Whole Health Blog

A health coach is your practical, hopeful teammate — someone who turns big wellness goals into tiny daily habits that actually stick. Using evidence-based tools, personalized plans, and gentle accountability, a coach helps you build routines that fit your life so healthier choices become effortless, not another chore.

The other day, my 17-year-old daughter was watching a reality television show about high school students who were treating each other quite badly. The lack of respect that many of them showed towards other students was stunning. What was even more disconcerting was their lack of awareness that the people they were taunting and verbally abusing had the same range of feeling they did; wanted to be accepted and valued as they did and wanted to belong within their peer groups, ju

by Dr Georgianna Donadio When was the last time you cracked open a fortune cookie? Those little slips of paper filled with uplifting, motivational messages always seem to brighten our days. Their snippets of inspiration, such as “you will be sharing great news with all those you love,” “be patient — success is near” or “happiness awaits you,” get posted on bulletin boards as a reminder of possibilities yet to come. These little harbingers of imagined visions or destiny spur u

In this NIWH Graduate Spotlight, discover how Marilyn Kier, BS, OMT, BCTMB transformed her decades of massage therapy experience with whole person training from the National Institute of Whole Health. Read how her patient advocacy skills grew, how she helped a client dramatically improve metabolic health, and why she encourages others to explore comprehensive whole health education.