1-Year Health Coaching Mentorship with Lindsey Parsons, EdD
Dates: August 15, 2025 – August 14, 2026
Applications: Opening 4/8/25; Deadline: 6/1/25; applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
Location: Remote (Tucson, AZ-based business)
Time commitment: 20 hours/week (unpaid)
Schedule: Monday–Friday only. Hours must be scheduled between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Arizona Time (Arizona does not observe daylight savings). Expect daily hours with some flexibility, with heavier workloads on Mondays and Tuesdays. Shadowing client sessions will occur at set times on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Time Off: Includes 5 weeks of vacation (with advance coordination) and all U.S. federal holidays. During the summer, vacation should be scheduled around Lindsey’s annual one-month trip to Europe, typically in June.
Are you a newly certified or aspiring health coach looking to specialize in gut health and learn the ins and outs of running a coaching business, hosting a podcast, and developing clinical protocols?
Join Lindsey Parsons, EdD, Certified Health Coach and host of The Perfect Stool: Understanding and Healing the Gut Microbiome, for a unique 12-month unpaid mentorship that combines real-world experience with dedicated 1:1 coaching to help you grow your own business.
What You’ll Do (approx. 17 hrs/week):
- Support podcast production: research, editing, summaries, graphics, social media
- Edit blog posts, podcast scripts, and guest outreach
- Assist with supplement and client protocol research and creation
- Shadow client sessions and potential client calls
- Respond to client-related emails (with oversight)
- Help manage content marketing and product promotion
- Support Lindsey in business operations and marketing tasks beyond typical intern scope
What You’ll Learn (3 hrs/week of direct, live mentorship):
- Lead generation and client acquisition strategies
- Onboarding clients
- Determining appropriate testing
- Setting up practitioner accounts for testing and supplements for generating passive income
- Interpretation of blood tests and functional labs: stool testing, Organic Acids Tests, Metabolomix, Mycotoxin and other functional medicine tests
- Creating supplement protocols
- How to evaluate complex gut and autoimmune cases
- How to access free advanced practitioner trainings
- Podcast creation and promotion
- Website and email list building and marketing strategy
- Tools and systems: WordPress, Substack, Canva, Calendly, Audacity, Auphonic, Hubspot
Who This Is For:
- Newly certified or soon-to-be certified health coaches
- Passionate about gut health, functional nutrition and working with clients
- Self-directed, organized, and tech-comfortable
- Interested in both the clinical and business side of health coaching
Compensation:
This is an unpaid mentorship. You’ll receive personalized business development coaching, hands-on experience, and a recommendation upon successful completion. A future partnership may be considered depending on performance and business needs.
To apply:
Email your resume and a detailed cover letter explaining why this mentorship excites you, what you hope to gain, and how your background aligns with the opportunity. Use the subject line: Mentorship Application – Your Name when submitting your application. Address your letter to Dr. Lindsey Parsons at lindsey@highdeserthealthcoaching.com.