29: The Career Change Cure: How to Boost Your Health by Shifting Gears

Do you think your job is helping or preventing you from achieving optimal health? In this episode, I'm joined by Laura and Erin from Mark Sisson's Primal Health Coach Institute as guests to talk about how our day jobs are often in the way of obtaining optimal health and how becoming a health coach can not only help improve your own health and that of those around you but offer an opportunity to get out of the hamster wheel. In this episode, we discuss:  (0:02:07) - How day jobs can hinder health goals, with guests Laura and Erin sharing their experiences of leaving finance and marketing careers for health coaching (0:13:22) - The importance of health coaching and self-education in primal health and functional medicine and healthcare system constraints (0:18:37) - Individual dietary lifestyles and the importance of ancestral eating patterns, with guidance on entering the health and wellness field (0:26:36) - Insights into the benefits of learning coaching skills, with an emphasis on the flexibility of coaching certification programs for those with full-time jobs (0:33:47) - The impact of Mark Sisson on the primal paleo movement, his vision for health coaching, and the benefits of a non-dogmatic approach to diet and lifestyle (0:40:23) How to transition from a side project to a full-time coaching profession and the fulfillment it brings Learn more from Michael Kummer: Use code "primalshift" to save 15% on your order at https://shop.michaelkummer.com/ Website: https://michaelkummer.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mkummer82/ Learn more from Laura and Erin: Website: https://www.primalhealthcoach.com/ Health Coach Radio Podcast: https://www.primalhealthcoach.com/health-coach-radio/ Curriculum Guidebook: https://www.primalhealthcoach.com/primal-health-coach-certification/