Integrative Health Coach Blog About Healthy Living Choices

Finding A Better Primary Care Doctor

Posted by Janet Solie MS, PA, IHC on Apr 16, 2012 in General Health | 0 comments

A dear girlfriend of mine two years ago developed a mysterious illness with a series of what appeared unrelated symptoms that triggered a hospital admission and a life threatening rare illness.  She had one of those “one in a million” diagnoses that only a TV doctor character like House could solve. What ultimately saved her life was (more…)

Rethinking Wheat And Whole Grain Diets

Posted by Janet Solie MS, PA, IHC on Mar 6, 2012 in Nutrition | 0 comments

As an integrated health coach, and clinician, I have followed nutrition and food policy in the US for many years. Not only do I want to have the most current information and best diet strategies for my clients, I want to provide the healthiest and safest food for my family. I intentionally buy organic and make homemade meals for most dinners as well as (more…)

Looking Back To Go Forward

Posted by Janet Solie MS, PA, IHC on Jan 24, 2012 in Health Coaching, Stress Management | 0 comments

As we start a new year, my coaching clients and I are reviewing their progress since they began a coaching program with me. Over the years, I have come to appreciate that progress unrecognized is progress lost. Even my clients who have been in coaching as little as three months have made impressive inroads in the areas of stress management, exercise, movement, rest and nutrition.

Coaching is first and foremost a transformative process where obstacles are on-ramps for new perspectives, a mindful experience that allows clients to (more…)

Killer Triad Dilemma

Posted by Janet Solie MS, PA, IHC on Nov 16, 2011 in Lifestyle Medicine | 0 comments

In my family, both my father at age 63 and my only sibling a brother at age 48 were taken early due to a combination of coronary artery disease and diabetes. My father struggled with obesity and diabetes from his early 30s. Although he saw his family physician often for care related to his diabetes, high blood pressure and coronary artery disease, no one spent time in a coaching role to help him with the necessary diet and exercise changes that could have extended or improved his quality of life. My father took a multitude of medications for his heart and diabetes, but medications can’t cure diseases like coronary artery disease and diabetes. At best the meds attempt to control symptoms. If he had (more…)

In Hard Times, Making Things Last

Posted by Janet Solie MS, PA, IHC on Sep 13, 2011 in Health Coaching | 0 comments

The other day I was at a patio store buying new covers for my patio furniture. The owner mentioned no one was buying new furniture anymore. Instead he said, “Customers were just buying new cushions and umbrellas. Of late, shoppers were looking to (more…)