When you care deeply about helping people, it is easy to give too much. To overshare, to over-invest, to say yes when you should say no. To pour everything into someone who then cancels last minute, does not follow through, or makes you feel like nothing you do is ever enough.
It is not because you are doing it wrong. It is because nobody taught you how to set up the relationship properly from the very start.
In both nutritional therapy and psychological coaching, this is called contracting. It is the conversation that happens before anything else. The one where you and your client agree on boundaries, expectations, and how you will actually work together. It protects you both.
As Debbie, our Co-Director of Coaching, explains:
“It seems obvious that we should work in a professional way but the problem is that can mean very different things to different people. One persons “I’m here for you” can be heard as “contact me anytime, as much as you like, 3am is fine!” When clearly it’s not fine. It looks very simple, but the reality of humans is that they are complex, multi-layered individuals with unique lives.
We need to be clear about how we work together and make the expectations explicit. This helps us remove the assumptions that get us in a muddle later. Effective coaching is not really about the models or approaches.
It is about how you work with the real person in front of you, in their real life and with all their messiness. Real life change, not theory, that is what excites me.”
Because we understand what it is like to follow your passion and build something meaningful, we make sure our students learn not just the science, but how to actually show up for people without losing themselves in the process.
Join our online open day on 7th July, or download the syllabus first.
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15/06/2026
Couldn’t make it to one of our open days? Here’s your second chance.
We know not everyone could make it to London for our open days over the past few school weekends to meet us in person and experience what it is like to study with us, so, by popular demand, we are running an online open day too.
Meet the teaching team, some of our current students and graduates, and find out what it is really like to study Nutritional Medicine and Psychological Coaching with us. Ask us anything, from curriculum and workload to clinical training and career pathways.
Date: Tuesday, 7th July, 7:30pm to 9pm
Where: Online, via Zoom
Spaces are limited. Book your place here: https://www.newschoolofnutrition.com/open-days/
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15/06/2026
If you have completed the cleanse, congratulations!This is not about having followed a plan perfectly, but the fact that you made time for yourself.
On top of that, you noticed, reflected, experimented and shared within a group that provided a safe space.
Perhaps you also discovered that we do not all respond to a cleanse in the same way.
Some people felt energised.
Some felt challenged.
Some noticed changes immediately.
Others noticed very little at all.
And that is all okay.
Most people tend to think that health changes when they start a cleanse.
However, health changes when you start paying attention to your food, energy, habits and the stories you tell yourself.
The cleanse may be ending, but the next chapter is only just beginning.
Learn the next steps to better nurture your body through food with our Non-Fiction Nutrition Course https://e-newschoolofnutrition.com/non-fiction-nutrition
Lecture topic: Scope of Practice.
Lecture outfits: also Scope of Practice, apparently.
Here’s what happened… Our SM manager asked the team to dress in colour for a photo, no further instructions given (clearly 🙄). The coaches turned up fully committed, and the students thought it would be even more fun to add an extra dash of colour on the spot. So they didn’t hesitate, lending pieces right there. Picture perfect 👌
Never a dull moment at NSoNM, and definitely one to remember for our Year 2, as it was also their last coaching lecture before their next steps: submissions, graduation…
Moments like these, filled with laughter, colour, spontaneity, students and coaches pulling together for a silly photo to remember (teamwork really is the dream work 💪), aren’t just for fun. They are an example of co-regulation in action. A nervous system that feels safe shows up, plays, laughs and learns.
12/06/2026
We asked some of our current students what surprises them most about studying at the New School of Nutrition. Their answers say a lot about what makes The New School of Nutritional Medicine different. Watch till the end to hear it straight from them.
https://youtu.be/eRnZplP0IYc?si=exqdhE3p4b2Qehd-
Thinking about becoming a Nutritional Therapist? Study with us and become a Nutritional Therapist and Psychological Coach in 2 years (yes, you will graduate with 2 qualifications)
At NSoNM, we offer an integrated 2-year diploma in Nutritional Therapy, Psychological Coaching, and Rapid Relief Homeopathy, taught in person in London or live online (if you live more than 100 miles from London).
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Applications for September 2026 are open now, deadline 31 July.
Learn more about our course: newschoolofnutrition.com/integrated-nutrition-diploma
As per high demand, we added an Online OPEN DAY in July, sign up here: newschoolofnutrition.com/open-days
The #1 Thing That Surprised Our Nutrition Students We asked our current students, “What surprised you most about study...
11/06/2026
As science evolves, the language can evolve with it. Sometimes that evolution reflects a deeper and wider understanding. Other times, it can feel like a rebranding exercise that makes things sound newer than they really are.
• PCOS ((Polycystic O***y Syndrome) to PMOS (PolyMetabolic O***y Syndrome)
• NAFLD (Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease) to MASLD (Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease)
• Adrenal ‘fatigue’ to HPA axis dysregulation/allostatic load
• Dysbiosis to Microbiome imbalance/microbial dysregulation
• Obesity to Adiposity-based chronic disease
• Type 2 diabetes to Metabolic dysfunction
• Heart disease to Cardiometabolic disease
• Mitochondrial dysfunction to Bioenergetic dysfunction
• Mental illness to Metabolic psychiatry
The terminology may evolve as science advances, and often these changes reflect a deeper understanding of human physiology.
However, they do not fundamentally change the way we teach at the New School.
Why? Because we have never taught the body as a collection of isolated organs or disconnected symptoms. We teach physiology, biochemistry, psychology, environment and lifestyle as an interconnected system.
Whether it is called PCOS or PMOS, NAFLD or MASLD, the underlying questions remain the same:
What is driving the physiology?
What signals influence the cells and their behaviour?
How are metabolism, inflammation, stress, sleep, nutrition, movement and environment interacting?
The terminology may change. The interconnected nature of human physiology does not.
At the New School, labels are just labels; it is the interconnected physiology beneath them that matters most. This systems-based thinking is at the heart of everything we teach.
Curious about what that looks like in practice? Download our Syllabus to see what that looks like in practice www.newschoolofnutrition.com/syllabus-download/
Here is something most people don’t realise… Knowing what to eat or what supplements to take is only half the story…
Our principal and founder Dr.KhushMark PhD shares a powerful example of why understanding the person behind the plate matters just as much.
That is why at the New School of Nutritional Medicine, we train our students to be both Nutritional Therapists and Psychological Coaches so they can guide and support their clients through the real challenges that are stopping them from making change, in ways that go far beyond nutrition alone.
Applications for 2026-28 are now open. Links in comments below.
Why do we integrate Nutritional Medicine with Psychological Coaching at the New School of Nutritional Medicine?
Because knowing what to eat isn’t enough. Most people already know they should cut out processed food, sugar, balance blood sugar, sleep better, manage stress… but change does feel overwhelming and life gets in the way…
In our 2-year diploma course, students learn the science of nutritional therapy and the skills of psychological coaching so they can guide clients to follow through, not just leave with a meal plan and good intentions.
On our Open Day, you’ll:
- Experience a real teaching day (no fancy set‑up, just how we actually run it)
- Meet staff, students and graduates and ask all your questions
- See how we integrate practical assignments, triads and coaching so you qualify with two professional skill sets
If you are interested in becoming a Nutritional Therapist and Psychological Coach, join us on our online Open Day on July 7th.
03/06/2026
We integrate functional tests into our teaching, our students get to understand their own physiology better too. Our syllabus is dynamic; if new research requires changes, we make them.
We move with the needs of the times. With HRT on the rise and xeno-oestrogens in our environment, we utilise these tests as tools so our students can work with their clients’ individual, unique biochemistry. The School’s favourite hormone functional test was recently updated, and we are teaching the new 2026 version to our year 2 students.
HRT OR NOT? This weekend, our Year 2 students will be diving deep into advanced hormone testing - analysing how the body processes hormones, both internal and external. They will compare the test results of 2 women, one of whom is on HRT and the other is not. And learning why it is not just about s*x hormones, but firstly, the state of their nervous system. Because perfectionism can just keep the HPA axis ‘wired’ when the goalposts are always moving, since most things are not ‘good enough’.
Last month, the students analysed a case of a young female with hormonal symptoms, and her tests showed low progesterone and anovulatory cycles. We do warn our students that when joining the course, your fertility may increase ;)
It is important to know how the body is detoxing HORMONES, be they external or internal. Is the HRT being detoxed ‘safely’ without producing metabolites that can be carcinogenic (damage DNA)?
From there, students will look into methylation and whether the body has enough antioxidant power to keep any oxidative stress at bay. We all know that oxidative stress in itself is harmful to cells. And as you may have read in the news about Megaloblastic Madness, which can be due to severely low B12, our students will be learning about the importance of B12 in hormone balance, but also how to test for cellular B12 levels, not just blood levels. Blood levels do not equate cellular levels.
Our students will be educated in such a crucial and popular topic, which even most doctors prescribing HRT are not aware of.
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