Is Physician-Coaching Right For Me?
Do you want to improve your health but find yourself repeatedly falling back into old habits? Are you overwhelmed by conflicting health information and unsure where to start? Have you tried diets, exercise programs, or wellness plans only to lose motivation after a few weeks? Do you find yourself discouraged after "falling off the wagon," despite your best intentions?
If so, you're not alone.
Many people know what they should be doing to improve their health, but struggle to consistently put that knowledge into practice. Lasting change requires more than information—it requires support, accountability, motivation, and a personalized plan that fits your unique circumstances.
Physician-coaching helps bridge the gap between knowing and doing.
This approach is ideal for individuals who want to take an active role in their health and are looking for more than a quick fix. Whether your goal is to prevent disease, lose weight, improve energy, optimize athletic performance, manage chronic health conditions, or simply feel your best, physician-coaching provides the guidance and tools to help you succeed.
Unlike traditional medical visits that focus primarily on diagnosing and treating disease, physician-coaching takes a comprehensive view of your health. Together, we explore your entire health story—from your personal and family history to your nutrition, exercise habits, sleep patterns, stress levels, relationships, environment, and biomarkers. Using advanced testing and a preventive, evidence-based approach, we identify opportunities for improvement and develop a personalized roadmap for better health.
You don't need to have all the answers before you begin. In fact, many people aren't entirely sure what their health goals are when they first start. Through the coaching process, you'll gain clarity about what matters most to you and discover the motivation needed to create meaningful change.
Most importantly, you'll learn how to overcome setbacks, build resilience, celebrate successes, and develop habits that last. Dr. Parmele serves as both your physician and your coach—providing the medical expertise to ensure your plan is safe and evidence-based, while supporting and guiding you through the behavior changes necessary to achieve long-term results.
The goal is not perfection. The goal is progress, consistency, and creating a healthier, more vibrant life that you can sustain for years to come.
Smiling woman in a white lab coat and glasses.
The Advantage of Working with a Physician-Coach
A coach serves as a guide, helping you navigate the path toward meaningful and lasting change. Rather than telling you what to do, a coach helps you uncover your own reasons for change, strengthen your motivation, and build confidence in your ability to succeed. A great coach helps ignite the internal drive that transforms goals into sustainable habits.
A trainer or subject-matter expert, on the other hand, provides knowledge, education, and evidence-based recommendations. Trainers understand the science behind health and wellness and offer specific guidance based on current research and best practices.
Dr. Parmele uniquely combines both roles. As a physician with extensive training in functional and lifestyle medicine, nutrition, exercise physiology, and advanced diagnostic testing, she brings the clinical expertise needed to identify the root causes of health challenges and develop personalized treatment strategies. At the same time, her certification as a health coach allows her to support you through the behavior changes necessary to turn knowledge into action.
This combination of medical expertise and coaching creates a powerful partnership. You will receive a personalized, precision-based, evidence-informed plan tailored to your unique biology, along with the guidance, accountability, and encouragement needed to create lasting lifestyle change. Dr. Parmele will help you understand not only what to do, but also how to successfully incorporate those changes into your daily life for long-term health and vitality.
Quantifying and Improving Client Outcomes with Data
Keep Track of your goals
Sync your FitBit, AppleHealth and other wearables
Sync your FitBit, AppleHealth and other wearables
Together, you and ! come up with daily and weekly health goals. You can access these goals through Healthie® on all your mobile devices and check them off as you complete them for daily accountability.
Sync your FitBit, AppleHealth and other wearables
Sync your FitBit, AppleHealth and other wearables
Sync your FitBit, AppleHealth and other wearables
Real-time, consistent engagement has been shown to improve outcomes. Through Healthie® important metrics such as sleep and steps can be monitored, all included with the coaching program.
Log your food through pics
Sync your FitBit, AppleHealth and other wearables
Log your food through pics
Easily and securely take pictures of your food for review. You'll get feedback on how to improve your health one delicious bite at a time!