Ready to Write Your Natural Health Self-Help Book?
Do you love Burt’s Bees, Reishi tea, yoga, meditation, Zen wisdom and organic foods? Do you believe in the body’s innate wisdom, living in harmony with nature and treating the whole self, mind-body and spirit? I do too. That's why I'm a book coach who works with writers like you.
If you’re a natural health expert, a yoga teacher, herbalist, acupuncturist, therapist, alternative, holistic, integrative or functional medicine practitioner, you have an impressive breadth of knowledge honed over years of practice but you may not know how to take what you know and turn it into a cohesive, reader-friendly and market-ready self-help book.
Does this Sound Like You?
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You have a burning desire to share your knowledge, establish yourself as a thought leader, and grow your brand.
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You're trying to write your book or book proposal on your own but often find yourself stuck, struggling or stressed.
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You've tried workshops, conferences, critique groups—but what you really need is one on one support.
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You were excited about writing your book, and channeling the knowledge you have with readers, but now that joy had turned into drudge work (that you now avoid) and you feel stressed, anxious, and overwhelmed. You may even feel shame because you can’t get your book written.
Make Writing Your Book a Joy-Full Experience
When we work together writing your natural health self-help book becomes faster, easier and more Joy-Full. Your mindset is positive because you have direction and purpose. You clearly see a path forward and you follow it. You sustain and build on your passion for your book idea as you write it.
This means that when it’s published, readers feel your passion, joy, and purpose. This changes everything. Your writing is ALIVE.
My superpower as a book coach and editor is helping author-experts to develop, structure, write, and revise natural health self-help nonfiction to produce reader-friendly and market-ready books that transform lives.
Start by Booking a FREE 30-Minute Book Coaching Strategy Call to Explore Working Together.
Watch my book chat with author Cara Metz.
Hi, I’m Chrystle Fiedler, The Natural Health Book Coach
When I get on Zoom call with a writer for the first time, I often see and hear stress, fear and overwhelm. Many experts want to write a book but don’t know how. When I got my first book contract in 2009, I didn’t know how either! I was a journalist and content creator so surely that would help, right? It did, to some degree. The rest was trial and error. And not much fun.
Since then I’ve written 12 books and edited and coached many others for Big Five publishers—including Simon & Schuster and Penguin Random House—as well as The Quarto Publishing Group USA, UK, HCI Books and The Collective Book Studio.
As an Author Accelerator certified nonfiction book coach, my superpower is helping author-experts to develop, structure, write, and revise self-help nonfiction to produce reader-friendly and market-ready books that transform lives.
My mission is to save you from stress, fear and overwhelm and help you organize and write your self-help book in a way that transforms you, your readers and the world. Let's talk!
🧠 Self-Help | Psychology | Integrative Mental Health | Mind-Body-Spirit
🌿 Natural Health | Holistic, Alternative, Integrative & Functional Medicine
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Frequently Asked Questions:
Why Should I Hire a Book Coach? Can't I Just Do it Myself?
Working with me as your book coach makes the process of writing a natural health self-help book easier because you’ll know exactly where you need to go and have a roadmap, along with expert editorial guidance, feedback and support to get you there.
It means getting help in real-time so if you run into problems, you have a sounding board and solid solutions to help you move forward. As a result, you become a more confident writer and the process is much more enjoyable and energizing!
My mission is to transform the drudge work of writing a book into a truly JOY-FULL experience for you. One that impacts you, your readers and the world. Wherever you are in your book writing journey I can help.
How Do You Work with Clients?
I offer a Free Book Coaching Strategy Call, The Natural Health Self-Help Roadmap and the Natural Health Self-Help Book Camp. I can also help you craft a book proposal that sells if you want to pursue a traditional publishing deal.
We're a Good Match If You Are:
A natural health and wellness expert and have a burning desire to share what you know to help readers transform their lives and in turn, help heal the world.
If you’re willing to adopt what's known as “beginner’s mind,” which means you're open to the process of book coaching as it unfolds and evolves. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't have an opinion, you should! but it's also helpful to understand what you don't know to learn what you need to know.
This means you’re willing to solve the problems with your book, whether it's defining your idea, method or plan, your book proposal, your pitch or your manuscript. You’re also open to feedback, suggestions, and advice and are willing to make necessary changes to your book proposal and/or book to improve your message as it evolves.
Is it a Good Idea to Write a Book?
Yes! Writing a nonfiction book is a smart move whether you're a yoga teacher, an herbalist, psychologist, doctor or any type of natural health expert. You can share what you know with a wider audience, establish yourself as a thought leader, make an impact and grow your brand.
You Can Use Your Book:
•To help readers transform their lives in a positive way.
•To educate your clients or patients about your method, plan or program. Instead of giving each one handwritten instructions, you can give them a complete approach from A to Z.
•To land interview requests about your subject matter whether it’s for print, radio, the internet, podcasts or TV. This further establishes you as an expert and builds your presence as a thought leader.
•To supersize your content. You can use and repurpose book content for speeches, blog posts, articles, newsletters, in person and on-line courses.
• To help you land speaking gigs. Defining who you are, what you do and what you believe in through your book makes it easier for people to find and book you.
•To give in-person workshops in your hometown, at universities, associations, green companies, organizations. Bonus: You can sell your book to participants too.
•To book consulting gigs with people or organizations who want to know what you know and learn what you have to teach them. Maybe you can teach Buddhist stress reduction techniques or mindfulness meditation to accountants or lawyers or business people.
•And of course, The Big Kahuna: To get booked for a Ted Talk and boost your visibility, way, way up!
Copyright 2026 Chrystle Fiedler info@thenaturalhealthbookcoach.com
Ready to Write Your Natural Health Self-Help Book?
Go from Book Idea to a Reader-Friendly and Market-Ready Manuscript.
Writing a book is a complex project. Doing it on your own can result in stress, anxiety and feeling overwhelmed.
Writing a book with an experienced book coach - a combination editor, cheerleader, and publishing pro - turns the process from drudge work into an energizing, creative and joy-full experience and transforms you into a confident writer.
Start by booking your FREE Book Coaching Strategy Call.
Packages & Pricing:
The Natural Health Self-Help Book Plan
If you’re like most natural health experts you have a burning desire to share a proven method or approach based on your expertise and knowledge that you know will solve an important problem and help readers. But you may not know how to turn it into a cohesive, reader-friendly and market-friendly self-help book.
That's where I can help.
In the Natural Health Self-Help Plan, we’ll take a holistic look at you, your mission and your book idea to establish a solid foundation for a transformative self-help book. Together, we’ll create a powerful plan for your book that will reduce stress, frustration, self-doubt and overwhelm and save you time, money and energy. With the right plan, writing goes from drudge work to joy-full experience.
In our work together you'll:
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Tap into your big “Why,” a deep knowing of what makes you the perfect person to write your book. You’ll zero in on your motivation to write your book, both inside and out.
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Explore your book idea and learn how you can position it as a way to solve an important pain point or problem for readers.
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Get to know your ideal reader, their problems and challenges and what they need and want to feel whole and how to connect with them.
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Brainstorm titles to clarify your message and begin to manifest your book by writing book jacket copy.
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Take a holistic view of publishing and competing titles to see where your book fits on the shelf.
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Refine your natural health method or approach so that it’s holistic, clear, concise and reflects your knowledge, passion and unique point-of-view and helps readers feel better emotionally, mentally, and physically or maybe all three.
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Create a book and chapter structure to organize your content so that your reader experiences a positive transformational journey.
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Know what your book will teach, help readers understand or enable them to see in a new way.
$999 USD | The Natural Health Self-Help Book Plan Includes:
A 45-Minute Welcome Call.
Writing a book on your own can be stressful. In our first call, we’ll get to know each other, discuss your book idea, and any problems you’ve encountered so far. You’ll feel stress and anxiety lift as we create an individualized path to write your book that will transform you into a confident writer who is excited to move forward.
The Blueprint for a Nonfiction Book Worksheet (a popular Author Accelerator writer’s tool) and the 1-2-3 mini-course.
Organizing your life’s work into a book can be overwhelming. These tools make it simpler and easier to define your idea, organize the content and create a book and chapter structure that gives you direction and purpose. Overwhelm disappears as we take a holistic approach to your book idea, why you’re the perfect person to write it, why readers need your message and how it will transform you, your reader and the world.
Constructive, high-touch, intensive editorial feedback of the Blueprint and 1-2-3.
This brings out the best in you and the message of your book. Instead of doing the work on your own, I’ll provide a safe space for your book’s message to unfold and deepen while offering editorial guidance and support as you progress through the work and bring it to life.
Three 60-minute Book Chat video calls.
We'll connect, collaborate and work on your Blueprint answers building clarity and confidence not only in your book but in you and your writing.
A Loom video with feedback on your complete Blueprint and 1-2-3 workbook answers.
An overview of your work so far, with action steps of what to do next, whether it’s refine your Blueprint further or move into writing a book proposal or to write and revise your manuscript.
E-mail correspondence so that you feel supported in your work every step of the way.
Milestone 1
You’ll gain clarity about your idea and ideal reader so you know exactly what you want your book to be about and who you’re writing it for.
Story Fundamentals, Get to Know Your Ideal Reader: Tools for the Plan: Blueprint for a Nonfiction Book worksheet, 1-2-3 worksheet and videos and Blueprint for a Nonfiction Book by Jennie Nash. You’ll fill out the first two sections of the worksheet and the Idea section (1) of 1-2-3. I’ll provide written feedback and we’ll discuss it all in a Zoom call where you’ll also be given homework for our next session. Feel free to ask follow up questions throughout our work via email.
Milestone 2
You’ll choose an effective framework (structure) that translates the method you use with clients or patients into a Table of Contents and makes writing easier.
Design a Table of Contents: You’ll fill out the 1-2-3 exercises for (2) Method and (3) Structure and the Blueprint section on the Table of contents. I’ll provide written feedback and we’ll discuss it all in a Zoom call where you’ll also be given homework for our next session.
Milestone 3
You’ll work on the narrative flow of your book to engage your reader in a positive transformational journey.
Revise Table of Contents and Work on Chapter Flow: You’ll revise the TOC as needed (after my feedback and our call) and do the Outcome Outline which ensures narrative flow from one chapter to the next and write the book jacket copy for your book. I’ll provide written feedback and we’ll discuss it all in a Zoom call where we’ll also discuss next steps.
Duration: 2 months
Once our work is complete you’ll know exactly why you’re writing your book, who your audience is, have refined your method and crafted a structure that delivers a transformational journal for your reader.
Instead of feeling unsure, stressed and overwhelmed, the Natural Health Self-Help Book Plan gives you a clear path so that you can write a powerful self-help book that’s reader friendly and market ready. Instead of just circling and circling as you try to write your book you’ll power forward with renewed energy and confidence.
Channel the burning desire you have to share a lifetime of experience and knowledge as a healer into a book that transforms your life, your readers’ lives and the world.
Start by Booking Your Free Book Coaching Strategy Call.
The Natural Health Self-Help Book Proposal
If your goal is to get a traditional publishing deal from either the Big Five or a smaller publisher, you'll need a book proposal. You'll use this marketing document, first to pitch to agents and later for an agent to use to pitch to publishers. It's essential that it contains 8 key elements: Overview, Market Analysis, Competitive Titles, Author Bio, Promotion, Book Outline, Annotated Table of Contents with chapter summaries and Sample Chapters.
In our work together you will:
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Create a book proposal to attract the attention of agents and book publishers who will invest in you and your book project.
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Get editorial guidance, feedback, and support as you craft, write and revise each of the 8 sections mentioned above. If we've done the Roadmap work together, that work not only feeds directly into writing a book proposal but makes it much easier.
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Review examples of book proposals that sold to publishers, and learn what agents and publishers want to see. Begin to craft a list of agents to approach with your completed book proposal.
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Have regular deadlines so that you can manage your time along with accountability and support.
$999 USD/per month | The Natural Health Self-Help Book Proposal Includes:
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Two deadlines per month to submit the 8 elements of your book proposal.
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Editorial changes, comments and queries in Track Changes (Microsoft Word).
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Two 60-minute phone/ZOOM calls a month (after you’ve submitted elements for review) to discuss the feedback, chart your progress and plan next steps.
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E-mail support.
DISCLAIMER: I can’t guarantee that your book proposal will result in an offer of representation, a publishing contract, or sales but it will represent you and your book in the most effective way possible.
Duration: 3-6 months.
The Natural Health Self-Help Write & Revise Book Camp
A Guided Program to Help You Finish a Reader-Friendly and Market-Ready Manuscript.
Writing under a self-imposed deadline or one for a publisher or can be stressful. I give you editorial feedback, guidance, support and accountability in real-time as you write and revise.
Most writers start, but don't finish their books. Not because they don't have the knowledge and expertise but because if you write without support it’s very easy to:
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Second-guess your idea, content and overall message.
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Get lost without a structure based on your method or plan that makes it much easier to write and finish your book.
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Lose momentum.
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Struggle, stall or stop.
But with the right support, you keep writing and make real progress. That's because you:
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Are clear about your idea, content and overall message.
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Have a solid book and chapter structure that you can count on.
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Keep your momentum going with expert editorial support and feedback.
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Get unstuck quickly.
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Know what to do next.
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Finish your book.
By the end of Natural Health Self-Help Book Camp, you’ll have:
A complete manuscript that is reader-friendly and market-ready that reflects your knowledge, expertise and unique point-of-view that you feel confident sending to your publisher or sharing with readers.
Whether you have a contract to write your book or are self-publishing The Natural Health Self-Help Book Camp is a high-touch intensive package: a combination of developmental editing and book coaching, a thorough and complete process that will help you write and revise your manuscript.
$999 USD/per month. The Natural Health Self-Help Write & Revise Book Camp Includes:
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A book and chapter structure that serves your big idea and takes readers on a transformational journey and makes writing easier.
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Two deadlines per month to submit up to 20 pages of your manuscript for review.
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Edits and in-line (on the page) comments and queries in Track Changes (Microsoft Word) to make your content clear, engaging, and to ensure the book's tone is reader friendly, encouraging, authoritative and positive.
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Two 60-minute phone/ZOOM calls a month (after you’ve submitted pages for review) for feedback, to track progress, and plan next steps for each section.
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E-mail support.
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Editorial guidance, support, feedback, and accountability.
By the time you finish the Natural Health Self-Help Book Camp, you’ll have a polished manuscript that's reader-friendly and market-ready that you can submit to your publisher or self-publish. If you're self-publishing I also recommend a light copyedit and proofreading.
Duration: 5-6 months.
Ready to get started? Book a Free Book Coaching Strategy Call.
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From Fear to Confidence: How I Became an Author, Editor & Book Coach.
Most of the time when I get on Zoom call with a writer, I see stress, fear and overwhelm. Natural health experts want to write a book but just don’t know how. When I got my first book contract in 2009, I didn’t know how either! I was a journalist and content creator so surely that would help, right? It did, to some degree. The rest was trial and error. And not much fun.
Today, I’ve written 12 books and edited and coached many others for Big Five publishers—including Simon & Schuster and Penguin Random House—as well as The Quarto Publishing Group USA, UK, HCI Books and The Collective Book Studio. As an Author Accelerator certified nonfiction book coach, my superpower is helping author-experts to develop, structure, write, and revise natural health self-help to produce reader-friendly and market-ready books that transform lives.
Writers Who Became Confident Authors.
"Chrystle is amazing. Without her, writing my book would have been a struggle, but she made me feel like I could actually do it!"-- Cara Metz, author of The Menopause Metabolism Fix (Fair Winds/2024) and 650k+ Instagram followers.
"Working with Chrystle Fiedler on my manuscript was a transformative experience. From the moment we began, I felt supported and guided through the previously unknown (to me) and daunting process of refining the manuscript. Chrystle's insights helped me clarify my meaning while retaining my message, ultimately elevating my work to its best possible form. I can't recommend Chrystle's coaching enough for anyone looking to refine their vision and bring it to life!" -- Jacie Beth, author of 30-Day Carnivore. (Fair Winds/2025).
"Chrystle's feedback was incredibly helpful. She helped me see the value of focusing on my own story to start the book to build trust and interest with my readers. Her mix of encouraging words and clear feedback was just what I needed. I thoroughly revised my proposal and sample chapters thanks to her guidance and am feeling much more confident about the project now." -- Jenna Jonaitis, author of The Therapy Virgin. Seeking representation.
"Chrystle Fiedler was my co-author on Natural Remedies for Mental and Emotional Health and The Country Almanac of Home Remedies. I am so grateful for her keen ability to weave my thoughts, words and research into intelligent, effective books and make our projects come alive." -- herbalist Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
And a nice atta gal from one of my acquiring editors at Quarto:
"Chrystle Fiedler is an excellent developmental editor and brings great skill and experience in shaping health and wellness titles."-- Jill Alexander, Executive Acquisitions Editor, Quarto Publishing Group USA.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Why Should I Hire a Book Coach? Can't I Just Do it Myself?
Working with me as your book coach makes the process of writing a natural health self-help book easier because you’ll know exactly where you need to go and have a roadmap, along with expert editorial guidance, feedback and support to get you there.
It means getting help in real-time so if you run into problems, you have a sounding board and solid solutions to help you move forward. As a result, you become a more confident writer and the process is much more enjoyable and energizing!
My mission is to transform the drudge work of writing a book into a truly JOY-FULL experience for you. One that impacts you, your readers and the world. Wherever you are in your book writing journey I can help.
How Do You Work with Clients?
I offer a Free Book Coaching Strategy Call, The Natural Health Self-Help Roadmap and the Natural Health Self-Help Book Camp. I can also help you craft a book proposal that sells if you want to pursue a traditional publishing deal.
We're a Good Match If You Are:
A natural health and wellness expert and have a burning desire to share what you know to help readers transform their lives and in turn, help heal the world.
If you’re willing to adopt what's known as “beginner’s mind,” which means you're open to the process of book coaching as it unfolds and evolves. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't have an opinion, you should! but it's also helpful to understand what you don't know to learn what you need to know.
This means you’re willing to solve the problems with your book, whether it's defining your idea, method or plan, your book proposal, your pitch or your manuscript. You’re also open to feedback, suggestions, and advice and are willing to make necessary changes to your book proposal and/or book to improve your message as it evolves.
Is it a Good Idea to Write a Book?
Yes! Writing a nonfiction book is a smart move whether you're a yoga teacher, an herbalist, psychologist, doctor or any type of natural health expert. You can share what you know with a wider audience, establish yourself as a thought leader, make an impact and grow your brand.
You Can Use Your Book:
•To help readers transform their lives in a positive way.
•To educate your clients or patients about your method, plan or program. Instead of giving each one handwritten instructions, you can give them a complete approach from A to Z.
•To land interview requests about your subject matter whether it’s for print, radio, the internet, podcasts or TV. This further establishes you as an expert and builds your presence as a thought leader.
•To supersize your content. You can use and repurpose book content for speeches, blog posts, articles, newsletters, in person and on-line courses.
• To help you land speaking gigs. Defining who you are, what you do and what you believe in through your book makes it easier for people to find and book you.
•To give in-person workshops in your hometown, at universities, associations, green companies, organizations. Bonus: You can sell your book to participants too.
•To book consulting gigs with people or organizations who want to know what you know and learn what you have to teach them. Maybe you can teach Buddhist stress reduction techniques or mindfulness meditation to accountants or lawyers or business people.
•And of course, The Big Kahuna: To get booked for a Ted Talk and boost your visibility, way, way up!