In the 35 years that I have been working as a health coach I have met some incredible women. I am happy to share their stories with you. May they inspire you and help you realize that healing is possible, that you have all the resources you need inside you and that every step forward you take is significant. All the stories are true but names and some details are changed to protect the privacy of my clients.
Gwen is an elderly lady who started coming to one of my women’s health groups. She came after her doctor warned her that she must do something because her diabetes was getting worse. Gwen was on medications for diabetes, high blood pressure, a heart condition and more. I was teaching a series of women health classes at a community center for low income residents and she came with some of her church friends to the group.
Gwen is a classic case of a woman who will take care of everyone else except herself. Her whole life was about caring for others. She worked at a school as a cook for many years before she retired. She took care of her family and raised her grandchildren while her daughter was struggling with addiction and incarceration. She was active at her church and always volunteered to help her community and those less fortunate than her. She was a true giver with a heart as big as the universe.
She attended the meeting with her young grandson, David, who could not stay home alone. He sat next to her, very quiet and shy but also very attentive to everything we said.
One
Woman's
Story of
Healing
Introduction
to a Better
Way of Eating
By Rachel Kieffer
32 | ElementsForAHealthierLife.com | October 2016