What is an Integrative Health Coach?
If you have ever left a doctor's appointment with a list of things to change and no real idea how to change them, you are not alone. That gap between knowing and doing is exactly where health and wellness coaching lives, and it is closer to where you want to be than you might think.
Coaching is not about being told what to do. It is about building a partnership that helps you discover what you are truly capable of, then creating a path forward that fits your real life, not someone else's prescription for it.
A Client-Centered Partnership
Health and wellness coaching is a client-centered partnership built around one core belief: you are the expert on your own life. As an IIN-certified health coach currently completing the board certification process through the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC), I work within an evidence-based framework that draws on behavior change science, motivational interviewing, positive psychology, and whole-person health to support you in creating meaningful, lasting change.
This is not advice-giving, and it is not therapy. Coaching occupies a distinct and valuable space in the continuum of care. My role is to help you clarify what you want for your health and wellbeing, explore what has been getting in the way, and co-create a realistic, values-aligned path forward. We work together across all dimensions of wellness, including physical, emotional, social, occupational, and spiritual, because your health does not exist in a single lane.
One area of particular focus in my practice is weight loss and metabolic health, including support for people using GLP-1 medications such as Zepbound or Ozempic. These medications can be powerful tools, and coaching helps you build the habits, mindset, and lifestyle foundation that make those tools work harder and last longer. We address the behavioral and emotional dimensions of change that a prescription alone cannot touch.
Sessions are structured, intentional, and always driven by your agenda. I bring the coaching process; you bring the direction. Whether you are navigating a new diagnosis, a major life transition, a weight loss journey, or simply a quiet sense that something needs to shift, coaching creates the space and the accountability to move from where you are to where you want to be.
I also work closely alongside physicians, registered dietitians, mental health professionals, and other members of your care team, always within my defined scope of practice, and always in service of your whole picture.