Advantages of a Physician-Coach
A coach is someone who understands the process of the way forward and acts as a guide but does not walk the walk for you. A coach encourages you to discover your own reasons for achieving your goals and helps you uncover your own motivation and passion; a coach ignites the fire within you. A trainer is an expert in the subject matter. A trainer knows the facts and can give a lecture on them if necessary. Trainer recommendations are usually specific and prescriptive, based on the most widely accepted research.
Dr. Parmele acts as both a coach and a trainer. Her expertise in the fields of functional lifestyle medicine, nutrition, and exercise physiology, coupled with her ability to perform advanced laboratory testing, puts her in a unique position to help you accomplish your health goals, while coaching you through the behavior change that is needed to maintain these new lifestyle habits. Through this unique program she will be able to guide you every step of the way with a personalized, precision, evidence-based approach.
What is Wellness Coaching?
Professional coaches have long been recognized for their skills in helping athletes and executives perform at their best. Now professional wellness coaches are helping people reach their best health and wellbeing.
1. You provide background information through multiple questionnaires and biomarker testing so that we are well-informed on the key issues, including medical considerations.
2. During the first 90 minute coaching session, we identify your priorities and develop a personal wellness plan that incorporates all of the pillars of health. At this first visit we check baseline body composition (for the in-person clients).
3. In subsequent 60 minute appointments we review the progress toward your vision and goals, explore and resolve the most pressing issues, learn something new, and then agree on a set of goals for the following week. We track your body composition and see how it is affected by the changes we're making. You will enjoy plenty of ah-ha insights along the way.
4. By the end of three months, you can expect to reach more than 70% of your three-month goals and feel energized and confident to embark on new areas of health optimization.
Is Physician-Coaching Right For Me?
Are you one of those people that wants to improve your health but keeps falling back to old habits? Don't know how or where to start? Do you want to be sure that your health is optimized in a safe, evidence-based way? Are the contradictions in the media confusing you about what is truly healthy? Do you find that your motivation wanes after a few weeks? Do you have all the best intentions to live a healthy lifestyle but become demoralized after "falling off the wagon?" You're not alone, and physician coaching will help.
Coaching gives you the tools to make forward progress in your wellness journey. Your whole health picture is taken into account, all the way back to your birth. We evaluate biomarkers in a preventative medicine-type approach. We identify where the issues are- together. We then come up with a plan that incorporates all aspects of health. You will learn how to overcome setbacks and celebrate successes. You will find that inner motivation to achieve your goals and will be taught the tools to make those lifestyle health changes stick. Don't know what your goals are? That's OK! Coaching helps you identify your health and wellness goals and Dr. Parmele supports and guides you the whole way.
