"I am a wellness entrepreneur and National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC). In private practice I work primarily with women who are seeking support to manage various health concerns including pre-diabetes, insulin resistance, cardiovascular health, and pain conditions. As a health coach I facilitate and empower my clients to develop and achieve self-determined goals related to their health and wellness, consistent with treatment plans prescribed by their professional health care providers. My approach is personalized and holistic, which means I look at how all areas of life affect health as a whole including food choices, exercise, stress, sleep and the mind-body connection. Within this framework I assist clients to mobilize their internal strengths and external resources and to develop self-management strategies for making sustainable, healthy lifestyle behavior changes. For 13 years prior to certifying as a health and wellness coach I worked as a professional special event planner in the hospitality industry, managing teams in the production and execution of private events, galas, conferences and national programs. I continue to produce events with the additional qualification of Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, designing and delivering lifestyle habit change and well-being workshops for private clients, non-profits, physician groups and corporations on a variety of topics. If you are connected to a medical clinic or physician network working towards improving the quality of healthcare in our country, and would like to collaborate on patient cases, programs, projects or events, please reach out as physician referrals are welcome. Specialties: Holistic health coaching for individuals and groups, wellness educator, wellness workshops, and special event planning and production within the health industry."