We offer many services to help you live a healthy lifestyle.  Below are the services and programs we offer in helping you through health coaching.

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Registered Dietitian

Individual nutrition counseling for disordered eating recovery, prenatal/postpartum nutrition, feeding children, diet improvements and more.

Cost of program: Free consultation and then $10 for each visit thereafter.

Program Outline

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Never Diet Again - Intuitive Eating

Never Diet Again - Intuitive Eating is a 6 week one-on-one program that focuses on lifestyle changes for those who want to end emotional eating, reject the diet mentality, and incorporate optimal nutrition and fitness principles into their life. The sessions will focus on learning how to stop obsessing about food and break the cycle of yo-yo dieting in order to develop a healthy relationship with food and body. 

Cost of program: $35 for the entire 6 weeks (financial waivers are available if needed).

Program Outline

Participants will meet with a wellness coach each week for one hour.

Resources

  • Intuitive Eating- Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole
  • Eat What You Love and Love What you Eat- Michelle May
  • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Mayo Clinic
  • American College of Sports Medicine
  • National Academy of Sports Medicine

Program Outline:

Week 1

  • Eating Triggers and Physical Activity Assessment
  • Rejecting the Diet Mentality
  • Being In Charge vs In Control
  • Nutrition Labels and Fitting in Physical Activity

Week 2

  • Effective Methods To Measure Change
  • Hunger and Fullness Scale
  • Regulating Hunger Rhythms
  • Water Essentials and Incorporating Strength Training

Week 3

  • Making the Transition
  • Guilt vs. Deprivation: The Seesaw Syndrome
  • Fears That Hold You Back
  • Complex vs Simple Carbs and Proper Stretching

Week 4

  • Making Positive Choices
  • Redirecting Your Attention
  • Meeting Your True Needs
  • Protein Power and Physical Activity Check

Week 5

  • Mindful Eating Assessment
  • Benefits of Slowing Down
  • Detecting Fullness
  • Sugar Shockers and Physical Activity Check

Week 6

  • Respecting Your Body
  • What To Do If You Get Off Track - Strategies For The Future
  • Lifetime Approach
  • Sodium Savers and Physical Activity Assessment

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Nutrition Strategies

This is a 6 week one-on-one program that will focus on specific nutrition principles for optimal health. Each session will include nutritional assessments, counseling, and current and accredited nutritional education. This program will NOT assign a rigid meal plan or set of guidelines but will adapt each nutrition principle to the participants overall needs. In this program we will help individuals discuss and set realistic weekly goals so they can achieve a healthy lifestyle.

Cost of program: $35 for the entire 6 weeks (financial waivers are available if needed)

Program Outline

Participants will meet with a Health & Wellness Coach each week for one hour.

Resources:

  • Mayo Clinic
  • Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
  • American Heart Association
  • USDA
  • Harvard School of Public Health
  • China Study Project.

Program Outline:

Week 1:

  • Calorie Requirements
  • Learning the Tricks and Trades of a Nutrition Label
  • Healthy Eating Patterns for Optimal Energy

Week 2:

  • Fats Assessment
  • Healthy vs. Unhealthy Fats
  • Rejecting the Diet Mentality

Week 3:

  • Clearing the Carb Confusion
  • Incorporating Fruits & Veggies
  • Utilizing Hunger/Fullness Scale

Week 4:

  • Complete Incomplete Protein Choices
  • Becoming a Savvy Grocery Shopper
  • Effective Meal Planning

Week 5:

  • Sugar Shockers
  • Sodium Solutions
  • Eating Out Guide - Healthy AND Happy Options

Week 6:

  • Nutritional Assessment
  • Eating Cycles and Mindful Eating Habits
  • What To Do If You Get Off Track

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Plant Based Nutrition 

This program will focus on specific plant-based nutrition principles for optimal health. Each session will include nutritional assignments, counseling, and current and accredited nutritional education. 

Program Cost:
This program is $15 for all 3 weeks, including materials from each session. 

Program Outline

The entire program is 3 weeks long. Participants will meet once a week with a Health & Wellness Coach. Each session lasts approximately 45-60 minutes. 

Program Outline

  • Benefits of plant-based diet
  • Food tracking
  • Getting adequate nutrients
  • Meal Planning
  • Building strong bones
  • Consuming appropriate amounts of vitamin D & B12
  • Healthy & harmful types of fat
  • Carbohydrates
  • Calorie and food group requirements
  • How to navigate a nutrition label
  • Balancing protein needs and requirements
  • How to navigate the grocery store
  • Health concerns about dairy products
  • Special dietary concerns for pregnancy, infants & children
  • Essential fatty acids
  • Sugars

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at  801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Meal Planning  

This 3 week program is designed to help participants eat easily and nutritiously on a budget. Learn about basic nutrition principles, planning meals, grocery shopping tips, reading food labels, sticking to a budget, food safety, meal preparation strategies, and more!

Cost of program: $15 (financial waiver available if needed)

Program Outline

Participants will meet with a wellness coach each week for one hour.

Program Sessions-

Session 1:

    • Basic Intuitive Eating Principles
    • Basic Nutrition Principles
    • Building Healthy Habits
    • Benefits of Meal Planning and Preparation

Session 2:

    • Creating a Menu
    • Grocery Shopping Tips
    • Planning Your First Week

Session3:

    • Strategies for Meal Prepping
    • Sticking to a Budget
    • Easy Snack Ideas
    • Seasonal Foods
    • Basic Cooking Terminology
    • Getting Familiar with Various Cooking Appliances
    • Food Handling, Preparation, and Storage Safety
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Tobacco Cessation 

The Tobacco Cessation program is designed to help participants quit tobacco/e-cigarette use, with the help and support of a personal Health Coach. This program is designed to educate, inform, inspire, and support behavioral change. The program covers the many health effects of using tobacco and e-cigarettes and the positive changes that happen in your body immediately after quitting. Participants will receive individual attention to create a personalized quit plan, as well as resources to support participants through each step of the quitting process. This length of the program is based on the individual need of each participant.  Smoking cessation quit kit included.

Program Cost: Free

Program Outline

Participants will meet with a wellness coach each week for one hour.

Resources

Program Sessions:

Session 1

  • Why Quit?
  • Quitting Methods
  • Action Plan
  • Resist the Urge to Smoke Tips

Additional Sessions

  • Progress Report
  • Evaluation
  • New Goals

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Stress Less 

This one-time session is designed to help you learn about the different types of stress, the science of stress, the various types of stress responses, and how to manage some of the most common college stressors. Session includes an assessment to see where you are at on the stress scale.

Cost of Program: FREE

Program Outline

Participants will meet with a wellness coach for one hour.

**The effects of stress can be serious, and you must consult a medical practitioner or mental health therapist if you have any concerns over stress-related illness or are experiencing persistent unhappiness.

This session includes:

  • Types of Stress
  • The Stress Response
  • Stress Assessment
  • Managing Your Stress
  • Common Stressors in College

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Live Happy 

This one-time session is designed to help you learn about the many definitions of happiness, the science of happiness, including the different chemicals and neurotransmitters that affect happiness, the benefits of happiness, and how to cultivate long- and short-term happiness.

Cost of program: FREE

Program Outline

Participants will meet will a wellness coach for one hour.

*Please note: If you have been diagnosed with depression, are taking prescribed medication for depression, or think you may have depression, this program is NOT meant to replace medication and/or counseling from a mental health professional. Rather this program can be used to complement with medication and/or counseling that can help you experience greater clarity, freedom, and joy.

The session includes

  • The Science of Happiness
  • Benefits of Happiness
  • How to Cultivate Happiness 

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Healthy Relationships 

This one-time session focuses on relationship skills including conflict resolution and communication. Learn about how to develop healthy relationships with yourself, significant others, family members, friends, professors, coworkers, and classmates.

Cost of Program: FREE

Program Outline

Participants will meet with a wellness coach for one hour.

This session includes:

  • Your Relationship with Yourself
  • Relationships with Family
  • Relationships with Significant Others
  • Relationships with Friends
  • Other Relationships
  • Your Relationship Strengths
  • Healthy Communication
  • Conflict Resolution

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Sleep Session 

This one-time session is designed to help you recognize how important sleep is, which will then allow you to get on the path to better sleep. During the session you will be able to take various assessments, learn about sleep disorders and also learn what you can do for better sleep.

Program Cost: FREE

Program Outline

Participants will meet once with a Health & Wellness Coach. The session lasts 45-60 minutes.

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Physical Fitness Program 

The Physical Fitness Program is a 3 week one-on-one program for those who want to learn more about the different types of exercise recommended by the American College of Sports Medicine. Participants will receive detailed information about the benefits and different types of aerobic exercises, strength training and flexibility. The program provides easy-to-understand information and many handouts for specific aerobic exercises, strength training exercises and flexibility exercises.

Cost of program: $15 for the 3 weeks (financial waiver available if needed)

Program Outline

Participants will meet with a wellness coach each week for one hour.

Resources

  • The American College of Sports Medicine
  • The National Academy of Sports Medicine
  • American Dietetic Association
  • Mayo Clinic

Program Sessions

Session 1:

  • ACSM Recommendations
  • Benefits of Physical Activity
  • Identifying and Addressing Barriers
  • Aerobic Exercise Overview
  • Benefits and Types of Aerobic Exercise
  • Guidelines and Tips
  • Staying Hydrated

Session 2:

  • Strength Training Overview
  • Benefits and Types of Strength Training
  • Strength Training Basics
  • Body Composition
  • Creating and Maintaining Bone Strength
  • Exercising with Injuries
  • Carbohydrate and Protein Consumption

Session 3:

  • Flexibility Overview
  • Benefits and Types of Flexibility
  • Physiology of Flexibility
  • Assessing your Flexibility
  • Fat Consumption

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Making Exercise a Habit

This one-time session is designed to help you recognize how important exercise is and the many benefits that come with regular exercise, which will then allow you to get on the path to making it a habit!

Program Cost: FREE

Program Outline

Each participant will meet one-on-one with a Health & Wellness Coach and the appointment will be approximately 60 minutes in duration.

Resources:

The session includes:

  • Definition of and different types of exercise
  • The amount of exercise you should be getting
  • The benefits of exercise
  • The barriers of exercise
  • How we can combat these barriers
  • Why do you want to make exercise a habit?
  • Game plan! (scheduling workouts)
  • Touring the UVU Fitness Center

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Running 

Running can be hard and many people don’t know where to start. This one-time session is designed to help you learn about how to start and stick to a running program.

Program Cost: FREE

Program Outline

Each participant will meet one-on-one with a Health & Wellness Coach and the appointment will be approximately 60 minutes in duration.

This session includes:

  • Setting SMART Goals
  • Benefits of Running
  • Tips to Getting Started
  • Running Injuries
  • Food and Running
  • Additional Resources

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Prenatal 

This one-time session is designed to help you recognize the special needs that are required for a healthy pregnancy. During the session you will learn about the changes that occur in the body during pregnancy and how nutrition, physical activity, and other factors contribute to a healthy pregnancy.

Program Cost: FREE

Program Outline

Each participant will meet one-on-one with a Health & Wellness Coach and the appointment will be approximately 60 minutes in duration.

Resources

  • Mayo Clinic
  • National Library of Medicine
  • National Institutes of Health

This session includes:

  • Lifestyle Changes
  • What is Happening to Your Body
  • Ways you can Reduce Stress
  • Exercise
  • Calorie Intake
  • Weight Gain
  • Nutritional Needs

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Blood Pressure 

This one-time session covers the basic definition of blood pressure and what creates high blood pressure. The information will be helpful for those who have recently been diagnosed with hypertension, or pre-hypertension who are seeking to learn more about the condition. The program provides several lifestyle changes to prevent high blood pressure or reduce the symptoms you have now. We will be taking your blood pressure during this session.

Program Cost: The session fee is $5 which includes the session materials and the blood pressure test.

Program Outline

Each participant will meet (once) one-on-one with a Health & Wellness Coach and the session will last approximately 60 minutes.

Resources:

  • American Heart Association
  • Mayo Clinic

This program includes:

  • Blood Pressure Definition
  • Medications
  • 5 Lifestyle Changes

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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Coping with Celiac Disease 

This program is designed to give information about Celiac disease, which will help you better cope with the disease. It will also provide you with greater understanding of resources available to you.

By following the tips and principles from this program, you will find it easier to manage the disease and better adapt to the lifestyle you are required to live.

Cost of program: FREE

Program Outline

This program includes:

  • Detailed information about what Celiac disease is
  • Handouts for information on gluten free baking & cooking, as well as local resources
  • Helpful tips for leading a successful gluten free life

Disability Services: Our goal is to provide beneficial services to all members of the UVU community. If you need accommodations for any of our programs or services, please contact us at 801-863-5553. We look forward to working with you!

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