Health & Wellness Coaching and Lifestyle Medicine

“I just need to to do it” is a phrase heard often among those seeking to make lifestyle changes. But contrary to popular belief, trying harder is not how humans actually make sustainable behavior changes. Health and wellness coaches are trained to help you set realistic goals aligned with your values, motivators, and resources. Meeting realistic goals on a weekly basis adds up to BIG changes over the course of weeks, months, and years. And when grounded in lifestyle medicine - evidence based lifestyle behaviors - Health and Wellness Coaching can set you up for a long, healthy, and empowered life.

Self-efficacy is the ability to believe in yourself and know that you can make positive changes in your life. Working with a coach will help you increase this through becoming more mindful and through practicing! Each weekly goal set is an opportunity to Win or Learn what works for you.

It all begins with a vision. Maybe you’ve received a diagnosis that you want to manage with lifestyle changes instead of surgery. Maybe you want to get into the best shape of your life. Or maybe you’re seeking more fulfillment in your career and relationships. Whatever the next version of you looks like, I can support you as you create it.

  • Includes Assessments, Wellness Vision Session, and 3 Check-Ins, as well as access to the app

  • Includes 4 Check-Ins, as well as access to the app

  • Sign up for the full program and save $30. Includes:

    -Wellness Assessments

    -Wellness Vision and 3 month goal setting session

    -12 weekly checkins

    -Access to the app

  • Same as the Signature Program, but with only 4 live calls, and the other 8 weekly check-ins done digitally.

  • In a breakthrough for health coaches, the American Medical Association (AMA) has approved the creation of new Category III CPT® codes for health and well-being coaching, effective Jan 1, 2020.

    • 0591T Health and Well-Being Coaching face-to-face; individual, initial assessment

    • 0592T individual, follow-up session, at least 30 minutes

    • 0593T group (two or more individuals), at least 30 minutes

    While this is great news, at this time, these codes are not eligible for reimbursement with most insurance companies. The rates displayed here are due prior to service via online card payment.

    If you speak with your insurance company and they agree to reimbuse you, I can provide a Superbill from each session for you to submit to them.

Use the button below to see my schedule and book a Free No-Obligation Coaching Consultation. You will be prompted to complete some intake forms that will guide our conversation. Fill out as much or as little as you like.

You’ll receive purchasing information after the call, so if you decide that health coaching would be a good fit for you, you can opt in. There is no obligation whatsoever to sign up.

Who is Health & Wellness Coaching for?

Anyone seeking to enhance their well-being. Wellness is an overall balance between many different aspects which make up our lives, as depicted in this Wellness Wheel. Review these dimensions of wellness now and ask yourself which areas you might need to bring into balance. The first step in making a change in your life is recognizing where you have opportunity to grow.

Just like an athlete works with trainers and coaches to be their very best, you can work with a coach that will help you determine the right steps to take to meet your goals.

 
 

What does Health & Wellness Coaching help with?

The official answer: Health & Wellness coaching helps you cultivate the ability to make self-directed, lasting changes, aligned with your values. The practical answer: Health & Wellness coaching helps you get better at making the changes you want to make deep down. It helps you shift your focus towards what is going well and build on it, with a growth mindset.

It might be strange to imagine a coaching program that doesn’t just tell you what to eat or how to how to exercise, because our society is full of these types of programs. But, as most of us have heard, 95% of diets fail us. Health & wellness coaching is different because it relies on evidence-based practices proven to facilitate long-lasting change. Your coach will ask you questions that make you think and reflect back to you your strengths. You’ll work together to identify the resources in your life that can get you to your goals. When appropriate, a coach may assist with meal ideas or personal training.

Here are some of the challenges that my clients have come to me with:

  • Diagnosis of Pre-Diabetes (high A1C)

  • Managing weight and nutrition without restriction or dieting

  • Kicking a sugar or soda habit

  • Finding a strategy to make progress on goals when there are many

Can Health & Wellness Coaching help someone who has a chronic illness diagnosis?

Yes! The latest in evidence-based Medicine shows that over 80% of the chronic illnesses that Americans suffer from can be prevented, treated, and reversed by Lifestyle Medicine. Working with a Health & Wellness Coach that is trained in Lifestyle Medicine can help you with your chronic illness.

How long does Health & Wellness Coaching take to work?

In Health & Wellness Coaching, we focus on behavior-oriented outcomes. So, rather than setting a goal of ‘losing 10lbs in 3 months’, we’ll set a goal like ‘In 3 months, I will be drinking 8 glasses of water every day, sleeping 8 hours a night, and strength training 3 days a week’. We’ll build up the healthy habits that will carry us through life.

You can learn more about my own outcomes with Health & Wellness Coaching here.

What happens after the initial coaching program?

Once you join the client roster and go through an initial program (be it 4, 8, or 12 weeks), the relationship isn’t over! In fact it’s just getting started. As your initial program comes to an end, we’ll determine a check-in cadence going forward. Some people want to move to monthly or quarterly check-ins, while others prefer an annual wellness check-in. At a minimum, you will receive an email 1-2 times a year just reminding you of the services that are available to you.