FAQs

What is health coaching?

Health coaching is the opposite of a client-expert dynamic, where the client is told what to do by the expert, i.e. doctor, nutritionist, personal trainer.

Health coaching offers a personalized, client-centered collaboration where you’ll receive unconditional support, feel empowered to discover your wisdom, and confidently create solutions to potential challenges, all without criticism or judgment.

What should I expect?

Expect exploration, support, and accountability with health coaching.

You will feel empowered by the Coach Approach, where you are in charge and hold the power for change.

You are supported in developing and achieving your own goals, which increases your self-awareness and self-efficacy. You will develop a greater capacity to meet and overcome challenges, ambivalence, and/or obstacles.

You will discover your telos and grow into your best self!

What do health coaches do?

Health coaches build trusted relationships with clients, understand the client’s values, will be an ally without judgment or criticism, and help them develop actionable goals that are trackable and measurable.

Coaches follow the evidence-based principles of Lifestyle Medicine. You can trust the recommended lifestyle adaptations are scientifically proven, based on research and studies conducted by highly regarded doctors and researchers from respected Universities, such as Harvard, and endorsed by the CDC and World Health Organization (WHO).

What is Lifestyle Medicine?

“Lifestyle medicine is defined as the use of evidence-based lifestyle therapeutic intervention—including a whole-food, plant-predominant eating pattern, regular physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and positive social connection—as a primary modality, delivered by clinicians trained and certified in this specialty, to prevent, treat, and often reverse chronic disease. Lifestyle as a first-option treatment for chronic disease is commonly cited in clinical care guidelines.”

- American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM)

Why would I need a health coach?

According to the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 6 of 10 Americans have a chronic disease and 4 of 10 have multiple chronic diseases!

Chronic disease is an integral part of our society, and health coaches are working to reduce these devastating statistics. One, by working with clients who are already affected by chronic disease, and two, by working with clients to PREVENT developing chronic disease.

How would health coaching help chronic disease?

Studies show that chronic diseases, such as heart disease, hypertension, obesity, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, some cancers, even dementia are more a result of the environment than genetics.

Several factors can help people prevent chronic disease, including smoking cessation, healthy eating, regular exercise, adequate sleep, and reduced alcohol consumption.

Only 6.3% of adults engage in the top 5 health behaviors identified by the CDC. Lifestyle adaptations address the epidemic of bad habits, and health coaches act as your collaborative partner to assist in change.

Behaviors include:

• swapping processed and refined foods, for whole foods, vegetables, fruits, nuts, and seeds

• being more active - sit less, move more; go outside for sunshine

• Create routines for better sleep

Lead to:

• Reduced cholesterol

• Stabilized blood sugars

• Decreased brain fog

• Improved brain function

• Reduced systemic inflammation

• Decreased waist circumference

• Lower blood pressure