What is Integrative Medicine?
The Duke model of Integrative Medicine is based on a whole-person approach to Health & Well-Being. It is rooted in the understanding that all aspects of life are inter-connected, and have direct effect on the state of our health, the body’s natural healing powers, and our overall sense of well-being and contentment.
This modality is facilitated by a Duke certified professional coach who partners with individuals to cultivate sustainable, positive health changes by focusing on their personal goals and creating individualized plans. The coach is a specialized expert in the process of behavior change, offering support, motivation, encouragement, and evidence-based tools to help clients achieve their desired health and quality of life.
What are suitable topics for Health & Well-Being Coaching?
The scope of Health & Well-Being coaching is vast, covering a wide range of topics.
Nutrition • Fitness • Stress Management • Sleep Quality • Weight Loss • Work-Life Balance Overcoming Harmful Habit • Spirituality • Relationship • Healthy Communication. Other common topic is learning to cope with chronic conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart health.
Any concern that gets in the way of taking care of your optimal health is the perfect subject with which to begin coaching. Therefore, any topic you want to bring up that you think will contribute to your optimal health is an appropriate topic for Health & Well-Being Coaching.
How does it work?
The coaching relationship is unique. The coach and the client form a partnership to better equip you to realize your optimal health vision based on your own goals and values.
The coaching structure follows specific steps that lead to the creation of positive and sustainable life changes. The process begins with supporting individuals in discovering and assessing the current state of their well-being and their desired goals, by exploring multiple aspects of life in an integrative manner.
The process continues to the development of a tailored roadmap and actionable steps that lead towards the desired changes. The action steps evolve over time, accommodating life’s challenges, and adapting to personal growth. Being rooted in the neuroscience of behavior change and vast clinical research, the Duke coaching model stands out as a thoroughly systematic and highly effective method .