INTRODUCING INDIVIDUAL HEALTH EMPOWERMENT SERVICES
Empowering Adults with Personalized Support for HeaChallenges
Feeling Powerless or Lost in the Healthcare System? You Deserve Better.
You know something needs to change…but maybe your doctors aren't listening to you or you can’t see them as often as you need. Maybe you're managing multiple conditions with conflicting recommendations and no clear plan. Maybe you're simply exhausted from trying to advocate for yourself and don’t even know what resources you need — or maybe you know things you need to do for yourself but can’t seem to manage making them happen. Sound familiar? You need Health Empowerment - and Dr. Karen can help.
What is Health Empowerment?
Health empowerment is the process of equipping individuals with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to take control of their health decisions, becoming active partners in care, fostering self-management, and promoting control over life factors affecting well-being. It is a shift in power dynamics, so that you, the client, can get questions answered, know how to collaborate, find and utilize resources, and create goals and a plan for your own behaviors. You will gain:
Knowledge & Skills
Access to information
Control and active participation
Self-capacity and resources.
You don't have to navigate this alone.
I help people like you take back control of their health and greater wellbeing—even when the system feels stacked against you. With over 30 years as an integrative medicine physician, plus decades of health coaching, yoga, and mind-body practices, I know how to bridge the gap between what conventional medicine provides, and what possibilities the greater healthcare world holds —and can help you determine what your mind, body, and spirit actually need to heal.
Here's what we'll do together:
✓ Untangle the confusion – Make sense of conflicting or confusing diagnoses, treatment plans, and medical advice
✓ Build YOUR roadmap – Create a personalized and realistic health plan that aligns with your values, priorities, resources, and timeline
✓ Fill the gaps – Identify what may be missing in your current care and identify resources to address them
✓ Get real support – Regular check-ins (as often as you need) with someone who understands both integrative therapies AND how to work within the conventional system
✓ Move from surviving to thriving – Develop sustainable belief and lifestyle behavioral changes to nurture your best physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing
This is for you if…
You're managing a chronic or serious illness like diabetes, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, auto-immune illness, chronic pain, etc., and feel like you're doing it alone
You don’t know how to get different medical providers to interact around a complex issue to optimize the overall best outcome
Your quality of life has suffered and you're ready to reclaim it
You want to improve your overall health and wellbeing but don't know where to start
You're tired of being a passive patient and ready to become an empowered player in the course of your own healthcare
I get it. I've been there. I understand the fear, frustration, and feeling of being invisible or unheard in today's healthcare system. That's exactly why I created this service. I’m here to help.
Why work with me?
I’m Bringing Together
Expertise as a physician with 3+ decades in the holistic and integrative medicine field
National leadership in the development, regulation and evolution of the field of Health and Wellness Coaching
Founder and director of the first Academic educational graduate programs in Integrative Health and Wellness Coaching in the U.S.
20 years of training and mentoring integrative health and wellness coaches in a rigorous academic environment
30+ years of yoga practice, plus yoga teacher certification
Decades of training and lived experience in mind/body skills—mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, movement/dance, etc.
Personal experience as a patient who has lived understanding of the challenges of today’s healthcare system, and the fear and frustration that happens when trying to get one’s needs met. I care.
Personalized Approach
I understand that each individual's health journey is unique. In this coaching role, I do not diagnose or treat specific illnesses, however, I am well positioned to assist individuals in making lifestyle behavior and belief changes to optimize their daily lives, and to help them advocate for themselves in a complex and challenging healthcare system. Additionally, I am well versed in a broad range of health care interventions and closely connected with a community of diverse practitioners both locally and nationally. This allows me to introduce new possible therapeutic approaches for clients when they are interested in expanding their healing plans. My coaching approach is tailored to meet the specific needs and goals of each client as a whole person with unique needs and intentions.
I work closely with clients to self-develop customized plans that address their specific health concerns, promote overall wellbeing, and empower them to take control of their health and healthcare.
“Your health journey shouldn't feel like a battle. Let's change that together.”
—Dr. KarenReady to Take the First Step?
Schedule Your FREE 15-Minute Consultation Call HERE
We'll talk about what health empowerment means, answer your questions, and see if we're a good fit. No pressure. No sales pitch. Just honest conversation about whether I can help.
Initial sessions: 50 minutes (sometimes 2 sessions needed to establish your foundation)
Follow-up sessions: 25 or 50 minutes, based on your needs
Frequency: Your choice—many clients find weekly or bi-weekly sessions create the best momentum
Recommended minimum: 5 sessions for meaningful, lasting change
Dr. Lawson does not replace the physicians on your care team, prescribe or direct order labs, or offer hospital or surgical services. No direct insurance billing, but services may be submitted to Healthcare Savings Accounts for reimbursement. All Services are virtual and no physical examination is performed.