My 4 most essential books if you coach others on how to improve health, fitness, and lifestyle.

Mindset; Dr. Carol Dweck's work explains how our mindset can determine the course of much of our life. We can seat our mindset a the fixed table where our personal qualities such as intelligence and ability are innate and unchangeable. Or at the growth table where we and others can change and grow. Understanding and adjusting our mindset can change our careers, relationships, and our overall satisfaction in life.

Atomic Habits; James Clear dismantles complex neuroscience into truly usable and applicable strategies for life's most common stumbling blocks. Habits. Debunking myths and anecdotes and replacing them with a science-backed scalable approach to getting the things you value, done.

Motivational Interviewing; specific to the fields of fitness and nutrition coaching Dawn Clifford + Laura Curtis lay the foundational understanding of behavioral before launching into hours of real-world and common scenarios, discussing strategies and concepts for how to navigate them best as a coach and truly help your clients/members.

Renaissance Periodization Diet 2.0; It isn’t actually a diet. The RP authors noted on a podcast how calling it a “diet” was the only way to get people to actually turn the pages, much to their chagrin. However, once you pick it up, it lays bare the true science of sustainable human thermodynamics. The truth is, there is no secret. It’s simple and magic-free concrete science. It’s thoughtful, accurate, candid, and realistic. You actually should believe the hype here.