Health Coaching

Health coaching is a personalized approach to reaching health and wellness goals. It involves working with a coach who can provide guidance, support, and accountability as you strive to make healthy lifestyle changes. Our board certified health coach and integrative nutritionist dives deep to evaluate the whole person
– not just individual symptoms or concerns – to customized wellness plans that address physical, emotional, mental, social, spiritual, and environmental aspects of health. We also offer education on nutrition, physical activity, stress management, and other lifestyle habits to help you reach your goals.

The ultimate goal is to help you become the best version of yourself. Ultimately, a health coach’s role is to empower individuals to make informed decisions about their health and wellbeing that are based on their individual needs, preferences and lifestyle. The health coaching process is a collaboration between the client and coach to create actionable plans that bring desired results.

Health coaching helps people sort through the confusion of how to properly fuel their bodies with food. Food is medicine, and a health coach helps guide people to the proper diet for their unique body while teaching them simple tools to implement successful changes so they stay on track for long-term results.

Simply put, health coaches support patients in creating specific action steps in four main domains: nutrition, stress reduction, sleep optimization, and physical activity. They’re an essential member of your medical team that you’ve been missing. At WellCentric Health our health coach works in tandem with Dr.Watson, They guide you in prioritizing the diet and lifestyle factors that will have the largest impact on your health—and they do it in a way that’s personalized and compassionate.

Health coaches aren’t just an added perk that comes with your WellCentric Health membership, research has proven the value of having a coach as a game-changer for those with chronic illnesses. The reality is that 60 percent of adult Americans have at least one chronic disease, the majority of which are lifestyle-driven, preventable, and reversible. So it’s no surprise that having a designated partner to help you make necessary changes to your lifestyle can be key to your success.

In a recent systematic literature review of 11 controlled trials investigating the effectiveness of health and wellness coaching, 82 percent of trials found that those who utilized a coach found improvement in nutrition biomarkers and eating behaviors. The most common improvements were seen in weight, blood pressure, and quality of dietary intake.

Over the course of the first year of your WellCentric Health Rebalance membership, you’ll meet with Dr. Watson 6 times and your health coach up to 12 times. This sequence is intentional to allow you to follow up with your health coach after each encounter with your physician and initially more frequently to establish your new routine and recommendations. In addition to this individualized support, you will also be able to message your health coach through our secure patient portal with questions, concerns and updates that may come up any day you choose.

This ensures that you receive the accountability and support needed to maintain inspiration and commitment to the lifestyle changes you’re making.

With Dr. Watson, you’ll focus on the why behind your recommended diet, supplements, medications, stress management, and movement recommendations and meet with your coach to discuss the how behind successfully implementing those recommendations into your individual lifestyle.

Your health coach can help you with everything from navigating a tricky restaurant menu, initiating a self-care routine into a busy morning schedule, or providing you specific resources for recipes, workouts, or meditation programs. This ensures that you receive the support and accountability needed to maintain inspiration and commitment to the lifestyle changes you’re making.

To personalize your care further, your WellCentric health coach breaks through the confusion of all the different recommendations you read about on a daily basis to help you prioritize the changes that will actually yield the most positive results. For example, your health coach can talk you through current wellness trends such as 100% vegan diets, Ketogenic, Paleo or the benefits and boundaries of intermittent and extended fasting. Together, you and your health coach can contextualize these practices to your health goals to assess what’s ideal for your particular body and routine. Ultimately, the goal is to empower our members with the knowledge they need for long-term, sustainable wellness—something that we know can look uniquely different for each and every person.

Functional Medicine is based on the principle that patients excel when there is a therapeutic partnership between the practitioner and patient. This is why WellCentric Health has chosen to partner with a health coach. Our health coaches assist our patients on a path toward wellness. Working alongside a clinician, health coaches advise and motivate patients to change unhealthy lifestyle habits and manage chronic conditions by providing them with tools and support to navigate when times get rough.

Health coaching can be beneficial for anyone who wants to make sustainable changes and reach their health goals. It’s a great way to get personalized advice and support that will help you live your best life! Personalized nutrition guidance takes an in-depth approach to understand optimal dietary recommendations based on the unique biochemistry of each person.

Through personalized education, actionable strategies and ongoing support, health coaches help clients reach their goals while also improving overall wellbeing. It’s a great way to gain insight into your lifestyle habits and create sustainable change. Health coaching combined with personalized nutrition support can be the first step in reaching your health goals but it must be combined with self-discipline and dedication to see true success.

Please contact our office to schedule a complimentary consult with the WellCentric Health Coaches. During this consultation, our health coach will be able to gain a broad understanding of your specific wellness goals and explain how to achieve the optimal level of wellness you desire. Once you and your health coach determine the level of support necessary, we’ll will walk you through a program custom designed for you. Coaching packages include a before and after In-Body scan which helps you understand your current body composition relative to your goals. These metrics are ideal because they allow you to see your current body mass distribution for overall muscle vs. body fat as well as water and skeletal mass. Most programs run approximately 6 weeks in duration however the timing is also dependent on your individual needs.