About Go Health! Go You!
Experience, education, passion, and capability. I am Go Health! Go You! and I am ready willing and able to help you succeed. With my own transformative wellness experience and changes in my life, accentuated by my education, counseling career, and personal vitality, I am confident to provide what you want to experience success. Simply put, I excel at working with people through change. I believe we are bio-psycho-social-spiritual beings and attention to all these parts brings balance to the whole. I believe in your resilience, can empathize with your challenges, and I create a comfortable, safe space for you to explore hopes, goals, and dreams, and find strengths you’ve always had.
Contact me for a complimentary session to discover if working with me is what you want.
About Barb
My personal journey has given me genuine insight into the challenges one can encounter on the path of wellness and change. I understand obstacles, and have many techniques for identifying those, as well as skills to get beyond them.
My path was long with many switchbacks along the way: slow progress. There came a time, about 25 years ago, when I was so unhappy I didn’t like myself: I didn’t like to look in the mirror. I needed and wanted change, and didn’t know how to. The next two decades were a steep climb of small steps; educating myself, making healthier choices, finding motivation to move again, and feeling better…and better about myself.
Fast forward: I now love and accept myself and can look in the mirror and smile! I am motivated towards health and wholeness in all aspects of myself. And in June 2023 I achieved my biggest physical goal; I summited Kilimanjaro!
I moved to Colorado Springs in the fall of 2021 and love it here. I see Pikes Peak every day. There is sunshine 300 days a year, and yes, it gets cold, but I even love that because wearing sweaters and sunglasses is my favorite! I am rejuvenated in nature, and love to hike with other outdoor enthusiasts and my dog Scout. Mostly I love being near family, nurturing meaningful friendships, deepening my faith walk through service and community, and learning to live with gusto! I aspire to write children’s stories (and more), and to learn to paint… someday, right!?
It would be a privilege to meet you soon and help you live with gusto and go for your dreams! Go Health! Go You!
My Approach and Style
I believe that every person knows themselves best, and has individual needs, wants, and strengths. What can work for one person, doesn’t work for all; there is no ‘one size fits all’. Therefore, an integrative approach to health – body, mind, and spirit – is key to sustainable and meaningful wellness. This is what we work on together. I work as your guide, with you choosing the destination. I bring to you my insight, knowledge, and enthusiasm as your coach, to help you enrich your life, finding balance and joy.
My Credentials
I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in Social and Behavioral Studies, and a Master of Science in Health Coaching, with a Concentration in Applied Nutrition. Earlier studies were in addiction and recovery.
I am a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC). My prior career was as a Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor (CADCIII). I retired from counseling in spring, 2022, to focus on Wellness, and Recovery Coaching.
Education, life experiences, counseling for years, and my own personal transformation, have all shaped me to be a person with greater empathy, less judgement, and skillful communication.
