What’s functional health coaching?
Coaching Philosophy
Bio individuality
You were created as a completely unique person, which plays into how you feel and respond to different health modalities. You need a customized approach!
As your health coach, my goal is to take your goals with your practitioner (or without) and craft them to work with you, your lifestyle, genetics, environment, and capabilities.
Encouragement
Change is hard. Even if you’ve been living with chronic illness for some time and know what you need! Our partnership focuses not on ignoring the hard but looking at how the good and a vision of the future can encourage you to keep going in the midst of challenging circumstances.
While we may have some difficult conversations and unearth long-held beliefs about health, oneself, or change, we’ll also celebrate progress and enjoy the overall process.
Partnership
You’re the expert in yourself. You’re the one experiencing the symptoms and what you’d like to change.
This creates a partnership between you and me in which your knowledge of yourself and my knowledge in coaching and functional medicine creates a path to change that’s easier together than alone.
Empowerment
My goal isn’t to keep you as a client forever. (As much as I’d enjoy working together that long!)
Instead, my goal is to empower you to learn how you handle change, learn behaviors that maximize your chances of success, and feel prepared to keep working.
I consider our partnership successful if you graduate from regular coaching (with occasional one-off sessions) because you know what you need and what steps you need to take to accomplish it.
What makes a great health coaching candidate
While everyone has the ability to benefit from health coaching, it does require a commitment. A commitment to change, growth, and doing the hard tasks now to feel better and live a healthier life. Coaching is ideal for those who are:
Motivated to change, but may feel some ambiguity around how to do it.
Open to change, but nervous about what that means so they haven’t started.
Facing setbacks and feeling stuck.
Is that you? Let’s schedule a free consultation to see if we’d be a good fit.
What to expect from a health coaching partnership
Change is hard. Anyone living with a chronic illness, autoimmune disease, or other health challenge knows this. Expect to be treated compassionately in every session as we work towards a healthier lifestyle, together.
We’ll have conversations about motivation, expectations, and crafting a wellness vision for yourself followed by action steps you choose as you work towards a healthier, more vibrant lifestyle.