Health Coach Radio

Today's guest on Health Coach Radio is Jonathan Posey, founder of the Council for Holistic Educators, the only not-for-profit advocacy group that fights for health coaches right to practice.  During this episode we discuss the struggles that health coaches are up against and what we can collectively do as a group to help change the perception and the legislation of health coaching in the health and wellness realm.  If you are a practicing health coach, Jonathan Posey is certainly a man you want to know. 

Today's guest on Health Coach Radio is Rachel Bell. Rachel is a serial entrepreneur and the founder of Online Coach University, a business mentorship platform that teaches hundreds of online coaches how to build six figure businesses through social media. In this episode we discuss the importance of figuring out your vision, getting clear on your niche so that you can reach them effectively, establishing yourself as an authority, how to improve your Instagram presence and so much more.

Arriane Alexander is a life and business coach based in Los Angeles who teaches her clients to see the possibilities within themselves and create the life and career they have always dreamed of.  Her coaching program involves 4 pillars - clarity, strategy, confidence and soul.  Through these pillars, Arriane helps her clients transform their inner world so they can create the outer world that they ultimately desire.

Christina Rice wears many hats.  She is a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, Primal Health Coach, Reiki Practitioner, entrepreneur and host of the Wellness Realness podcast.  She embodies the resiliency needed to thrive as a health coach in this ever-growing field. In this episode, we discuss Christina's journey to wellness and how it has shaped her practice, how she creates and manages group programs, different ways that she makes her living, and how she incorporates Reiki with her clients. 

Today's guest, Reed Davis, is a Nutritional Therapist and the founder of the Functional Diagnostic Nutrition certification course (FDN).  He is known as a highly experienced clinician having provided functional lab assessments to over eleven thousand people for hormone levels as well as adrenal, digestion, detoxification, mucosal barrier, pathogenic bone density and diet related health problems.  Have a listen and please consider rating our podcast on iTunes.

Today's guest, Elle Russ, is a writer, speaker, coach and the host of The Primal Blueprint podcast. Not to mention, the 5th ever certified Primal Health Coach. We discuss vulnerability, opening up and dealing with the shame that often times accompanies living with a disability. Elle's story perfectly depicts that your path doesn't always need to be known in order for it to be great.

Taren Gesell (AKA Triathlon Taren) is a former financial analyst turned full-time triathlon influencer and thought leader for age-grouper triathletes.  We discuss Taren's path to success, how he earns a living operating in a small niche market, and why he believes that taking action is the single most important step for creating a successful business.  To learn how to become a health coach or to up-level your skills and credentials as a health coach, visit primalhealthcoach.com.

Educate, empower and achieve.  These are the pillars on which Tyler and Luis built the KetoGains community.  Founded by happenstance, the KetoGains Facebook group has now grown to over 113k members by giving real, sensible advice for free.  We discuss how Tyler and Luis address the stance that keto is just another "fad diet",how to view scientific research studies in connection with anecdotal evidence, and much more.

The public assumes that the healthcare industry is set up to make them healthy, but, in Dr. William Davis’ opinion, it’s not working out that way. Doctors are under pressure to help keep patients well, but increasingly they’re running up against difficulties… difficulties that health coaches can help bridge. Dr. Davis, author of Wheat Belly and Undoctored, believes that health coaches are best poised to deliver health to patients.

Can visualizing health help you achieve it? Rachel Barber believes so, and her many coaching clients would agree. Rachel has grown a successful and impactful business coaching her clients out of chronic illness using a blend of nutrition, lifestyle and —especially — mindfulness and behaviour repatterining. Rachel teaches her clients to visualize their own actual healthy future, tapping into the feelings of being a healthy person.

What if your setbacks were really set-ups? Lauren Schwab has mastered the art of the wellness retreat, but it didn’t come on a silver platter. Her winding journey through the sports and fitness industry has had tremendous ups and down, each of which helped her grow to be the inspiring and incredibly optimistic businessperson she is today. If you’ve ever dreamed of hosting or attending a wellness retreat, this episode is for you.

As seen on the Netflix documentary, The Magic Pill, the chronic illness statistics among the Yolngu people is horrific. Kama Trudgens' organization, Hope For Health, runs health retreats for the Yolngu people, helping them reclaim health using a traditional diet them. She then uses health coaches within the community to help solidify the learnings from the retreat.

With health coaching, just as with any craft, there's a certain requirement for trial, error, and practice. That's a big part of what we talk about with veteran health coach, Michael Rutherford. Michael works alongside his father—also a health coach—to positively impact the long-term health of an unhealthy and underserved corner of the population: truck drivers!

In terms of preventing chronic diseases, there is almost no doubt that the modern health care industry continues to fall short. Dr. Bo Neichoy chose bariatrics as his medical speciality because he felt it was one of the most effective ways to bring true health to people who were desperate for it. At the Panhandle Weight Loss Clinic, they don’t view weight loss surgery as a “rescue mission;” instead Dr. Neichoy’s patients are taken on with preventative health in mind.

In this episode of the podcast, Erin Power and Laura Rupsis speak with Ste Lane. He’s the owner and head coach at Peak Primal Health, and has helped dozens of clients of all ages and from all walks of life - from moms, to athletes, and even to kids in schools - step out of the culture of dieting and health BS, and into mindfulness.