Stratum Health Coaching works with patients referred by their physician or PA to build sustainable habits around nutrition, sleep, physical activity, and stress — the four foundations of a healthier life.
NBHWC CERTIFIED · HSA / FSA ELIGIBLE · CLINICIAN REFERRED
Your provider gave you a diagnosis and a recommendation — lose weight, lower your blood pressure, get your blood sugar under control. But a 15-minute appointment can’t teach you how to change the habits of a lifetime. That’s where coaching comes in.
Providers manage your condition. They don’t have time to coach you through the daily decisions that drive it.
“Eat better and exercise more” is advice. A personalized action plan built around your life is coaching.
Knowing what to do and actually doing it are different problems. Coaching solves the second one.
Most people try too much too fast. Coaching builds change at a pace that lasts — layer by layer.
Your physician, PA, or NP identifies coaching as a complement to your clinical care and refers you to Stratum.
A no-obligation 20-minute call to answer your questions and confirm coaching is the right fit.
Your 90-minute intake session establishes where you are across all four pillars — and leaves you with a 30-day action plan in hand.
Biweekly coaching sessions, accountability, and real-time adjustment over three months.
Stratum works with patients who have a diagnosed condition where lifestyle modification is a recognized component of treatment or disease management — some examples include hypertension, pre-diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, and similar chronic conditions. If your provider believes you could benefit from structured behavioral support, you likely qualify.
Coaching is not a substitute for medical care. Stratum works alongside your provider — not as a substitute for them.
Every coaching engagement is built around the five core habits and patterns that drive long-term health outcomes — four physical pillars and the emotional intelligence layer that makes behavior change sustainable. Your plan will emphasize whichever pillars are most relevant to your diagnosis, your EQ profile, and your goals.
Eating patterns, meal structure, and sustainable food habits aligned with your diagnosis — not a diet, a lifestyle.
Sleep quality, consistency, and habits that support metabolic and cardiovascular health — often the most underrated pillar.
Movement goals matched to your current level, your diagnosis, and your actual daily life. Sustainable, not punishing.
Practical strategies for the chronic stress that drives poor sleep, poor nutrition, and poor adherence to everything else.
The psychological layer beneath your habits. Your EQ profile reveals how self-awareness, impulse control, stress tolerance, and emotional regulation are influencing your health behaviors — and what strengths you already have to draw on.
The EQ-i 2.0 is the world’s leading psychometric measure of emotional intelligence (EQ) — administered and debriefed by a certified practitioner. Your results reveal the emotional patterns that shape your health behaviors, giving us a richer and more complete picture of why change is hard and what inner resources you already have to draw on.
Your EQ profile is completed before your intake session and integrated directly into your 30-day action plan. This is not an add-on — it is the foundation that makes everything else more effective.
*EQ-i 2.0® is a registered trademark of Multi-Health Systems Inc. (MHS). Administered under a valid MHS practitioner license.
You complete the EQ-i 2.0 assessment online before your intake session. Takes about 20 minutes. Your coach interprets the results in advance.
Your EQ profile informs your 30-day action plan at your very first session — not as an afterthought but as a core input.
Session 4 is devoted entirely to connecting your emotional intelligence profile to your specific health behavior challenges.
A focused three-month coaching engagement designed specifically for clinician-referred clients managing a chronic lifestyle-related condition. Physical habits and emotional intelligence — together.
HSA / FSA ELIGIBLE
Completed before your intake appointment (~30 min). Scored and interpreted by your coach in advance so your EQ profile informs your action plan from session one.
Full lifestyle baseline across all four physical pillars combined with your EQ-i 2.0 debrief. You leave with both your EQ profile and a personalized 30-day action plan in hand.
Real-world debrief on your first month. What worked, what didn’t, what surprised you. We adjust and move forward with real data.
Structured progress review against baseline. Reinforce what’s working, troubleshoot barriers, deepen your highest-priority habit area.
A focused session connecting your EQ profile to your specific behavior change challenges. Leverage your emotional strengths to accelerate your health goals.
Dedicated work on your highest-priority habit area. This is where change starts to feel less effortful and more natural.
60-day review. Celebrate progress, lock in momentum, and set the agenda for the final stretch.
Build the habits and systems — physical and emotional — that keep you on track after coaching ends.
Final baseline comparison, written progress summary, and a clear path forward on your terms.
✅ EQ-i 2.0 full assessment + certified debrief
✅ Written baseline assessment — all four physical pillars
✅ 1 intake session (90 min) + 7 coaching sessions (50 min each)
✅ 30-day action plan informed by your EQ profile
✅ Session recap notes after each appointment
✅ Between-session support (email, phone, text)
✅ End-of-program progress summary
✅ HSA/FSA itemized receipts
Program renewal — clients who complete The Foundation Program may continue with monthly maintenance coaching at $150/month. Includes one 50-minute session per month plus ongoing between-session support via phone, text, or Marco Polo video messaging for questions as they come up. No long-term commitment required. Cancel anytime.
DHSc
MPA
NBC-HWC
PN1
EQ-i 2.0 Certified
I am an experienced educator with nearly two decades of experience in physician assistant (PA) education and a doctoral degree in health science. As a National Board-Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Precision Nutrition Level 1 coach, and certified Emotional Intelligence consultant, I bring a depth of clinical literacy that most wellness coaches simply don’t have.
When you meet with me, I have a solid understanding of your diagnosis, I understand what your provider is trying to accomplish, and I know how to translate clinical goals into the kind of daily habits that actually change your health — not just your intentions.
Health coaching at Stratum is not generic advice. It is an individualized, evidence-informed engagement built around your life, your condition, your emotional intelligence profile, and your goals.
The IRS permits HSA and FSA funds to be used for services that treat, mitigate, or prevent a diagnosed medical condition. With a Letter of Medical Necessity (LMN) from your referring provider, Stratum coaching fees qualify. Here’s how it works:
Your physician, PA, or NP refers you and writes a Letter of Medical Necessity documenting your diagnosis and the clinical rationale for coaching.
Complete your intake and sign your client agreement. Your LMN stays with you — no paperwork from your provider’s office is required beyond that.
Use your HSA debit card or submit for FSA reimbursement. Stratum provides itemized receipts for every session.
Your first session — intake, baseline, and 30-day action plan — is scheduled and you’re on your way.
If you have patients managing hypertension, pre-diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, or similar conditions — and you believe they would benefit from structured lifestyle coaching — Stratum is a credentialed, clinician-aligned resource you can refer with confidence.
Identify a qualifying patient · mention Stratum and provide this website or the referral card · sign a one-page Letter of Medical Necessity using the provided template if the patient wishes to use HSA/FSA funds. That’s it. No paperwork, no clinical coordination required. Your patient schedules directly with me.
Not referred by a provider? Stratum also works with individuals pursuing general health and wellness goals outside of a clinical referral.
No obligation. Just a conversation to answer your questions and confirm coaching is the right fit for where you are right now.
Sessions available via phone or video — no travel required. Serving clients throughout Utah and virtually nationwide.
Typically responds within 24-48 hours.
Stratum Health Coaching provides health and wellness coaching services only. Coaching is not a substitute for medical care and does not constitute medical advice, clinical diagnosis, or treatment of any kind. J. Mace Hamblin, DHSc, MPA, NBC-HWC, PN1 is not a licensed clinical provider. Please consult your healthcare provider for all medical decisions.
