Michael Arloski, Ph.D., PCC, NBC-HWC

Dr. Arloski’s life’s work and passion is creating allies for a healthy world. A psychologist with over twenty-five years of clinical work, and professional contribution to the field of wellness and health promotion since 1978, he is a pioneering architect of the field of health & wellness coaching. Sharing his knowledge, he is the author of Wellness Coaching For Lasting Lifestyle Change, 2nd Ed., a foundational book of this field (published in English and Mandarin), Paths of Wellness Guided Journal, Vol. 1, and his new book Masterful Health & Wellness Coaching: Deepening Your Craft (all published by Whole Person Associates).

His company, Real Balance Global Wellness Services, Inc., has trained over 12,000 coaches on six continents. Michael was a founding board member of the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching and is now a Board Member Emeritus. An effective and engaging public speaker and trainer, Dr. Arloski has keynoted and led workshops across the globe.

As a Counseling Psychologist in the counseling centers of Miami University and the University of Northern Colorado he spent seventeen years working to integrate wellness programming into the fabric of university life. He also served as Director of Supervision and Training, and an Adjunct Professor in the Guidance and Counseling departments of those institutions. Much of his clinical work focused on the treatment of stress-related disorders by using a combination of psychotherapy, relaxation training and biofeedback. His keen interest in biofeedback and mind/body psychophysiology led him to become President of the Ohio Society for Behavioral Health & Biofeedback.

His past professional leadership history also includes being President of 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.