One of the changes our founder, Kevin, made on his journey to health and wellness was reconnecting with his lifelong passions of fitness and drumming. Iron refers to the weights used in the gym, and hickory refers to the drumsticks used on the drum set. These are just two of the many tools Kevin found useful for regaining and maintaining his health and wellness. Our coaches are excited to help you discover the tools that empower you to achieve and exceed your health and wellness goals.

Health coaching combines concepts and techniques from several scientific disciplines including Self-Determination Theory, Positive Psychology, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Utilizing their training in these areas, our health coaches partner with clients to support the client-led processes of defining health and wellness visions, discovering strengths and values, and designing strategies to achieve health and wellness goals. Our health coaching services are for anyone looking to optimize their health and wellness in any area of life, including but not limited to:

• Physical health

• Emotional health

• Occupational satisfaction

• Social connection

• Intellectual stimulation

• Artistic expression and creativity

• Spirituality

Nutrition coaches distill complex nutrition topics into engaging, practical, and easy-to-understand lessons that deepen nutritional know-how. Leveraging their training in nutritional science, our nutrition coaches collaborate with clients to explore their nutritional goals, identify nutritional blindspots, and provide curated information tailored to the client’s needs. Our nutrition coaching services are for anyone looking to:

• Become more fluent in the language of nutrition

• Demystify food labels

• Understand nutritional guidelines

• Evaluate eating habits

• Identify goal-specific nutrition principles

• Learn about nutrition tracking tools

• Put knowledge into practice

• Monitor adherence to a doctor-recommended meal plan

Health coaches and personal trainers have different areas of expertise and different scopes of practice. Health coaches have training that enables them to help clients explore and optimize their experience of health and wellness in a wide range of life domains including physical health, emotional health, occupational satisfaction, social connection, intellectual stimulation, artistic expression and creativity, and spirituality. Personal trainers have training that enables them to help clients explore and optimize their experience of physical fitness through the development of individualized exercise programs that target client fitness goals including losing weight, building muscle, and improving mobility, stability, endurance, strength, and power. Engaging with a personal trainer may be a single component of a larger health and wellness plan a client is developing with their health coach. Iron and Hickory Coaching offers personal training, fitness programming, health and wellness coaching, and nutrition coaching services to provide clients with a comprehensive menu of health and wellness services.

Nutrition coaches and dietitians have different scopes of practice. Dietitians may develop specialized meal plans and administer medical nutrition therapies based on client need. Nutrition coaches partner with clients to provide ongoing, personalized counseling and education that expands nutritional knowledge, empowers healthy food choices, and explores goal-specific nutrition principles. Clients may work with a dietitian to establish and monitor a meal plan and work with a nutrition coach to bolster their nutritional know-how and receive ongoing coaching support as they implement their meal plan.

You can start your health and wellness journey with Iron and Hickory Coaching today by clicking the button below to book a complementary one-on-one virtual consultation. During your consultation, you and your coach will explore your health and wellness vision and discuss the ways Iron and Hickory Coaching can support you. We look forward to connecting.