OED Recovery Coaching Academy

Successfully create, build & launch your ED Coaching Business

If ANY of these are true, OED Academy is for YOU

You want to be a coach & don't know HOW to start
You're a current coach or ED professional & make less than $6K/mo
You recovered from an ED and want to turn your pain into purpose
You want to have IMPACT & make money doing what you love
You don't know how to find clients
You've done other certifications or trainings but don't understand how to build a BUSINESS
You see the gaps in current ED treatment and want to offer something effective
You are a burnt out ED professional and don't know how to scale your practice
You are trading TIME for MONEY
You need CLARITY and a simple process to get started

Imagine...

You are working with your dream clients, having an impact in the recovery world, making great money and you have a rich LIFE outside of your work. You built a successful ED practice, achieved your financial goals and feel at peace with your work life balance. The program you've created is truly making a difference, helping those who are struggling with disordered eating & eating disorders

Why Eating Disorder Coaching?

OED's mission has always been to help as many people as possible suffering with eating disorders. The current approach to ED treatment falls short in helping people. On one end of treatment is inpatient or residential which is a highly controlled and unrealistic environment that makes the transition home increasingly difficult. On the other end of treatment, a client attends an appointment for one hour per week. This hardly helps move the needle for someone who is experiencing ED thoughts 15+ hours per day. Coaching bridges the gap between the two where we work alongside therapists and RDs offering 2/47 accountability and support in between sessions. Coaching also focuses on co-creating a recovery action plan to freedom - it is focused on the present and the future not looking back at WHY a client has the eating disorder.

At OED, we have been fortunate that our Food Peace program has helped hundreds recover but this hardly makes a dent in the tens of millions who are struggling. To fulfill OED's mission we need more ED coaches. ED Recovery Coaches satisfy a glaring gap in treatment. Coaches can create signature programs that offer their clients 24/7 accountability, meal support or other modalities such as meditation, yoga or NLP.

Inside OED Academy, ED coaches will be trained across two major pillars:

How to become an outstanding coach

You'll learn the most effective coaching principles and how to co-create a recovery action plan with your clients that takes them from where they are now to where they want to go. You will confidently guide your clients from the pain and suffering of the eating disorder to peace. Additionally, you'll be able to easily navigate working with your clients' therapists, RDs and docs.

How to create a business

You can be the most effective coach on the planet, but if you can find clients to coach, you aren't serving people with EDs. Inside OED academy, you'll learn a simple 3-step framework to create, build and launch your program. Lindsay covers everything from finance and marketing to sales and insurance. She simplifies creating a coaching business and pulls from her MBA, her experience as CEO with Gary Vaynerchuk and her other business trainings.

OED Academy: What's Included

Join a powerful community of prospective ED Coaches in September 2024

5 Months - weekly Live OED Academy calls

Connect weekly with your cohort in an intimate community over Zoom. Move through a structured program as you create, launch and scale your practice

Get access to our proven approach

Get trained in the OED method that our team uses to coach clients, including access to ALL videos, workbooks and homework assignments. The OED method works

Homework + Mock Coaching Calls

Homework includes workbooks and other tools that help you create your signature program. You'll conduct mock coaching calls with members of your cohort

Members only chat

Receive encouragement, in-the-moment support and immediate answers to your questions via our private chat

1:1 coaching call

You will have one private coaching session with Lindsay during OED Academy

Expert Panel Sessions

Benefit from experts coming in to talk everything from mastering social media to effective approaches for specific eating disorders

OED Academy Testimonials

Read what OED graduates have to say about OED Academy

If you are looking to become an ED Recovery Coach and you’re not sure if this is the right program for you- let me tell you that it’s worth every penny. Lindsay is smart, kind, and driven to set her future coaches up for success.

Gabriela Mchugh"It’s worth every penny"

I am so grateful for OED and Lindsay! The academy was the most beautiful blend of knowledge, practical application, community, and deeper healing in my own journey. Lindsay does a great job of sharing step by step process in setting up a coaching business while also giving you the tools to help those move from stuck to freedom in their journey. So grateful for the last 6 months!

Laura Allen"Lindsay does a great job of sharing step by step process in setting up a coaching business"

OED Academy was an incredible experience. Not only did Lindsay prepare me to run a great Coaching Program, her genuine and loving personality allowed me to feel and heal in ways that I was not expecting. The program was thorough and covered not only strategies and concepts to help others, but it covered how to run a business as well. So grateful for this program and Lindsay!

Kelly Venezia"Lindsay's genuine and loving personality allowed me to feel and heal in ways that I was not expecting"

When I learned about Lindsay’s OED coach training program my heart was so happy. I felt like this was my opportunity to really give back. I’d been longing to figure out a way that I could not only help people but that filled me up. I felt so much confidence training under her; not only because Lindsay has been through ED recovery herself, and done so much research, but I also know the program works. The coaching, the support and advice she’s given me has been invaluable. She encouraged me when I felt like quitting, and she pushed me past my fears. Since completing the training program, coaching is bringing me so much joy, growth and confidence; it’s as if this is what I’m meant to do. Seeing clients make progress through their journey, and receiving their appreciation is the biggest indicator that this was the right decision for me. I am so grateful to have found Lindsay and OutshiningED.

Cheryl Pomario"Coaching is bringing me joy, growth & confidence"

The team training environment was fun, warm, and supportive, and I really looked forward to our weekly connects and the unfolding of the powerful course material. I have grown as a coach on the program, and have gained further insight into my own relationship and past with disordered eating. OED provides a very structured framework for coaches to support clients struggling with disordered eating. Coupled with ongoing team support, training, and mentorship, I look forward to putting my new skills into practice and helping others to find lasting freedom, from their eating disorder struggles. There truly is hope! I can highly recommend Lindsay and the OED training program.

Jeanne Beukes"OED provides a structured framework for coaches"

Before starting with Lindsay, I looked into many different coaching program options and am so glad I ended up choosing OutshiningED. Lindsay is so knowledgeable and explains things in such an articulate and relatable way. I leave every phone call feeling purposeful and inspired to put the work in so that I can become the best coach that I can be. I feel confident that by the end of this coaching program, I will be prepared to be an effective, compassionate coach. I just wish I had found Lindsay during my own recovery journey!

Kally Bowser"I will be prepared to be an effective, compassionate coach"

My review is on the OED Recovery Coach training program - to become an ED recovery coach. It was truly above and beyond my expectations. Lindsay is absolutely incredible to work with and guides with such understanding and compassion every step of the way. I went into her ED coaching with pretty extensive knowledge/awareness of eating disorders and still learned more from Lindsay - from how to support clients to how to support myself through the process. The program has led to me have success with my own clients right away! Couldn’t recommend it more, I am so grateful to be doing my dream job now!

Kate Moser"It was truly above and beyond my expectations"

Imagine waking up & feeling confident about the work you're doing

Picture this: you know exactly what to work on everyday to grow your practice AND you're excited to do it. You have a business plan, a roadmap and a clear vision to your future. You get to do the work you love and you are confident you're making an impact

OED Academy Founder

Lindsay Ronga

For the past eight years, I’ve built OutshiningED. My mission is the same today as it was when I started – help as many people with eating disorders find freedom.

I have my MBA from Harvard Business School and was hired by Gary Vaynerchuk post-MBA to be CEO of one of his companies in NYC. Not only did I learn how to build and operate a business, but I also learned invaluable business mindset lessons from Gary himself.

Before I started OutshiningED, I doubted myself for a full year. I told myself:

“a 9 to 5 job is way safer”
“we can’t afford this”
“what if I fail”
“I’ll be embarrassed saying that I’m an eating disorder coach”
“what if I’m not good at coaching and can’t really serve others”

I entertained those doubts for far too long until I realized I was having these thoughts because this was placed on my heart by something bigger than me. Yes, my MBA, my experience running other businesses and my coach were instrumental in me building and scaling OED. But I wouldn’t have taken the leap without consistent prayer, struggle and faith.

Now, I get to do what I love! OutshiningED has helped hundreds of women find freedom with our proven OED method and I’ve hired and trained eight coaches in administering the OED method. While my mission at OED is the same, I realized that me coaching clients 1:1 wasn’t scaling. I want to help millions of people struggling with EDs and I accomplish that when YOU successfully build your own ED practice.

If you’re wondering if you can make a living doing what you love, the answer is yes. I LOVE getting to choose when I work and who I work with. Time is precious to me and I reserve so much of it for my family – my three children, my husband and our sweet pup Coco. I’ve also managed to bring FUN and JOY into my life through time with friends, tennis, reading and coaching my kids’ sports teams.

Our 3-Step Process For Succeeding as an ED Coach

CREATE

This part is so fun! You'll decide WHO you want to serve, WHAT you'll offer and the OUTCOME clients will experience

BUILD

You have clarity and a system now to build your signature program that is designed to move your clients from struggle to peace

LAUNCH

You have confidence in your offering, your skills as a coach & it's time to let people know! Get our step-by-step guide on how to launch your offering