Basic habit formation
2.0
THE SHIFT
HEALTH COACHING 2.0
Behaviour Change & Whole-Person Coaching
Motivational interviewing
Whole-person support
3.0
THE FRONTIER
HEALTH COACHING 3.0™
Personalised Health Optimisation & Functional Longevity
Personalised protocols
Biomarkers & wearables
Functional longevity
Today's Health Coach Needs a Broader Health Literacy
To coach confidently in this emerging landscape, you need to understand the major factors shaping health, performance and longevity — and know how to help clients turn that knowledge into action.
FUELNutrition & Metabolic Health
DATAAssessments, Biomarkers & Screening
TRACKWearables & Health Data
SYSTEMSHormones, Gut, Immunity & Oral Health
MINDNervous System, Mind & Wellbeing
RECOVERSleep, Recovery & Environment
MOVEExercise, Physical & Cognitive Performance
OPTIMISESupplements, Health Tech & Longevity Science
Understand the science.Personalise the approach.Coach sustainable change.
HOW THE TRAINING WORKS
Your 6-Month Journey to Certification
Experience the work. Learn the science. Practise the coaching. Build your practice. Apply the system. Certify your competence.
STEP 01
EXPERIENCE
Thrive Unlimited
35-Day Health Optimisation & Personal Transformation Programme
Experience the work personally as you optimise your own health, deepen self-awareness and build the foundations for sustainable change.
STEP 02A · LEARN
12-Module Health Optimisation & Longevity Programme
Build contemporary expertise across personalised health optimisation, longevity science, behaviour change, assessments, nutrition, systems health, performance, recovery and health technology.
STEP 02B · PRACTISE
Health Coaching 3.0™ Professional Training
Develop practical Health Coaching 3.0™ skills through live virtual training, coaching practice, masterclasses and individual feedback — so you can coach with confidence and impact.
STEP 03
APPLY
Syntony Health Optimisation Coaching System™
Apply a structured coaching system that moves from a meaningful client outcome to strategy, clear goals, practical action, coaching support and continuous adaptation.
OUTCOME
STRATEGY
GOALS
TACTICS
COACH
ADAPT
STEP 04BUILD YOUR PRACTICE
Coach Specialist Growth Blueprint™
Identify your niche, clarify who you want to serve and build a complete blueprint for developing, positioning and growing your specialist health coaching practice. We guide you every step of the way!
STEP 05
CERTIFY
Professional Certification
Demonstrate your knowledge, applied coaching capability and professional competence.
YOUR CREDENTIAL
Certified Health Optimisation Coach
GET THE FULL DETAIL
Explore the Full Curriculum
Download the complete Health Optimisation & Longevity curriculum, including all module topics, learning outcomes, professional training and certification requirements.
STEP 02A · LEARN
Build Your Health Optimisation & Longevity Expertise
12-Module Health Optimisation & Longevity Programme
Build the contemporary health literacy you need to coach confidently across personalised health optimisation, behaviour change, metabolic health, assessments, systems health, recovery, physical and cognitive performance, longevity and emerging health technologies.
01
FOUNDATIONS
Foundations of Health Optimisation & Functional Longevity
Discover a more expansive way of thinking about health—one that combines reducing disease risk with building the physical, cognitive, emotional and mental capacities that allow you to function at your best for longer.
02
BEHAVIOUR
The Science of Behaviour & Habit Change
Discover why knowing what to do is rarely enough—and how sustainable change actually happens through motivation, habits, identity and environmental design.
03
ASSESSMENTS
Health, Performance & Longevity Assessments, Screening, Tracking & Wearables
Learn to make sense of the growing world of health data—from screening and blood tests to VO₂max, HRV and wearables—and turn information into better decisions.
04
NUTRITION
Nutrition, Hydration & Metabolic Health
Discover how food, fluids and metabolism influence energy, body composition, performance and longevity—and learn to build an approach around the individual rather than a one-size-fits-all diet.
05
SYSTEMS
Systems Health: Hormones, Gut, Immunity & Oral Health
Discover how apparently separate physiological systems interact—and why health becomes easier to understand when you connect the dots across hormones, gut, immunity and oral health.
06
NERVOUS SYSTEM
Nervous System Regulation & Resilience
Discover how your physiological state influences energy, behaviour, emotion, recovery and performance—and how greater nervous-system flexibility helps you adapt more effectively to life.
07
MIND
Mind Management & Psychological Flexibility
Discover how thoughts, beliefs, attention and emotional patterns shape your experience—and how greater awareness creates more freedom to choose your response.
08
RECOVERY
Sleep, Environment & Recovery
Discover how sleep, circadian rhythms and your environment influence virtually every system involved in health, performance and recovery.
09
EXERCISE
Physical Capability & Exercise
Discover why cardiorespiratory fitness, strength, muscle, power, mobility and balance are central to healthspan—and learn how to build physical reserve for life.
10
COGNITION
Cognitive Performance & Brain Health
Discover what enables your brain to perform at a high level today while developing the cognitive reserve that helps preserve capability for the future.
11
WELLBEING
Psychological Wellbeing & Human Development
Explore what it means to move beyond simply feeling good toward living well, functioning well, developing your potential and experiencing deeper meaning and fulfilment.
12
LONGEVITY
Supplements, Health Tech & Longevity Innovations
Step into the rapidly evolving world of supplements, applied biohacking, digital health and longevity science—and learn to separate useful innovation from noise and hype.
Modules are self-paced and combine video lessons, readings, reflective practice and knowledge checks — building toward the live coaching skills training.
STEP 02B · PRACTISE
Develop Real Health Coaching Capability
Knowledge alone does not make a great health coach. You develop your skills live — practising real coaching, receiving individual feedback and building the confidence to work effectively with clients.
23 Hours Live Skills Training
A 20-hour Health Coaching 3.0™ Skills Intensive plus two Advanced Coaching Skills Labs.
20 Hours Real Coaching Practice
Put your skills into practice with real coaching conversations and build experience as you train.
Personalised Coaching Feedback
Submit two recorded coaching sessions and receive individual developmental feedback on your coaching.
LIVE · PRACTICAL · INTERACTIVE · FEEDBACK-LED
LIVE ONLINE · THURSDAY–SUNDAY · 11:00 AM–4:00 PM ET
2027 HEALTH COACHING 3.0™ SKILLS INTENSIVE DATES
28–31 January22–25 April22–25 July21–24 October
WHY SYNTONY INSTITUTE?
Deep Experience. Contemporary Training. A Clear Professional Path.
25+ yrs
Experience
Dr Mark Atkinson
MBBS · BSc (Hons) · FRSPH
Co-Founder & Chief Training Officer, Syntony Institute
1,800+
Coaches Trained
25+
Years in Health, Coaching & Human Development
MBBS
Medical Doctor
Master Coach
Accredited Master Coach
5 Books
Author & Educator
Lead Faculty
Experience Creating Professional Coach Training
PROFESSIONAL ACCREDITATION
IACTM
International Association of Coaches, Therapists & Mentors
AANWC
American Association of Natural Wellness Coaches
IACTM & AANWC accredit the training programme. The Certified Health Optimisation Coach credential is conferred by Syntony Institute.
Testimonials from graduates of v1 of Dr Mark's health optimisation and longevity coach training programmes.
Training with Dr Mark has been a truly remarkable experience, exceeding my expectations in every way. The training provided a profound depth of knowledge and practical tools, offering both the art and the science of optimal health. Dr. Mark's thoughtfully designed approach gently guides you through the process of shaping your own unique program and translating it into practice — one that can serve others with clarity and impact.
Dr Mark has created an outstanding Longevity and Health Optimization course. The content is comprehensive, covering all the key areas of health while showing how they work together as an integrated system. What truly sets this course apart is Mark's experience in training coaches. He explains complex concepts in a practical, easy-to-understand way that builds both knowledge and confidence. If you're looking to take your understanding of health optimization and coaching to the next level, this is the course to take. I highly recommend it.
It's not an exaggeration to say that coach training transformed my life. I came into training while still in my career as a District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles. That career left me sick and burned out. After becoming a certified Coach I quit my job, started my own company and have the energy to live the life I was looking for.
LIVE EXPERT MASTERCLASSES
Learn From Leading Experts in Health, Performance & Longevity
Throughout the programme, you will have access to live online masterclasses with leading practitioners, researchers, educators and innovators working across health optimisation, longevity and human performance.
Live masterclasses are recorded, so you can revisit the sessions as your knowledge develops.
LIVE MASTERCLASS
LONGEVITY
Siim Land
Longevity author & researcher
Longevity Intelligence
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LIVE MASTERCLASS
ORAL HEALTH
Dr Victoria Sampson
Dentist & oral health researcher
The Oral Microbiome
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GUT HEALTH
Sarah Greenfield
Gut health specialist
Gut Health
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LIVE MASTERCLASS
DIGITAL HEALTH
David Korsunsky
Digital health founder & innovator
Digital Health Analytics
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LIVE MASTERCLASS
METABOLIC HEALTH
Dr Olli Sovijärvi
Physician & health optimisation expert
Health Optimisation
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More Experts
to Be Announced
Additional guest faculty will be added as the programme evolves.
Guest faculty bring additional perspectives from across health optimisation, longevity and human performance through our live masterclass series. They contribute enrichment sessions and do not teach the core curriculum, assess students, or provide clinical supervision.
Expert Masterclasses are enrichment opportunities and are not part of the formal certification assessment requirements.
STEP 03 · APPLY
The Syntony Health Optimisation System™
OUTCOME
STRATEGY
GOALS
TACTICS
COACH
ADAPT
A practical framework that moves from a meaningful client outcome to strategy, clear goals, practical action, coaching support and continuous adaptation.
STEP 04 · BUILD YOUR PRACTICE
Turn Your Training Into a Specialist Coaching Practice
Coach Specialist Growth Blueprint™
The Coach Specialist Growth Blueprint™ helps you identify your niche, define who you want to serve and create a practical blueprint for building your professional coaching practice.
CHOOSE YOUR NICHE
Identify the area of health optimisation you want to become known for.
DEFINE YOUR IDEAL CLIENT
Get clear on who you can help and the problems you want to address.
CREATE YOUR OFFER
Shape your positioning, services, pricing and professional proposition.
BUILD YOUR PRACTICE
Develop your visibility, referral network, partnerships and growth plan.
Start shaping your professional future while you train.
STEP 05 · CERTIFY
Demonstrate Your Competence
Certification demonstrates that you can apply what you have learned, not simply recall it.
KNOWLEDGE ASSESSMENT
APPLIED CASE STUDIES
COACHING PRACTICE
FINAL COACHING COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT
SYNTONY INSTITUTE
CERTIFIED HEALTH OPTIMISATION COACH
IACTM & AANWC Accredited Training
FLEXIBLE PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Start When You're Ready. Train Around Your Life.
Enrol at any time and begin the programme when it suits you.
Start with the 35-day Thrive Unlimited foundation, progress through the 12-module curriculum at your own pace, and choose the Health Coaching 3.0™ Skills Intensive dates that work best for your schedule.
The professional certification is designed to be completed in approximately six months, with flexibility to progress at the pace that works for you.
2027 HEALTH COACHING 3.0™ SKILLS INTENSIVES
28–31 January 2027
22–25 April 2027
22–25 July 2027
21–24 October 2027
4 consecutive days11:00am–4:00pm ETLive online
WHAT COULD YOU DO WITH YOUR TRAINING?
Build a Career That Fits Your Goals
Private Health Optimisation Coaching
Part-Time Coaching Practice
Full-Time Coaching Career
Longevity / Functional / Integrative Clinic Collaboration
Corporate Health & Performance Coaching
Group Programmes, Retreats & Education
Your pathway will depend on your background, experience and goals. The Coach Specialist Growth Blueprint™ helps you decide where you want to specialise and how you want to work.
Career opportunities vary according to your experience, location, professional background, business development and local regulations. The programme does not guarantee employment or income.
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION
Invest in Your Professional Future
HEALTH OPTIMISATION & LONGEVITY CERTIFICATION
IACTM & AANWC Accredited
2027 Launch Offer
€3,995
€2,995SAVE €1,000
including VAT
Choose from four Health Coaching 3.0™ Skills Intensive cohorts in 2027.
CHOOSE YOUR 2027 HEALTH COACHING 3.0™ SKILLS INTENSIVE
28–31 January 2027
22–25 April 2027
22–25 July 2027
21–24 October 2027
4 consecutive days · 5 hours per day · 20 hours live online
Thrive Unlimited
12-Module Health Optimisation & Longevity Programme
Coach Specialist Growth Blueprint™
Health Coaching 3.0™ Professional Practice
20-Hour Live Health Coaching 3.0™ Skills Intensive
Two Advanced Skills Labs
20 Hours Coaching Practice
Two Recorded Coaching Reviews With Feedback
Syntony Health Optimisation System™
Two Applied Client Case Studies
Knowledge Assessment
Competency Assessment
Certification
Graduate title
Certified Health Optimisation Coach
TALK WITH US
Talk Through Your Goals With a Student Advisor
Book a short call to explore your background, goals, professional aspirations and whether the certification fits where you want to go next.
20-Minute Call
Programme Questions
Career & Pathway Discussion
No Obligation
Scheduling link to be provided. Contact us to arrange a call.
PREFER TO STUDY FOR YOUR OWN HEALTH?
Take the Programme for Your Own Health & Longevity
You can also complete Thrive Unlimited and the full 12-module Health Optimisation & Longevity Programme for your own health, performance and longevity. Use what you learn to understand your health more deeply, identify your priorities and create your Personalised Health Optimisation Plan™.
Thrive Unlimited
12-Module Health Optimisation & Longevity Programme
Your Health Optimisation Profile™
Your Personalised Health Optimisation Plan™
Tracking & Reassessment
PERSONAL PATHWAY
€2,495
including VAT
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Frequently Asked Questions
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