Lifestyle medicine is the use of evidence-based therapeutic approaches, such as a whole food, plant-predominant dietary lifestyle, regular physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, avoidance of risky substances, and positive social connection as a primary therapeutic modality for prevention, treatment, and reversal of the chronic disease.

Lifestyle interventions are designed to address behavior related to nutrition, physical activity, stress management, sleep, social support, and environmental exposures, whereas ‘Preventive Medicine’ strives to maintain health and prevent disease in patients and communities.

Here at our hospital, we practice a holistic approach to health and wellness, which means that we examine and assess how all areas of your life are connected. Does your never-ending “to-do list” cause you stress or anxiety? Does stress at your job or in your relationship(s) cause you to over-eat? Does the lack of sleep or low energy prevent you from exercising? Together, we will examine how all aspects and other parts of your life affect your health as a whole.
We work with our clients to understand how to get in touch with their body’s needs because we understand that life events and needs in your life will invariably change. Therefore, we wish to equip you with the self-awareness to make the best and right decisions for yourself in any given circumstance. We also believe every person is unique, and as such, their program must be tailored and specific to their goals and intentions and not to the latest fad diet.

Importantly, we listen to what you want and need to become the happiest and healthiest version of yourself. We use evidence-based therapeutic programs and ideas to motivate specific goals that bring you closer to where you wish to be. As your coach, we will not impose or dictate a diet for you, but together we will co-create your health and wellness goals within reasonable time frames along with actionable and achievable objectives so you know precisely what you are working towards.

Most approaches to healthy eating focus on calories, carbohydrates, fats, and proteins. Instead of creating lists of restrictions and good and bad foods, we coach our clients to explore basic improvements and implement gradual changes while we work closely together. As these pieces accumulate and come together, our clients quickly find these changes are collectively creating a much more significant impact on their lives than they originally anticipated. We work on what our clients wish to improve within their own particular circumstances and unique situations. Our clients find that small daily changes (i.e., small steps) repeated over time transform into healthy lifestyle habits.

Mindful eating, power plate, nutrient-dense food rather than low-calorie food are some of the techniques we use to create healthy eating habits and lifestyles.