Question 1

Who will be my Health Coach?

Accepted Answer

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Scott Feldman, NBC-HWC (National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach) is the Founder and CEO of Healthy STEPS, LLC -- a Health & Wellness Coaching company in Baltimore, Maryland with a mission to empower people to achieve greatness in mind-body health through evidence-based behavior change strategies. 
 
He has worked with individuals and groups, and specializes in behavioral health strategies for preventing, managing, and alleviating symptoms of various physical and mental health conditions, including:

• Anxiety
 • Depression
 • Diabetes
 • Heart disease
 • Hypertension
 • Obesity
 • Stress

He has also given presentations on mind-body medicine to groups of health and wellness coaches.

Prior to his coaching career, Scott worked in several research labs at institutions such as:

• The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery)

• The National Institutes of Health, Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (Pediatric Allergy Clinic)

• University of California, Los Angeles (Internship in Neurolinguistic Musicology)

• Sinai Hospital, LifeBridge Health (Department of Endocrinology, Cholesterol Metabolism Lab)

• University of Maryland School of Medicine (Department of Physiology, Kidney Metabolism Lab)

Scott graduated with Honors from University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 2004, earning a B.S. in Biopsychology and a minor in Piano Performance. He served as Co-President of the Health Pre-Professional Society during his junior and senior years, and was an Emerging Leader of the Year nominee.

Recently, Scott has gone through advanced training in:

• Mind-Body Medicine under Dr. James Gordon, MD, a Harvard Med educated psychiatrist and former chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary & Alternative Medicine (under Presidents Clinton and GW Bush).

• Positive Intelligence (Mental Fitness Program) under Professor Shirzad Chamine, MBA of Stanford University who runs the largest coach training program in the world.

Scott passed (https://members.nbhwc.org/member/scottfeldman)the NBHWC (National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching) certification exam, the "gold-standard" for health coaches created in collaboration with the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME).

He enjoys reading, exercising, composing piano music,(https://healthystepstoday.wixsite.com/piano-lessons) and spending time with his family.

Question 2

What does STEPS stand for?

Accepted Answer

Sustainable Transformations
Build lifelong healthy habits through a stepwise process of behavior change.
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Evidence-based Practical Strategies
Rooted in research from neuroscience, positive psychology, medicine, and other fields, we provide effective strategies that are personalized for your immediate and long-term needs.

Question 3

How exactly does health coaching work?

Accepted Answer

Think of it as a partnership between you and your coach through which your personal strengths are used to create and achieve goals using custom-tailored behavior change strategies. With a deep respect for your talents and skills, your coach will help you maximize your health and wellbeing so that you can achieve your best, healthiest self - in a holistic, nonjudgmental, and collaborative manner. This will help bring out your potential with the help of evidence-based tools, and ultimately generate a long-term transformation.

Question 4

Can I see what your quarterly emails look like?

Accepted Answer

Absolutely! Here's one from Winter 2024-25. Visit our HOME PAGE (healthystepstoday.com)to subscribe!