What the heck is a health coach?

“Hello, my name is Carrie, and I help women with autoimmune disease reclaim their health.” 

This is how all the business training events I attend want me to introduce myself. It’s good, I think, though probably not as slick as it could be. But I still have a problem doing it. It’s not that the statement is wrong — I certainly do help women reclaim their health — it’s just that it doesn’t get to the heart of the matter or impress on people the importance of the work I do.

Learn more here for a 10-minute explanation of what I do!

Or click here for a longer interview

 

All of us have “where we are”and “where we want to be” points in our lives. In between these two points is a mountain of crap keeping us from reaching the where we want to be. It can be about the food we should or shouldn’t be eating or the exercise we should be getting, but in my experience, that is very little of what holds us back from getting where we want to be. The mountain is built of bad habits, negative thoughts, misconceptions about your failures or situations, stress management or lack thereof, and loads of other manure blocking your path.

I help you break down this mountain so that you can move along the path from where you are to where you want to be. I do this by listening, asking questions, making suggestions, and, yes, giving work that helps you break down that mountain. It’s not that you can’t change your diet or exercise by yourself, but we all have blind spots that sabotage us. At the end of the day, I bring those things to light, help you deal with them, and create a crack in that mountain. And then you can continue your journey to where you want to be on a smoother, clearer road.