Best health coaches
The 25 best health coaches, ranked by client ratings, credentials, experience and specialization. Most charge $75 to $150 an hour.
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- 25 health coaches ranked.
- Ranked by client ratings, credentials, experience and specialization.
- Most health coaches charge $75 to $150 an hour.
The 25 best health coaches
- Allysha Maragh-Bass, Leadership and wellness coach for high achievers facing burnout. Allysha combines board-certified wellness coaching with Johns Hopkins behavioral science training and a Harvard Medical School fellowship.
- Rachel Rothstein, Health coach in nutrition, gut health, and fitness routines. Rachel combines 12 years as an EMT and NYU transplant research with health coaching.
- Belinda Norton-Smith, Bioenergetic educator and fitness trainer for women and parents in Australia. Combines a health education degree, nine published books, and TV and magazine work with both fitness coaching and parenting support.
- Loretta Cella, Anxiety and breathwork coach for women and wellness leaders. Loretta pairs HeartBreath breathwork with 16 years of leadership coaching and clients from 17 countries.
- Karole Coghe, Health and wellness coach with a luxury travel and events background. Karole brings a career in luxury travel and events across 3 countries to her health and wellness coaching.
- Nicole Ternay, Weight loss coach for women over 40. Nicole is a former professional ballet dancer with a physical therapy background who now coaches weight loss through behavior change.
- Ashley Church, Integrative nutrition health coach and mentor for new health coaches. She coaches clients and also mentors new health coaches, and she has trained with several types of health practitioners.
- Teresa Papadopoulos, Somatic wellness and stress coach for professional women in the SF Bay Area. She combines life coaching with hands-on bodywork and energy healing, backed by over 18 years of practice.
- Elizabeth Sherman, Life and health coach for women 40+ who struggle with habits. Combines a personalized health systems audit with a bare-minimum plan for hard days, built for women in midlife.
- Ginny, Nutrition and weight loss coach for midlife and mature women. Ginny pairs 25 years of nutrition and fitness work with a membership community and a yearly wellness retreat in Bali.
- Corinne Dobbas, Eating disorder dietitian in Marin County and Petaluma, California. Corinne is a registered dietitian who focuses on people with longstanding or complex eating disorder histories and hosts The Body Image Podcast.
- Gina Diamond, Nutrition and wellness coach for women, remote or in person. Gina pairs nutrition and trauma release coaching with a Master's in Humane Education and Brain Management Consulting certification.
- Ali Novitsky, Coaching, strength and CME for women physicians. Ali is a triple board-certified physician and Master Certified Coach who runs a directly accredited CME provider for women physicians.
- Amy White, Nutritionist and life coach for women over 40 who want to lose weight. Amy pairs a master's degree in nutrition with life coach training and Positive Intelligence mindset tools.
- Shanda Young, Burnout and health coach for women in Arizona. She pairs 18 years of fitness and weight-loss coaching with training in neuroscience and deep change work.
- Coleman Housefield, Emotional regulation coach for anxiety and stress, online and in Colorado Springs. He built his own three-step method for the nervous system after struggling with anxiety and anger himself.
- Roxana-Cristina Petrus, Anxiety and burnout coach and psychologist in Switzerland. She is a licensed psychologist and certified coach who has also led a corporate wellbeing team reaching over 800 employees.
- Alison Smith, Resilience and burnout coach for teachers in Arizona. A former 4th grade teacher who coaches teachers through burnout using her own experience of leaving the classroom.
- Christina Adams, Burnout and boundary coach for women physicians. She is a practicing OB-GYN with 20 years in medicine who coaches other physicians on burnout.
- Jamie Fuentes, Mental health and wellness coach for stress, resilience and mindset. Jamie pairs an ICF coaching credential with a kinesiology degree and personal training and nutrition certifications.
- Elizabeth Hall, Mind-body eating coach for women in West Hartford, Connecticut. Elizabeth combines intuitive eating, Havening and Enneagram training with her own 30-year history of dieting.
- Brandice, Christian habit and nutrition coach for women with food struggles. Combines a personal trainer and nutrition coach background with a Bible-based approach to binge eating and food freedom.
- Jennifer Heard, Mindful nutrition and health coach for celiac and autoimmune disease. She combines a PhD in Natural Medicine and mindfulness training with a focus on celiac disease, which she lives with herself.
- Claudia Petrilli, Perimenopause health coach for women over 40. Hosts a perimenopause podcast with more than 350,000 downloads and has coached women over 40 for 14 years.
- April Neufeld, Somatic mindfulness coach for burnout and chronic stress in New Jersey. She is a former tech industry professional who recovered from her own burnout and now coaches through the body and nervous system.
Compare them
Allysha Maragh-Bass
Allysha Maragh-Bass is a leadership and wellness coach for high achievers who feel run down. Allysha is a board-certified wellness coach trained at Emory and a behavioral scientist with a Johns Hopkins PhD. Allysha is also a former Harvard Medical School Fellow. Allysha's work covers burnout, time and energy, nutrition, movement, boundaries and conflict. Allysha's clients have lost hundreds of pounds, reversed prediabetes and prehypertension, and managed chronic conditions. Many also got promoted or funded.
Rachel Rothstein
Rachel Rothstein is a board certified health coach who helps people with nutrition, gut health, and physical routines. She works with dozens of clients, from college students to senior citizens. Before coaching, she served as an EMT for 12 years and did research at NYU, where she worked with over 1,000 patients. She also holds a Master's in Public Health and helps people who want to start a public health career.
Belinda Norton-Smith
Belinda Norton-Smith is a bioenergetic educator and fitness trainer who works with women and parents on health, habits, and family routines. She has 26 years in the wellness field and has written nine books, including Fit Mama. She writes on fitness for Wellbeing Magazine and presents on Wellbeing TV. She created The Humanness Method, a skill-based program on body function, routines, and lifelong habits. She also offers one-on-one sessions and parenting support.
Loretta Cella
Loretta Cella is an anxiety and breathwork coach who helps women and wellness industry leaders move out of burnout. She calls her work HeartBreath. She has 16 years as a certified coach and leadership educator. Her clients come from 17 countries. She holds a Master in Leadership, is a certified change management practitioner, and is a two-time TEDx speaker. She mixes breathwork, energy work, and wellness tools in her sessions.
Karole Coghe
Karole Coghe is a health and wellness coach who also offers life coaching. She helps people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or cut off from the person they know they can be. Karole was born in Italy and built a career across 3 countries in luxury travel and events. She is finishing her NBHWC certification through the IIN Intensive Practicum program. She can adjust sessions for clients in different time zones.
Nicole Ternay
Nicole Ternay is a weight loss coach for women over 40. She works on the habits and thinking that sit under weight struggles, not just food and workouts. She has coached women for 24 years. Before that, she was a professional ballet dancer and worked in physical therapy. She is ACE-certified, has given two TEDx talks, and hosts a podcast on weight loss for women over 40. Her main program is a 12-week course called The Jumpstart.
Ashley Church
Ashley Church is an integrative nutrition health coach who helps clients build better habits, plan meals and manage weight. She has guided over 1,500 clients. She works as a health coach at Provo Health, where she reviews health histories and test results with clients. She also mentors new health coaches and sits on the admissions committee at Provo Health. Before coaching, she worked in marketing and communications at Nu Skin and Domo.
Teresa Papadopoulos
Teresa Papadopoulos is a somatic wellness expert and master life coach. She helps busy, high achieving women manage stress, rebuild energy and feel at home in their bodies. She founded Breakthru Wellness Coaching + Bodywork and has worked for over 18 years as an energy healer, bodyworker and coach. She blends bodywork, energy healing, somatics and psychology based tools. She serves the SF Bay Area and beyond.
Elizabeth Sherman
Elizabeth Sherman is a Master Certified Life and Health Coach who helps women in midlife build health habits that last. She has coached for over 20 years and hosts the Total Health in Midlife podcast, with over 250 episodes. Her work covers nighttime eating, sugar cravings, and the start-over cycle. She builds a bare-minimum plan for hard days and a clear plan for what to do after a slip. She also speaks at corporate and industry events.
Ginny
Ginny is a nutritionist, fitness coach and health coach who helps midlife and mature women lose weight and build strong bodies. She has worked in the field for 25 years. She combines nutrition, movement and mindset in her coaching. She runs a 12-week weight loss program, a membership and a wellness retreat in Bali. She also gives keynote talks on health, nutrition and healthy ageing.
Corinne Dobbas
Corinne Dobbas is a registered dietitian and nutrition therapist who helps people heal their relationship with food and their bodies. She has over 15 years of experience. She focuses on eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, and body image concerns. She has a strong focus on clients with longstanding or complex eating disorder histories. She works with a client's doctor, therapist, or psychiatrist. She sees clients in San Rafael and Petaluma, and online.
Gina Diamond
Gina Diamond is a wellness and life coach who helps women and the people they influence feel at home in their bodies. She blends nutrition, trauma release, and cellular healing strategies. She has more than 20 years of experience as a life coach, writer, and advocate. She holds a Master's in Humane Education and is a certified Brain Management Consultant. Her past clients include the Port of Seattle and Google. She coaches remotely or in person.
Ali Novitsky
Ali Novitsky, MD, coaches women physicians on their health, stress and strength. Ali is a physician triple board-certified in pediatrics, neonatology and obesity medicine, and a Master Certified Coach. Ali founded The FIT Collective, a coaching, strength and continuing medical education company. Over ten years, it has worked with 3,000 women physicians. The company is a directly accredited ACCME provider, so doctors can earn required CME credit while getting support for their own health.
Amy White
Amy White is a nutritionist and life coach who helps women over 40 lose weight, calm cravings, and regain energy. She also trained as a life coach and uses Positive Intelligence mindset tools. Amy has 15+ years of professional experience. She runs The Simplicity of Wellness program and meets with clients on Zoom calls.
Shanda Young
Shanda Young is a burnout coach and health coach in Arizona. She coaches women on fitness, weight loss and lasting habit change. She has coached for 18 years. She is a certified health coach and an NLP practitioner. She is also a former Leader of Landmark. For the past four years she has trained in neuroscience and deep change work, and she uses it to help clients build new habits in less time than they would alone.
Coleman Housefield
Coleman Housefield is an emotional regulation coach in Colorado Springs who helps people with anxiety, anger, and stress. He has spent 20 years coaching and mentoring men and women. His work centers on the nervous system and building skills instead of talking through the past. He offers a free first call and a money-back promise if a client does the work and sees no progress. He works online with clients across the country.
Roxana-Cristina Petrus
Roxana-Cristina Petrus is an anxiety and burnout coach and licensed psychologist in Switzerland. She helps people deal with stress, life changes and emotional overwhelm. She also works with couples on communication and emotional safety. Before running her own practice, she led a wellbeing team at F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG that reached over 800 employees. She coaches in English and Romanian and has worked in this field for 10 years.
Alison Smith
Alison Smith is a burnout and resilience coach for teachers, instructional coaches, and education leaders. She taught 4th grade before leaving the classroom in her first five years. She then spent 10 years doing professional development for teachers and holding thousands of conversations with educators. She founded A Teacher's Best Friend to support teachers with stress, overwhelm, and the emotional side of the job. She is based in Arizona.
Christina Adams
Christina Adams is a coach for women physicians who feel burned out and want a plan. She is also a board-certified OB-GYN who has practiced since 2006. She helps doctors set boundaries around their time and decide whether to stay in their job or move to a new path. She trained as a coach through The Life Coach School.
Jamie Fuentes
Jamie Fuentes is a mental health and wellness coach who helps people manage stress, build resilience and change habits. She is a former Division I athlete and an Ironman finisher. She has logged more than 3,000 coaching hours and has worked with executives, entrepreneurs and healthcare professionals. She holds an ICF PCC credential and a master's degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science. She also has nutrition and personal training certifications.
Elizabeth Hall
Elizabeth Hall is a mind-body eating coach in West Hartford, Connecticut. She helps women heal obsessive thoughts about food and their bodies without dieting or deprivation. She holds the PCC credential from the ICF and is trained through the Institute for the Psychology of Eating. She is also a certified Enneagram coach, Havening practitioner and intuitive eating counselor. Her own 30 years of dieting shape her non-diet work with clients.
Brandice
Brandice runs Grace Filled Plate. He is a personal trainer and nutrition coach who helps Christian women find peace with food. He has coached hundreds of women over 10 years. He wrote a Bible-based book on binge eating and hosts the Grace Filled Food Freedom podcast. His own decade of all-or-nothing eating shaped his approach, which puts faith and grace ahead of diet rules.
Jennifer Heard
Jennifer Heard is a mindful nutritionist and health coach. She helps adults live well with celiac disease, autoimmune disease and dietary restrictions. She also works with people who want a better relationship with food. She has more than 10 years of experience with individuals, families and support groups. She holds a PhD in Natural Medicine and is a certified yoga therapist. She lives with celiac disease herself, so she knows the daily challenges.
Claudia Petrilli
Claudia Petrilli is a perimenopause health coach who helps women over 40 make sense of their symptoms. She is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and has worked with women for 14 years. She hosts the Perimenopause Simplified podcast, which has passed 350,000 downloads. Her coaching covers energy, sleep, hormones, HRT and GLP-1 guidance, and nutrition and lifestyle changes. She builds a plan around each client's own health picture.
April Neufeld
April Neufeld is a stress and trauma recovery coach who helps people with burnout, chronic stress and anxiety. She uses somatic and mindfulness methods that focus on the body and nervous system. She worked 20 years in the tech industry before she became a coach. She burned out there and recovered through somatic practice. She runs her practice under the name A to Zen and offers one-on-one, group and community programs.
Common questions
Who are the best health coaches?
The top health coaches are Allysha Maragh-Bass, Rachel Rothstein and Belinda Norton-Smith, ranked by client ratings, credentials, experience and specialization.
How much do the best health coaches charge?
Most health coaches charge $75 to $150 an hour.
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Last updated September 2026.