Dear friends,
Just over a year ago, I started my training as a Health Coach at Institute of Integrative Nutrition (IIN). I found the journey of the Health Coach Training Program (HCTP) to be a profound and meaningful, not only in the content that I learned, but also in the personal growth that I experienced.
Over the course of the year I began living my most true and beautiful life (as @glennondoyle would say!). From leaving my corporate non-profit job and finding a grassroots cause near and dear to my heart (Amani Global Works), to marrying the love of my life, and embarking on my own spiritual journey – I began to become the person I wanted to be. But what about eating better and more exercise, you ask, isn’t that the point of a Health Coach? Yes, of course, I ate (even more!) kale and started living a more balanced, intuitive life, but more importantly I began making shifts on a deeper level.
At the half-way point of the IIN program, I began working with clients and I knew that I had found my calling. The same transformation I was experiencing in myself I saw in my clients. Many clients came to me with an external “presenting problem.” Whether it was, “I want to lose weight,” or “I want to eliminate constipation,” or “I want to experience less anxiety.” As I had experienced firsthand in my own personal work, once we started peeling the onion — the underlying issues lay far deeper below the surface.
The reason for the extra weight requires a feel peels of the onion until the client understands that the weight is really her layer of protection. With this awareness, the weight loss begins. A few more peels of the onion and another client realizes that the anxiety causes her to overeat and that this same anxiety is related to her lack of bowel movements – and now we can get moving! (pun intended). Point being is we are complex beings. What happens in one aspect of our lives cannot be separated from the rest, we are one interconnected system – truly the sum of our parts.
Working with clients has been extraordinarily rewarding. With every revelation and every small win, I am filled with excitement for them. I am coaching them as their guide on the side, but it is really the client doing the work and I couldn’t be more proud.
For this reason, I was humbled and honored to be recognized by IIN with the Leadership in Health Coaching Award. Congratulations to all of my fellow recipients. Together, with our clients in cities and towns all over the world, we are contributing to a positive ripple effect that impacts individuals and families around the globe.
I’d love to work with you to help you to take control of you health, transform your life and find true happiness. Click here to schedule a free 50-minute session and begin your journey.
Onwards in health,
Mandy