The Chic Guide: What is Groundwork Health Coaching?
Tricia Brichler, Founder of Groundwork Health Coaching: Groundwork Health Coaching is an integrative health coaching practice that works with individuals, families, and companies to help set positive health changes in motion. Health coaching is like having a personal trainer, but for your whole self. Coaching motivates, supports, provides accountability, and resources for making healthy behavior changes.
The Chic Guide: What’s the inspiration behind it?
Brichler: My experience as a mom and registered nurse has provided an invaluable understanding of the healthcare system and challenges faced by families with implementing healthy habits at home. As a nurse, I was seeing a disconnect between treatments that were prescribed in the office and families incorporating them into their everyday routine. I wanted to help bridge the gap between when someone walks out of their provider’s office, overwhelmed by what they know they need to do to improve their health, but need some support in putting a plan in place.
The Chic Guide: Who’s behind it?
Brichler: I’m the one behind Groundwork Health Coaching. I’m a mom, national board certified health and wellness coach (NBC-HWC) and registered nurse with pediatric and holistic certifications.
The Chic Guide: What services do you offer?
Brichler: I offer individual coaching sessions for adolescents, young adults, adults, and families.
The Chic Guide: What makes Groundwork Health Coaching unique?
Brichler: Health coaching is a unique specialization in healthcare that recognizes the client as the expert of their health journey. We often know what we should be doing, but lack the internal motivation to make changes. Health coaching allows clients to examine their whole health in order to lay a foundation for change to be built upon. Health coaches utilize behavior change strategies and are trained in motivational interviewing techniques. These skill sets allow a health coach to partner with clients to design a vision, cultivate mindfulness and create the change they desire.
The Chic Guide: Is there anything new on the horizon for Groundwork Health Coaching?
Brichler: I’m working on a group coaching format to make coaching more accessible and create a community for those with similar goals.
The Chic Guide: Where can readers go to learn more and follow along?
Brichler: Readers can learn more at https://www.groundworkhealth.net/ or by following along on Instagram.