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Beth is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, an advanced practice nurse with deep experience in treatment and education related to Pediatric Nutrition. She is a NBCHWC, Exercise Fitness Specialist and a Lifestyle Medicine advocate for all things physical and mental health. Beth resides in Long Island, NY and remains dedicated to creating programs to promote human health and well being through many different avenues and has joined Terra to bring that dedication to our members.

Carrie is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, trained at Duke Integrative Medicine. She is also a Certified Yoga Teacher (CYT) through Yoga Alliance, and obtaining certifications in Lifestyle Medicine from ACLM, and Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Living in Sacramento, CA, but with a passion for travel and human connection, Carrie integrates the teachings from each modality to provide a holistic
and practical coaching approach to clients from all over the world.

Cecilia is a certified Integrative Wellness Coach that is passionate about helping folks achieve radiant health. She believes in the power of lifestyle medicine and plant-based nutrition as the base of success. Cecilia studied Public Health in her undergrad, she completed eCornell’s Plant-Based Nutrition Course, and graduated from the Health Coach Institute. She is now living on the island of Mallorca, Spain completing her MBA.

Chelle is a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach, Holistic Nutrition, and Whole Foods Culinary Specialist, and a trained Diabetes Prevention Lifestyle Coach. Using evidence-based principles and Lifestyle Medicine Chelle supports women seeking holistic solutions while walking through mid-life and searching for lifestyle improvement, nutrition, and health. Her specialty areas are women’s health issues, peri-menopause, pre, and T2 diabetes, stress management, sleep, nutrition, and mindfulness.

Cheryl is a Certified Health Coach and Food for Life Instructor, who's been employing the principles of a plant-based diet for over 20 years, including raising her four children on a plant-based diet. She's the founder of VegUcan Health & Wellness LLC, an organization designed to encourage healthy habits and lasting lifestyle changes for individuals. She knows how the power of food over health and well-being, and thrives in knowing that she can make a difference and empower progressive change in others, while simultaneously embarking on a personal journey of self-improvement and empowerment!

Dr. Dawn Woods is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, a pharmacist, a board certified lifestyle medicine professional, a certified health and nutrition life coach, and a certified vegan health coach. Motivated by the desire to have enough energy for her two young children, she changed her entire lifestyle and lost 40lbs. Implementing appropriate protocols of lifestyle medicine to prevent, treat, and reverse chronic diseases, especially diabetes, and weight loss therapy are activities that drive and inspire her.

Diane is a Registered Dietitian who loves helping people learn how their lifestyle can impact their health and quality of life, to empower people to make healthy choices. She has helped clients with a wide range of nutritional needs for over 30 years. She has Board Certifications in Diabetes/Renal Nutrition and is a Certified Lactation Consultant.   She believes that healthy living should be doable, accessible and affordable for everyone!

Jade Williams, RN is a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach. She is trained as a Lifestyle Medicine Coach through the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach through the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and a Lifestyle Coach for the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program. Jade has served as a coach, mentor, and facilitator with the Whole Health Institute and the Vanderbilt University Health Coach Certification program.

Jamie has been a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach since 2018. She lives in Arizona with her husband and their two kids (4 and 2 years old). She loves to read and create art with her kids. Lastly, you can expect Jamie to meet you with curiosity, empathy and humor. "Welcome to coaching, I’m really excited to be on this healthy living adventure with you!"

I’m Janet Pearson and I love to cook! My passion is teaching others how to use real, whole foods to nourish and transform. It starts with daily lifestyle choices and learning what to put on our plates. I have studied with culinary experts, lifestyle professionals, researched data, and have read most plant based cookbooks written. I use recipes as guides to create delicious meals that are economical, nutritious, satisfying, and easy to prepare. Let’s create dishes that you enjoy so you can have the health you deserve for years to come!

Janine Gilardeis a Registered Nurse, National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, Lifestyle Medicine Coach and Culinary Nutrition Coach. Janine’s mission is to motivate her clients to achieve healthier, sustainable, lifestyle habits. Whether you want to manage your stress, weight, or chronic conditions, or you want to learn how to prep quick and nutritious meals, Janine can help you create your own path to well-being so that you can be healthy, with more energy, better focus and a sense of calm.

Kathleen is Lifestyle Medicine Certified Health Coach with certifications in functional nutrition, yoga, mindfulness, Ayurveda, and a Masters in education and leadership. She works closely with midlife women who are ready to embody a healthier lifestyle. Kathleen has a passion for good food and believes food should be our first source of healthcare. She specializes in helping clients transition to a whole food plant-based diet, develop healthy ways to manage stress, move the body, and create sustainable lifestyle routines.

Kathy’s Ph.D. is in MindBody/Lifestyle Medicine and accompanied by NBC-HWC, ACC, LMC, Trauma-sensitive HeartMath® certifications. Having been a CBT for 30+ years, integrating coaching
psychology within her skill set was seamless. Kathy is an adjunct professor serving as dissertation chair/committee member for DHSc students at the University of Bridgeport (CT). At Saybrook University (CA) she teaches coaching (Integrative Wellness Coaching Department) and serves
on dissertation committees (Ph.D.).

Katie is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, pursuing her MSc in Health Psychology who partners with her clients to help them tackle the obstacles holding them back from realizing their best health. Whether dealing with the difficulties of natural life transitions or trying to lessen the impact of chronic illness, Katie meets her clients where they are at supporting their journey to improved health. Katie is also a breath coach and enjoys helping her clients use the power of their breath to help ease stress and encourage mindfulness.

Kristina is a certified functional medicine practitioner, registered nurse, psychedelic integration guide, massage therapist, and therapeutic yoga instructor living in Maui, Hawaii. She draws upon her comprehensive knowledge base to help guide your transformational process- physically, mentally, emotionally, & spiritually. By encouraging you to listen to your own internal guidance and by using the best that lifestyle medicine, psychedelic therapy, and somatic healing arts have to offer she lovingly resources and empowers you along your journey.

Laila Morcos Zissis inspires change focusing on WHOLE soul living through strategic planning, mind organization, and connecting to inner wisdom. She is an intuitive and an ICF Professional Certified Coach, National Board-Certified Health, & Wellness Coach, and a Certified MentorCoach who brings evidence-based techniques and visionary solutions to help others move into higher levels of living. She has a passion for helping people remove the blocks hampering their wellbeing to live a joyfully energetic life.

Lara is a registered dietitian with Degrees in biology, nutrition, and a Masters in nutritional science. Her passion for nutrition stemmed from working at a hospital and observing the crucial role of nutrition in recovery from infections, illnesses and wounds. She knows the effects of trauma and chronic disease and is dedicated to help treat and prevent patients towards a functional, healthy and longer life using a strong nutritional platform.

Lauren has been a PA since 2007 with experience in Internal Medicine/Primary Care and Preventive Cardiology. She brings great passion and a wealth of knowledge to the Lifestyle and Wellness community. She loves helping her clients achieve optimal emotional and physical health, preventing and even reversing diseases such as hypertension, obesity, high cholesterol and diabetes.  

Lillian is an RN and a Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach. She has helped clients deal with various conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, obesity, chronic pain, stress, anxiety, and burnout. Using motivational interview techniques, she partners with her clients to assist them in shifting their mindset by meeting them where they are, calming their inner critic, and assisting them to see the possibilities of reaching their goals.

Inspired to help others after experiencing her own massive weight loss and health transformation, Linda became a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach. Trained in Lifestyle Medicine, Emotional Eating and Culinary Habits, she helps clients end the vicious cycle of emotional eating, implement healthy mindset, behavioral and lifestyle modifications that address the root of the problem, restores health, well-being and quality-of-life.She is an empathetic, compassionate coach and believes in her client’s ability to reclaim their life!

Lydia Johnson is a Board-Certified dermatologist for more than 20 years.  In 2020, she embarked upon a passionate journey to utilize her medical knowledge and experience to create a more widespread impact on our health as a Board-certified Lifestyle Medicine physician and certified health coach. Lydia is committed to maintenance of health, total well-being, and disease prevention, empowering others to enjoy lives of optimal well-being through lifestyle behaviors that are accessible to all. 

Margaret is a Duke University certified integrative health coach and ADCES certified diabetes prevention and care lifestyle coach who partners with clients to look at their lives as a whole, set achievable action steps, establish accountability, and ultimately lead them to their best health. As a meditation instructor, she works to target stress reduction and lower levels of cortisol. She looks forward to partnering with you on your health journey.

Maria discovered a passion for disease prevention early on in her career as a registered dietitian. Over the last 16 years she has helped thousands of people with chronic disease meet their wellness goals by promoting food as medicine. Many find the whole food, plant-based message she promotes to be grounding in a world filled with much confusion about healthy eating. Maria enjoys partnering with her clients, helping them achieve their goals with her supportive and empowering coaching style.

Marian is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach, and has been an acupuncturist in private practice for over 20 years. Her passion for lifestyle medicine grew out of a desire to empower her clients to reclaim their health and well being. Since 2012, Marian has earned coaching certifications from Wellcoaches, Wellstart Health, American College of Lifestyle Medicine and a plant-based nutrition certification from eCornell. Marian’s mission is to guide her clients to grow lifestyle habits they love--habits that provide a solid foundation for their thriving.

Mia is a NBHWC Health Coach and an ACE Fitness GFI fromHouston, TX! For the last 6 years, she has been working in the health and fitness industry, and as a Health Coach. Mia has assisted more than 500 people to build a healthier lifestyle. Her coaching style is focused and goal-oriented and she uses motivational interviewing techniques. As your Coach, Mia aims to help you achieve your ULTIMATE GOAL by setting small actionable goals, and she will help you overcome the obstacles that arise.

Michele Loesch is a certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach and Board Certified with the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaches. She has a passion for educating, inspiring, and empowering clients to get well and stay well. Michele embraces living a healthy lifestyle, by choosing whole unbroken foods, movement, and incorporating mindfulness and stress reduction techniques into her life.

Patrick is a Health Coach who is passionate about connecting client values to healthy behaviors. Patrick spent the bulk of his career in the medical device industry where he came to recognize the shortfalls of treating symptoms over addressing the true cause of disease. This experience along with his success managing his own chronic vestibular condition through lifestyle deeply motivate Patrick to share the power of Lifestyle Medicine with others. Patrick is certified in Plant-Based Nutrition through eCornell.

Richard is a multiracial global citizen who studied psychology, social work, medicine, plant-based nutrition, diet & lifestyle intervention, organizational leadership, & Spanish/English medical interpreting. He has worked with thousands of individuals utilizing Lifestyle Medicine in a variety of settings since the year 2000. His experiences don’t authorize him to talk down to
anyone – instead, he’s learned that all individuals are of infinite value & that health is a precious & fragile gift to be nurtured & protected.

Reem is a preventive health care provider who helps her clients transform their lifestyle to a standard that fits their vision and values.  Supporting her clients in addressing the root cause of the chronic illnesses, identifying and achieving their personal goals through lifestyle modification and coping with the issues that are causing them distress, anxiety, physical pain and unhappiness is her specialty.

Sara enjoys coaching adults who feel frustrated or ‘stuck’ with work/life stress getting in the way of exercise, eating healthy, losing & maintaining weight. She is a Certified Health and Well-being Coach, Exercise Physiologist and Lifestyle Medicine Coach with over 15 years of experience. Sara is passionate about partnering with clients to create goals around their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health to make positive lifestyle changes, prevent diabetes and better manage their chronic health conditions so they can live healthier lives.

Sherrie is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach and a 40-year exercise professional. She is a Master’s-level Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist, employed in a hospital-based Cardiopulmonary Rehab program for over 25 years. Sherrie is dedicated to the principles of Lifestyle Medicine, helping people discover their best health potential through sustainable lifestyle choices.

Shruti's name means to "hear" and she is eagerly waiting to listen and be a resource for you to achieve the health goals you have been pursuing (physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually), by way of a more plant based nutrition strategy and simple Lifestyle changes. Shruti made the change herself in 2011 and it's been an amazing journey bringing abundant health and happiness into her life. She is happy she can be that person who can walk with you in your new journey and help you to make the right decisions to lead your life in a very holistic way!

Hi! I’m Silvina, a Spanish bilingual registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator, mother, and health communicator with a special love for physical activity, from neighborhood walks to snowboarding, with an emphasis on playing tennis! I enjoy educating people about healthy lifestyle choices that include eating great nutritious whole foods combined in simple-quick meals and helping them to find ways to move during the day, while saving some time to relax and get enough sleep. Making healthy lifestyle changes can help conserve or improve our bodies’ health, and helping individuals to achieve positive changes is my focus and passion. 

Stephanie is a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach and a Certified Health Education Specialist, and she holds a master's degree in Health Education. Stephanie is passionate about helping people to reverse heart disease risk factors through lifestyle change. She works with physicians and businesses to provide integrative health coaching and small group lifestyle medicine classes.While pills and procedures have their place, Stephanie wants to help you reduce your reliance on them where possible. Through unconditional support and sustainable change, she can help you experience true health and a fuller sense of wellness.

Tami is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach and has a graduate degree in the biomedical sciences. She supports others using her perspective gained in former professional roles as a biomedical scientist and a workplace health and safety officer as well as through her personal proactive management of the chronic condition epilepsy. Tami enjoys soccer, gardening, and hiking in nature. She is passionate about physical fitness, balanced nutrition, brain health, and healthy aging.

Terri is a National Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach, yoga instructor, and nutrition educator. She holds an M.S. in nutrition as well as a M.Ed. and Ph.D. in education. She believes taking care of your own health is one of the most important gifts you can give to yourself and those around you. She enjoys working alongside clients helping them to implement sustainable lifestyle changes that bring them a more fulfilling and healthy life.

Theresa is a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach. In remission from late stage Lyme disease, Theresa possesses valuable insight into the many challenges one encounters in healing their chronic and autoimmune conditions. Her coaching is rooted in the principles of lifestyle medicine, where you will learn to take control of your well-being and be your own advocate for health.

Vince is a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach who received his initial training and certification from The Mayo Clinic. Vince contracts with multiple businesses and nonprofit organizations in providing both oral and written education on the benefits of plant-based living for personal health, environmental stewardship, and ethical concerns. Vince utilizes positive psychology and a strength-based focus to empower patients to be their best selves. 

I am a Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner. Certified in Behavior Modification, Diet Therapy, Holistic Health & Wellness Coaching, Exercise Science & Whole Food Plant Based Nutrition. After my own health transformation of losing 120 lbs and reversing Type 2 Diabetes; my passion became to help every person I can to live their optimal life. Free from chronic disease, overuse of medications and under estimation of the body's natural healing capability. My approach is a simple one--emphasizing proper nutrition, restorative sleep and some daily activity. My focus is on individualized goals, preferences and habit change to form a plan with my clients to help them reach the outcome they desire.