Why Ask for Help?

Have you ever gone to an appointment with your health care provider and been told that you need to “get on a healthy diet and don’t gain too much weight”? Did you get any actionable, meaningful information to help you achieve those goals? You know…like a handout, a link to a helpful website...ANYTHING? It’s advice you mean to follow but where do you start? Or maybe your health care provider is more specific about what steps to take and gives you some seemingly helpful guidelines….but when you go home it feels like you have just been asked to climb Mount Everest by yourself. How do you apply those guidelines to your real life?!

The truth is, our traditional health care system is just not set up to support people wanting to follow any advice, no matter how well-intentioned. Most practices don’t leave enough time or give you the right tools to really get you going. You may find yourself left with huge missing pieces and the expectation that you’ll figure it out. And maybe you will..there’s always the internet! But what information do you trust there?

If you are fortunate enough to have found a practice that knows about the importance of food, movement, sleep and lowering stress, you will likely get more help in decoding what directions to go in. This kind of practitioner may even give you a plan that goes beyond vague advice. Unfortunately, this is not a guarantee of success and putting a plan into daily practice in your life may still be an elusive goal.

This is where a Health Coach comes in! A Health Coach gives you concrete, actionable steps to follow and supports you in a non-judgmental, caring way during your journey to a healthy outcome. Your plan can be customized to meet you where you are now and help you get where you need to go. Frequent check-ins with your Health Coach, either in-person or remotely, will help keep you on track and accountable, answer questions as they come up and provide moral support and guidance. The choices you make now have the power to ensure your journey down a path to achieving life-long health! Click on the button to learn how to take the next step.