Rachel Gargiulo is a registered health coach and certified nutrition consultant with a deep passion for helping people live fuller and more vibrant lives. Her nutrition and wellness journey started over a decade ago, when she received a holistic nutrition consultant certification from Bauman College in Berkeley, CA.
Plagued by health issues, Rachel discovered the powerful and healing effects of eating a whole foods diet and was hooked! Her lifestyle and dietary changes produced almost immediate results in her energy, immunity, and overall health. Upon completing the program, she was inspired to share her profound experience and acquired wisdom about nutrition with others.
Rachel’s career started as a nutrition consultant at two weight loss clinics in the San Francisco Bay Area; one of which was medically-based and prescribed the ketogenic diet. She also gained experience as a digital health coach for Omada Health, where she helped prediabetic patients build healthier lifestyles.
More recently, Rachel served as a health coach at Nourishing Journey in Columbia, MD, and is currently a workplace wellness coach with Wellness Coaches USA.
Rachel has years of experience supporting clients in a health coach role and became officially certified in 2022 through American Fitness Professionals and Associates. Rachel’s path has now led her to Annapolis Family Acupuncture, where she is seeing clients for health coaching and nutrition counseling sessions, which has a beautiful symbiosis with acupuncture for overall improved health.
Rachel’s mission as a health coach is to activate clients’ strengths and improve their ability to make healthy and sustainable lifestyle changes. A key step in this process is empowering individuals to determine their own goals, engage in self-discovery and active learning processes, and self-monitor their behaviors to increase accountability.
In terms of her weight loss philosophy, she passionately believes that bodies are beautiful at every size. She aims to support that philosophy through intuitive eating for greater health and holistic weight loss centered around nourishing and delicious foods, as well as looking at other factors that influence weight. In her health coaching practice, Rachel blends the use of behavior change and goal-setting strategies with customized nutritional guidance to ensure optimal support of her clients. She truly believes everyone is capable of positive and sustainable change when they are given proper support and guidance. Utilizing a health coaching background with a focus on holistic nutrition, Rachel strives to support and honor each client on their unique and precious journey to greater health and vitality!
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