Our Holistic Approach
Meet Your Coach
Hi! My name is Rachel Smith, and I am a Nurse Coach. What is a Nurse Coach? It is a new and upcoming approach to nursing that combines my 18+ years as a Registered Nurse using traditional western medicine approaches by supplementing it with a holistic approach to your overall health and well-being. As a nurse coach, I am here to guide you on your health and wellness journey, while putting you in the driver seat making decisions that impact you.
My approach is that while, yes, traditional western medical practices are great and have their place, too often it falls short and is too reactionary and doesn't solve all issues that come up in the patient sick-care model. The holistic approach to overall health and wellness looks at your body, mind, and spirit.
My purpose is to help empower you to make the decisions that will allow you to achieve your desired health, wellness, and fitness goals - utilizing your body, mind, and spirit to achieve those goals.
Disclaimer - nurse coaching is not intended to replace your physician or their guidance. It is intended to be another approach to your health and well-being in conjunction to the guidance and directions from your healthcare providers - providing you with more options.
What you can Expect
While your physical health is indeed important, Nurse Coaching is about so much more than that. In our sessions, we'll address your health as a whole person - your mind, body, spirit, emotions, environment, values, and purpose.
Throughout the Nurse Coaching process, we'll collaborate to improve your health and evaluate the quality of your performance and life.
We will explore what's truly important to you, create goals that inspire you, break down resistance to change, and commit to action that will propel you forward.
My role is to help you see what you cannot see on your own - to elicit focus, clarity, and a new perspective so that you can reach an optimal state of health.
We'll take an honest look at where you are at right now, where you want go, and create a plan for how to get you there.
Why Choose Us
Too many people who visit their primary care provider find themselves being told that they need to improve in one or more of the following life-style based areas of their life:
1. Eat more whole, plant based foods
2. Connect with yourself, others, and the world around you
3. Practice mindfulness to slow down and reduce stress in your life
4. Get your minimum effective dose of physical activity
5. Ensure you are getting adequate sleep and rest daily
6. Avoid risky substances
In modernized countries, 70% of all primary healthcare visits are due to preventable disease caused by imbalances in one or more of the above listed, life-style based areas. 80% of chronic diseases, which affect more than 200 million of 350 million Americans, are caused by lifestyle and environmental factors. Chronic diseases account for more than 90% of our nation's multi-trillion dollar annual expenditure - but while 7 out of 10 deaths in the US are related to preventable disease, less than 3% of healthcare dollars go toward prevention. (References on our FAQ page).
The doctors and nurses that are in the healthcare system do not have the bandwidth to help patients enact lasting change to their overall health in these 6 life-style based areas. They simply cannot provide ongoing coaching to their patients on "best practices" or provide "the latest research" beyond regular check-ups. It is up to the patient to make the necessary changes happen. Many patients find these changes overwhelming and difficult to implement in their lives. This is where a Nurse Coach can step in, help close this gap, and provide added accountability.
Empower Wellness Coaching specializes in holistic nurse coaching, focusing on combining my extensive nursing background with these wellness strategies. I aim to foster health and healing through personalized coaching. My unique approach ensures you receive expert guidance tailored to your lifestyle.
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