Health Coaching FAQ
What is Health Coaching?
Health coaching is about helping you understand what is preventing you from reaching your health and wellness goals. It's about creating and anchoring yourself in a value system from which you make choices about your health and wellness with a trusted guide. It’s about having a champion who can take you through the peaks and valleys of adjusting your lifestyle to align with optimal well-being. And it’s about taking a more in-depth look at your relationship with food.
Why work with a health coach?
Are you experiencing any of the below?
Doctors and dietitians either don't have the time or the skills to help people stay motivated and follow through to get lasting results. What happens then? We default to our set habits, even when they make us feel lousy. Without the right support and accountability, this dysfunctional cycle continues. The good news is this is where a health coach, like myself, is most needed - a guide who helps and supports you build healthy habits that align with how you want to feel every day. I offer you sustained motivation and guided follow through on your wellness path.
- tired of fad and yo-yo dieting;
- confused by the mixed messages of nutrition delivered by the media;
- choosing foods based on speed rather than health;
- not cooking or preparing your meals because of your busy lifestyle, but wishing you could:
- not feeling well, but knowing you could live your best life by cleaning up your diet;
Doctors and dietitians either don't have the time or the skills to help people stay motivated and follow through to get lasting results. What happens then? We default to our set habits, even when they make us feel lousy. Without the right support and accountability, this dysfunctional cycle continues. The good news is this is where a health coach, like myself, is most needed - a guide who helps and supports you build healthy habits that align with how you want to feel every day. I offer you sustained motivation and guided follow through on your wellness path.
How do I begin a plant-based diet?
Step 1 - get curious! Be a discoverer! Begin by taking a genuine interest in your wellness. The desire to cultivate the skills you need is the first step on your way to vibrant health and happiness. Learning about the vast variety of delicious and nutritious plant-based foods will take you to the next level. Once you start seeing the results and feeling amazing from the inside out, you'll be even more inspired!
Isn't eating healthy and being plant-based expensive and time-consuming?
Eating clean and preparing whole, nutritious plant-based meals does not have to be a chore nor an added expense. It’s just like prioritizing what’s important in your life. Once you start to experience the benefits, you’ll learn ways to be a savvy, economical plant-based shopper. Remember - you are not buying meat, fish, or dairy which saves you a lot! I'll guide on how to shop and save, how to dine out, on vacation or on the go, so it all becomes second nature.
Is it hard to stay on a plant-based diet?
It's a matter of knowledge and practice. If you learn the right habits from the beginning, then it’s quite easy! One of the most significant aspects of a plant-based diet is that you introduce a lot more variety into your diet. In the beginning, you’re getting to know the different food groups, and soon realize that it is not about what you can't eat, or replacing everything you ate before with processed replacements, but it's about what you can eat, by enriching your diet with highly nutritious and diverse whole, plant-based choices. It becomes quite natural. And trust me, once you start to feel and look your best, you enjoy it more and more!
I want to go vegan, but should I go cold-turkey?
Everyone is different, so there’s no right way for everyone. For some, easing into a vegan diet is the way to go. It takes some time to learn what your options are and how to set up plant-based meals, including eating out. At first, you may have different cravings or energy highs and lows. If it's not done correctly, there's a risk of becoming a junk-food vegan. After all...fries, chips, and Oreos are all vegan! For those who are more familiar with the vegan landscape, diving right in may work. The right approach for you is something we tackle together.
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Disclaimer:
A Health Coach is a mentor and guide who has been trained and certified in essential nutrition and health coaching, to help clients reach their health and wellness goals by supporting them to devise and implement positive, sustainable lifestyle changes. The role of a Health Coach is not to provide medical services; or to diagnose, treat or cure any disease, condition or other physical or mental ailment of the human body. The Health Coach is not acting in the capacity of a doctor, licensed dietitian-nutritionist, psychologist or other licensed professional, and any care or advice given by the Health Coach or on this website is not meant to take the place of the care/advice by these professionals. To learn more about Green Beat Life health coaching, please see About the founder and Contact Us for more information.