“Look after your heart.
Don’t be another statistic as I nearly was.”
I’m Gabrielle, a health coach specialising in heart disease.
You know that scary feeling when someone who you think of as healthy & fit suddenly has a heart attack, or worse has a second one.
That worry of
“What about me?”
“What would happen to us?”
I not only help people avoid heart disease, and to manage any damage done, back into a normal life again. I will also support you to help prevent, manage and reverse chronic lifestyle diseases such as type 2 diabetes, weight issues and common inflammatory conditions. Through my unique health coaching and workshops, I help you develop a lifestyle Plan for Healthy Living.
Workshops
“I listened. You inspired and uplifted me to change my life. It was the inspirational way you spoke, and I knew what I needed to do, and I am so grateful. I am fit & healthy again, back doing the work I love, but more than that I feel so good. Thanks to your inspiration I now have a new appreciation of life and living, and I love it”
— George S
Coaching
An intense period of work and study caused a complete shutdown of my body and immune system. I was told I was suffering from depression and needed medication. Working with Gay I became convinced that my body could be repaired by mother nature and positive thinking. Gay’s knowledge and support helped me develop a better way of life.
I am 16 kg lighter and drug free.
— Claire G
I arrived at work feeling fine - in HDU by lunch. There was no heart attack and my arteries were clear, but ongoing stress had been wearing it out like a motor left idling on high for too long. All they could do was a transplant for which at 65 I wasn't eligible hence my prognosis was poor. So with now nothing to lose, I decided if I didn't make some serious changes that I too would be another frightening statistic. Like my father at 64 after enjoying his round of golf. It was too sudden, and too young.
Heart deaths in New Zealand are every ninety minutes, one out of three, many with no idea anything is wrong. Although in later hindsight, I did remember warning signs that I had ignored during previous years. Finding a way to put the brakes on daily stress can be difficult. It's easier to just accept and forget.
Over the following months, I witnessed challenges that so many struggle with in trying to keep their quality of life. With already a strong background in health & wellbeing, I was now studying and researching to regain my health, and which then led to further qualifications so I could help others do the same. Health Coaching involving mindset, movement, nutrition and sleep benefits most of us, particularly when our days are not flowing easily. That’s when it’s either pay now or pay later.
My mentors were overseas Lifestyle Specialists and Cardiologists, and NZ PreKure, all well known for their results. Against the odds, I reversed my condition completely and now love encouraging others to regain their direction before it's too late. We all want good health with its easy flowing satisfaction, achievement and joy in our everyday living, our everyday activity and goals. It feels good and it’s worth having.
Five years ago, my doctors told me I had less than twelve months to live.
We all want good health.
It is often not what we know, but doing what we know.
Let me show you how simple methods can transform your life.
Does health coaching work? Is it for you?
Everybody is different, which is why health coaching has become a great way for people to achieve individual goals and aspirations that suit them.
Health coaching does not diagnose, treat or prescribe but provides guidance and support for you to self-manage your health in a way that suits your lifestyle, allowing you to discover what works for you.
It can be lonely and frustrating spending hours trawling through the internet looking for answers that are difficult to find, or being disappointed because your doctors do not have the time to answer all those questions you would like to ask.
A health coach has the knowledge and experience to guide you on this journey and free up your valuable time to get on with your life.
As a former heart patient, I know the struggles to overcome. Let me help guide and support you to gain your health freedom.
Your Heart
Exercise and diet are important but not enough - ongoing stress accounts for 90% of today’s doctors’ visits and is the underlying cause of most of our common diseases.
Science has destroyed the myth that once we get older it is too late to either improve or lengthen quality of life.
The heart, like the brain, has its own intelligence, emotions, nervous system and decision-making power. It can answer your questions, and impact your actions, their outcomes and therefore your life. When in sync with the gut and the mind it can change your life for the better, or the worse.
It can also learn, remember, sense and feel, and so how you look after it, is how long it will last.
If you want to feel great and avoid the struggle of things not flowing, let me help you to learn how. You do not have to do it alone.
Programmes
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Free Introductory session
A half-hour session by zoom or phone.
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Open Your Heart
3-month program to overcome obstacles and reset your health journey with the support and time for sustainable change.
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Workshops
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Nutrition
6-week introduction to heart healthy meals including shopping, kitchen, recipes and cooking.