A personal health coach for those living with chronic diseases | Priscilla Pemu

I have been diagnosed with MS 4 months ago and i’m 22 years old I always think about starting a healthy diet, but I can't, not because I don't like it, but because I can't buy it. All health products are very expensive. I can't buy them even organic vegetables and fruits are more expensive than regular vegetables and fruits. I have no source of income other than my father, who struggles a lot to save Money to buy my medicines every month. There should be companies that take into account people's conditions, not only tell them to eat healthy food, we want it to be affordable for everyone. Here we combine actions and words together.

I am studying to be a health coach so I can work with chronically ill people because I am a chronically ill person. I'm doing better now but I have spent most days in bed for the last 6 years and I just turned 30.

I agree with this talk so much! I was a Health Coach of 100 patients with chronic illnesses. Many of the patients spoke Spanish and just agreed with everything that their medical provider said without understanding what was going on. This is where I stepped in and educated them, helped them build confidence to ask questions, and also write down all of their medications on a medication reconciliation sheet to figure out what they were or weren't taking. I also quickly realized that many of these patients were depressed. Once I helped them focus and get the help that they needed, they were then able to make massive changes on their health goals. I truly miss coaching and want to start up my own health coaching business and utilize all of the skills I have learned throughout the years. It is definitely needed.

Yes!🙌 I suffered for years with autoimmune disease unnecessarily. Through my journey I learned the value of health and things lacking in our current healthcare system which I work in! That’s why I’m a Health Coach. Want to help others navigate the challenges that I faced a little easier and get healing faster!

I am chronically I'll and to see how few people have viewed the video is heartbreaking. Thank you for this post. God bless you. 🙏🌻🙏

This could be life changing for so many people (myself included).

I have lupus. 15 years home not work. I see my dr. Once per year. How can I do much or eat healthy with $400 per month. I’m a professional never thought my life would be trying to make it with $400.

Amazing work, great research. This TED talk deserves all the to be applauded.

I am seeing this matter help refine medicine, congratulations you actually did ended up helping people live to the fullest!

This is really inspiring. I have chronic illness and my dream is to be a health coach for other people with chronic illness

Excellent talk thank you for your hard work!

I'm definitely more comfortable with listening to someone who's dealing with chronic illness , because they'll never really understand how it feels .

I love this. Your resource tool looks awesome. I identify so much with Ms Bertha in spite of the differences in our ages and conditions. Suppose my doctor prescribed meds and exercise for high blood pressure...but I didn't exercise. The doctor will be cross. I want to dodge the doc. But I believe I would respond well to a culturally congruent, non-judgy coach. Just recording when I exercised + knowing that someone would look at that was enough to get me out walking 5 days a week for several months.

Great talk and inspiring as well.❤️❤️❤️❤️ How l wish one time am given a chance to make a presentation in this platform.

This video so inspiring with great ideas to work with those who have more time with patients and partner with medical professionals to record and provide visual aids to record progress.

Yes my family abandoned me because they can't understand me

Try adjusting the underserved community of people with severe chronic pain issues I was functioning fine until this quote-unquote opioid crisis took away the meds that treated me and made me able to function now I sit home and do nothing all day and cry I don't want to live anymore this is what you've done to quote reverse the opioid crisis

Awesome!

Excelente como va el avance médico hoy en día para ayudarnos a los pacientes.

Thank you. I find that there are more important factors to confront- such as culture and money, and especially- CRITICALLY, that there are immense issues with access. However, i wanted to emphasize on her comment where there are definitely communities and charities in which offer, share, and donate information on health, food supplies, and other necessities. Im happy I learned about this at a young age, what with helping out at food drives, taking nutrition courses, and a doctor telling me i was borderline diabetic :) choices!