Why We Don’t Shout the Loudest
- Richard Johnson

- Aug 9
- 3 min read

You may have noticed something about us.
We’re not everywhere. We don’t flood your feed with daily posts or paid ads. We’re not constantly filming flashy videos, running limited-time offers, or selling you the dream of six figures for six hours of work a week.
In fact, you might have only come across us by word of mouth, or from someone who’s trained with us and walked away feeling changed, not just certified.
And that’s by design.
Because while much of the wellness and coaching industry is getting louder, more polished, and more sales-driven… we’ve taken a different path. A quieter one. A deeper one. One that refuses to treat healing, coaching, or human connection like something that can be packaged up in a funnel and sold on repeat.
We’re not anti-growth. We’re not against marketing. But we are for substance over show.
Here’s what that means for us.
We don’t have a big marketing team or a commission-led sales desk.
We don’t run automated email funnels or create glossy brochures full of lifestyle promises.
We don’t chase vanity metrics.
And we don’t believe that transformation can be condensed into a hashtag or a script.
What we do have is experience. Real, lived, hard-earned expertise, both in practice and in life.
We have integrity in our curriculum, and tutors who care more about whether you understand than whether you convert.
We offer our courses because we believe in this work. Deeply. Not because it’s trending.
We train practitioners, not influencers. We encourage sovereignty, not dependency.
And we will never apologise for going against the grain.
We built AHG not to be the biggest, but to be one of the most trusted.
That means we attract a certain kind of learner.
Not the one looking for a quick fix or a shortcut to a branded identity.
But the one who asks deeper questions. The one who wants to think critically, hold space powerfully, and work with clients in a way that honours complexity, not reduces it.
If that’s you, you’ll probably feel it when you land here.
There’s no noise. No pressure. Just real people, doing real work, in a way that’s sustainable, ethical, and grounded.
So if we’re not shouting, it’s not because we don’t have something to say.
It’s because we’re saying it to the right people. In the right way. At the right time.
Quietly, but clearly.
If you're reading this, maybe that means you’re one of them.
And if you are one of our students, graduates, and supporters over the past 25 years
Thank you.
Thank you for trusting us with your learning, your growth, and in many cases, your own healing journey. Thank you for walking this path with us, not the easy one, not the trend-led one, but the one rooted in real values, real work, and real care.
From day one, Active Health Group has been quietly built, not by noise, but by the steady dedication of those who believe in doing things differently. Practitioners like you, who want to serve with integrity. Coaches who care more about outcomes than optics. Therapists who lead with heart and humility.
We have never been a big, shouty organisation, and we’ve never wanted to be. But what we do have is depth. We have longevity. And we have an extraordinary community of graduates who are now out in the world doing meaningful work, changing lives one client at a time.
So from both of us, thank you. For every moment of support, every kind word, every recommendation, and every return to study. You’ve helped us quietly build something enduring.
And we’re just getting started.
With heartfelt thanks,
Richard & Christian
Co-Founders, Active Health Group
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