Brooke Jeffries is the Lead Instructor and Program Director of HCI’s Advanced Health Coach Certification and also teaches in the Life Coach Certification and Health Coach Certification programs, along with other specialized courses. A Certified Nutritionist and National Board–Certified Health & Wellness Coach, she also contracts with BetterUp and serves on advisory boards for the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching and the Health & Wellness Coaching Certificate Program at UC San Diego Extended Studies.

Before joining HCI in 2019, Brooke led a team of dietitian coaches at a digital health startup, built a thriving private practice, and worked in corporate coaching, experiences that shaped her unique blend of clinical, entrepreneurial, and leadership expertise. Her passion for personal growth and practical teaching style has guided countless coaches in developing the confidence and skills to thrive as professionals and transform lives.

Carey Peters is the co-founder of Health Coach Institute, a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach, and a Certified Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner. Since becoming a full-time professional coach over 17 years ago, Carey has channeled her passion for personal development into founding and co-founding 6 coaching businesses, helping to grow them to 6-figure, 7-figure and 8-figure revenues.

Carey guest starred in 25 episodes of the Yahoo web series “Reluctantly Healthy,” hosted by actress Judy Greer, and has been featured in Forbes Magazine, New York Magazine, Fitness Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, The Huffington Post, and more.

Prior to becoming a coach, Carey had a 15 year career as a professional actress and is a graduate of the prestigious Theatre School at DePaul University. When she’s not coaching, Carey loves theater, improvisation, and stand-up comedy. Carey lives with her husband and daughter in Chicago.

Andrea Nakayama is the founder of the Functional Nutrition Alliance and guest expert in Master Your Stress. Andrea Nakayama is a renowned Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner (FNLP).

Andrea is an internationally known Functional Medicine Nutritionist, educator, and speaker who is leading a movement to transform the health industry into a system that works. She’s a Certified Nutrition Educator (CNE), Certified Nutrition Counselor (CNC), Certified Holistic Health Coach (CHHC) and provides her expertise on stress and its impacts on your body in this course.

Andrea currently resides in Portland, OR.