In this week’s episode, Host Jim Narum and Co-host Niccole LaDue discuss weight management and health coaching with guest speaker Jane Ruppert. Jane has worked in the health and wellness field for over 25 years, and she is now Vice President, Head of Coaching for Calibrate. Jane’s current role is to build a best-in-class national coaching organization to deliver high quality intensive lifestyle interventions for sustainable weight loss.
In her early career, Jane worked as a registered dietician and diabetes educator. During this time, she was mostly helping individuals with chronic conditions and found that the underlying condition most struggled with was weight management and obesity, which led her to her current role today.
Jane shares the important qualities that she looks for in health coaches along with some trends that she’s seen in the field and the growth of health coaching as a career path. She notes how health coaching has become more accepted as an intervention strategy and also touches on how to measure the success of coaching efforts and ensure a positive coaching experience.
When discussing her personal self-care, Jane jokingly says that she probably doesn’t do enough to take care of herself, but she tries her best to maintain a work/life balance, and makes time to take long walks, explore various trails on the weekends and try new vegetarian recipes with her daughter.
Join us for some great takeaways, you won’t want to miss out on this week’s episode!
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