Health & Wellness Coach
About Laura
Board certified. More than twenty years alongside physicians and midwives. A practical, no-diet approach to eating and living well.
- National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC)
- Institute for Integrative Nutrition, health coaching certificate
- SUNY Purchase, B.A. Sociology
My training
I am a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC). For more than twenty years I have worked with midwives and physicians, counseling patients on their specific dietary, health and wellness needs.
Working with people from all over the world whose lifestyles had left them unhealthy taught me something: we can often heal ourselves, and taking a pill for every ailment is rarely the best cure. Small, simple steps can change a life.
I am a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, where I received my health coaching certificate, and of the State University of New York at Purchase, where I earned a bachelor's degree in sociology.
What a health coach does
A health coach is a guide and mentor — someone who supports you as you set goals and make sustainable changes to your health and happiness. Health coaching is not a diet. No diet works when the rest of a busy life is out of balance.
In our sessions we'll talk about food and find what works for you. We'll also look at the other parts of your life that shape your health: stress, sleep, exercise, relationships, career, purpose. We connect the dots between who you are and who you want to be.
My approach
I take a holistic approach, which means we look at how all areas of your life are connected. What makes you overeat? After a stressful day at work, do you come home and nurture yourself with a bag of cookies? Are you tossing and turning all night with worry, and too tired to exercise in the morning? We look at how all these pieces affect your health as a whole.
Together we work toward your goals — reaching a healthy weight, sleeping better, lowering stress, having more energy and more happiness. You'll leave each session motivated. And you'll learn that it's not simply about changing your diet. It's about changing your life.
Curious whether coaching is for you?
Start with a free consultation. No pressure, no commitment.