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How to View the Body Holistically as a Health, Wellness and Coaching Professional

December 31, 2022 by John

holistic health vs traditional medicineIn the United States alone, the prevalence of obesity is often referred to as an epidemic. Many Americans are overweight, leading to feeling unhappy and unhealthy. Especially true since the turn of the century, healthcare costs increase while overall health decreases; people continue to eat poorly, gain weight, and depend on medications and operations to maintain their health. Statistics can be hard to understand, confusing even those who study nutrition. But the most optimistic numbers state that more than 1/3 of American adults are overweight or obese. Below is a summary of the data presented by the Center for Disease Control (CDC). Here are some shocking childghood obesity facts.

  • The prevalence of obesity is currently at 42.4% (2018)
  • From 2005–2019, the prevalence of obesity increased from 30.5% to 42.4%, and the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2%
  • Obesity-related conditions include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and certain types of cancer considered to be the leading causes of preventable, premature death
  • The estimated annual medical cost of obesity in the United States was $147 billion in 2018 US dollars; the medical cost for people who have obesity was $1,429/year higher than those of normal weight

We can easily make a case for the need to improve health. Diets fail us, fast foods pull us into their offerings without any fear of consequence. Our lack of PA simply adds to the problem. It seems like a good time to view the body and its needs from a different perspective. [Read more…]

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What is Holistic Nutrition Coaching?

December 26, 2022 by John

what is holistic nutrition counseling?

There are three main themes to this topic. The first theme is entirely devoted to the science behind holistic nutrition. Our goal is to start simple with learning basic anatomy and physiology, major systems of the body, and how they relate to one another. You’ll learn new ways to view health and disease, both traditional and holistic, and discover which whole foods, herbs, and spices that are scientifically proven to promote holistic nutrition intake goals for your client.

In the opening section of the Holistic Nutrition Coach Certification, we dive into the science and physiology that are inherent to being human. As a coaching course, we are aware of the reality – that everyone wants to be an expert. But in coaching dynamics, we refrain from simply reciting expert facts and focus more on moving people through changes – in this case, to be more holistic. The problem with the expert approach is that it assumes the coach automatically knows more than the client, that the client is not aware of health information needed to be “whole” and then makes the coaching-client relationship lopsided. “I know more than you on this, so listen to me” is not coaching. It’s directing. This does not mean, however, that we do not want and need to be informed on topics we are entrusted to address; we also use this knowledge to anchor our confidence – so we believe we know what is needed to coach a client and we can then focus more on our coaching service and not simply provide education to a client. Science informs coaches on what to look for, what to expect and of course, how to assess a client. Intuition is a great skill and can take a coach far in a guided, helping co-active coaching relationship, but we simply cannot ignore the need to know the body and its systems if we are going to call ourselves Holistic Nutrition Coaches. [Read more…]

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New Beginnings – My Journey from Classroom Teacher to Educational Consultant and Holistic Life Coach

June 24, 2014 by John

By Nashima Harvey

There is always an opportunity to have a new beginning. Each day that you wake up lends itself to an opportunity to start again and put your best foot forward.  There are no right or wrong ways of doing things, there are just pathways to learning the good, the bad, and the indifferent. I started my journey as a classroom teacher about 13 years ago and the most amazing part of teaching in the beginning of my career, was challenging and helping to mold young minds by instructing and providing knowledge. However, the more that time passed I remained stationary and stagnant personally and professionally, a strong void quickly became apparent.

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Becoming a Certified Life Strategies Coach at the Spencer Institute has been a great way for me to grow my coaching business. I really liked that I could work full time while learning life coaching on my own time schedule. Now I have coaching clients, and also attract more psychotherapy clients who choose me because I can offer coaching in addition to psychotherapy.
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