Lifelong Wellbeing - Coaching for long term health
Hello. I’m Philippa D’Arcy, a Certified Functional Health Coach, now in training to become a Certified Functional Health Practitioner (or Clinician if you prefer), keen to share my knowledge of how to avoid chronic disease and align your lifestyle to long-term health and wellbeing.
Are you confused by the conflicting information on the web about health? Do you find it difficult to know where to go for information you can trust? Are you fed up with the conventional approach of doling out yet another prescription drug? What about the naturopathic health sector, comprised of brilliant specialists but also thousands of self-proclaimed experts all espousing their own non-evidence-based points of view? Where do you start? What should you do first?
The answer is right here.
The aim of this site is:
To help you navigate the jungle of health information that is available to you on the internet and through other channels
To provide you with expert resources from which you can learn and develop health strategies that are right for you
To introduce you to Functional Medicine and Health Coaching so that you can avail yourselves of these services if you should need
To introduce myself and my services as a Health Coach
What qualifies me to present information you can trust?
I was introduced to the world of functional medicine in 2015 by a young woman who had Lyme’s disease. At the time, few conventional doctors were prepared to acknowledge such a thing existed. She had been very ill for some years but was now well on the way to recovery thanks to functional medicine. She told me it had literally saved her life. At the time I didn’t really believe her, but I do now.
Since then I have been avidly exploring this amazing new approach to health. I have listened to hundreds of podcasts and videos, read over a thousand articles, and built a library of books that has required quite a reorganization of our storage facilities. I feel as if I am personally acquainted with most of the leading functional practitioners in the US, for I have listened to them speak so many times. With the passage of time I have worked out who to listen to, whose blogs to read and whose books are worth the effort.
I wish to share my knowledge with you, in a way that is logical, concise, straightforward and simple to navigate, so that you can efficiently find what you need to know and get on your way to optimal long-term health and wellbeing. All my opinions are formed by having read around the subject from many points of view. Where opinion is divided, I shall make this clear in what I write.
Whilst I originally trained as a functional health coach, since early 2022 I have been studying for my certification as a functional health practitioner. My goal is to qualify in 2025, and then run group sessions, to help as many people as possible at an accessible price point. In the meantime, and as I learn more, I shall continue to write pithy articles to do with building and maintaining resilience to disease. Who knows? One day I might turn them into a book!
I hope you find this site informative and useful.
In health and happiness,
Philippa D’Arcy A-CFHC
Functional Health
& Wellness Coach
Hello and welcome. If you seek a greater understanding of how to achieve optimal health, you are in the right place. If you feel you might want help along the way, just drop me a line.
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