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The HealthyChange Scripts Kit includes:

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Kit Box: Storage and display box with carrying handle

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(12)  Script pads with 25 sheets per pad

Our prescription pads are mini coaching sessions that guide provider-patient conversations to commit patients to a first-step action plan. Each pad offers a brief lifestyle benchmark, suggesting research-backed, accessible, and affordable first steps they can choose to take. They include habit development tips and a QR code for vetted online resources, filling in any information gaps and supporting patients in their new behaviors.

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Script Titles 

Healthy Eating: Getting Started: 

For the patient that has a low nutrition IQ and needs small, incremental changes. It gives a broad collection of first steps that are relatively easy to incorporate.

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Healthy Eating: Next Steps:

​For the patient who is trying to eat healthy and is looking for more information or is deliberately choosing to impact their biomarkers (e.g. A1c, BP, lipid panel, kidney function)

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Physical Activity:

For the patient at entry level who sits a majority of the day and is unaware of the harmful effects of being sedentary.

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Exercise: Upping Your Game

For the patient who is somewhat active and is choosing to incorporate optimized levels of aerobic, strength, balance, and flexibility training.

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Stress Less:

For the patient experiencing chronic stress and is in need of tools to actively reduce and manage it.

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Smoking Cessation:

For the patient that is contemplating or ready to try and break their addiction.

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Sleep Well:

For the patient who is not being restored by sleep and is unaware of the impact on their brain, body, and emotional health. 

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Approaching Substance Abuse:

​For the patient who is contemplating and possibly ready to address their substance/alcohol misuse. The style of this script is motivational. The purpose is to guide the patient to the first step toward change giving them options for more structured support with the large list of references provided.

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Taking Care of Your Mental Health:

A script designed to link physical, mental, gut, and brain health action steps (like diet, mindfulness, and exercise)  to stress management and mental health.

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Are You Ready ?:

A motivational interview to be used when a patient is ambivalent about change or has low confidence in their ability to change. 

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Losing Weight: Getting Started:

​For the patient that has not seriously tried to lose weight in the past and has little to no knowledge of their caloric intake or the basics of healthy weight reduction. The education portion includes 8 skills that are keys to success at losing extra fat.

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Weight Loss 2.0 Recommendation Sheet:

An accompanying prescription pad that helps the provider with recommending the Weight Loss 2.0 mini book. It summarizes the book contents and ends with listing the anticipated outcomes including re-igniting motivation and hope, improving knowledge and confidence, and adding self-coaching and accountability to their weight loss journey.

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Workbooks: 

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(20) Body System Reboot: Burn more Fat, Have more Energy, Live Better Longer:

This is a 16 page workbook with an embedded script that encompasses all the Lifestyle Pillars. It is for the patient whose blood work has LDL and triglycerides in the high range, lower HDL levels, creeping fasting blood glucose and HbA1c levels, increasing blood pressure over time, or has high fasting blood insulin levels. They may have physical signs of insulin resistance which include (belly, visceral fat) and skin conditions: skin tags at neck, dark velvety skin at neck and armpits, acne, psoriasis, eczema. Subjective complaints include a broad spectrum of the following:  chronic fatigue, cravings, joint pain, low energy, constant hunger, brain fog, poor mood, inflammation, weight gain, menopausal symptoms, GI symptoms and poor sleep. This also serves as a weight loss solution for those with insulin resistance. 

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​(20) Creating Your Healthy Self: A Workbook:

This 16 page self-guided workbook, offered with the script, helps patients further clarify motivations, develop a wellness vision, and identify strengths, supports, and obstacles.  It recommends developing a relapse plan and fosters autonomy, efficacy, compliance and accountability by setting and tracking 3 month and 1-3 week SMART goal in an easy-to-read, self-paced and self-reflective coaching style. 

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(6) Weight Loss 2.0: Discover What You Didn’t Know and Design a Better Plan:

A thoughtful 32 page Workbook that is designed to uncover a person’s underlying reasons behind their struggle with weight loss. It guides a patient through a series of questions that will provide insight to the common pitfalls that may have led to previous unsuccessful attempts at weight loss or maintaining weight loss. This comprehensive dive into persistent weight loss struggles encompasses virtually all contributors to lack of success and suggests actionable, accessible steps to overcome them. It includes common categories of weight loss difficulty titled Needing Support, Organizational Planning, Plan for Cravings, Nutritional Realities, Portion Realities, Get Enough Sleep, Track your Movement, Food Addiction Approaches, Mindful Eating, and Mindset.

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Brochure:

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(20) Optimizing Your Health and Well-Being:​

This 4 page brochure targets health-conscious individuals seeking to enhance their health span and longevity. It covers various wellness topics, including a QR code and hyperlinks to our frequently updated webpage for more in-depth information. It also serves patients who decline immediate discussion on lifestyle changes but are open to reading about healthier living.This is designed for people that are on top of their health but are self motivated to further improve their health span and longevity but need additional information. It  is an information sharing handout for the patient who already has confidence and has been successful with behavior change.

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With the purchase of the Kit you also have access to: 

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Motivational Introduction Video:

This pre-visit, less than 5 min professionally produced video aims to introduce patients to the significant impact of lifestyle changes. It encourages them to identify and select their desired area of change, thereby streamlining the patient onboarding process for lifestyle behavior modification. By preparing patients for the subsequent conversation, the video ultimately saves time and facilitates patient action.

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Motivational Introduction Handout:

This is a one page written introduction that can be used in place of the video described above.

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Provider User Guide Training Video: A Comprehensive Guide to Healthy Change Scripts

This training video offers a comprehensive demonstration of how to effectively integrate Healthy Change Scripts into office visits. It covers:

  • Introduction to Behavior Change: Understanding the science behind behavior change and habit development.

  • Script Components & Purpose: A detailed breakdown of each script component, its purpose, and helpful phrases and strategies for various patient responses.

  • Supporting Materials: An overview and summary of the three accompanying workbooks and the "Optimizing Your Health and Well-Being" brochure.

  • Script Level Guidance: Assistance in determining the most appropriate script level for each patient's starting point.

  • Material Presentation: Recommendations on how to effectively present the materials to patients.

  • Goal Setting & Tracking: Instructions on developing SMART goals and utilizing the provided Goal Tracking Sheet in the "Creating Your Healthy Self" workbook.

  • Motivational Interviewing & Coaching: Techniques for motivational interviewing and types of coaching reflections for effective patient conversations.

  • Follow-Up Strategies: Suggestions for productive follow-up visit conversations.

  • Role Play Video Example Sessions: Video sessions that will help visualize an actual conversation that is guided by the script questions.

   

 

Coaching Script for Providers : Converting Talk to Action in your Practice

Transform your practice and empower yourself and staff with this self-coaching tool. "Converting Talk to Action" provides the framework and guidance you need to confidently implement meaningful and lasting change.

Key Features:

  • Readiness Assessment: Evaluate your current readiness for change with a simple 1-10 scale and gain insights into your motivations.

  • Discover Your "Why": Connect with your internal motivations and values to fuel your journey towards a healthier practice.

  • Craft a Vision: Envision your practice one year from now, successfully embracing Lifestyle Medicine and experiencing profound positive changes.

  • Identify Strengths: Leverage existing strengths, skills, and resources to bring your vision to life.

  • Comprehensive Action Plan (Mind Mapping): Utilize a visual tool to outline new behaviors, anticipate challenges, and brainstorm specific actions across key impact areas:

    • Patient Care

    • Office Workflow/Operations

    • Team Engagement

    • Personal Growth/Well-being

    • Specific Lifestyle Behavior Interventions and HealthyChange Scripts

  • Develop SMART Goals: Create specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic, and time-bound goals for effective implementation.

  • Anticipate Obstacles & Strategies: Proactively identify potential challenges and develop strategies to overcome them, including identifying support systems.

  • Connect to Positive Emotion: Harness the power of positive emotions to motivate and sustain your commitment to change.

  • Confidence Scale: Assess your confidence in achieving your goals and refine your approach for greater success.

  • Tips for Success: Benefit from practical advice, including finding accountability partners, adjusting goals, and celebrating milestones.

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Goal Tracking Sheet

A downloadable PDF to help patients create and track 1-2 week SMART goals with self rating for success and goal modification as necessary. This template can be used by the provider’s office in portal communications or added to EMR attachments for improved tracking of compliance/success. 

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