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What Makes The Functional Medicine Coaching Academy Different?
Functional healthcare entrepreneur and friend of FMCA James Maskell knows that health coaches are a critical part of that future.
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Research Shows Health Coaching is a Growing Field
It is no secret that there is a health crisis currently affecting both this country and the world. With an exponential increase in chronic preventable d…
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How to Tell if the Health Coach You Hired is Legit
So, you've decided to hire a health coach. Congratulations on making a move to better your health and wellness. It is a choice that you won't regret. …
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7 Things I Bet You Didn’t Know About Functional Medicine
Getting healthy can feel overwhelming. Between changing your diet, fitting more exercise into your schedule, and adjusting day-to-day habits to improve you…
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Healthy Pumpkin Pancake Recipe Made With Coconut Flour
Autumn is finally here. Meaning the pumpkin craze has begun. These pumpkin pancakes are dairy-free, gluten-free, grain-free, and loaded with delicious fall…
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Why Should I Hire a Health Coach?
According to the CDC, “As a nation, we spend 86% of our health care dollars on the treatment of chronic diseases. These persistent conditions—the nation’s leading causes of death and disability—leave in their wake deaths that could have been prevented, lifelong disability, compromised quality of life, and burgeoning health care costs.” So why hire a health coach in 2019?
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“Functional Medicine saved my life” | Health Coach Student Spotlight: Shelley Bitzer
How has your own health journey impacted your approach to healing? For FMCA alumna Shelley Bitzer, living through a chronic illness nightmare exposed the pain and dysfunction of the conventional healthcare system.
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Functional Medicine – It’s What’s for Dinner!
What you put into your body is the foundation of your health. "Food is Medicine," a phrase we hear often is a term originally coined by Hippocrates, als…
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"It is SO empowering to empower others" | Student Spotlight: Marelda Rodrigues
Marelda Rodrigues, FMCA Alumni In Functional Medicine, we talk a lot about how food IS medicine and how a “treatment” doesn’t need to be a pill or…
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Your Personal Health Journey is Your Superpower | Student Spotlight: Heather Williams
Training to become a health coach isn’t usually the first step in our students’ healing journeys; it’s the next step on a long path toward prioritizi…