What's Included?
Everything in the Foundations Course, plus: • Four expanded case study discussions • Common coaching mistakes • Why we disconnect from clients in these vulnerable moments • Clinical reasoning demonstrations • Communication examples Case Studies: • Multi-System Flare-Ups • Medical Trauma and Practitioner Trust • Loss of Self Through Progressive Illness • Existential Crisis Conversations and Remaining Human This course expands the Foundations curriculum with four in-depth case studies inspired by decades of supporting clients living with chronic illness, disability, trauma histories, progressive disease, and medical uncertainty. Rather than focusing solely on exercise programming, each case explores the relational decisions practitioners make when clients bring fear, grief, identity changes, or existential concerns into coaching sessions. You'll learn not only what to do—but how to think through complexity while remaining grounded in your scope of practice. This course is approximately 4 hours of instructor videos, including real-life case studies. Because this material covers deeply impactful topics like complex trauma and structural marginalization, we recommend setting aside an additional 4-6 hours to reflect, care for yourself, and integrate. Complete the course in up to 6 months!
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Transform ideals into confident practice.
Move beyond theory through realistic scenarios that strengthen your judgment, communication, and ability to support clients with steadiness, compassion, and professional integrity.
$179.00
Instructor: Ryder Fox
Ryder Fox is the Founder and CEO of Stronger U and the Founder and President of THRIVE Lifeline. They are a trauma-informed wellness coach, educator, systems strategist, and curriculum developer with nearly 30 years of experience supporting people navigating chronic illness, disability, trauma, and other complex life experiences. Over the course of their career, Ryder has logged more than 60,000 coaching hours, mentored hundreds of practitioners, and educated thousands of professionals internationally through courses, conferences, and organizational partnerships. They specialize in helping practitioners develop sustainable, relationship-centered approaches that support clients through chronic health conditions, trauma histories, periods of crisis, and the realities of long-term care. Since founding Stronger U in 2007, Ryder has had the privilege of supporting some clients continuously for nearly two decades—walking alongside them through flare cycles, evolving diagnoses, disability progression, grief, recovery, and life's many uncertainties. Their work emphasizes client autonomy, trauma-informed care, ethical practice, and building helping relationships that remain effective over time. In 2020, Ryder founded THRIVE Lifeline, a nonprofit dedicated to identity-affirming, non-carceral crisis intervention and peer support for multiply marginalized communities. Through THRIVE, they have helped develop innovative educational programs that train practitioners to engage in more humane, autonomy-supportive conversations around suicide, crisis, and complex mental health experiences. Ryder also brings lived experience as a neurodivergent, nonbinary person living with chronic physical and mental health conditions. Their teaching is grounded in the belief that professional expertise and lived experience can work together to create more compassionate, ethical, and effective care. Across every course they teach, Ryder's goal is to help professionals become more thoughtful, confident, and deeply human in the relationships they build with those they serve.