Health Coach Talk: Conversations About Wellness Through Functional Medicine Coaching Functional Medicine Coaching Academy

Workplace wellness isn't just a hot topic for human resources departments or a recruitment tool. It is a tool that has been shown to help employees take control of their health and wellness. This week, Dr. Sandi discusses workplace wellness and menopause with expert Jaqueline Olivera-Cella of wellBe Consulting.

As a professional actuary, Jaqueline helps employees mitigate risks for their employees. Lately, her focus has been on employee health concerns and developing solutions for employers to implement. She recently created cases about menopause in the workplace and how women can care for themselves at work.

Health coaches can be instrumental in helping women navigate this time of their lives and advocate for themselves in the workplace. They ask questions and encourage their clients to be curious, especially when it comes to their health. Together, coaches and clients can pause and ask, "What is happening?" and then seek out answers. Health coaches are also essential in helping clients find the language to explain what is happening and express their needs while remaining professional. In the workplace, health coaches are not only a tool for employees to reach their health and wellness goals but also a guide to advocating for employee needs.

In This Episode:


How can health coaches benefit employers and employees?
Understand how menopause affects women in the workplace.
Learn more about Jaqueline's publications and cases about workplace wellness.
How menopause can affect women in the workplace and ways to advocate for yourself.

One of the most confusing parts of health and wellness is nutrients. What should you be getting? How can you get them? Can you get everything you need from food? Should you take supplements? Which ones? With so much information out there, it is difficult to filter the good information from the bad. This is where a health coach can help.

This week Dr. Sandi discusses all things nutrients with expert Chris Kresser. Did you know that 90% of Americans are deficient in several micro-nutrients? Chris explains some of the reasoning behind this statistic and why even those who eat healthy and nutrient-dense diets might not be getting enough vitamins. Moreover, Chris explains the importance of nutrient synergy and how some nutrients work hand-in-hand to keep you healthy.

Chris Kresser has made it his mission to provide safe and effective supplements to people worldwide. He shares what to look for when shopping for supplements and highlights the three biggest problems he finds with many supplement brands.

In this Episode:


Learn how nutrition synergy affects nutrient absorption
Hear how whole foods are losing nutrition quality
Understand what you should be looking for in a supplement brand
Know the 3 big problems to look out for when purchasing supplements

Six thousand women enter menopause in the United States every day. Yet many people don't know the difference between premenopause, perimenopause, and actual menopause. This week, Dr. Sandi welcomes Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz to share her expertise. Dr. Suzanne is the Chief Medical Correspondent for the Drew Barrymore Show and author of Menopause Bootcamp.

Menopause isn't "one-size-fits-all." From plant-based options to pharma to self-care, Dr. Suzanne shares her menopause toolkit. She discusses various tools and treatments available for women to help with the effects of menopause. Moreover, she and Dr. Sandi discuss how health coaches can be an excellent resource for women during this time.

Menopause and post-menopause are significant parts of a woman's life. It isn't an ending; it's a transition into a new period of life. So, let's talk about it.

Episode Highlights:


Understand the difference between menopause and peri-menopause
 Learn Dr. Suzanne's 6 S's of Self-Care
 Hear about the benefits of plants and plant medicine
 Dr Suzanne shares the various tools available for pre-, post-, and menopausal women

Functional Medicine Coaching Academy graduates are changing the world. Alum Shawn Blymiller is making a difference in the lives of families one coaching session at a time. This week, Dr. Sandi sits down with Shawn Blymiller of Pure Living and Pure Living Family to discuss his work in building a successful business and non-profit. He is helping kids and families with special needs thrive.

In 2018, Shawn's son was diagnosed with Autism and PANDAS a year later. This started Shawn and his wife's journey to discovering functional medicine, health coaching, and FMCA. Shawn saw firsthand how health coaching can improve the lives of families and children with special needs. However, he also knows that those families don't always have the resources available to hire health coaches.

This inspired Shawn to create Pure Living and Pure Living Family, a non-profit built on a model inspired by Toms creator Blake Mycoskie, and raised $30,000 to help give families with special needs access to health coaching. Now these families can start thriving.



In This Episode:


Hear Shawn's inspiring story of finding functional medicine and health coaching.
See the steps taken to create a health coaching-based non-profit.
Take a look at how Pure Living is helping coaches build client lists and work with corporations.
Learn how you can help families with special needs access health coaching.

Everyone loves the delicious smells of baking bread or cookies, gardens in the springtime, or fresh fruit ready to eat. But did you know that those smells have a significant impact on your eating habits? This week, Dr. Sandi welcomes Rachel Herz, a neuroscientist and expert on the psychological science of scents and smells.

Without a sense of smell, food wouldn't be the same. According to Herz, aroma has such an impact on our taste that it can genuinely make a difference in the enjoyment of eating. Sure, the mouth can taste the five different flavors (salt, spice, sugar, sour, and umami) and feel the texture of the food, but the smell gives us complex flavors and tastes that draw us to our favorite foods. Moreover, food scents drive cravings and hunger, influencing our food decisions in ways you might not believe.

Episode Highlights


Learn why your sense of taste mostly comes from your sense of smell.
Understand why smelling sweets or fast food for a few minutes leads people to eat healthier options.
Get tips and tricks on how you can improve your sense of smell.
Hear about how you can make the most out of your eating experience by adding a bit of mindfulness.

Find the transcript here: https://functionalmedicinecoaching.org/podcast/rachel-herz-074/

Starting a health coaching business can be a daunting task. Where do you
start? What do new health coach graduates need to get started? How do
you make your first sale? This week, Dr. Sandi sits down with expert
business coach for health coaches, Hailey Rowe.Hailey Rowe has a
passion for health and a calling to help health coaches make the most
out of their health coaching business. She guides coaches at all levels
through everything from first steps to finding clients to growing sales.
Her insight into sales and marketing in the health coaching industry is
invaluable. Hailey shares her best advice, such as the benefits of
getting a "No," examples of great content, like lead magnets, and walks
through her 4 Steps of Client Attraction.

In This Episode:
~ Learn the 4 Steps of Client Attraction~ Gain insight into how you can grow your business.~ Understand what you need to get your health coaching business started.~ Hear Hailey and Dr. Sandi's tips on making your first sale.