Siah Fried, Neighbor

As a health professor and educator, and NBC-HWC coach, who has worked with thousands of clients, parents, and students with various mental and physical health challenges, I have cared for multiple people, including family members, who have battled and beat an eating disorder and other mental health challenges and health diagnoses. Whether your child’s struggle is with disordered eating, body image, an eating disorder, overweight, poor nutrition, or mental health struggles, my job is to support you as you support your child through these challenges. I have been in your shoes. As a parent myself, I know what it is like to parent when my child is hurting. When our child is hurt and struggling, we hurt and struggle too.

I like to be authentic about my own parenting journey. I am not a perfect parent- just ask my kids.The lessons I learned regarding aspects of parenting that helped my kids and what wasn’t so helpful, as well as my professional background and experience, inspire me to help other parents in the midst of their parenting journey when resilience and self-reflection is necessary to move forward.This is one reason I love my work as a parent coach.

Education:

Jai Parenting Institute Certified Parent Coach

Mind Body Green Certified Health Coach.

Master’s of Public Health

Nationally Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC)

Professional Experience:

30 years in the public health field in various settings from large hospitals to classrooms

I have a breadth of experience educating diverse populations on a vast array of health topics from chronic disease management and prevention to resilience and mental health coaching.

17 years as a health, nutrition, and women's health professor.

4 years as high school health teacher and health curriculum director

I launched a study, “Suburban Student Athletes: Driven to Overachieve”, and presented it for Sport & Society Research Network at the University of Toronto.

Some ways we can work together:

I support you as you support your child through a mental or physical health concern.

We evaluate and establish helpful tools to achieve balance in 4 key areas for your best health: nutrition, sleep, exercise, and stress.

I help you reconnect with family values and individual strengths

I help you define or redefine success for your family, and kids, in particular, based on their individual strengths and passions.

My particular niches include but are not limited to:

eating disorders

disordered eating

body image struggles

nutrition challenges

ADHD

sleep problems

stress and pressure on kids and parents

lack of positive coping skills

Increasing resilience, self-care and self-awareness

weight challenges

exercise