What can a health coach do for me?

A health coach helps you set choose and visualize your path to health, set reasonable goals and develop a plan for reaching them. They also help you figure out what might keep you from reaching those goals. For example, maybe you don’t think you’re capable of making the changes your doctor is suggesting. Or maybe you don’t think any changes you make will matter. Perhaps you’re working two jobs and can’t imagine squeezing anything else into your day.

Your health coach helps you take a look at all the factors that might be affecting your health-related behaviors; what may be pulling you off-track, tempting you down the wrong road. And together, you come up with a manageable plan for working toward your goals.

Your health coach regularly checks in with you through email, phone, virtually or in-person meetings, usually over the course of at least three months. During these conversations, your coach asks questions to get you thinking about how you can overcome challenges.