The “New You” Story

Meet Emily.

At 52, Emily was living with depression, anxiety, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and high blood pressure. Although her conditions were "controlled" with multiple medications, she still felt exhausted, overwhelmed, and disconnected from her health.

She struggled with poor sleep, emotional eating, and difficulty finding motivation to make changes. She wondered if feeling this way was her “new normal.”

Through personalized lifestyle medicine coaching, Emily was able to transform her mindset and daily habits. Through gradual, sustainable changes to her nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, and social connections, she was able to find that “new you” feeling. She felt more energized with a better mood, her blood sugar and blood pressure markers improved, her weight reduced and was maintained, and she felt a greater sense of control over her own health.

In partnership with her healthcare team, several of her medications were safely reduced as her health improved.

Emily’s story illustrates an important truth: being “medically stable” is not the same as feeling your best and thriving. Lifestyle medicine aims to help you feel your best by addressing the foundational issues associated with chronic disease—one small step at a time.