Coaching Spotlights
Spotlight: Amber Reed
“So you plant your own garden and embellish your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring flowers to you.”
-Jorge Luis Borges
Spotlight – Beate Winterstein
In her free time, Beate enjoys brewing her own Kombucha, making her own yoghurt, growing sprouts and microgreens, broadening her knowledge and use of mindfulness, and introducing children to meditation by volunteering at local schools.
Spotlight- Tracie Heavner
Outside of a busy schedule, Tracie enjoys quilting and cycling in her free time. On her long commute to and from work, she likes to listen to Audible books about nutrition, as it has proven to be one of her many passions. After having lived in 15 different cities across the United States, her time […]
Georgia Childs – “Some people just want to be heard”
Georgia started her career by student teaching a health class. She had just graduated from ECU with a bachelor’s degree in Physical Education. Georgia recalls: “we had learned all about the different sports and how to teach physical education to the kids”. When she went in on that first day to help teach the 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 Series- Angelina Drews
To tell the story of Angelina Drews’ journey into health coaching is to tell a story about personal challenges and the woman who overcame them. Like so many others – family health concerns and work upsets moved her life course in directions she hadn’t originally planned. Angelina loved being a busy nurse on call 24/7 […]
Spotlight – Mary McGuire
Mary McGuire – “You can’t really do any wrong, no matter where the client is, they will get something out of it.” With more and more health disparities at her job as a researcher, Mary McGuire decided she wanted to focus more on the community and promoting health. This is how she found the Masters […]
Emily Medlin “They are like a flower, you pick the petals back”
What do you get when you mix a mother of one, a dog lover, an avid music fan, and a health coach? You get Emily Medlin, certified health coach with WakeMed Health and Hospitals. She was trained at UNCG’s Health Coaching Program during April 2017, however her coaching journey began before that at WakeMed. Emily’s […]
Spotlight: Crystal Dixon- “Coaching is like a tango dance, I follow their lead”
Crystal is an Academic Professional Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Health Education at UNCG. She joined the department in August 2016. Currently, she teaches six classes in the department, focusing on program planning and evaluation,community engagement and fieldwork. This emphasis comes from Crystal’s expertise in community recruitment, which she developed while working for […]