1. Who this is for
Canadian residents (all provinces and territories) aged 18 and over who are:
- preparing for a metabolic / bariatric procedure (LSG, RYGB, SADI-S, LAGB, BPD-DS)
- in active recovery after such a procedure
- navigating long-term post-bariatric life: protein and hydration, supplement adherence, hair changes, dumping prevention, hormonal shifts, plateaus, weight regain, social and emotional adjustment
- using GLP-1 therapy and wanting structured behaviour support alongside their prescriber’s care
You must be under the care of your own bariatric or primary care team. Coaching is a complement to that care, never a replacement.
2. What coaching covers
Each coaching engagement is structured around behaviour change in the areas where evidence shows the largest long-term impact:
- Nutrition behaviour — translating your dietitian’s personalised targets into day-to-day habits; protein-first sequencing; hydration timing; texture progression; supplement adherence
- Recovery routines — sleep, movement, stress regulation, scar care reminders (per surgical team instructions)
- Pattern recognition — using the PureBariatric Nutrition Journal to surface trends you can take back to your clinical team
- Relapse prevention — identifying early warning signs of regain, emotional eating triggers, and social pressure scenarios
- Long-term self-management — structured planning for the 2-year, 5-year, and lifelong post-surgery horizon
3. What coaching does not cover
Coaching is not
- medical diagnosis or treatment
- nursing assessment, wound care, or medication administration
- individualised dietetic prescription (your registered dietitian sets your targets — we help you live them)
- psychotherapy or mental-health treatment
- prescription adjustment of any kind (GLP-1, insulin, vitamins, anti-emetics, anything)
- emergency or urgent care
- second-opinion review of your surgical team’s decisions
If you need any of those
- contact your bariatric program directly
- contact your family physician or nurse practitioner
- contact your registered dietitian or pharmacist
- for mental-health crisis: 9-8-8 (Canada Suicide Crisis Helpline) or your local emergency department
- for medical emergencies: call 911 or attend your nearest ED
4. Your coach
5. How coaching works
- Free 20-minute fit call — we confirm coaching is appropriate for you, that you are under appropriate clinical care, and that expectations match on both sides.
- Intake and consent — you complete a structured intake and sign a coaching agreement, the educational-not-medical scope acknowledgement, the privacy consent, and the emergency-handling acknowledgement.
- First session — we establish your goals, your clinical team’s current guidance, and a 90-day behaviour plan.
- Ongoing sessions — weekly or bi-weekly, by secure video. Asynchronous check-ins are supported through a secure messaging tool.
- Quarterly review — structured review against the 90-day plan; recommendations for what to bring back to your clinical team.
Coaching is delivered in English.
6. Consent and intake
Before any paid coaching begins, you will receive and sign:
- a written coaching agreement
- a scope-of-practice acknowledgement (this page, attached)
- a privacy and information-handling consent, aligned with PIPEDA and your province’s privacy law (Alberta PIPA, Alberta HIA, British Columbia PIPA, Quebec Law 25, Ontario PHIPA, or equivalent)
- an emergency-handling acknowledgement, including what we will and will not do if you disclose a clinical emergency during a session
You may withdraw consent at any time; withdrawal ends the coaching relationship but does not retroactively delete records we are required to keep under applicable professional or business-record retention rules.
7. Privacy
Information you share in coaching is handled under our Privacy Policy, which addresses PIPEDA, provincial health-information statutes, and (for clients who later move or travel) GDPR, UK GDPR, and CCPA. Coaching session notes are stored in a Canadian-region encrypted system separately from the public site analytics.
8. Fees and refunds
Fees, package structure, billing cycle, and refund terms are disclosed in writing in your coaching agreement before any payment is taken. Payments are processed by Stripe. Sales tax is added where required.
9. Regulatory framework
Coaching delivered to Canadian residents is structured to comply with:
- Alberta’s Health Professions Act and the College of Registered Nurses of Alberta’s standards, including the Self-Employed Registered Nurse standards and the conflict-of-interest, advertising, and professional-boundary standards
- the Health Information Act of Alberta and the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
- interprovincial mobility and disclosure requirements when serving clients outside Alberta — the founder maintains active Canadian provincial registration and observes the registration, disclosure, and scope rules of each province in which coaching is delivered
This page and the coaching agreement together form the public disclosure of scope, credentials, and limits that those frameworks require.
10. Emergencies
11. Contact
Coaching enquiries: coaching@purebariatric.com. Regulatory or scope questions: legal@purebariatric.com.