#31: Creating Inclusivity in Your Health Coaching Practice
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How can we (as an industry) be more inclusive - so that all people (regardless of their background, identity, and life experience) have coaches and practitioners who welcome them into their practices.
I was thrilled and honored to explore this topic with my dear friend and colleague, Functional Medicine Nutritionist and educator, Andrea Nakayama.
In the episode, you’ll learn:
- One way to think about inclusivity in your health coaching practice
- 3 questions to ask yourself to determine who you currently want invite in as clients
- How to provide a therapeutic partnership that’s inclusive, providing empathetic care
- How to approach the discomfort you may feel, with gentleness, if you choose to work with clients who are different from you
Links/Resources mentioned on the show:
Field Guide to Functional Nutrition
andreanakayama.com
“5 Clients in 30 Days” Step-by-Step Action Plan
About Andrea Nakayama
Andrea is a Functional Medicine Nutritionist and educator, who has led thousands of clients, and now teaches even more coaches and clinicians around the world in a revolution reclaiming ownership of both their own and their clients’ health. As the host of the 15-Minute Matrix Podcast and the founder of Functional Nutrition Alliance, Andrea draws on systems biology, mental models, root cause methodology and the therapeutic partnership to offer long-awaited solutions for the rapidly growing chronic illness epidemic.
After losing her young husband to a brain tumor in 2002, Andrea discovered a passion for using food as personalized medicine and is now regularly consulted as the nutrition expert for the toughest clinical cases in the practices of many world-renowned doctors. She trains approximately three thousand practitioners each year in her methodologies so that they too can become the last stop for their clients and patients as well as a trusted referral partner for doctors in their area.
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