Howard Jacobson
- Co-founder and Chief of Behavioral Science at WellStart Health
Biography
Howie Jacobson PhD helps people adopt and sustain positive habits and behaviors that lead to professional and personal success. Howie shares his expertise through his Plant Yourself Podcast, with over 450 episodes, as well as the Sick to Fit YouTube channel, and through his books, Sick to Fit and Use the Weight to Lose the Weight.
Howie is Co-Founder and Chief of Behavioral Science at WellStart Health, and Founder and Lead Instructor of the WellStart Health Coaching Academy. With Peter Bregman, he is co-author of You Can Change Other People, as well as the ‘Coaching For Performance’ chapter of the American Management Association’s Management Bodies of Knowledge.
Other books include Google AdWords For Dummies, Whole, and Proteinaholic. He is a Council Member of the True Health Initiative.
Howie earned his Masters and PhD in Health Studies from Temple University, and his BA from Princeton University.
He lives on an ecological farm in rural North Carolina, where he writes, gardens, plays Ultimate Frisbee, runs, and tries not to hurt himself with kettlebells. His goals include shaking up healthcare, sharing how delicious and joyful a healthy life can be, saving the planet, and reintroducing people to their most natural, best selves.
