Peer Health Coaching

Health Coaching a growing industry in the health and wellness field that utilizes behavior theory and lifestyle change science to improve your health. Many companies across the country are implementing health coaching strategies with great success for their clients. Here at UCCS, we offer a free health coaching program where you can avoid costly services and connect with a peer at your school.

UCCS Peer Health Coaches are dedicated to guiding and supporting your wellbeing while making a real connection with you both in person and remotely. With the Peer Health Coaching program, you no longer have to “do health” on your own. Peer Health Coaches can work with you to:

• Develop realistic goals
• Adopt health lifestyle changes
• Become consistent with healthy routines
• Find balance in your life
• Track your progress through periodic check-ins

All Peer Health Coaches work under the supervision of a certified Health Coach faculty member.

Health Coaching is often used alongside a Primary Care Provider, Registered Dietitian, or Mental Health Specialist. A Health Coach is not a substitute for any of these important health professionals.

Students can find these services at:
Mental Health (https://recwellness.uccs.edu/mental-health-services)
Health Services/Primary Care: (https://recwellness.uccs.edu/health-services)
Free Registered Dietitian Services (https://recwellness.uccs.edu/nutrition)

Employees can find these services at:
Mental Health (https://www.colorado.gov/c-seap)
Health Services/Primary Care: (https://healthcircle.uccs.edu)
Registered Dietitian Services: (https://healthcircle.uccs.edu/peak-nutrition-clinic)

Kyleigh Peterson is currently a graduate student at UCCS pursuing her Master of Sciences in Health Promotion. She is also a MS4 Cadet in UCCS’s Mountain Ranger Battalion. Kyleigh joined UCCS due to her selection for the Army’s Green to Gold (Active-Duty Option) Program. This program allows her to pursue her graduate degree as well as participate in the ROTC at UCCS. When she is complete with the program, she will switch from an enlisted Staff Sergeant to a commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Army. Outside of schoolwork and Army requirements, Kyleigh stays busy assisting Gina Burton in the Health Sciences Department as a Graduate Teaching Assistant.

Since starting at UCCS, Kyleigh has obtained her Health and Wellness Coaching Certification through Real Balance Global Wellness. She also became a Trauma Informed Professional through the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience. She is extremely passionate about health coaching and helping others. As a result of this passion for and dedication to health coaching, Kyleigh has designed her own brand and business named “Improving Selfhood” that she intends to officially launch within the next six months.

Now involved with the Peer Health Coaching initiative at UCCS, Kyleigh is eager to assist her peers with changing and/or implementing their desired health behaviors and habits. She brings a wonderful perspective from her 10 years in the Army as well as her time in college for undergraduate and graduate studies.