Cassandra Padgett

As a health and exercise professional, you help your clients meet their health and wellness goals by empowering them to make meaningful lifestyle changes. This article examines three common habits that can make it challenging for clients to hit their goals. Read on to learn the potential consequences of these habits, as well as how you can educate and support clients who want to improve their overall well-being and quality of life.  

Menstrual cycle syncing has become a popular topic on social media, as some claim that it is the key to adaptation for female physiology. The research, however, is far from clear. As a health and exercise professional, it is important to be aware of this hot topic and understand what impact the menstrual cycle might have on muscular and cardiorespiratory training.

They say that you are what you eat. Of course, what you eat can also strongly impact how you feel (and vice versa). This article examines the relationship between nutrition and mental health and details how you can support clients who are feeling stressed-out in making more nutrient-dense food choices.

They say that you are what you eat. Of course, what you eat can also strongly impact how you feel (and vice versa). This article examines the relationship between nutrition and mental health and details how you can support clients who are feeling stressed-out in making more nutrient-dense food choices.

The midlife period can be a time of profound change, both socially and physiologically, particularly for women. As a health and exercise professional, you don’t need to become an expert on women’s hormonal changes, but you should understand the basic physiology of menopause, especially if you have female clients in this age group. 

While women 65 and older are at the greatest risk for both osteoporosis and experiencing fractures, all your clients can benefit from incorporating these healthy habits to maintain bone density throughout their lifetime. 

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease affects almost two billion people globally, but most are unaware it exists, let alone that they may be affected by it. This article examines these risk factors and highlights evidence-based lifestyle interventions that you can share with your clients that can help reverse this increasingly common disease.

More than 50% of adults in the United States have impaired insulin sensitivity, and for many of them it’s only a matter of time before developing type 2 diabetes. This article examines the current research on exercise and insulin sensitivity and looks at how health and exercise professionals can work with a client’s healthcare team to maximize the benefits of physical activity to decrease their insulin resistance.

A combination of high stress, new freedoms and minimal resources sets many college students on a path of poor health habits that can be tough to break after graduation. Learn how you can support college students in creating healthier lifestyle habits that promote mental and physical well-being and potentially improve their quality of life during periods of high stress. 

Lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise can significantly influence a person’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) and type 2 diabetes but helping clients to change their lifestyle can be challenging. This article examines the modifiable risk factors for CVD, type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance, explains the common lab results that your clients may be receiving from their healthcare team, and offers insight into best practices for addressing lifestyle behaviors.

They say that you are what you eat. Of course, what you eat can also strongly impact how you feel (and vice versa). This article examines the relationship between nutrition and mental health and details how you can support clients who are feeling stressed-out in making more nutrient-dense food choices.

More than 50% of adults in the United States have impaired insulin sensitivity, and for many of them it’s only a matter of time before developing type 2 diabetes. This article examines the current research on exercise and insulin sensitivity and looks at how health and exercise professionals can work with a client’s healthcare team to maximize the benefits of physical activity to decrease their insulin resistance.

Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease affects almost two billion people globally, but most are unaware it exists, let alone that they may be affected by it. This article examines these risk factors and highlights evidence-based lifestyle interventions that you can share with your clients that can help reverse this increasingly common disease.

Motivational interviewing is a client-centered approach to behavior change and one of the most effective coaching tools for partnering with clients to help them identify and achieve their goals. Learn how you can use motivational interviewing to discover your clients’ underlying motivations, hesitancies and thought patterns, which increases the chances that they will have better outcomes in both the short and long term.

Having the support of a coach when adopting new habits as a family can create lifelong change and have a positive influence on a child’s health for life. Learn how you can help your clients improve their health habits in a supportive and health-promoting way that can help their kids acquire healthy habits that will last a lifetime.

The stress, change of routines and social isolation brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic may have created challenges related to healthy eating for your clients. This article examines two of the more common issues—frequent snacking or grazing and emotional eating—and describes how you can coach your clients through these challenges using the ACE ABC Approach.

While women 65 and older are at the greatest risk for both osteoporosis and experiencing fractures, all your clients can benefit from incorporating these healthy habits to maintain bone density throughout their lifetime. 

For individuals with type 1 diabetes, physical activity is particularly important because it helps them maintain their blood glucose levels and prevent long-term complications related to this condition. Learn how you can help this population gain confidence in their ability to manage blood glucose levels during exercise.

Motivational interviewing is a client-centered approach to behavior change and one of the most effective coaching tools for partnering with clients to help them identify and achieve their goals. Learn how you can use motivational interviewing to discover your clients’ underlying motivations, hesitancies and thought patterns, which increases the chances that they will have better outcomes in both the short and long term.

The stress, change of routines and social isolation brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic may have created challenges related to healthy eating for your clients. This article examines two of the more common issues—frequent snacking or grazing and emotional eating—and describes how you can coach your clients through these challenges using the ACE ABC Approach.

Experiencing feelings of frustration, anger and sadness are all part of normal life, but some people turn to emotional eating as a way to manage the stress that comes with these negative emotions. Learn how you can offer your clients a “toolbox” of resources and healthy strategies to acknowledge, cope with and practice managing stress in healthy ways. 

Have your clients asked you about intermittent fasting yet? It’s a hot topic these days, but what does the research have to say? Learn about the latest studies on intermittent fasting and whether or not it is an effective approach for weight loss or reducing one’s risk of cardiovascular disease.

As a health and exercise professional, providing your clients with sound nutritional guidance is essential, and one of the most impactful changes they can make is learning how to consume a diet that is largely comprised of whole foods. This article examines how you can help your clients learn to make healthier choices most of the time by making small, sustainable changes to "unprocess" their diets.

Experiencing feelings of frustration, anger and sadness are all part of normal life, but some people turn to emotional eating as a way to manage the stress that comes with these negative emotions. Learn how you can offer your clients a “toolbox” of resources and healthy strategies to acknowledge, cope with and practice managing stress in healthy ways. 

Calorie counting and macro tracking can be helpful for managing caloric intake, but these methods can often feel time consuming and may be difficult to sustain over time. Here are four simple strategies you can use with clients to help them improve the quality of their diets over the long-term.

If you are a health coach or exercise professional, chances are you may have some clients who have prediabetes. Learn more about how, with effective coaching and appropriate lifestyle interventions, you can help your clients manage their risk factors for prediabetes and potentially avoid the development of diabetes in the future.

Calorie counting and macro tracking can be helpful for managing caloric intake, but these methods can often feel time consuming and may be difficult to sustain over time. Here are four simple strategies you can use with clients to help them improve the quality of their diets over the long-term.

Experiencing feelings of frustration, anger and sadness are all part of normal life, but some people turn to emotional eating as a way to manage the stress that comes with these negative emotions. Learn how you can offer your clients a “toolbox” of resources and healthy strategies to acknowledge, cope with and practice managing stress in healthy ways. 

Helping clients to improve self-efficacy is one way to increase confidence in their current abilities as well as confidence in meeting future goals. Discover a proven framework for helping clients develop self-efficacy and build resilience and learn how to use motivational interviewing to build intrinsic motivation.

As a health and exercise professional, providing your clients with sound nutritional guidance is essential, and one of the most impactful changes they can make is learning how to consume a diet that is largely comprised of whole foods. This article examines how you can help your clients learn to make healthier choices most of the time by making small, sustainable changes to "unprocess" their diets.

Have your clients asked you about intermittent fasting yet? It’s a hot topic these days, but what does the research have to say? Learn about the latest studies on intermittent fasting and whether or not it is an effective approach for weight loss or reducing one’s risk of cardiovascular disease.

With declining opportunities to be active during school hours, it’s more important than ever to promote the importance of physical activity for kids, but we have to focus on more than just the physical benefits. As a health and exercise professional, you can play an important role in supporting and encouraging parents to help their kids be physically active and build confidence at the same time.

Helping clients to improve self-efficacy is one way to increase confidence in their current abilities as well as confidence in meeting future goals. Discover a proven framework for helping clients develop self-efficacy and build resilience and learn how to use motivational interviewing to build intrinsic motivation.