Journey 2 Health

Taylor Treacy is a passionate thought leader within the realm of female athletics as she supports and encourages athletes to balance sport with life. As a former UNC volleyball athlete and retired pro-player, she is using her personal life experience to shed light on the challenges that accompany being a college athlete, specifically mental health. She created a platform called, The Virago Project which creates open dialogue and a safe space for female athletes to connect. She’s a positive force and you’ll be inspired as she shares her hope for the future of changing the landscape of female athletics.Enjoy this final episode of Season 1 of the Journey 2 Health podcast, we will back with Season 2 in the Fall! In the meantime you can review show notes at www.journey2health.com/podcast. 

Elli McGlauflin is a vibrant, magnetic and enthusiastic ray of sunshine in your day, however, before the Journey 2 Health program, she didn’t feel that way.  She was 50 lbs. overweight, not physically active, alcohol was a daily staple and she desired to be healthier.   She decided to commit to her health when her employer, Weaver Street Market, implemented the Journey 2 Health program and she signed up for health coach! Hear her inspiring story in this episode and read show notes at www.journey2health.com/podcast. 

Allison Wrenn serves as a Health Coach for EHOP Health. She’s a North Carolina State University graduate and holds her Health Coach certification from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. After spending over a decade at the Cary Chamber of Commerce, she recognized the unmet need of businesses to be served by a health plan focused on needing less healthcare. Allison knows the importance of living a life aligned in mind, body and spirit. With a conscious effort on tackling her fears and building her spiritual and physical health, she established synergy and healing in life. View more show notes at www.journey2health.com/podcast. 

Caroline Wilson is a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach at Carolina Total Wellness and with the EHOP Health team. She also holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master's degree in Counseling from East Carolina University.

Caroline’s coaching journey began in 2009 when she re-connected with her college roommate who is a practicing functional medicine doctor. Caroline currently coaches in the same clinic. When Caroline began digging into the aliments plaguing her life and implementing small changes to her nutrition, she quickly recognized that food is medicine. After traveling her own health journey, she found that by combining her background in counseling and her love for health and fitness, health coaching was where she wanted to be!

Joni Haltom is the HR Manager at Harriss & Covington, a 5th generation hosiery mill in High Point, NC. She shares that while she had a solid foundation of knowing healthy behaviors and having parents who led her well, she found herself at the age of 50 in the “perfect storm". She was battling weight gain, not exercising or eating well, heart burn, high blood pressure and an unexpected diagnosis of pre-diabetes. She had let herself go and knew she needed to get back on track. View show notes and more at www.journey2health.com/podcast. 

Dian Dossias suffered silently from the effects of environmental toxins. By holding onto her beliefs and committing to daily healthy habits, she broke through the bondage of this invisible illness and changed the  trajectory of her health and life. Due to Dian’s personal experiences, she is passionate about cognitive health. After spending the majority of her career in corporate America she is now a full member of ISEAI (International Society of Environmentally Acquired Illness) as a Certified Functional Medicine Health and Wellness Coach and is also the state lead in Connecticut for the Advocacy Group for CIRS (Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome). Learn more at www.journey2health.com/podcast. 

After patrolling as one of the busiest patrol districts at his agency Officer Michael "Mac" Macario was assigned to the police training academy where he eventually became the senior training officer. Mac reflects on his personal health journey and how he is supporting officers today through a customized Journey 2 Health program. Learn more and view show notes at www.journey2health.com/podcast. 

Discover a movement strategy that works for you and your boy in this episode. This podcast show is based on EHOP Health's signature program, Journey 2 Health (J2H). J2H is offered to businesses and individuals with an online curriculum that is centered around three pillars of health: Live Well, Move Well and Eat Well. Today we review the Move Well pillar and share excerpts from a webinar to provide practical health and movement strategies. See show notes and more at www.journey2health.com/podcast. 

Greg Christo shares his experience of being a client of the Journey 2 Health coached program. His employer, Weaver Street Market invested in the program as a new health and wellness program and Greg volunteered to work with a personal health coach. After 12-months in the coaching program, Greg reflects on the changes he made with the help of his health coach (and host of this podcast) Sarah Schall, to take meaningful steps towards a lifelong dream he had. Enjoy this conversation with Greg as he reflects on his upward cycle during the pandemic thanks to creating a personalized "Live Well" vision. View show notes at www.journey2health.com/podcast

Baker Freiberg serves as VP of sales for EHOP Health. He’s a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate and an avid Tar Heel fan.  After spending a decade in the insurance industry he joined the EHOP Health team to focus on long-term cost reduction through chronic disease reversal.  He is a positive force working to transform the businesses we serve by building a health plan focused on needing less health care.

Baker was raised to be an active kid growing up, participating in ALL of the sports. His Dad served as a healthy role model as he committed to a consistent morning workout routine.  Growing up his idea of health and wellness was built on the notion that as long as he was active, he could eat whatever he wanted. Always believing, “you can outrun a bad diet.”  However, that theory caught up with him after his first semester in college when he found himself 40 pounds heavier.  Recognizing that nutrition is key for long-term health Baker has spent the last 20 years improving his nutritional skills to support his overall health and current ironman training regime. Review show notes at www.journey2health.com/podcast

Today we bring you a special episode. Up until now, all of our episodes have introduced you to our amazing team of EHOP and Journey 2 Health coaches, highlighting their own personal health journeys.  No doubt we’ve been inspired by their stories as they’ve shared their unique journeys to lasting health.

As you may or may not know, this podcast is based on our Journey 2 Health program that we offer businesses and individuals through EHOP health.  Our curriculum is centered around 3 pillars of health, Live Well, Move Well and Eat Well.   Today we are going to focus on 1 of those 3 pillars.  We will be sharing excerpts from a webinar that we gave to an organization centered on the Live Well pillar. See full show notes at www.journey2health.com. 

Liz Enderline is a national board-certified health and wellness coach and has been healthy, and active throughout her life. Instinctively, she had always been interested in health and drawn to healthy behaviors. Some may say she hit the genetic jackpot with the fact that she never had to suffer with or battle chronic illness...that is until her lifestyle choices began to catch up with her. Under the pressure of a stressful corporate job, showing up as a mother to her 3 teenage boys, and caring for her aging parents, Liz was burning the candle at both ends and her body and mind began to fail her. Liz shares insightful thoughts about prioritizing yourself, building boundaries, seeing the world from a different perspective, keeping the fighting spirit alive, balancing stress, and prioritizing sleep.  She shares essential tools and practical small steps to construct our day to be full, aligned, and living within our values.See the full show notes at www.journey2health.com/podcast

Sara Yadlowsky is a board-certified and practicing functional medicine health coach with Carolina Total Wellness and on our EHOP coaching team. While she currently leads clients in putting pieces together towards healing and renewed health, her own journey to health was not void of challenges and setbacks. She shares with us her story of piecing together her own health. Listen to her story of healing and connect with Sarah at https://www.ehophealth.com/sarayadlowsky

Nicole Batiste is a warrior.  An overcomer with a gentle spirit.  Her tender tone and wise words give you a sense of warmth and safety, however, the beginning of her own story is anything but that.  Tragically,  she fell victim to sexual abuse at a young age and sexual assault continued into her adult years.  Emotional trauma naturally followed her, but she began to discover that the most toxic relationship she was experiencing was the one with herself.

She was her own biggest critic and a self-professed “mean girl” to herself.  From her life experiences, she always blamed herself,  used negative self-talk, hated the way she looked and never felt good enough.  Her interactions with people were short and she pushed people away because she didn’t believe they’d accept her.   She didn’t want to share her opinion or speak up for herself so she began to lose her voice and purpose.  One day she began to think, “there has to be more to life than this.”  That’s when life shifted.

Rebecca always knew that her past story existed for a purpose. Before, anorexia defined her life. Now, she defines her life by committing to the path of healing and paying it forward to others. She found her voice when she started educating herself and pursuing health certifications. She became her own health advocate and recognized she can’t outsource her health to someone else.  Functional Medicine opened her eyes to see that while she had been struggling with adrenal fatigue, GI issues, and metabolic dysfunction due to her past choices and dead-end solutions from doctors, there were effective paths toward healing. Connect with Rebecca at https://www.ehophealth.com/rebeccaarsena

Shannon Craig was impacted by a rare auto-immune disease that stole over a year of her life. Rather than seeing herself as a victim, she dug deep, turning inward to heal.  Her battle centered around emotional wellbeing and she gained powerful insights about herself and her health. Shannon’s own journey inspired her to pursue a certification as a Holistic Health Coach through the Institute of Integrative Nutrition (IIN) in order to help others.  Since she’s walked the walk, she’s able to empathize with those who have an emotional struggle that weighs heavily on them in their health journey.  She serves as that listening ear and supportive voice that helps others overcome their own health challenges. Connect with Shannon at http://ehophealth.com/shannoncraig

Meet Nikki Lacy, a compassionate registered nurse (RN) who practiced in conventional medicine for over 20 years before turning to functional medicine to address the root cause of her own health challenges. Today she helps others find lasting solutions for their own health obstacles as a certified health coach. 

In this episode, Nikki shares how she was not willing to accept feeling poorly and suffering from a chronic condition any longer and took matters into her own hands with an elimination diet to discover how food can and did heal her body. Enjoy this conversation of overcoming health obstacles and you can connect with her at http://ehophealth.com/nikkilacy 

Dr. Joe Jenkins is a doctor, lawyer, entrepreneur and Co-Founder/President of EHOP Health. He entertains us with his journey and the joy in embracing failures throughout his life. Dr. Joe takes us on a journey of a few of his meaningful failures beginning in 8th grade...don’t worry, he is able to tell all of his stories in less than 30 minutes! Dr. Joe quickly displays his honesty by telling us the story of how he flunked out of the University of Virginia with a 0.4 GPA, but didn’t allow that failure to derail or discourage him. He transferred to UNC-CH to major in pre-med and by aligning with his true purpose, he achieved a 4.0!! 

Like many of us, Dr. Joe Jenkins' early failures were learning experiences and propelled him in the direction his life needed to go. You can connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-jenkins-29348627/.  

What a treat we have with our next guest, Erica Nelson.  You’ll hear how Erica strives to live a life in full alignment with who she is called to be and what really matters to her. When it comes to the current affairs of the world, Erica practices awareness, intentionality and compassion to keep all aspects of health and wellbeing being front and center for her clients, her community, her family and herself.

Before becoming a Duke University Trained Integrative Health Coach and a part of the EHOP health team, she advocated for important policy changes to improve the system of behavioral and hospital care across North Carolina. She has also seen and experienced, first-hand, the gaps and roadblocks that occur on the clinical side. The stories of her patients and colleagues are at the core of her decision to step back and look at health and the true meaning of living life from a different lens... a wide-angle lens that prioritizes her own values in her actions and deeply respects the values that drive others actions. Her favorite experience is witnessing another person discovering their personal truth.

Throughout the podcast, Erica inspires us to discover our own definition of integrity based on our unique life experiences! Learn more about her practice at www.ehophealth.com/ericanelson

Today's guest is Cheryl Bochardt, a fellow National Board (NBHWC) Functional Medicine Health Coach, a Journey 2 Health Coach and a Mom of 4 beautiful kids herself!

Cheryl’s story will give you hope and inspire you to take action as she shares some of the small, simple steps that she’s implemented on her personal journey to lifelong health. Cheryl’s journey was a windy road that began in childhood as she suffered silently from migraines, anxiety, and gut infections.  Her health challenges followed her through adulthood battling rosacea, kidney stones, migraines, and more gut issues.  However, with the help of an integrative doctor and her own experimentation she saw how good nutrition can be more powerful than any prescription medication she had tried.

Cheryl was determined to learn and implement this new way of living but had always wished she had a supportive coach in her corner so she didn’t have to suffer alone.  This personal experience brought her into the realm of health coaching as an occupation and she’s never looked back.  She’s a courageous soul and you’ll be inspired to follow some of her tips plus take action on your own health journey. Don’t miss the end as she shares her wise health tip for us to try!

Enjoy this conversation with Cheryl and learn more about her work at www.ehophealth.com/cherylborchardt

Learn how to feel your best with practical health tips and inspiring stories of individuals with the Journey 2 Health podcast show. You will not only learn science-based information for improving your health, but you will also hear inspiring personal transformational stories. In this introductory episode, get to know your podcast host and guide, Coach Sarah Schall from the EHOP Health team. EHOP Health helps employees and individuals reverse chronic disease and feel their best. It’s flagship program, Journey 2 Health™, offers personalized health coaching services and  science-based online curriculum. Clients lower healthcare costs while investing into their people and culture throughout the chronic disease reversal program. For more information about EHOP Health, visit www.ehophealth.com.