Transform lives with Health Coaching. Your journey starts here.
Welcome to PREKURE, where your passion for health meets evidence-based practice in preventative lifestyle medicine. Train to become a masterful coach and empower others to live their best lives with our internationally recognised, university-level Professional Health Coach Programmes.
Find out how to become a Health Coach
What is a Health Coach?
Whether you're a seasoned health professional looking for more fulfilment in your role, or someone ready for a career change filled with purpose, as a PREKURE Coach you will gain the tools to change people’s lives forever.
As Professional Health Coaches, we walk alongside our clients as partners, respecting their expertise in their own lives. Clients choose their focus areas, and we meet them where they're at.
Effective coaching drives behavioural change by connecting with clients' emotions and values - the key to lasting transformation.
As a PREKURE Certified Health Coach, you will learn how to empower others to take back control of their own health and use the latest scientifically proven lifestyle levers to help them live their best lives.
What PREKURE Students Have To Say
"It's life-changing... the personal growth journey has been insane. It blows my mind that in 6 months time a course can have such a massive impact in the best of ways. Thank you so much! Recommending to everyone"! Rebekah - From Stay at Home Mum to PREKURE Coach
"The health coaching certification is helping me enormously with tools to better help my patients work towards behaviour change”. Alison - Diabetes Nurse and PREKURE Coach
"This course was life changing for me. I signed up at a time in my life where I needed to make a career change and this course has given me the direction I needed. ". Ronel - From HR Manager to PREKURE Coach
Gain transformational coaching skills: The key to unlocking real health outcomes
Transformative coaching skills are the key to empowering clients on their wellness journey. Immerse yourself in our live, online and interactive learning environment, practising and honing your coaching skills with a small group of like-minded students. As a coach, you'll provide clarity, inspiration, and crucial support for sustained behaviour change, fostering self-discovery, independence, and accountability in your clients.
Learn the latest science and practice of lifestyle medicine from world-leading experts
With our university-level study, you’ll learn from the leaders championing the movement for preventative lifestyle medicine. Uncover the latest science and evidence in lifestyle medicine to improve the health of yourself and others, including nutrition, exercise and sleep. Plus undertake 40 hours of live, interactive and immersive online coaching labs, where you'll learn how to integrate the latest scientifically proven lifestyle levers into your coaching practice.
Learning that works for you: Get certified in as little as 6-months, from the comfort of home
Be free to learn on your own time, at your own pace, and in your own space. Access your courses from the convenience of your computer, smartphone or tablet, and become a Certified Health Coach in as little as 6 months, part-time.
University-level internationally recognised training (without the university time & cost)
Get the latest university-level learning without the university-level bureaucracy, complexity or cost. Our Coach Programs are approved by Health Coach professional bodies Health Coaches Australia and New Zealand (HCANZA), the Canadian Health Coach Alliance, and the UK and International Health Coach Association (UKIHCA, Master Coach Program), and endorsed by the Royal New Zealand College of GPs (RNZCGP) for CPD/CME.
Find your niche: Become a Nutrition Coach, an Anxiety Coach or a Mindfulness Coach
Follow your passion for helping others, leveraging your lived experiences to make a meaningful impact in the lives of others, for example as a Sleep Coach, Mindfulness Coach, Cancer Coach, Keto Coach, or Anxiety Coach. The opportunities are endless! So long as you have an inner urge to make a difference in the world, a passion for health and wellbeing, and a desire to help others, you’ll make a fantastic coach - no prior experience required.
Find your career path as a Health Coach
Discover diverse career opportunities as a PREKURE Coach. Our graduates work in GP clinics, set up their own private coaching practices, run corporate wellness programs, coach teachers and children in schools, lead wellness retreats, work in aged care, and find greater fulfilment in expanding their roles as healthcare professionals - like Kirsten Rose (pictured), Physio, PREKURE Coach and owner of Evexia Health & Performance.
Stories of Transformation
Explore the real-life success stories of some of our graduates, each on their own unique journey.
From Personal Trainer to Holistic Health Coach – Meet Alice Rosier of The Health Consultancy.
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From Corporate Marketing to Men’s Wellness Coach: Meet Carl Muir of The Provider.
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Empowering Health and Performance: From Physio to Health Coach – Meet Kirsten Rose.
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Who delivers PREKURE's Training?
Meet the faculty of experts at the forefront of preventative lifestyle medicine.
Sonya English
PREKURE Lead Coach, ICF qualified, Registered Nurse
With a Masters of Health Practice, Sonya is a highly empathetic and experienced coach and critical care nurse in the acute treatment of people suffering from ill-health.
Prof Grant Schofield
Professor of Public Health
Director of The Centre for Human Potential at AUT and former Chief Scientific Adviser to the Ministry of Education in New Zealand, Prof Grant is also the co-author of four best-selling books.
Dr Caryn Zinn
Dietitian
Associate Professor Caryn Zinn is a Registered Dietitian, academic and managing director of her nutrition and lifestyle consultancy practice, with over 20 years of expertise in the field of nutrition.
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Prof Julia Rucklidge
Prof Clinical Psychology
A Professor of Clinical Psychology at University of Canterbury, Prof Julia is a renowned mental health and nutrition researcher, co-author of The Better Brain, TEDx & edX speaker.
Dr Glen Davies
General Practice
Dr Glen was awarded GP of the Year 2021 for his pioneering work reversing diabetes. He focuses on using lifestyle and prevention medicine for chronic illness and disease.
Dr Catherine Crofts
Pharmacist
Dr Catherine is a highly experienced Pharmacist with a PhD in the early diagnosis of metabolic disease.
Dr Louise Schofield
Behaviour Change Specialist
With a PhD in Public Health and 15 years’ experience in the corporate wellbeing industry, Dr Louise is a successful entrepreneur and innovator with a mission to change medicine to focus more on prevention.
Dr Desiree Dickerson
Neuroscientist
Dr Desiree is a Neuroscientist and Clinical Psychologist with a doctorate in the neuro-development of mental health disorders.
Professional Health Coach Training Programmes designed for you
Start on your journey to becoming a PREKURE Coach and turn your passion for health into a purpose-filled career.
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Professional Health Coach Programme
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Metabolic Nutrition Coach Programme
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Mental Health Coach Programme
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Master Health Coach Programme
