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Welcome to Health Coaching by Larry Kenneth Gates

This site is currently in development: a place to collect and organize my thoughts on becoming a health coach. You've probably gotten here because I've asked for your feedback and advice that can be sent here..

My experience with health and coaching

I feel ready to coach others to improve their health because I have:

Improved my own health, and learned in the process.
Mentored (i.e.) coached colleagues in software development and on one of the 'paths of spirituality'.

The two kinds of coaching I'm particularly focused on are:

Mental health

Aging well

My training and certification(s)

I'm enrolled in Functional Medicine Coaching Academy course. This starts 1 September, 2024 and lasts 12 months. It enables sitting for the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) certification.

I've left notes on coaching training programs I considered.

In my own health and life journey I have learned from many authors and podcasters. These are some I especially value and some others that might be of interest: caveat emptor^[1], YMMV ^[2].

How you can benefit from coaching

Location and contact details

I live in Visalia, California, in the beautiful and bountiful Central Valley, within sight of the Sierra Nevada mountains and Sequoia National Park. I can work face-to-face with local clients and online.

Footnotes

↑ Buyer beware (Latin)
↑ Your mileage may vary (Interneteze)

[1] Buyer beware (Latin)

[2] Your mileage may vary (Interneteze)

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 # [[Mental health]]
-=== Aging well ===
+# [[Aging well]]
-I have transitioned from middle age to my senior years. From full-time work to part-time. From father of 4 children in the house to grandfather of seven (and father of adult children who live in four countries). My [[metabolic health]] is good enough to avoid almost<ref>exceptions</ref> all of the [chronic diseases] now rampant in American society (and to a lesser degree, the industrialized world.) My biomarkers<ref>explain</ref> are in the 'normal'<ref>ex</ref> ranges, without need of any of the typical medications of someone in their seventies. I intend to exceed my parents health-spans<ref>ex</ref>, who flourished into their nineties.
 == My training and certification(s) ==