How to Write a Nonfiction Book: The Table of Contents

My mission as a book coach and editor is to save you from stress, fear and overwhelm and help you organize and write your natural health self-help book in a way that transforms you, your readers and the world. 

So, I’ve created a new mini course to help you do just that!

It’s all about helping you to get more clarity on your idea, your method and the structure of your book.

It’s called:

Write Your Natural Health Self-Help Book Faster & More Easily​​

Three Steps, Three Instructive Videos, Six Exercises

One Table of Contents to Power Your Writing Forward

The Slippery Slope from Joy to Drudge Work

​If you’re a natural health expert, you’re deeply committed to the work you do. You have a vast storehouse of knowledge and a burning desire to share it with readers.

You may also feel overwhelmed at the idea of organizing this material into an actual book.

1-2-3 changes that!

​​​1-2-3 is a powerful way to channel the passion you have for the natural health work you do each day and the knowledge you have in your head into a self-help book that you’ll be proud to share with the world.  

​​Download the 1-2-3 FREE workbook and you’ll get:

​​🗺️Three Steps: Learn about the three steps, idea, method and structure, how you can use them to ditch drudgery, organize your content and ignite or re-ignite your passion for your book project. 

​🎬 Three Instructive Videos: Watch as I discuss 1-2-3 with Cara Metz, the author of The Menopause Metabolism Fix: The Over-40 Woman's 4-Week Program to Recover Your Strong, Sexy (and Sane) Self in 15 Minutes a Day (Fair Winds/2025) and how she used it to write her book. Get inspired by Cara’s story and use that energy to write your own!

​✍️ Six Interactive Exercises that will help you define your idea, method and structure and turn it into a Table of Contents to power you forward.

​​​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.

Get your free copy of 1-2-3 Write Your Natural Health Self-Help Book Faster & More Easily here: https://www.thenaturalhealthbookcoach.com/free123minicourse