#10 Health Coaching: The Beating Heart of Future Healthcare
In this conversation, Dr Elizabeth Thompson and Izabella Natrins explore the significance of Integrative Medicine and Health Coaching. Izabella emphasises the importance of understanding patients in their context and the need for a holistic approach to health. They discuss the role of health coaches in empowering patients, breaking down health goals, and transforming healthcare systems. The conversation also touches on the future of health coaching, maintaining quality standards, and the integration of health coaching into various sectors to improve overall health outcomes.
Their conversation includes how
- Integrative medicine focuses on the whole person, not just symptoms.
- Health coaching empowers individuals to take charge of their health.
- The key question in health coaching is, ‘What do you want your health for?’
- Health coaches help break down overwhelming health goals into manageable steps.
- Transforming healthcare requires collaboration between health coaches and clinicians.
- Health coaching can improve patient outcomes and clinician satisfaction.
- Investment in health creation is essential for future generations.
- Health coaching should be integrated into public health initiatives.
- Clarity in the scope of practice is crucial for health coaches.
- The future of health coaching lies in its integration across all sectors of society.
More about our guest:
Izabella Natrins is the CEO and Director of Ecosystem Growth & Marketing Strategy at the UK & International Health Coaching Association (UKIHCA), where she leads with an integrative, whole health perspective that honours the complex interplay of bio-psycho-emotional-social-spiritual environmental influences shaping individual health. Izabella’s portfolio demonstrates her expertise in health and wellbeing with her leadership skills in strategic marketing, communications, and business growth.
With over 35 years of cross-sector experience in health, wellness and executive leadership, Izabella’s background spans roles as an MRC Health Research Psychologist in Public Health Medicine at the University of Birmingham Medical School, a Programme Manager for NHS England and the Department of Health, and the founder and Managing Director of a nonprofit management and organisational development consultancy. Formerly Director of Professional Standards and Development and a UKIHCA Registered Health Coach, she led the establishment of the UKIHCA Register of Professional Health Coaches – the first such centrally held Register for the health coaching profession in the world.
In spearheading the Association’s ecosystem growth, cultivating collaborative, cross-sector partnerships and leading its marketing strategy, Izabella’s objective is to position UKIHCA as a preeminent voice and pioneering professional body in health coaching worldwide.
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