“The main goal of a health coach is to take out the guesswork of your healing journey by helping you to establish goals and creating a plan to achieve them,” says Will Cole, IFMCP, DNM, D.C., functional medicine expert and author of Gut Feelings. “Since everyone’s health is different, they help make wellness personal to you and your lifestyle.”
Health coaches do this primarily through motivational interviewing, says Zellner: “We get to know our patients and find out what their responsibilities are, likes, dislikes, and how their day is scheduled. This helps us figure out collaboratively where we can make sustainable improvement.”
Barely have time to boil an egg in the morning let alone make a protein-packed breakfast? These are the nitty-gritty details health coaches want to hear about in order to outline a doable road map for you.
