One cup of frozen blueberries is another healthy ingredient to Diane Burton’s smoothie. The blueberry's fiber, potassium, folate, vitamin C, vitamin B6 and phytonutrient content, coupled with its lack of cholesterol, all support heart health.


a certified health coach with the Dr. Sears Wellness Institute. She works with groups and individuals in such areas as weight control, healthy lifestyle and prevention of health issues. She’s a big believer that eating whole foods can help prevent a host of common health problems.


She also holds a certification as a Holistic Cancer Educator through the Center for Advancement in Cancer Education, Richboro, Penn.


Her certifications have mounted over the years. As she gained one, the next seemed like a natural fit.


“We have three immune systems: physical immune system, emotional and spiritual. So as a coach, I can now work with people on the spiritual side, the emotional side and the physical side, because I have the health and wellness certification. If your physical immune system is unhealthy, you get sick. The spiritual is unhealthy. It all works together and yet people don’t see that. I want Christian women to take care of themselves physically to be their best spiritually,” she said.


A common misconception is the


role of a grief coach — people tend to think a grief coach only works with people who have experienced death or are in mourning. Grief comes in many forms in our life, not just death.


A grief coach is different from a counselor or psychologist.


“In some ways we do the same things, however, a lot of therapists and counselors diagnose and I don’t diagnose. That is a huge difference. My job is to sit down and be a catalyst for someone, to be a listener, to guide and support and ask lots of questions. The person then digs deep and finds answers.


“A lot of times they will give me an answer and then I ask another question and dig a little deeper. Then they begin to find some answers. Once they find the answers, they can release their limiting beliefs and release the story they’ve told themselves,” Burton said.


Another difference is people opt to hire a grief coach, whereas counseling is sometimes court mandated, so her clients come to her with a different attitude.


Burton uses Juice Plus Complete Smoothie powder in her smoothies, which is a direct-to-consumer product that she also sells, but you can substitute a vanilla protein powder if you don’t have Juice Plus.


“They are ready to move forward in life. That is where it was for me. I was in the pit and everything I did was digging the pit deeper and I reached my hand up for a coach,” she said.


In January, 2011, Burton attended “From Heartbreak to Happiness” Grief Coach Academy and it was there she learned the PEACE Method; a method designed by Aurora Winter, the founder of the Grief Coach Academy. Winter is a renowned grief coach and has appeared in media outlets all over the country.


“This method changed my perspective on life altogether. The PEACE Method can move a person from pain to peace in just five steps,” Burton said. Burton teaches this method through coaching.


Despite being thin for 40 years, it wasn’t until she attended the academy that she was able to let go of her past and stopped thinking of herself as that fat girl. She came home from training and burned the picture in her wallet.


Burton graduated from high school in Mountain Home in 1971. She met future husband Ken while


away at college. They raised two children and traveled with his ministry. In the summer of 2003, they moved back home. Ken Burton is a minister at Mountain Home Church of Christ.


In her spare time, she loves to read, travel and spend time with her two grandchildren.


As a minister’s wife, women would come to her with questions and Burton says she never knew if she was saying the right thing or giving good advice, but now she is confident because she understands that happiness and health are intertwined.


“Your magazine is called Living Well and it made me think about living well,” she said. “Living well is more than eating right and exercise. I think a lot of times people think if they go to the gym and exercise, they can eat anything they want, or if they are eating the right food, they don’t have to exercise. Yet there is more to it. There is the attitude, emotional side, spiritual side. As a coach I can guide and support people to find out what living well means for them.”


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