Nurse Life Coach Academy
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Break The Mold and Own Your Nursing Career.
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How to Make 6 Figures as a Nurse Life Coach
A practical guide from A-Z by Laura Minard.
Download Our Six-Figures EbookOur philosophy
“We don’t just certify nurse coaches - we launch confident, skilled, and thriving practitioners that are leading the way. Join the fastest growing Holistic specialty of nursing”
Help us redefine what nursing looks like
Immerse yourself in a community of nurses who are all in pursuit of a more aligned career and craving a deeper impact in the world.
Learn coaching skills that are backed by science so that you can coach with confidence, making a deep impact in your client’s life.
Cultivate friendships and partnerships with other like minded nurses, who like you, want to do nursing a little differently.
Why nurses make great coaches
There is no group of professionals better equipped to be a life coach, to walk alongside clients as they undergo deep-level transformation.
You have held the hands of dying patients, you have comforted strangers after a hard diagnosis, you have worked impossible shifts under critical conditions and seen the other side.
And the result?
Nurses are the most emotionally intelligent life coaches in the industry. There is nothing your client could say that would take you by surprise, that would be "too much", or that would scare you away. You can explore the depths of human nature with your clients and not be afraid to go there.
Your background in healthcare sets you apart from the rest of the industry, it is an essence that your clients can feel when they are in session with you, the ultimate-non-judgemental-safe-space for clients to explore the depths of their being, leading to true transformation.
Source: 2026 State of Nursing Survey, 2,090 nurses (Nurse.org)
We take all the training you already have as a nurse and use it for coaching. You fulfill your purpose and help people, without the downsides of a traditional nursing career. You choose your own hours and your own clients.
Does any of this sound familiar?
If any of that resonates, you’re not alone – welcome to Nurse Life Coach Academy.
Ready for something different?
With 121 CE credits, Become eligible to sit for your Nurse Coach Board Exam, or Holistic Nurse Exam. We include over 200 hours of optional curriculum.
Holistic practicum prepares you to coach around all aspects of life, not just health and wellness.
On average, Nurse Life Coaches command 40% in pay more than Nurse Health Coaches.
Excellent business resources to prepare you to work in your organization or launch your private practice. Over 6M+ earned by our graduates!
The newest evolution of nurse coaching - Nurse Life Coaching
Our curriculum blends evidence-based coaching methodologies with advanced communication, leadership, and business development skills—designed specifically for nurses stepping into modern, integrative practice. Every module builds real-world confidence, competence, and clinical-meets-transformational coaching mastery so you graduate fully prepared and positioned for success.
Our Professional Coaching Toolkit gives students exercises, homework assignments and their own materials for professional practice.
With millions in coaching sales and multiple ICF certifications under their belts, our founders bring an unmatched level of expertise and innovation to the Nurse Coach industry. Their Next-Level Approach is designed to redefine what’s possible for both you and your clients.
If you’ve ever felt like the one who thought differently — the nurse who saw beyond the bedside and believed in a bigger way to serve — you’ve found your people.
Connect with nurses across the country who are redefining what’s possible in healthcare. Our students and graduates are innovators, disruptors, and compassionate leaders committed to transforming systems, elevating patient care, and forging fulfilling careers on their terms.
Step into immersive, high-level learning experiences at our signature retreats and live events. Grow your skills, deepen your confidence, and build lifelong friendships — all while learning from elite coaches, visionary leaders, and industry trailblazers. Access premium, curated experiences designed to elevate your identity, voice, and influence as a nurse coach.
If you’ve ever felt a deeper calling in your heart — a knowing that your gifts extend beyond task-based care and into true healing — you’ve found your sacred community. Here, intuition isn’t dismissed… it’s developed, honored, and integrated into your leadership.
Connect with nurses across the nation who believe that nursing is not just a profession — it’s a spiritual vocation. Our students are visionaries and healers who blend science, compassion, and inner wisdom to elevate patient lives and transform healthcare from the inside out.
Experience retreats and gatherings designed to nourish your soul, activate your leadership, and reconnect you to your purpose. Through reflection, ceremony-style connection, coaching, and learning, you expand not only your skills — but your capacity to serve, lead, and live in alignment with who you’re here to be.
We’ve mentored graduates from every other nurse coaching program in the country. And while we proudly support the broader field, our native graduates consistently go farther, faster thanks to the depth, structure, and spirit of our training.
Our grads have generated 6M+ in tracked revenue and built thriving practices in every state in the country. Our Youtube trainings watched by thousands.
And our mission is amplifying fast — The Successful Nurse Coach™ Podcast is the #1 nurse-coach podcast in the nation, inspiring thousands of nurses to lead with purpose and pursue work that matters.
Certification is only the beginning — lasting success comes from mentorship, community, and continued growth.
We are the only program that offers a residency program, a 200 CE professional pathway post graduation to truly set you up for success.
What you can expect
Hands-on experience where you will learn everything you need to know to help your clients in every situation.
The Coaching Toolkit has endless coaching tools and client homework assignments designed for reflection and insight outside of sessions, decreasing the chances of leaving growth opportunities on the table.
While didactic is important, it alone will not create confident and competent coaches. Nurse coaches learn from live coaching experiences, not large group Q&A’s, we try to precept our students live as much as possible, and the result is our graduates feel prepared the day they graduate.
If you have ever felt like the black sheep in healthcare, you have officially found your crew!
Meet and be immersed in a community of nurses who get it, sharing the desire for radical change in how we support each other and our patients.
Life-long friendships, business partnerships, and amazing networking opportunities are a part of this community, we are so excited to welcome you in!
Every Nurse Coach on the team here at NLCA is a board-certified nurse coach with years of independent experience, coaching a wide variety of clients.
Each team member is passionate about this work and excited to share their knowledge with you!
You will always have access to the learning materials and access to your communities, as well as access future in-person events!
Many Nurse Coaches graduate certification and wonder, "What's next for me?"
As you enter the final stages of your certification, we offer 1-1 support with our residency advisor to set you up for success.
Become a nurse life coach today.
If you are the nurse everyone is relieved to see when you clock in for your shift? You likely are already coaching and don't even know it!
If you are a nurse who is a natural leader, loves patient education, loves mentoring other nurses, or has advanced degrees and loves growth...Welcome Home.
If we had to guess, we could assume that there is something special about you and that you got into nursing to do meaningful work in the world. Nurse Coaching is the newest and most innovative nursing specialty that allows you to do just that. It also sets you apart and elevates your career.
After completing our program, and meeting all requirements from AHNCC, you can APPLY and sit for two board certifications. Nurse Coach Board Certified (NC-BC) & Holistic Nurse Board Certified (HN-BC).
Discover a meaningful way to Practice, while unlocking unlimited earning potential!
Graduate stories
“I remember Laura telling me that I would not come out the same way I came in, and boy was she right. I am healing, thriving instead of surviving, and I have gratitude for everyone I have met along the way. … I had two paid clients before I even graduated, a private practice business launch, and an army behind me. It brought my nursing fire back.”
Brandy Coleman, RN
“I am so grateful to have come across the specialty of Nurse Life Coaching! As a full-time ER nurse, having the realization that I could use my passion for helping others in way that provides myself with both a more flexible schedule and more income potential was life-changing. Now, I am not only helping others survive, but helping them to thrive.”
Danielle Pelletier
“This program changed my life, personally and professionally. I have hope again and can see a beautiful future for nursing and for the people we get to serve! You absolutely will not regret joining this community and seeing all the ways you can grow!!”
Bethany Royster
“This is an amazing course. I am graduating from this course feeling well prepared with the knowledge and tools needed to help launch myself as a nurse life coach. The instructors put you right at ease. The modules move along smoothly. The rhythm of the course is just right. I work full time and was very able to make the time I needed for both the modules/assignments and the practicum hours.”
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