So, you may ask...what is an Interior Designer with a successful
business and 30 years experience in her industry doing starting out in a
new business as a health coach?
Like many of you, I found
myself facing weight gain and health obstacles. It wasn't until I got
fed up with feeling sick and without energy that i decided to do
something about it. One step at a time is the key. I started
exercising and eating more nutritious foods. After about 4 months I was
at a comfortable weight and feeling pretty good about myself again. In
10 months I walk/ran a half marathon and in 20 months I ran 2 more 1/2
marathons.
Even though I had improved my exercise and nutrition,
I still suffered from inflammation and gastrointestinal problems. I
had what my doctor called "leaky gut". I had food allergies that
included dairy, wheat, green beans, almonds, honey and a whole list of
other foods. The more I ate something, the more likely it was that i
would develop an allergy to it.
After every medical test available
and trying almost every drug to solve my problem, I finally gave in and
made very drastic changes to my diet. I gave up every food i was
allergic too. It was difficult but not impossible. One year after
making those changes, I was retested and every single one of my
allergies are gone. My body is no longer a battleground fighting off
the foods that were meant to nourish.
When I changed the way I ate
I also invested time and money in research. I knew that I didn't know
enough to give so many foods up and still get everything I needed in my
diet. I wish i would have known about health coaches back then. I
amassed a library of books. I spent hours on the internet looking up
answers to my questions. When i finally felt like I knew what I was
talking about, I became impassioned to help others who were suffering
like me.
During my research i met people like me. They were
looking for answers or had already found some and were sharing their
success and failures. One of the people I learned the most from was
Kris Carr, "Crazy Sexy Cancer". My husband had suffered from cancer.
When he was finished with radiation he was weak and had no immunity.
Nutritional guidance was not available through his oncologist. The one
thing i know without doubt after all my research is that we have
immense control over our health just by adjusting what we eat. All we
have to do is stop eating for entertainment and start eating to fuel and
support our bodies. Further, 3 years after he finished radiation they
found more tumors during his pet scans. He changed the way he ate,
cutting sugar out of his diet and the third time he went back the tumors
were gone. He avoided the need for chemo completely.
I received
my formal training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, where I
was trained in more than one hundred dietary theories and studied a
variety of practical lifestyle coaching methods. Drawing on this
knowledge, I will help you create a completely personalized “roadmap to
health” that suits your unique body, lifestyle, preferences, and goals.
My
teachers included Dr. Hyman, Dr. Fuhrman, Dr. Weil, Dr. Katz, Deepak
Chopra, Brendan Brazier, T. Colin Campbell and many other experts in the
field of nutrition. I have additional training from David Wolfe with
certification in raw nutrition from The Body Mind Institute. My goal is
for you to find health and happiness again. I spent 3 years learning
everything there was to know from Body For Life author Bill Phillips and
received a Certificate of Achievement in Transformation. I am a
Stephen Minister and was lucky enough to be trained for a year in
Stephen Ministry. All of these lessons and experiences have come
together to form an unusually strong background for health coaching.
The
graduates from Integrative Nutrition are diverse and close knit. There
are doctors, nurses, personal trainers, dental hygienists, journalists
and others like me...who were unlikely students. My team of health
coaches have different specialties, including but not limited to weight
loss, health and wellness, anti aging, children's nutrition, sugar
addiction, food as well as alcohol and drug addiction. We do not intend
to take the place of your physician. We work in conjunction with your
physician.
Email cathy@thehealthcoach.net or call today
402.551.2000 to learn more about our training and my unique approach to
health coaching.
Are you curious about how health coaching can
help you? Let’s talk. Schedule an initial consultation with me or one of
our health specialists today.
