Why Doctors Need to Recommend Health Coaches Why Doctors Need to Recommend Health Coaches Chronic conditions including obesity, hypertension, and diabetes are taking over our population at high and costly levels. A proven and successful cure for all of these conditions is a lifestyle behavior change in the form of dietary and/or activity modifications. Although behavior change is challenging, it is one of many specialties Health Coaches possess to make behavior change easier. Most doctors

The medical establishment is starting to develop CPT Codes or “Current Procedural Terminology” more simply, procedure codes, for the purpose of billing insurance companies for health coaching services.  Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® stands for anything that expands the health coaching profession so, in that sense, maybe it’s not a bad idea.   But Independent Health Coaches shouldn’t get their hopes up or give this too much consideration yet.  These things can take a while to develop and,

Communication Tips for Health Coaches Communication Tips for Health Coaches As a Health Coach, communication is one of the most important skills you can possess. Here are some tips for effective Health Coaching communication. 1. Transparency: Screening new clients requires honesty, openness, and clarity. Transparency builds trust which is an essential aspect of the client-Health Coach relationship. 2. The right form of communication: Whether you choose to email, blogs/vlog posts, text messages, social media, and/or Skype,

The liver, otherwise known as the Grandfather of all Organs, takes on most of the daily strain from lifestyle and nutritional choices. So, it is no surprise that the amount of people who are struggling with decreased liver function continues to grow due to modern day stressors and toxins. For Health Coaches, this means an increase in clients with liver dysfunction whether you are aware of it or not.   The more toxins the body is exposed to, the harder

Health Coaching to Motivate Change Health Coaching to Motivate Change Research supports that simply providing information or guidance is not enough to make health changes. For change to happen, the motivation has to come from within the individual, rather than an outside source. This happens to be one of the many skills Health Coaches excel at! Health Coaches encourage their clients to change by allowing them space and support to come to their own conclusions,

In this episode, we talk with Jenn Malecha, Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) Practitioner and Chief Administrative Officer for FDN. Malecha, inspired after hearing a lecture by Reed Davis, the founder of FDN, joined forces with this innovative company to “fill the gap for people that get stuck in the cycle of trial and error” when it comes to improving health. Malecha discusses the process of how FDN provides “cutting edge functional lab assessment training and