Michael ArloskiMichael Arloski, PhD, PCC, NBC-HWC A pioneering architect of the field of health and wellness coaching, Dr. Arloski's life's work and passion is creating allies for a healthy world. He and his company, Real Balance Global Wellness Services, Inc., hav trained thousands of coaches around the globe. A psychologist with over twenty-five years of clinical work and professional contribution to the field of health and wellness promotion, Michael began his formal coach training in 1996. He quickly saw the value of a coach-like behavioral change methodology for helping people succeed at lasting lifestyle improvement and began training coaches in the late 1990s. Michael was a founding board member of the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching, establishing standards and credentialing for the profession, and is now a Board Member Emeritus. He is the author of Wellness Coaching for Lasting Lifestyle Change, 2nd Ed., the foundational book of the field, published in English and Mandarin. His past professional leadership history includes being President of The Ohio Society for Behavioral Health & Biofeedback, The Colorado College Counselors Association, and President of the Board of Directors of the National Wellness Institute. An avid outdoorsman and thirty-year practitioner of Tai Chi, he and his wife, Deborah, live, work, dance, and play in northern Colorado. Read More Read Less