It is nothing new that there’s inevitable overlap between the practice of medicine and providing sound health coaching. Ideally, there should be a seamless continuum between the two endeavors, but that could only exist where there is a continuum of cooperation and respect. Health Coaches need to be careful with how we describe and present our work. While health coaching is a vibrant movement, it is still a junior partner to “traditional medicine” and for self-preservation; we should seek to avoid direct “turf wars” with Physicians. The most balanced approach requires continuous consideration of the distinctions between these complementary fields. [...]

There is hardly anything we do today that doesn’t have some relationship to Thomas Edison. He is connected to every item that uses electricity.  He had over 2,000 patents worldwide and is credited with creating the motion-picture industry, the recording industry, the x-ray machine and the much appreciated tattoo pen! If you Google “Quotes by Thomas Edison” you will not be underwhelmed with the volume of sometimes sage-like, sometimes pithy, sometimes humorous and always enlightening quotations. “The doctor of the future will give no medication but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, diet and in [...]