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By Joan Hannant, Founder & CEO of The Soma Institute
For many of our students, graduation is right around the corner. In a matter of days, we’ll be hosting a ceremony that will be attended by students, friends and family. These are special times where they look back on the hard work they’ve accomplished and look forward to exciting career opportunities. It’s an inspiring day, and a day that often forces me to take a step back and think about my own journey.
Recipes for Health and Wellness
By Katie Tafel, Health and Wellness Coaching Program Director
Our Health and Wellness Coaching Certificate Program takes a holistic approach to health and wellness. There are so many aspects of a person’s life impacting their overall well-being, and a big factor is nutrition. Our instructors will tell you many of the clients they coach have goals or improvements they want to make when it comes to what they are putting into their bodies. They want to be their best selves, and they know food is a big part of that.
The Hope Helping Brings
By Joan Hannant, Founder & CEO of The Soma Institute
You know what feels good? Helping other people. For years, I’ve known this is part of the draw for students that come to The Soma Institute. They all have a desire to help others. And I’ve seen how helping other people uplifts our students. It’s a feeling and a reward with a huge payoff at a time like this.
Our community is made up of people from all backgrounds and all walks of life. While they all have different life experiences, they are all helpers.
What is a Health and Wellness Coach
By Katie Tafel, Health and Wellness Coaching Program Director
We started our Health and Wellness Coaching Certificate Program because we wanted to find more ways to do what we love: train people who want to help others. Since we launched the program, the demand for health and wellness coaches has exponentially increased. We’re living through a pandemic, and it’s forced many people to truly look inward and prioritize taking care of themselves. That’s where our graduates thrive.
The Chicago Marathon: Where Confidence Grows
By Joan Hannant, Founder & CEO of The Soma Institute
Watching our students succeed fills me with pride. They come to Soma as adults of all ages from all walks of life. Some enroll with complete confidence they have what it takes to be a clinical massage therapist. Others aren’t so sure. But every year there is one part of their training that stands out, where students walk away with their heads held high as they exhibit a new sense of confidence. That event is the Bank of America Chicago Marathon.
