What is Health Coaching?

Health coaching is a certified profession that addresses a person's health as a whole system - Mental/Motivational, Physical, and Nutrition.  

There are several specialty services available to address these components of health individually - counseling, psychology, and psychiatry, personal training and physical therapy, diet clinics and dietitians, food programs, etc.  But Health Coaching looks at all of these aspects together to find the right approach for each individual.  A health coach will also help refer you to these specialists or medical doctors, if additional expertise is needed.

By now, everyone probably realizes that there isn't a one-size-fits-all approach to health, and all the influential factors need to be considered in a holistic view to establish a plan that will work just for you. These disciplines are not exact sciences when it comes to the complexity of an individual human being. Everyone is different.  So your approach to overall health and well-being needs to be customized, and may require some experimentation to find the right fit. 

Trying to navigate all the available scientific information regarding the mind, exercise options and techniques, and nutrition can be an overwhelming task for anyone, and most people do not have training and education in all of these aspects.  Training and education for Health Coaching, leading to certification in this holistic discipline, is a complex but exciting and inspiring approach to helping people achieve their best possible health state.

A health coach can help you put together a plan and develop a lifestyle that can help you achieve your health goals.  It's one thing to have someone create an exercise plan and stand over you while you do it.  But it's an empowering thing to learn to lead your own effort and drive yourself, with the help and support of a coach, to live the life you really want in a sustainable and enjoyable way.  It's the old adage:  Give someone a fish and they eat for a day.  Teach someone to fish and they eat for a lifetime.  Teaching you to "fish" is the goal of health coaching.

This website provides information on health and wellness topics, including exercise, nutrition, and the mental and emotional aspects of creating a healthy lifestyle.  

You may find links within this website to articles, products, or other websites that provide additional information and offers related to living a healthy lifestyle.  

Use the "Contact Us" page to contact the health coach to schedule a personal evaluation and create your own individualized coaching support plan. and program.  Coaching sessions can be done in person in the Raleigh/Durham, NC area, or from anywhere via video calls, phone calls, and email.  

Below is the Coach4HealthyLife Blog where your health coach will share interesting information, insights, etc.  To go directly to the blog, Click Here.