the HIP course:

Flex & Flourish as a HIP in Aotearoa

Tired of surviving your mahi? Let me help you thrive in it.

A 6-week online course for Health Improvement Practitioners who are ready to feel confident, connected, and genuinely good at their job — without burning out in the process.

[$499 NZD] [JOIN THE OCTOBER WAITLIST]

I help Health Improvement Practitioners, with imposter syndrome, confusion, job dissatisfaction, and burnout risk, so that they can feel more satisfied with their mahi, and have better life-work balance. I help HIPs stop trying too hard to do everything for everyone, sacrificing their own health and hauora, and instead how to be the person they most want to be outside of work, as well as during working hours.

You became a HIP because you wanted to make a difference in people's lives. But nobody told you how hard it would be to do that in 30 minutes, back to back, day after day — while hitting your numbers, managing your GP relationships, and somehow still having a life outside of work.

This course is for the HIP who is still showing up, but is running on empty. The one who wonders if they're doing it right. The one who has thought, more than once, about quitting.

You don't need to quit. You need this course!

Register your interest in Flex & Flourish - the HIP course

Testimonials:

(shared with permission from each HIP)

“B” - HIP in North Island, HIPing for 4+ years, January 2025 Cohort"

“Well worth the investment and more! My wellbeing has improved, I am less judgement about myself as a HIP.

I am feeling much more positive about my HIP work following your course. I am ready to stick it out and have increased my workload as it was very slow.  I am now seeing more people which is neat.

Alysha, You are so down to earth, real, and supportive of all things HIP. You really are an inspiration to HIP’s.

Job satisfaction: 7/10 now and 3/10 before.

WINS:  I am more relaxed and able to let the session flow better.  I have taken a lot of the responsibility off my shoulders and the goal might just be to come for a further visit. I am using more tools in the sessions and feeling more confident to do this.

I am finding the course splashed out into my own life and I have made some gains there too.”

  • Lesley Hawkins, “HIP for 3+ years in Northland”, Sept 24 cohort:

“The course itself is extremely good, the content is engaging, and the pace and tone is comfortable. Alysha keeps the content alive, she has really lived and breathed it. What drew me do to the course was ... how can I stay engaged and motivated, and keep the HIP mahi enjoyable? The course really helps with that, no matter what stage of the journey you are in. If you are in need of a revival of your passion, if you are wavering in motivation or feeling uncertain, this is the course for you”.

- Phoebe, Poneke. Sept 2024 cohort

“The reason this course resonated with me was I was feeling a bit stagnant, possibly a wee bit burnt out... needing a "refresher" and something to revitalise myself and my practice! If that also resonates with you, then I would 100% recommend this course. Alysha knows the intricacies of this work, struggle points, and has real, tangible advice and support to help. Every single lesson there were so many gems, I found myself making so many notes and using the tips and tricks (with huge success!) in consults.”

- Dean, 3+ years HIP in Manawatu, Sept 2024 cohort

“This course is amazing, and you are amazing. Thank you so much for all the knowledge reminders of who and what we are.”

- “S”, 3+ years HIP in Auckland, Sept 2024 cohort

“What were your goals before starting the course?” - burn out prevention, to gain more understanding of the whys of the model, more conviction and confidence in the model, especially to do with the half hour time frame.

“Did the course impact you at all?” - definitely has given me more confidence and tips to keep things 'in the lane'; the group sessions were great for sharing ideas about areas of struggle. I now tell myself that if you say yes to one thing you are saying no to another (such as admin time or a break!) Still hard to keep to time but I'm definitely better at it than I was.

“What was your favourite part about working with Alysha?” - your energy, passion and knowledge and tips.

“How are you feeling about your mahi as a HIP after completing the course?” - more confident, more in charge, a bit more 'on board' with the model.

“How would you rate your HIP job satisfaction before and after the course? “before, 5/10 and after, 7/10”

Please share any accomplishments or “wins” you have had since joining the course- Taking charge of the session more confidently, keeping inside the guard rails of the bowling lane, keeping more focused on the time without feeling bad about it, being more open about the time with the patient is helpful to keep this more on track.

✺ Frequently asked questions ✺

  • Each week contains two 30min lessons which are released on Mondays at 9am. The live Q&A / Roleplay sessions are 1hour long, so allow 2 hours per week, plus maybe an extra 15min for logging in, looking at worksheets, and bonus material. Everything will be recorded so you can view it all at your own pace

  • Email me at hello@alyshasimonsen.me

  • You will have lifetimes access to the pre-recorded video modules, but the recording of the live calls will be taken down 8 weeks after the completion of the course - this is due to intellectual property laws

UNLIKE OTHER COURSES OUT THERE:

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    HIP, this course is made specifically for YOU, in your unique role and context (its not generic information!)

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    Amazingly, lessons are 30min or under, designed so that HIPs can use space in their week to engage in the course content, instead of long and dense videos that you have to keep rewinding and coming back to

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    this course is made for the Aotearoa context where we have a duty to uphold Tiriti o Waitangi, and other unique cultural lenses

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    Community vibes included! AND a live component were I respond to questions, and roleplay requests submitted by YOU

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    I will be updating and tailoring the course as we go, based on real-time real-life feedback from YOU

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    I am going to lean into and showcase my strengths AND weaknesses, and my humanity, so that you can all see how these things only make us BETTER HIPs!

This course is for you if you can relate to any of these ….

  • You regularly run over time, feel ‘behind’, and get home exhausted

    • You give the same 3-4 handouts to most clients because trying something new feels too risky

    • You stay late catching up on admin you didn't get to during the day

    • You feel drained and depleted at the end of every week

    • Feel scared or guilty when you aren’t “hitting your numbers”

    • Aren’t sure if you are doing it right …

    • You feel anxious blocking time in your template, or guilty when you're not hitting your numbers

    • You aren't confident asking the /10 helpfulness question — because honestly, you're not sure it WAS helpful

    • You offer every client a follow-up because you feel like you should have done more

    • You've seriously thought about quitting

    • You struggle with imposter syndrome or a nagging sense that you're not quite good enough

    • You're curious about whether there's a better way

    If you nodded at even two or three of these — you're in the right place.

What’s inside

Week 4

Packed full of real-play role-play demonstrations, we start to see how to use contextual science persepctives, and fACT tools, to let our clients guide us toward their plan, really efficiently.

Week 6

Putting all our new knowledge together, and learning how to do it imperfectly - that is, how to turn mistake-making into an excellent opportunity for connection, therapeutic alliance, and growth in our own practice. We talk about self-care, self-compassion, and a growth mindset - but perhaps not in the ways you’d expect …

Week 1

We must begin with Whakawhanaungatanga, of course. Lets get a sense of who we are, where we have come from, so that we can really know where we are going.

Week 2

Here we start to dig into the hard mahi of facing head on, the barriers and challenges we face as HIPs to thriving. We look at where we each are on the continuum from flourishing to burning out, and how we build awareness and resilience for ourselves and those we serve.

Week 3

Okay, so how do we do a good job in 30min or less? This week we focus on learning how to effectively interrupt clients (respectfully and gently), to take the reigns of the consult, and to skillfully turn a consult around when it is headed down a rabbit hole, or if we have made a mistake and need to backtrack.

Week 5

We get extra practical on science-based tools to help clients make effective and efficient behavioural change, including lessons on case conceptualisation, using ACT and CBT frameworks, but in a 30min consult