About

Laura is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) and received her training at the Health Coaching Institute, Precision Nutrition, and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She also holds a PhD in Public Health with a concentration in Nutrition from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Laura has over 18 years of experience as a professor of Health Sciences at the University of Saint Joseph, at Holyoke Community College, and at Franklin Pierce University, where she has taught health coaching, health sciences, nutrition, fitness, culinary, and public health courses.

In addition to her health coaching services offered here, Laura also offers eating disorder recovery coaching through The Binge Code.

She is also an author for Wiley and Sons Publishing. Her digital product, Christoph's Food For Thought, guides professors and students through an introductory nutrition course in a flipped-classroom environment, and she is also a coauthor of Visualizing Nutrition, 5th Edition, an introductory college nutrition textbook.
 
Laura is an avid rower and runner. She rowed and coached at UMass Amherst, and now competes as a masters sculler for Riverfront Recapture in Hartford, where she specializes in lightweight doubles events and runs for Sugarloaf Mountain Athletic Club, where she competes in road racing events.

Availability

Laura maintains a small coaching practice to provide individualized, high-quality support. Coaching availability may vary by season. Laura currently has openings on Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons for new clients.

Not sure where to begin?

You do not need to have everything figured out before reaching out. A short note about your goals, questions, or current challenges is enough to start the conversation. Email Laura at coach@laurachristoph.com.