nutrition
what you eat MATTERS
physical activity
motion MATTERS
manage stress
your approach MATTERS
lifestyle medicine
because every part of YOUR story MATTERS
let’s prevent rather than react!
A whole person, big picture approach to your health and wellness-integrated into everything we do.
Lifestyle Medicine is evidence-based intervention that helps restore health and prevent disease using nonpharmacological interventions. Lifestyle medicine addresses 6 main pillars of health that can prevent disease by up to 80%! These pillars are optimizing sleep, exercise, stress mitigation, nutrition, healthy social connections, and avoiding risky substances.
…most of the chronic diseases that affect 160 million Americans and account for 78% of our healthcare costs are caused by lifestyle and environmental factors—namely our diet, sedentary lifestyle, smoking, chronic stress, and environmental toxins.
(Hyman, Ornish, & Roizen 2009)
sleep
quality and quantity MATTERS
social connections
who we & how we interact with MATTERS
risky substances
your approach MATTERS
Lifestyle Health Assessments (6 - 1 hour sessions)
initial session (1-2 hours)
Our initial meeting will involve an assessment covering all major pillars of health (exercise, stress, nutrition, sleep, social connections, risky substance abuse). To optimize your health, we will work to identify categories that need some additional coaching and develop SMART goals together.
follow-up sessions (1 hour)
These sessions will focus on the categories that need additional coaching and improvement. During these sessions we will help educate on areas for improvement, provide strategies and skills to help you make progress towards your health goals, and provide homework to practice those strategies. For example, if lack of sleep is a primary issue, a detailed action plan will be laid out based on evidence-based research on improving sleep.
we are here to empower and support YOU
You will be scheduled once a month for in person follow up sessions. This time gives you the space to practice your skills and work on concepts between sessions. We strongly encourage biweekly phone/email/Zoom check-ins with your provider to answer any questions that might come up and provide the critical element of accountability.
Natalie is wonderful. She is knowledgeable, caring, and thoroughly invested in doing the best for her clients. I highly recommend her!
Cheryl Parrish