"Functional Health Educator & Facilitator" with Cavan Chan

Cavan is a Functional Medicine certified Health Coach and a Functional Nutritional Counsellor. He is also a Sleep and Performance Coach for corporate professionals. Cavan has a Masters degree from University of California, an MBA from HKUST. He guested on episode 18 of the “Over Forty Wellness Podcast” In November of 2020. Cavan is a seasoned Health professional. A journey that has been motivated by his mother’s and his own medical conditions that has included diving deep into Functional Medicine, Functional Nutrition, Sleep and Performance. Cavan shares client stories to illustrate his coaching and counselling skills. Emphasising looking for small wins, working step by step working along side his clients, counselling and often having to think outside of the box. His business is evolving taking two paths B2B where he has plans to influence and impact 1000 leaders operating in the fields of corporate wellness. In B2C Cavan believes more in “Food is our Medicine”. Also Cavan is working with Special Education Needs Children where Cavan explains this may be impacting 6-8% of children in Hong Kong – a growing problem. Once again Cavan advocates a step by step approach. Timing 3:40 I am a Functional Medicine certified Health Coach and a Functional Nutritional Counsellor… and I often introduce myself as a Sleep and Performance Coach…4:24. My mum suffered from a serious case of Irritable Bowel Syndrome… for 40 + years … and also on the way to becoming diabetic… this launched me on the path of Integrative Medicine… I explored Functional Medicine…9:07 I have been on this journey to become a Functional Nutrition educator… I wasn’t able to focus, fatigue…. heart palpitations, burnout, adrenal fatigue… I find out what is burnout…12:17 Mental health has a lot to do with our physical health… talking to corporate organisations… I look into testings…15:25 [Health Coaching] Is a “Service Industry”…  sometimes we forget ourselves…17:28 [Client Story]… A lady holding a high position in her company… hormonal imbalance …endometriosis… 21:40 [Functional Medicine] What is the symptom here… lets take a look at it… 25:34 [Client Story 2]  Gen Z… can’t sleep… counselling… thinking outside the box…2weeks in he is sleeping better…28:51 All health care professionals should study psychology… 26:27 I would want to find a small win… I work on a 10 week protocol… compound interest32:29 [Forty something years old]… getting old  - I don’t subscribe to that…34:31[Business evolution]… a big question B2B - I want to impact a 1000 leaders, corporate wellness, … and B2C much more involved in “Food is our medicine”… 39:13 [Special Education Needs Children] … In Hong Kong - 6-8%  - a growth of 106%...43:48 [Parent story] – special education children’s needs…46:06 In HK we live at a fast pace… doing things one step at a time… sound advice… we may be surprised at the results… 49:18 Where is the improvement coming from…Contact CavanLI: Cavan ChanIG: CavanchanContact VincentNewsletter: https://vincent1cd.substack.comPro Coach:  https://procoach.app/vincent-hiscoxEmail: [email protected]: Vincent Hiscox