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Health Coaching

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Health Coaching is one-on-one counseling with a certified professional to help you identify and implement health-related goals to achieve personal success. Coaching sessions are done in person, by phone or virtually.

 

 

Who Is Eligible?

YourChoice Medical Plan Members are eligible for health-coaching benefits.

 
What Are the Benefits of Health Coaching?
  • Goal setting
  • Sticking to a health goal
  • Identifying the barriers to successful behavior change
  • Follow-through on a particular behavior or activity
  • Dealing with change
  • Building personal strength and resilience
  • Cultivating self-awareness, self-motivation, and self-empathy
  • Establishing positive patterns of behavior to achieve wellbeing
 
How Do I Use My Health-Coaching Benefits?

Members of Manatee YourChoice Health Plan receive up to 20 sessions per calendar year.

  • First 5 sessions are at no cost. Next 15 have $30 copay.
  • Sessions can be conducted in person, by phone or via video conference.
  • No pre-authorization required to set up first appointment

To set up an appointment, please reach out to the health coach directly (see below for a listing of coaches).

Please note: You must have a waiver on file with Manatee YourChoice to participate in the health coaching benefits. If you have not completed a waiver, click on the button below:

Complete Waiver

 

Meet Our Health Coaches:

Mirabai Holland, M.F.A. EP-C, CHC

YourChoice Health Coach

Mirabai Holland M.F.A. EP-C, CHC is one of the leading authorities in the Health & Fitness Industry. Holland is a Certified A.C.S.M. Exercise Physiologist, ACE Health Coach and Group Exercise Leader, American College Sports Medicine examiner and workshop leader and served four years as Chair of the American Council on Exercise Instructor Examination Committee.

Mirabai Holland

Tracy Lightburne

YourChoice Health Coach

Tracy Lightburne is a certified Health & Wellness Coach, as well as a Personal Trainer & Group Fitness Instructor. Tracy’s style of health coaching involves a holistic approach looking at all aspects of a person’s well-being. Tracy has worked with men and women of all ages and is passionate about helping people take control of their health.

Tracy Lightburne

Natalia Garcia, RDN, LDN, IFNCP, CISSN, CHWC, MB-EAT-C

YourChoice Health Coach/Registered Dietitian

Natalia Garcia is a Registered Dietitian/Licensed Nutritionist, Board-Certified Integrative and Functional Nutrition Practitioner, and Certified Health & Wellness Coach dedicated to helping men and women heal from the inside out. Her approach goes beyond surface-level changes, guiding individuals to transform their lives by addressing the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that shape their overall well-being.

Natalia’s coaching focuses on creating balance through sustainable habits, mindset shifts, and effective stress management; empowering her clients to step into the greatest expression of themselves, both for their own lives and in how they show up for others.

A Mindfulness-Based Eating & Living Awareness Instructor, Well Nourished Life Coach, and Certified Sports Nutritionist, Natalia brings a deeply personalized and compassionate approach to every client she serves. She has been featured on ABC7 and is also a corporate wellness speaker, inspiring individuals and organizations to build healthier, more aligned, and lasting lifestyles.

Natalia Garcia
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