Hi! Lydia here
Lifestyle Medicine and Health Coaching
Lydia is a medical doctor, a board-certified lifestyle medicine physician, board-certified health and wellness coach and certified mindfulness teacher. She obtained her medical degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1994. She has post-graduate certificates in Integrative Medicine and Mindfulness-Based Interventions from the University of Stellenbosch.
She is a professional member of Health Coaches Australia New Zealand Association, founding board member of the South African Lifestyle Medicine Association and a member of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.
Lydia has always been an advocate for the prevention, treatment and reversal of chronic ill-health by addressing the root cause with evidence-based lifestyle changes. This includes diet and physical activity as well as other lifestyle-related determinants of disease like sleep, stress and mental and emotional health. However, she also appreciates that developing and sustaining healthy habits is challenging and as a result uses a coaching approach to encourage and support her clients to explore and adopt new ways of living with greater confidence and ease.
Hi! Lydia here
Lifestyle Medicine and Health Coaching
Lydia is a medical doctor, a board-certified lifestyle medicine physician, board-certified health and wellness coach and certified mindfulness teacher. She obtained her medical degree from the University of the Witwatersrand in 1994. She has post-graduate certificates in Integrative Medicine and Mindfulness-Based Interventions from the University of Stellenbosch.
She is a professional member of Health Coaches Australia New Zealand Association, founding board member of the South African Lifestyle Medicine Association and a member of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine.
Lydia has always been an advocate for the prevention, treatment and reversal of chronic ill-health by addressing the root cause with evidence-based lifestyle changes. This includes diet and physical activity as well as other lifestyle-related determinants of disease like sleep, stress and mental and emotional health. However, she also appreciates that developing and sustaining healthy habits is challenging and as a result uses a coaching approach to encourage and support her clients to explore and adopt new ways of living with greater confidence and ease.
Lifestyle Medicine and Health Coaching
Lifestyle Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine is a medical speciality that aims to prevent, treat or even reverse many chronic diseases with the strongest evidence-based modalities available. The six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine include:
- A predominantly whole food plant-based diet
- Regular physical activity
- Adequate sleep
- Stress management and emotional wellness
- Positive psychology and connectedness
- Smoking cessation and avoiding other risky substance use
Health Coaching
Health coaching is a growing field built around the latest science on motivation and behavioural change.
A healthy lifestyle can have the greatest impact on the prevention, treatment and in some cases, the reversal of the following conditions:
- Type II diabetes
- Prediabetes and metabolic syndrome
- Heart disease
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Unhealthy weight
- Cancer
- Cognitive decline
- Relapsing depression and anxiety
client care
Lydia incorporates her three passions – lifestyle medicine, health coaching and mindfulness – into supporting her clients to achieve their health goals. She helps her clients overcome chronic physical and mental health challenges through a process that includes healthy lifestyle education, the development of self-awareness and self-compassion, and the skills to create sustainable health habits, so they can reclaim their vitality, energy and joy in living.
Practitioner Hours
Tuesdays – 9am – 3pm
Please contact her for a complimentary chat to find out how she can best support you.
Address
Arise Health
3/28 Station Rd
Margaret River, WA 6285