News and Events
Coaching Beyond the Scale
This is the second part of a two post series by one of our certified health coaches, Emily Burrows. Please look at the first part here: What if Weight Loss Doesn’t Make our Clients Healthier? UNCG Health Coaching recognizes that there are a diversity of opinions about this issue, and encourages thoughtful discussion that helps us learn to […]
What if Weight Loss Doesn’t Make our Clients Healthier?
This is a guest post by one of our certified health coaches, Emily Burrows. UNCG Health Coaching recognizes that there are a diversity of opinions about this issue, and encourages thoughtful discussion that helps us learn to be better coaches. The second part in this two-part series is now online: Coaching Beyond the Scale. What […]
Coaching and Loving Detachment
I’m making an assumption here, but if you are the kind of person who decided to be a health coach, you are probably the kind of person that is empathetic, wants to help people and genuinely cares for, maybe even love, your clients. Good coaches are empathetic people. We can feel for our clients and […]
HealthyUNCG Coaching Services!
We are excited to announce our new partnership with HealthyUNCG, UNCG’s employee wellness program! Starting this fall, UNCG employees (faculty and staff) can receive free coaching services. If you are an employee, please see the HealthyUNCG Coaching Services page to learn more and sign up.
Two New Modules: Hypertension + Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke!
We are excited to announce our two newest modules: Hypertension Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke We hope that they are helpful for coaches integrating their tools and skills into helping clients with these common health concerns! As you may know, we have been adding modules for health and wellness knowledge to help our coaches prepare for […]
Online Module: Metabolic Syndrome!
Are you familiar with Metabolic Syndrome? Do you or your clients have questions about it? What does it mean to be diagnosed with it? We hope that our new module, Metabolic Syndrome, will help clarify how to define it and how to integrate that into your health coaching. As a reminder, check out our other […]
Online Module: Health Coaching and Sleep!
Are you planning to take the ICHWC National Exam? We are currently preparing a series of online modules to help you prepare for the health and wellness competencies. Our first module is on a topic that we find many of our clients wanting to focus on: Sleep! To check it out, go here: Sleep Health […]
Spotlight – Emily Burrows
Emily Burrows – Self Care Coaching Emily is a self care coach and yoga instructor based out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina. After a period of working in public health, she found herself at a crossroads, unsure of what she wanted to do next – counseling and workplace wellness were both appealing, but not perfect […]
Spotlight – Jennifer Pittman
Jennifer Pittman- “I’m using my own pain to empower others” Jennifer is a stay at home mother of two children. Her oldest son has autism. Jennifer is also military spouse, business owner, public health educator, and health coach. She knows first hand the unique stressors women and girls often face. Jennifer has used her very […]
Spotlight: Scarlett Ruppert
Scarlett Ruppert – “You’re Health Coaching even when you’re not Health Coaching.” Scarlett is currently a 2nd year student in UNCG’s Masters of Public Health Education program. Additionally, she is a Graduate Assistant with HealthyUNCG (UNCG’s employee wellness program) and interning with Elon BrainCARE. She initially found health coaching through her job at HealthyUNCG. Their […]