You've probably left a doctor's appointment with a list of things to change and approximately zero help figuring out how to actually change them. Eat better. Move more. Reduce stress. Great. Thanks. See you in six months.
That gap between knowing and doing is exactly where health coaching lives. And it turns out that gap is where most of the real work happens.
What is an integrative health coach?
What coaching is (and isn’t)
Coaching is not therapy. It is not medical advice. It is not me handing you a meal plan and sending you on your way. Meal planning and medical nutrition therapy are the expertise of Registered Dietitians, and I will happily refer you to one. My job is everything that happens around the edges of all that, the habits, the mindset, the daily reality of actually living inside a body that is changing.
It is a partnership. A structured, intentional, genuinely useful partnership where YOU are the expert on your own life and I am the person asking the right questions to help you figure out what you actually want, what has been getting in the way, and what a realistic path forward looks like for your real life, not some idealized version of it.
I am an IIN-certified health coach currently completing board certification through the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC). That means I work within an evidence-based framework built on behavior change science, motivational interviewing, and positive psychology. Which is a fancy way of saying: I know how change actually works, and it is almost never about information. You already know what you should be doing. What you need is help figuring out why you are not doing it and what would actually make it possible.
The integrative part
Integrative means we look at the whole picture. Not just what you are eating or how much you are moving, but how you are sleeping, how you are managing stress, what your relationships feel like, what your days actually look like, and what is quietly draining you in ways you have stopped noticing.
Your health does not exist in a single lane. Neither does coaching.
Who I work with
I work with people who are navigating health changes, life transitions, or that quieter situation where nothing is technically wrong but something is definitely off and you cannot quite put your finger on it.
That looks different for everyone. For some people it is weight loss. For others it is sleep, energy, stress, or finally building habits that actually stick. For some it is figuring out how to feel at home in a body that has been through a lot.
I have particular depth working with people on GLP-1 medications like Zepbound or Ozempic, and with people who have had or are considering bariatric surgery. I have been through both. That is not a credential you get in a classroom.
How sessions actually work
Every session is driven by your agenda, not mine. You bring what is on your mind. I bring the process, the questions, and the occasional gentle challenge when you are being too hard on yourself or not hard enough.
I work closely alongside physicians, dietitians, therapists, and other members of your care team, always within my scope of practice. Coaching is not a replacement for medical care. It is what happens in between appointments, in the actual texture of your daily life, where the real changes either take hold or fall apart.
The short version
You already know more than you think you do about what your body needs. What most people are missing is not more information. It is the right support, the right questions, and someone in their corner who is not going anywhere when things get hard.
That is what I do.