Promoting Health and Wellbeing

In this week’s episode, Chief Victory Officer, Eric Guy, is joined by Elyse Wagner, Co-Owner and Chief Wellbeing Officer at The Functional Medicine Coaching Academy. They discuss how functional medicine can promote and benefit our health and wellbeing.

Takeaways:
- Autoimmune or chronic disease is not just about the nutritional aspect. We have to consider and create a space for the emotional, mental and social impact that these diseases have on us.
- Coaches should take a “client-centered” approach: They are going to meet you where you are.
- 80% of chronic illness and disease can be helped with lifestyle and behavioral changes.
- Tune in and turn up your own internal wisdom and volume.
- Our choices come from our belief systems, which stem from our values.
- You can be your best health advocate and make the right choices that will serve you.

Quotes:
- “Lead without a title.”
- “Step into your own wellbeing and own it.”
- “Turn down all of the external noise.”
- “Tune in and turn up your own internal wisdom and volume.”