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[quote=Anonymous]So, my sister who has cycled through a variety of careers already has decided that she is going to be a health coach practicing functional/integrative medicine.  Yes, based on that first sentence, I'm already judging, but honestly, I want to be supportive.

So far, however, all of her facebook posts seems to indicate that she's pissing away tons of money on conferences on a variety of health topics some which sound reasonable and some which sound like bs to me.  It's clear she's found a core group of people who are into the same thing and that she's feeling "energized" but it feels like this is one step up from a beachbody coach just more expensive for her to get "certified".  She's not a doctor, far from it, so I feel like the the idea of her giving out serious medical advice is unethical.  Am I wrong about this? Does any one in DCUM land have any experience with this sort of thing?

I'm completely willing to take the mind your own business route, be she's so excited about this work that it's all she talks about now so it's challenging to ignore it.  I did some brief googling and did find that there is at least one reputable university that offers something for integrative medicine so maybe it is legit and I could steer her towards that?  [/quote]

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