Episode 17: The role of a Family Health Coach in your child's Wellness Journey
This week on the podcast, I am interviewing Carla Atherton. We talk in depth about the role of a Family Health Coach and the value they add to a family's wellness journey.
Carla Atherton, MA, FDN-P, is the Director of the Lotus Health Project and the Healthy Family Formula Practice and Practitioner Training Academy, Host of the Children’s Health Summit, Family Health Consultant and Coach, Writer and Editor, Curriculum Developer, Publisher, Workshop Leader, Yoga Instructor, Health (R)evolutionary, and Children’s Health Advocate.
Carla is a trained health coach through her work with Epidemic Answers Health Coach Training Course and Cynthia Pasquella of the Institute for Transformational Nutrition and has deepened her clinical knowledge of health, wellness, and functional medicine through her training with Functional Medicine University and Functional Diagnostic Nutrition, as well as her intensive yoga teacher training. She also holds an MA in English Literature with a heavy background in Women’s and Gender Studies, Psychology, and Academic, Business, and Creative Writing.
Carla specializes in family health with a focus on functional, holistic, natural health and wellness, with specific interest in functional neurology, nutrition, digestive health, the science of mind/body practices, stress reduction, mental health, addictions, epigenetics, childhood chronic illness, geriatrics, autoimmunity, bionergetics, detoxification, environmental illness, mold illness and CIRS, MCAS, energy medicine, PANDAS/PANS/ANDAS/AE, Lyme and co-infections, and immunology using the principles of lifestyle medicine.
Carla is a passionate advocate for client/patient care and education and believes strongly in the autonomy and empowerment of the individual, regardless of gender, age, race, or social status.
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Show Notes
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Music Credit
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