Health & wellness coaches | veterans affairs

On behalf of our West Palm VA’s Health & Wellness Coaches, it’s been an honor serving our nation’s Veterans, active duty and reserves men/women. As we look optimistically to the future

of coaching, we hope to provide more for our Veterans. We are implementing new ways to connect and create more awareness about the coaching process. HEALTH & WELLNESS COACHES CORNER The

Health & Wellness Coaching process is a way to support Veterans Who are able to proactively create a plan to modify their lifestyle. There are so many benefits in utilizing this process.

We as coaches want to make sure every Veteran is informed on how to get started. As a Coach, I understand how difficult navigating life after serving and desiring to manage your health and

wellness can be. Health & Wellness Coaches are guides who partner up with Veterans and provide support. Veterans decide their own destination & the best way to get there. So yes, our

Veterans are very proactive in this process which is creative, therapeutic and thought provoking. Health & Wellness Coaches do not take the place of mental health or any other therapy ,

but rather partner up to support Veterans moving forward with their own PERSONAL HEALTH Plan. COACH SPOTLIGHT Todays featured coach is Tremeaker A. Gilbert LPN, CNHP, (AKA Tree) author,

Certified Mind-Body Facilitator, mother of four and GiGi to one baby girl. She’s Also a Veteran/Peer. Tremeaker served 8 years in the Army National Guard as Spec 4 91P (Xray Technician) in

combat support field hospital unit. She’s been employed in nursing by the VA for 15 plus years and recently transitioned into a Health and Wellness Coach role. Her personal Whole Health or

alternative health journey started after an accident in 2017,which resulted with lower extremity imbalance related to double knee injury.  Tremeaker was not sure if in recovery she would be

able to maintain employment. But she read about yoga and met Cary in Recreational Therapy Service, who was facilitating a yoga class. She started attending and was consistent. Then an

opportunity to learn Tai Chi came along. Both made a huge difference. Tremeaker was able to continue working in Primary care. But, when Whole Health Care was implemented, naturally she

signed up as a Coach, as well as an advocate of integrative/ holistic care benefits.  She continued her education becoming a Board-Certified Natural Health Professional. Which she embraced

as personal healing and growth. Tremeaker became an author to a self-project in which she shared her personal story and journey to healing, titled, “It Was Necessary”. So, utilizing  seven

attitudes of mindfulness along with empowering personal self-care continues to be how she encourages and supports our nation’s Veterans. Coach Tree is attached to PACT Team 06, PACT  20,

PACT  23, PACT  26, and GERI-PACT. Her favorite quote is, “there are no failures in life just what did you learn."