CMWC Registration is Open!

Dr. Shawn Talbott (Ph.D., CNS, LDN, FACSM, FACN, FAIS) has gone from triathlon struggler to gut-brain guru! With a Ph.D. in Nutritional Biochemistry, he's on a mission to boost everyday human performance through the power of natural solutions and the gut-brain axis.

Welcome to Mental Health Awareness Month (May)!

We have (re)opened registration for the Certified Mental Wellness Coach (CMWC) program – after such a wonderful response at the end of March for our first online offering.

If you are registering from OUTSIDE THE USA, then please DO NOT include your address in the registration form…

We have also made the CMWC “mobile-friendly” – so it’s easier to take the lessons with you wherever you go…

We will keep this registration open for one week – until May 8.

See more about the CMWC course content below – and looking forward to “seeing” you all in class!

Certified Mental Wellness Coach


The Certified Mental Wellness Coach (CMWC) is a streamlined, focused, intense course spanning 16 hours of instruction in the role of diet and lifestyle factors in balancing the Microbiome-Gut-Heart- Brain-Axis for improved Mental Wellness.


Why Becoming a CMWC is Important


At no time in human history have we ever been so “advanced” technologically and yet so miserable psychologically.


It’s no exaggeration to describe stress, depression, anxiety, and burnout as epidemics – literally the “Black Plague” of our modern times.

How you feel is not just in your head, it’s also in your gut, and your heart, and your immune system, and in many other places inside and outside the actual brain in your head.

National surveys show that happiness and life satisfaction levels are at all-time lows, while depression, suicide, drug addiction, and use of prescription antidepressants and pain-killing opioids are at all-time highs.

There is no physical health without mental wellness. They are two sides of the same coin, and they are vital for each other and for our ability to reach our peak potential in this one life that we have to live.

The CMWC will explore research-supported natural approaches can improve how we feel mentally and perform physically in every aspect of our daily lives, including:

  • What is Mental Wellness Coaching
  • Education, Guidance, Training, Support to help unlock potential
  • Why EVERYONE needs a coach!
  • What Mental Wellness Coaching is NOT
  • Counseling, treatment, prescribing, medicine…
  • Objectives
  • Workshop Format
  • 500+ slides (many for reference)
  • Part 1 – Science
  • New Paradigm of the Gut-Heart-Brain-Axis
  • Science-based products natural approaches
  • Mental Wellness Economy
  • Science Deep Dive
  • Part 2 – Practice – What to DO?
  • Mindset
  • Ingredient Sourcing
  • Functional Nutrition
  • Immune System
  • Stress
  • Gut-Brain-Axis
  • Endotoxemia / Metabolism
  • Heart-Brain-Axis
  • Physical Performance
  • Weight Loss
  • Sleep
  • Anti-Aging
About the Author

Exercise physiologist (MS, UMass Amherst) and Nutritional Biochemist (PhD, Rutgers) who studies how lifestyle influences our biochemistry, psychology and behavior - which kind of makes me a "Psycho-Nutritionist"?!?!

    • Hi Saori – after you register for the course, you will receive an access link directly from Marietta College (within about 2 business days) – and then the course is “self-paced” so you can progress thru each module as you see fit?
      Across the video lectures, reading, quizzes, and other materials, it ends up being around 20 hours – so some people finish it in a week and others take a few months, depending on their own personal schedule?

  • Just seeing this , I sent a email over and is it to late to register deadline being tomorrow on the 8th ? I would love to be a part
    Thank you
    Kim hope

  • Hello, I purchased the training course, received via email a receipt. However, since registering I cannot open my brand-new Yahoo email, created specifically for this coaching course. But I understand the link to the course comes via email. Good thing there is no online scheduled LIVE class that I could end up missing as a result.

    Please tell me how to submit a different email address? I have another email account that I rarely use, so I will switch. How do I change my email add? Please inform me. Thanks. Can’t wait to get the link!!!

    BTW, I got your link from Annette Reeder, my weight management coach.

    • Hey Carla – your registration link should have come to you directly from Linda Roesch at Marietta College? lr002@marietta.edu
      But – if you can’t get into your email, that doesn’t really help???
      If you email Linda, she can change your email and send you a new access link.
      See you in class!

  • I am so bummed that I missed the registration cut off! Is there any way to still get in? If not, do you know when registration will open again? Thank you!

    • Hi Angela – sorry you missed our last registration window – but don’t worry – we will (re)open registration again in June or July (depending on the status of a few key updates that we are planning) – so please stay tuned!

  • I am just coming across this certification and am bummed I missed out on the opportunity. Is there a way to still enroll? When will the next online course be offered?

    • Hey Carleen – thanks a lot for your interest in the course – we will (re)open registration on either June 1 or July 1 – depending on how quickly we can implement the next round of upgrades to the course (things like captioning and weekly live video chats) – so please stay tuned!
      You can “follow” this blog so you get notified whenever I post a new article…
      Thanks!

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