Good morning everyone! And HAPPY FRIDAY! Today I’m here to share with you a fellow food blogger friend, Hillary, and her experience with IIN. She has a sister post over on her blog where she interviews me on Health Coaching. Check it out!

1. You’re currently a student at IIN, what is your favorite part about the Program?

IIN – it’s been such a great experience thus far; I’m nearly halfway through with the program (ahhh, can’t believe I’m writing that!). My favorite part is that it is not biased and doesn’t teach one specific outlook/diet philosophy. I love that with each week’s module, we are taught by different speakers, many of which are entirely inspiring. I think it’s great that while Joshua founded IIN, and certainly has his own personal food/health/lifestyle views, his school promotes bio-individuality. Another thing I love is that IIN is NOT about dieting — in the slightest. As students, we learn about the importance of primary foods, and I can’t wait to share that philosophy with others.

2. Do you hope to go full-time with Health Coaching?

In the immediate future, I do not see myself being a full-time health coach. I have a pretty comfortable job (with benefits) that I’m not ready to give up. I am already anxious enough about getting a few clients as a part-time side gig, so we will see as I go 🙂

Well, I don’t consider myself an official Health Coach yet, but I am very excited to have those initials behind my name in the near future. I am eager to work with clients 1:1, as I don’t get a lot of that type of interaction at my current job. I thoroughly enjoyed working as a nutrition mentor in college, and I can’t wait to play that role again.

4. How do you stay on top of your school work at IIN while also balancing a blog & full-time job?

Oh, man… in all honesty, said balance is what I am wanting to work on most in my life — it sure can be a challenge at times! Not to mention, taking care of my own health and needs, and relationships. Luckily for me, I’m able to leave my full-time work at work at the end of the day; it doesn’t come home with me. My evenings and weekends consist of balancing blog and school work. Sometimes, a blog post comes first and visa versa; but, now that I’m halfway done with the IIN curriculum, as I mentioned earlier, I really want to put more emphasis into the business aspect of my future health coaching services. I also do a some multitasking when need be, i.e. cycling while listening to an IIN lecture on my iPod.

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Thank you Hillary!

P.S. HHS readers, don’t forget to check out the Newsletter coming to your inbox this morning. Here’s todays topic:

“Hi Paige

A question for your upcoming videos: I eat well (healthy and the proper portion sizes) on a regular basis, but when I attend family parties, I tend to kind of just go crazy and eat way too much. I end the night feeling uncomfortable and bloated. Do you have any advice for how to enjoy yourself at parties where there is a lot of food but to also refrain from eating everything there (eating in moderation)?

Thank you so much!
Rachel”

ENJOY! xo.