Perinatal Wellness Professional Certification program
Upcoming PWP Training:
Dates: March – August 2026
Instructor: Laura Nance
Cost: $1150
Registration and Details: lauranance.net
Go beyond one-dimensional birth support. Build a broad, integrative practice by blending 6 different areas of wellness with coaching skills that meet clients where they are—and help your care make a bigger impact in your client’s lives.
This year’s training will be led by our training partner Laura Nance!
Click the pink button below for details on her website.
The PWP Certification Program will prepare you to hold one-on-one consultations with pregnant and postpartum clients looking to improve their health. Guide families in creating a wellness plan utilizing nutrition, diet, exercise, stress reduction, and daily routines.
It is time to reclaim health.
- Maternal mortality and morbidity is skyrocketing.
- The United States has the highest infant mortality rate of any first world country.
- Black mothers are dying in childbirth at astronomical rates.
- Medical interventions are wildly overused.
- Every day, pharmaceuticals are used off label in childbirth with sometimes fatal consequences.
- Perinatal and postpartum mood and anxiety disorders are at an all time high.
- Postpartum depression, anxiety, OCD and PTSD are going undiagnosed and untreated.
- Dads and partners are experiencing postpartum depression at alarming rates.
- Meanwhile, childhood obesity, diabetes, and cognitive/sensory processing disorders remain on an upward trajectory.
What a mess we are in! So, how do we reclaim our health?? By refusing to treat pregnancy and childbirth as an illness that needs to be preemptively managed with medical interventions. Instead, by approaching the entire perinatal period (pregnancy, labor, birth, postpartum, and breastfeeding) holistically – incorporating all areas of wellness: physical, mental, emotional, social & spiritual.
There is truly no other certification like this one.
Guide clients to better wellness during pregnancy and postpartum. Address common pregnancy and postpartum concerns, as well as more complicated health issues. Support natural immunity and natural healing through diet, exercise, stress reduction, herbal medicine & aromatherapy.
And do all of this from an evidence-based perspective.
Natural health, herbal medicine, science based.
Download the free Curriculum Guide
This free 29 page guide gives an insider’s look at the Perinatal Wellness Professional program. Learn what makes this program unique, different ways to use your PWP certification, and see a full, detailed curriculum.
What you can do as a PWP:
- Offer individual or group wellness coaching
- Teach wellness classes for expectant parents
- Add holistic wellness to your existing doula or childbirth services
- Teach herb or essential oil classes for beginning learners
- Host webinars or podcasts
- Hold in-person or virtual consultations
- Guide pregnant and postpartum clients through creating individualized wellness plans utilizing nutrition, diet, exercise, stress reduction, and daily routines
- Support parents struggling with postpartum mood disorders
- Offer pregnancy support with natural medicine alternatives
- Help families manage chronic stress for healthier pregnancies and healthier babies
- Be confident in seeking out and conveying science-based information
- practice natural health with freedom, and navigate the waters of legality without fear
- Give families the tools and support they need to navigate this transformative time in their lives.
Why Perinatal Wellness?
This certification was created, because there isn’t anything else out there like it. You would need at least 4 separate certifications to cover all of the areas of wellness that we address in this training process!
There is an immense vacuum in the world of perinatal natural health support,
and no other practitioners are as uniquely equipped to meet those needs as a PWP.
By the end of your certification process, you will have the tools and the experience to support your clients with traditional and science-based methods for wellness. You will know what to say and how to guide your clients to better mental and physical health. Healthy parents mean healthy children. And families for generations will benefit.
Your 250 page training manual includes:
- history of medicine & natural healing modalities
- stress management; social & spiritual health
- health equity, environmental racism, & personalized care
- nutrition & movement
- herbal medicine & aromatherapy
- pregnancy & postpartum support; lactation & newborn care
- how to do science-based research
- guide to conducting consultations
- navigating natural health legalities
- herbal medicine making
- business & marketing
Your online portal includes:
- Reading List with downloadable study guide for each book
- 4 application-driven video lessons
- Monthly live zoom classes with instructors and fellow students
- Live online training practicum to practice hands-on skills
- Half-day herbal medicine making class
- Email access to instructor throughout certification process
- All forms and online exams are included. No hidden fees or costs!
- No recertification required.
Download the free Curriculum Guide
This free 29 page guide gives an insider’s look at the Perinatal Wellness Professional program. Learn what makes this program unique, different ways to use your PWP certification, and see a full, detailed curriculum.
Certification questions
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The Perinatal Wellness Program:
- is based in science. Balancing traditional use of herbs and home remedies with the abundant scientific evidence that we have today.
- is fully holistic, addressing all areas of wellness in alignment with the World Health Organization: nutrition, exercise, natural healing, stress reduction, mental and emotional wellbeing, social health, and spiritual health.
- is full spectrum, covering the entire perinatal period: pregnancy, labor & birth, postpartum, breastfeeding and newborn care.
- teaches the legalities of a non-medical profession in a balanced way.
- fully prepares students for one-on-one consultations with personal guidance and hands-on practicum.
In addition, you get to complete the program at your own pace AND have personalized support from instructors through email, monthly zoom classes, and a live application-driven practicum. It’s the best of both worlds! You can now become a confident, full-spectrum, fully holistic, health & wellness consultant for expectant families with only one certification.
This is absolutely the ONLY program out there that has such a broad health scope with strong perinatal focus. That’s what makes this certification unique!
Accelerated Course
The accelerated course lasts 5-6 months. It includes all of the same content and requirements but at a slightly quicker pace. This is currently the only option being offered in 2026.
Traditional Course
The traditional course takes two semesters to complete. The first semester consists of reading and monthly zoom classes. After a month-long break, the second semester wraps up the reading, contains the weekend practicum and herbal class, then focuses on finding your first 3 wellness clients, completing your certification paperwork, and taking final exams.
Because each of us has our own preferred way of reading, we are leaving it up to you to decide how you would like to source your books. The Reading List consists of 4 books (plus an optional book if you don’t have previous training or experience in the birth field.) They are all readily available online, and each comes in paperback and ebook format. While I recommend purchasing the books so that you will have them for reference when working with clients, you may also be able to borrow them or find them through your local library.
Absolutely not! This certification is perfect for those who are just starting out. It is also perfect for experienced birth professionals who are wanting to expand the ways in which they can support their clients’ health and wellness. If you are passionate about wellness and want to be a part of supporting and empower families in your community, then this certification is for you!
There are! In addition to professional certification, Natural Abundance also offers a variety of introductory and intermediate self-enrichment courses. Each of these courses has open registration and is at-your-own-pace. Click here to see a comparison chart of all courses.
Monthly Classes
- Herbal Hour Online Classes
- Subscribe to monthly Herbal Hour classes
- NA Professional membership (access to complete Herbal Hour recording library + course discounts)
Mini-Courses
- Teaching Nutrition and Stress Reduction
- Finding Evidence-Based Information
- Herbs & Oils for the Birth Professional
- Herbs & Oils for Postpartum
Intermediate Course
Payment questions
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Tuition for the PWP certification is $1150. This does not include the required reading books or the herbal medicine kit. Once you have completed the course, there are no recertification requirements, no testing fees, and no mandatory membership fees. No surprises!
Payment at checkout will take you to the PayPal website. You do not need to have a PayPal account. You can pay with debit, credit, or PayPal balance. See below for payment plan options.
(For Natural Abundance trainings only. For trainings taught by other instructors, see their individual websites for payment details.)
Yes! You have 3 options for payment.
Create your own payment plan by choosing “PayPal Credit” at checkout – no interest or extra cost as long as it is paid off in 6 months or less.
*YOU decide how often to make your payments and in whatever amounts are convenient for you.
*Zero interest as long as payments are completed within 6 months.Pay $125/month for 9 months with our payment plan (total $1,125)
*Make monthly payments automatically
*No risk of late fees or being charged interest for going over 6 months
(For Natural Abundance trainings only. For trainings taught by other instructors, see their individual websites for payment details.)
Since students have access to all proprietary materials upon registration, including the training manual, required reading list, study guides, case studies, forms, tests, and other written assignments, there are no tuition refunds for any reason.
*For trainings taught by other instructors, please see their websites for scholarship information*
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