I’ve found that many Spoonies face three common hurdles:

❌ Not knowing where to turn for trustworthy advice and community.
❌ Feeling trapped in narratives that reinforce feelings of illness and exhaustion.
❌ Lacking a clear path to sustainable health improvements while managing chronic conditions.

My approach is all about tackling these challenges together:

✔️ We’ll redesign your life with small, impactful changes focused on your health.
✔️ We’ll find the right support that works for you...or show your current team how to do just that.
✔️ Together, we’ll build a supportive community and shift your mindset from surviving to thriving.

What if instead of fighting to be heard…
…you had the tools to confidently advocate for your care?

What if instead of white-knuckling through every flare and appointment…
…you had systems that actually supported you?

What if your health journey didn’t have to be a constant uphill battle…
…but a more easeful, empowered path forward — led by you?

That’s where I come in.

👋 Hi, I’m Lauren Freedman.
I’m a nationally board-certified health coach, patient advocate, and chronic illness navigator — here to help you stop spinning your wheels and start creating flow in a healthcare system that often feels impossible to move through.

No toxic positivity. No "just think good thoughts."

Real tools, root-cause thinking, nervous system education, and collaborative care planning that meets your needs — not some outdated medical template.

Coaching with me looks like this:
📚 Personalized education so you can make informed decisions
🧭 Support crafting your unique care plan and symptom strategy
🧠 Nervous system tools that help you shift from survival to sustainability
💬 Guidance on what questions to ask and how to self-advocate with confidence
🌀 A soft space to untangle the mental, emotional, and physical weight of being a person who has had to fight too hard for basic care

I’m not here to replace your providers. I’m here to help you make them work for you.

Why? Because the system may be broken —
but you don’t have to break with it.

A non-exhaustive list of the specific skillsets at my disposal that might help you:
- Organization and creation of a health history timeline (for use with new clinicians, and to organize records)
- Guidance on collation of medical records
- Practical advice for navigating clinician appointments, including prep, time restriction optimization, and how to get what you need — including referrals
- Referrals and research into new clinicians/practitioners specific to your needs, as well as in shaping your entire medical team
- Toxin reduction in the home & environment, including awareness education
- Root cause approaches, including guidance on practitioners, testing, and what to look out for (including common underlying infections like Lyme, EBV, mold, and parasites)
- Meditation and mindfulness
- Gentle movement guidance / referral (it is out of my scope to create exercise plans, but I can certainly help you find referrals OR help keep you accountable to your own plans)
- Nutrition guidance (keeping in mind I’m not a dietician, so I don’t prescribe diets or cleanses — but I can assist you in finding what works for you, and in providing education / filling in gaps)
- Assistance in finding communities specific to your diagnos(es)
- A look at complementary and integrative health (CIH) approaches, bridging the gap between allopathic and holistic medicine — and what might work for you...

ALL with the goal of helping you move from fighting the system - to being in flow with it. I will help you cultivate the skills to succeed in systems not designed for your success. Get answers, get heard, and get understood. I've got you :)