Monica Martin

Integrative Health and Wellness Coach-NBHWC Trained, BAAS Sociology, AS Culinary Arts/Sustainable Cuisine Operations. Reiki Master.

Tools you might encounter in our coaching sessions:

  • EFT/Tapping
  • MBSR, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
  • Energy Work/Reiki
  • Journaling beyond “Dear Diary” – Modern tools such as Art Journaling, Lists, Stream of Consciousness, Daily Planner Tools, 5 Word / 10 Second Journaling
  • Gratitude Practices with Video and sacred Hawaiian Prayer
  • Grief and Energy – Transform your current perspective
  • Growing your Voice – You have one and it needs to be heard!
  • Book Resources – a list is coming!
  • Meditation- guided, videos, audio downloads, apps – there are many ways to add this in short increments to your day. We dive into your resistance and beliefs around mindfulness.
  • Coaching Process Map: Handouts/Diagrams/Worksheets
  • Access to other Professional Resources [Referrals]
  • Values, Strengths, Beliefs
  • Stages of Change -Readiness for Change
  • Setting Boundaries Boldly
  • Affirmations & Mirror Work
  • Find Creativity and Flow in your Workday – Love your Work like never before!
  • Mindsets – Change your perspective by reframing your thinking process

Monica grew up on a rural Midwest farm surrounded by horses, cows, chickens, and nature. When she wasn’t helping with the farm chores, she spent her summer days biking and her winters ice skating, sledding, and baking cakes for her large, blended family.

Being outdoors was a large part of her childhood and she was an active Girl Scout exploring the wilderness on horseback and backpacking as a young girl. She jumped at the chance to relocate to the Colorado Rockies in her early twenties and has called the mountains home for over 30 years.

Monica spent many summers in the Colorado, Arizona, and Utah backcountry camping, backpacking, snowboarding, hiking, rafting, fishing, canoeing, and preparing outdoor cooking feasts for her friends, family, and outdoor adventure groups.

At 41, as a single mom, she decided to attend culinary school, finishing after three intensive years, and thousands of professional cooking hours later, with a degree in Culinary Arts and Sustainable Cuisine Operations. Her training included Agroecology and greenhouse work, understanding permaculture and local foodsheds, gardening, and farmers’ markets. She shares her stories about gardening and permaculture through her Medium blog and posts a collection of personal stories through the platform. Monica Martin Writes on Medium

Monica is still a working professional private chef, even though slightly retired!, and has worked with many talented culinary professionals in progressive restaurants and hotels in the Vail Valley. She has cooked for clients from Aspen to Houston, international guests, musicians, and celebrities. She brings a deep love for approachable cuisine that is healthy and affordable.

Monica found her passion at 50 and is now a Nationally Board-Qualified Integrative Health and Wellness Coach. She is trained in Functional Nutrition and Digestive Wellness, Mindfulness Meditation, Lifestyle Medicine, Stress and Anxiety Management, Habit Formation, and Positive Psychology. She is trained in Motivational Interviewing through PESI Healthcare.

What can 3 months of coaching do for me?

  • Effective Sleep Habits – The pillar of most chronic health problems and imbalances
  • Work-life Balance – Make time for family, career, your partner, and most importantly *yourself* without the guilt
  • Outdoor movement – Make time and do the things you see other people enjoy, without shame if you are out of shape
  • Major Lifestyle changes – career or job, relationship, living situations
  • Implement New Habits and make them stick
  • Learn to manage Stress and Anxiety

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