About Health & Wellness Coaching
We Partner with You
Do you have a health or wellness challenge and need some support?
A significant part of treatment plans today include changes in nutrition, physical activity, and self-care.
We partner with you to:
- Clearly define health and wellness challenges
- Prepare to move forward through your stages of change and allow you to grow into your vision of success
- Develop the internal strength and focus needed to maintain your life changes
We support you through every step of the of the behavior change process.
Our Health and Wellness Coaches Are Trained and Committed to Helping You Improve Your Health and Well-Being.
Our health and wellness coaches will help you with a broad variety of health issues, such as
- Managing chronic conditions
- Improving nutrition and physical activity
- Lowering and maintaining healthy blood pressure and cholesterol levels
- Managing diabetes and metabolic syndrome
- Putting in place tobacco cessation strategies
- Coping with stress
- Attaining a healthy weight
We Meet You Where You Are in the Change Process
Whether you are in the contemplation stage, the planning stage, or an action stage of the behavior change process, our Healthy Encounters health & wellness coaches will meet you where you are and help you prepare to move through the stages of change.
Our coaches provide a nonjudgmental source of accountability while respecting the pace and the boundaries set by you.
What to Expect
You and your Healthy Encounters Wellness coach will jointly create a coaching program unique to you and focused on your desired outcomes.
Your wellness coach will employ a variety of tools, such as the Healthy Encounters Wheel of Wellness and a values prioritizer, to help you prioritize the areas of change in your life while respecting your core values.
Coaching Packages
4-Week Health Kickstarter Package
This is a 4-week client-centered collaboration with the coach of your choice. You will be introduced to the benefits of health & wellness coaching and put changes in place on the issue that is most important to you.
What’s included:
- Free 45 minute introductory session
- 2 - 45 minute 1-on-1 coaching sessions
- Text/Phone/eMail support between sessions
8-Week Changemaker Package
An 8-week partnership with a health & wellness coach who will help you discover your own motivation and put strategies in place for change.
What’s included:
- Free 45 minute introductory session
- 4 - 45 minute 1-on-1 coaching sessions
- Text/Phone/eMail support between sessions
12-Week Evolution Package
For 12 weeks, your coach will work in tandem with you as you reverse unhealthy habits and create new ones. Biweekly 1-on-1 coaching sessions will help you stay on track and achieve your goals.
What’s included:
- Free 45 minute introductory session
- 6 - 45 minute 1-on-1 coaching sessions
- Text/Phone/eMail support between sessions
- 1 - 45 minute closing session
Meet the Coaches
Michele Bierzynski
Michele Bierzynski
Michele Bierzynski
Michele Bierzynski, BME, MA, graduated from Southwest Institute of Healing Arts' Health and Wellness Coach program. She has completed a 200 hour course that emphasized motivational interviewing and the transtheorhetical model of change (TTM) as well as coaching ethics. She is working toward her national certification through the National
Michele Bierzynski, BME, MA, graduated from Southwest Institute of Healing Arts' Health and Wellness Coach program. She has completed a 200 hour course that emphasized motivational interviewing and the transtheorhetical model of change (TTM) as well as coaching ethics. She is working toward her national certification through the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBHWC).
Michele also brings a culturally diverse outlook to her coaching practice having lived in China and traveled throughout Asia, Europe, and northern Australia.She also taught English as a Second Language (ESL) at local community colleges and cultural centers which helped to further develop her cultural sensitivity.
In addition to being a Health & Wellness Coach, Michele is also a certified reflexologist and holds a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering (BME) degree as well as a Master of Art (MA) degree in Linguistics.
John Thompson
Michele Bierzynski
Michele Bierzynski
John Thompson, BBA, MSHRM, is a graduate of the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, and has completed 200 hours of academics, theory and practice in its Health and Wellness Coaching Program.
John was awarded a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management, majoring in Organizational Development, and is adept at collaborating with cl
John Thompson, BBA, MSHRM, is a graduate of the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts, and has completed 200 hours of academics, theory and practice in its Health and Wellness Coaching Program.
John was awarded a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management, majoring in Organizational Development, and is adept at collaborating with clients to find paths to successful personal and career changes.
John also currently helps companies provide safe, growth-centered work environments as Director of Environmental Health & Safety in the non-profit industry.