Get Healthy With Guidance From A Certified Health Coach, Melissa Furman
And know you’re doing it right.
“I love your wholistic approach. I’m better because of you.”
— “Carla,” 60-Something World Traveler & Retired Executive
photo: Moonfyre PhotographyHi! I’m Melissa Furman. As a Master Certified Health Coach I am passionate about helping others achieve their best healthy selves through nutrition & lifestyle. I’d love to get to know you and be your guide in your health journey, but in the meantime, here’s a little bit about me.
I grew up in the kitchen and at the barn. Some of my fondest childhood memories were centered around food and horses. Food brought the family together and built friendships. Riding served as both my exercise and mental wellness outlets.
All these years later, a wife and mom of two young adults, I continue living actively by riding but the role of food in my life has shifted ever since I learned about the scientific evidence and benefits supporting the whole food plant-based lifestyle. What we put in our mouths really matters to our health.
After trying fad diets and exercising my way to thin without sustainable results, I switched to a whole food plant-based diet. This new way of eating helped me lose six inches and feel “lighter” with more energy in just a couple months! This proved to me that I had lots of inflammation in my body! I found a solution to a problem I didn’t know I had: I was eating the wrong foods.
And now as a certified health coach, I see these kinds of results, and more, with my clients. Seeing their wins in life motivates me to work hard for them every day.
I just had to share this “green gospel” with others! I co-founded a non-profit organization and a VegFest in the midwest so the public can hear about how they can take control of their health through food. It was after our amazingly popular first festival that I knew I wanted to show people on a personal level HOW to eat and live for improved health. So I pursued formal training in plant-based nutrition, cooking and health coaching.
Now I’m a Master Certified Health Coach & a National Board Certified Health Coach, helping people find health and happiness through “health-full” lifestyle choices. I’m thankful for my wonderful support system…my plant-based husband and collegiate daughter (a Nutrition & Dietetics major) who are both beacons of the plant-based movement.
My proprietary digital course, the Second Youth Wellness Method, helps midlife women improve their health and quality of life, often resulting in reduced medications and a new-found hope for a bright future.
Additionally, I privately coach men, women, couples and families to help empower them towards a healthy future. Held virtually via video or phone, private coaching is powerful and effective, with clients experiencing real noticeable positive changes in just a matter of days or weeks.
Be sure to connect with me on Instagram or Facebook: @mafhealthcoach or join my FREE facebook group: Everyday Food Confidence for Women 40+.
— Melissa was featured as a guest on the Healthy Lifestyle Solutions podcast, with host Maya Acosta.
“It’s never to late to start.” - Melissa Furman
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Training
Besides all the hours in the kitchen as she was growing up, later raising her family and then being a visionary leader in the plant-based movement in Tulsa, OK with Tulsa VegFest, Melissa has cooked a lot of meals! Formally, she earned her Plant-Based Certificate from the T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and eCornell as well as her Forks Over Knives Rouxbe Ultimate Cooking Course Certificate. Melissa became a Master Certified Health Coach through the Dr. Sears Wellness Institute which was founded by “America’s Pediatrician,” Dr. Bill Sears, and is consistently considered as one of the top health coach training programs in the United States. Melissa truly believes that knowledge is empowering, so she continually reads scientifically-grounded books and research authored by the world’s foremost leaders in nutrition and plant-centric lifestyle, sharing that information with her clients.
Philosophy
As a health coach, Melissa meets people where they are, and takes them to where they want to go. She teaches people the skills they need to achieve optimal wellness so they rely less on pills and more on nourishing food to get good health results.
That’s why physicians refer to their patients to Melissa - they know her methods, strategies, techniques and information are effective for healing!
Melissa deeply believes that each person has a unique purpose on this earth and poor health can keep them from achieving their fullest potential. She wants to help people shine their light so their good works can be seen and experienced in their families and across the globe.
(Photo by Melissa Furman: Tai Chi Man, Body Worlds; Houston Museum of Natural Science; Houston,TX 2021)
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.”
— “Ralph Waldo Emerson