How We Help You Succeed on the NBHWC Exam

Identify your strengths and focus areas. We help you identify knowledge gaps, so you can study smarter and make the most of your time.

Maximize knowledge retention. Using proven techniques like spaced repetition and active recall, we make sure what you study really sticks.

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Ease test-taking anxiety. Our resources are designed to help
you feel calm, confident, and fully prepared for exam day.

Boost your performance. Our practice exams feel like the real thing—so you’re not surprised on test day.

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • You get unlimited access to the practice exams and content review quizzes for 75 days—take them as many times as you'd like during that period.

    The half-length and full-length exams share some overlapping questions, so we recommend purchasing just one to avoid repetition.

  • Our practice exams and content review quizzes are set up to give you immediate feedback on each question so you know right away if you got an answer right or wrong and why.

    This helps you learn on the spot and it allows you to save your progress and review a few questions at a time.

    Most practice exams make you wait until the very end to see how you did. 

  • Our founder, Laurie Thomeczek, wrote all the questions herself, and the distribution of question topics match what the NBHWC prioritizes for the actual exam.

    Laurie spent three years supporting a corporate NBHWC training program, where she helped train coaches, update curriculum, and led the development of over 200 practice exam questions. She currently supports the program at Front Range Community College and, in her full-time role, continues to train and evaluate health and wellness coaches. She is considered a subject-matter expert in coaching and behavior change.

    She’s also spent a lot of time immersed in the exam format and style and has studied NBHWC’s exam structure really closely. Students who have taken Health Coach Study Hall’s practice exams have said they feel strikingly similar to the real thing.

  • Even if you’re studying with others, our materials are all designed for individual use. At the end of the practice exams for example, you’ll receive a personalized report with feedback by NBHWC content category, so you can easily identify your knowledge gaps.

    It’s most effective when each person has their own access in order to see their unique strengths and growth areas on our exams and quizzes.

    By purchasing any of our materials, you agree to the terms of use and terms of service, which include individual, non-transferable access.

    Your respect for these boundaries means a lot.

  • Ethics and legal questions make up a small portion of the NBHWC exam, and we’re intentional about helping you focus your time where it matters most. The best way to prepare for this content is to read the NBHWC’s official Scope of Practice and Code of Ethics, which are your primary resources.

    That said, you will get practice with ethics and legal concepts in our full-length and half-length practice exams, where these types of questions are woven in for realistic prep.

    We aim to provide everything you need (and nothing you don’t) to help you study efficiently and confidently.

  • Laurie is more than happy to hop on a quick call, answer your questions, and help you figure out what will actually support your study style and schedule, whether that’s Health Coach Study Hall’s materials or not.

    Reach out to Laurie@healthcoachstudyhall.com if you’d like to connect.

    And, if it turns out our materials aren’t the right fit for your needs, we’re happy to refer you to other trusted options.