Plant-Heavy Wellness 
Coaching & Consulting

Here’s your Invitation to a Healthier You!

Welcome!
Welcome to your journey towards a healthier, plant-heavy lifestyle! 
As your dedicated coach and accountability partner, I empower you to embrace dietary choices that promote wellness and align with more sustainable living. 
With personalized support and actionable guidance, my goal is to help you explore the diverse and delicious world of "plant-heavy" eating, creating new habits one step at a time. 
Let’s embark on this transformative path together. 
Let's work on being Just Healthier!
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Packages

The Jumpstart Coaching Package

The Jumpstart Coaching Package

Duration: 8 weeks (with 4 optional bonus weeks); Weekly 1-hour Virtual Coaching Sessions; Session Summary, Homework and Action Steps; Access to Private Client Portal with Tools and Resources; Support Between Sessions

Our Just Healthier Community

Our Just Healthier Community

Twice monthly Virtual Meet-Ups; Opportunity for Group Coaching Plant-Heavy Cooking Tips, Recipe Sharing; Accountability Partners; Just Healthier Challenges; The All-In Package – Commitment to 3 Months; The Check-In Package – Pay per Session, Come When You Can

WHAT EXACTLY IS PLANT-HEAVY EATING?

Plant-heavy eating is a meeting-you-where-you-are approach to eating habits that are more aligned with better health and wellness. The goal is simply to add more fruit, vegetables, greens, nuts, seeds and legumes to you diet... to shift towards more whole foods and away from ultra-processed foods... And We Start Wherever YOU Are!

Is it VEGAN? 

Is it VEGETARIAN?

Is it PLANT-BASED? 

Is it GLUTEN-FREE?

Not necessarily, but IT CAN BE.

We encourage Colourful, Plant-Heavy Plates because they are PACKED with FIBRE and POWERFUL PHYTONUTRIENTS with a mix of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, neuroprotective and cardioprotective properties.

In other words, when you nourish your body with plant-heavy meals you're combatting chronic inflammation and reducing your risk of several chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Plant-heavy meals are also helpful in the management of pre-existing NCDs.

So YES to COLOURFUL PLATES!

Can it Include Meat? YES

Potential Benefits of a Plant-Heavy Eating

More Energy

Better Gut Health

Reduced Risk of Certain Cancers - e.g. Breast, Colon, Prostate

Improved “Numbers”: Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, Blood Sugar, Weight

Improved Brain Health

Improved Mood

IT'S A GATEWAY TO A BETTER YOU!

It's not about LIVING LONGER...It's about LIVING BETTER

and being JUST HEALTHIER!

READY TO LEVEL UP?
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Let's Chat and See If We Can Work Together!
No Obligations
Nothing to Lose
No Cost

OUR COACHING - WHAT'S INVOLVED?

Habit formation and breaking

Goal setting and achievement

Dietary changes

Lifestyle modifications


And We Start Wherever YOU Are!


Our Coaching IS NOT about:

 Giving unsolicited advice

Criticism

Judgement

AND it is not therapy!

Benefits of Our Coaching

1 - CLARITY ON YOUR HEALTHIER EATING GOALS

As your coach, I will help you define clear and achievable goals, SMART goals, to turn your healthier eating dreams into a reality.

2 - SHIFTING YOUR MINDSET

As your coach, I will help you shift perspectives, acknowledging challenges & opening your eyes to possibilities and opportunities to improve your eating habits..

3 - PERSONALIZED ACTION PLAN

As your coach, I will work with you to create a strategy that is tailored for YOU.

One Size Never Fits All

4 - FASTER PROGRESS & ACCOUNTABILITY

As your coach, I will keep you accountable and help you stay on track to achieving your goals.

5 - SUPPORT & ENCOURAGEMENT

As your coach, I will be a trusted partner on your Plant-Heavy Journey.

Be Just Healthier with Plant-Heavy 
Coaching
Your guide to plant-powered living

Services

Virtual 1-on-1 Coaching

Receive personalized guidance, mindful of your preferences and tailored to your unique circumstances, meeting you wherever you are on your journey towards a plant-heavy lifestyle. Through one-on-one consultations, we clarify your nutrition and health goals, co-create steps towards them and offer ongoing coaching to help you navigate challenges and achieve sustainable results.

Our Just Healthier Community

Join our Just Healthier Community and experience the magic and synergy of a collective! Receive guidance and take part in structured challenges and accountability programmes to help you adopt and maintain a plant-heavy lifestyle. Let's connect, share ideas, experiences and approaches in this supportive, virtual environment!

Plant-Heavy Meals "How-To" Workshop

Learn practical strategies to incorporate more whole-food, plant-heavy meals into your life. We will show you how to get your nutrients from diverse plant sources without sacrificing flavour or completely breaking the bank.

Interactive Educational Workshops

Discover the vibrant world of plant-heavy eating! This interactive workshop explores the significant health benefits, from boosting gut health to reducing inflammation, management of chronic NCDs and more. Learn practical, evidence-based strategies to seamlessly incorporate more whole-food, plant-focussed meals into your life, including delicious recipes and tips on how to get your nutrients from diverse plant sources.

Digital/Downloadable Resources

Embrace a more plant-focussed lifestyle at your convenience and on your own terms with our digital resources. Access our simplified, easy-to-digest information on plant-centred nutrition. No need to conduct extensive searches and sift through volumes of complex scientific literature. We've done the heavy work for you!

Meet Your Coach
Meet Your Coach
FRN-Certified Plant-Based Coach with a string of professional qualifications and soft skills from a strong background as an Educator (University Lecturer in Medical Microbiology) Researcher, Discipline Co-ordinator, Advisor and Mentor.
 
Curious about how I got here?
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Testimonials

 Your feedback is welcome! 

Coach Suzanne

 Coming from a been there, doing that perspective, I have plenty to offer you on your plant-heavy journey. I would value your feedback! 

Coach Suzanne: Your Future Coach :)
  

Frequently Asked Questions

Many coaches (not all) have obtained coaching certification, or have a deep knowledge of nutritional facts; but not all have lived the very challenge that they are offering to help you with.

What sets me apart is that I've been there and I'm doing it! 
Not "done that", as plant-heavy eating is not a fad diet... it's a lifestyle!

I know how deflating it feels when you try your best and still come up short...because sometimes life just happens.

I've had to pinch pennies, make sacrifices and find creative alternatives to make healthier eating affordable on a very tight budget. 

I've taught myself how to tweak recipes to suit our West Indian palate and find substitutes when the disrupted supply chain means key items aren't in stock.

I too have come across "intended-to-be-helpful" low-inflammatory diet meal plans and suggestions that aren't tailored for my West Indian palate... with several inaccessible ingredients.

I'm familiar with the guilt and disgust with self when I yield to the temptation of a Kit Kat at the checkout counter ... or the convenience of fast food. 

I've worked all day long and come home too fagged out to cook... settling for a quick, knowingly  "not-too-too-healthy meal" cuz it's more convenient.

I've created my healthier version of my once favourite fast food ... ain't want nutting wid my Lemon Pepper Wings!

I had to find a way...and I can help YOU find a way.

Knowing what to do is one thing. Getting it done often calls for someone to hold your hand as you walk you through the trenches, encouraging you and keeping you on track.

I've informally helped several people "plantify" their diet through my small business, Q's HealthyREats & WhatsApp broadcasts.

I"m drawing from my personal experiences while navigating a chronic condition and adopting a plant-heavy lifestyle to help manage flare ups and generally improve wellness.

What else sets me apart, check out "Why Me", "Meet Your Coach" and view My Story.


Not at present. However, a Plant-Heavy Meals "How-To" Workshop is being developed to address the needs of those who desire practical strategies for incorporating more whole foods, plant-based meals into their diet.
While our plant-heavy lifestyle is conducive to weight loss, it is specifically addressed.
For a more targeted approach to weight loss, I'd be happy to refer you to a specialist.
Book a Free Discovery Call and let’s see how we can work together, charting your way towards a Healthier You!  

We will look at your healthier eating goals, the Cost of the Jumpstart Coaching Package, go through Payment Details and schedule a Start Date.
Interested persons are encouraged to book a Free Discovery Call where you will learn details about our packages including pricing and payment options.
A payment plan can be discussed and offered on a situational basis.
If you're looking for a coach who will provide you with a detailed meal plan telling you exactly what to eat every day of the week, I can refer you to one I admire.

I will help you incorporate more fruit, vegetables, greens, nuts, seeds, legumes, more whole foods and fewer ultra-processed foods into your diet, thus opening the door to better health.
If you have a dietician and faithfully go from visit to visit but still struggle to implement their dietary recommendations, a coach can help.
Coaching is future-oriented and involves goal-setting towards improved performance. It focusses on future goals and potential; whereas therapy deals with emotional healing from past wounds/traumas and mental health challenges.

With coaching tthe emphasis is on self-discovery, accountability and action planning. The client is deemed the expert on their own life and goals.

The term plant-heavy was coined in recognition of the wide spectrum of plant-based, plant-centric, plant-focussed or plant-forward nutritional styles. It fits well with our approach of welcoming and working with you regardless of where you fall along that spectrum, provided you have a desire to increase your intake of plant foods as a means of improving your health.


Yes. While at the farthest end of the plant-heavy spectrum, your full protein requirements can be obtained from plants, we are aware that this may not be practical, or even necessary. We acknowledge that for many meat is a staple and encourage lean, healthy cuts over red meat.
Strict calorie tracking can be important if the primary goal is weight loss. 
However, this can become tedious, does not necessarily reflect quality nutrition and the fixation of number of calories may trigger anxiety.

Our approach incorporates whole foods, a focus on plant foods with recommendations (e.g. mindful eating, regular exercise) that support healthier outcomes that are sustainable. 

In the words of one of my tutors, "Stop Counting Calories and Start Counting Fiber for Better Health". (Nichole Dandrea-Russert, RDN).


Contact

  • Christ Church, Barbados

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