The Counseling Skills Nutrition Coaches Are Missing — Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon — #394
About this episode
Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon discusses essential counseling skills for nutrition coaches that are often overlooked.
Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon reveals the counseling techniques that most nutrition coaches have never learned — and why mastering them matters more than any protocol. She explains why over-optimized clients are often the most fragile, how AI is eroding the critical thinking skills coaches rely on, and what her 700-page textbook Applied Nutrition Coaching and Counseling teaches coaches to do when clients say the unexpected.
People in this episode
Host: Dr. Mike T Nelson
Guest: Dr. Krista Scott-Dixon
Topics covered
- counseling techniques
- nutrition coaching
- client fragility
- AI impact
- critical thinking
Keywords
- nutrition coaching
- counseling skills
- client management
- AI in coaching
- fragility in clients
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Applied Nutrition Coaching and Counseling
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