Anchored Vitality
Anchored Vitality
FMCA Certified · IFS Foundations for Coaches™ · Bay Area, California
Functional medicine health coaching paired with Internal Family Systems–informed parts work — for driven, capable people who've tried the protocols, followed the plans, and keep finding themselves back at the beginning. We work with the biology and the part of you that's been protecting something.
01 — The Pattern
You've read the books. You've tried different diets, the supplements, the sleep routine, the breathwork. Sometimes it even works — for a while. Then something slips. The protocol gets harder to follow. You find yourself exactly where you started, often wondering what's wrong with you.
Nothing is wrong with you. There is a part of you doing exactly what it was hired to do — protect you from something older, deeper, and usually invisible. Until that part is seen and worked with directly, no plan, however good, will hold.
Anchored Vitality works with both. The biology — through functional labs, data, and behavior-change coaching. And the internal system — through IFS parts work that meets the protectors, unburdens what they've been carrying, and makes room for the healing you've been trying to access.
02 — The Container
Not open-ended. Not à la carte. A defined arc with a beginning, a middle, and a graduation — so the work actually lands and becomes yours to keep.
Weeks 1 – 3
We start with the full picture. Parts-aware intake, baseline labs you order and own, DEXA body composition scan, and your first mapping session. By the end of phase one, you have a protocol built for your biology and an initial read on the internal system running the show.
Weeks 4 – 10
The real work. Biweekly 1:1 sessions blending behavior-change coaching and IFS parts work. The protocol adjusts as we meet the protectors underneath. This is where people stop white-knuckling their health and start leading it from a different place entirely.
Weeks 11 – 16
Spacing out. Fewer 1:1s, more independent practice, a re-test of baseline markers, and a graduation plan. You leave with a protocol you own, a parts literacy you can return to, and proof — in data and lived experience — that something has shifted.
03 — Fit
Fermin Cruz · Bay Area, California
04 — About
For years I worked as an imaging aide — present for scans, results, prognoses, the quiet moments people found out what was happening inside their bodies. I watched brilliant treatment plans handed to patients who never followed through. I watched others with worse odds get well. The difference was almost never the medicine.
That's what I coach now — the work that actually lives between the protocol and the person. Functional medicine for the body. IFS for the parts running it.
— Trained Through
05 — What's Included
One investment. One defined arc. No upsells, no hourly bills, no add-ons.
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A deep onboarding built to surface what's actually in the way — before we spend a session getting there.
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Biweekly through Breakthrough, tapering through Integration. Blended coaching & IFS parts work.
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Tangible, measurable body composition data at week 1 and week 16. Included — not an add-on.
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Guidance on ordering labs you own (Function Health or practitioner-ordered). Your practitioner interprets clinically.
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Small-group practice calls for parts literacy, accountability, and witnessing. Education — not group therapy.
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Messaging access Mon / Wed / Fri. Structured support that respects both your nervous system and mine.
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Self-paced modules: IFS basics, common health parts, protocol foundations. Stop re-learning the map.
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Ongoing alumni community & quarterly group calls once you graduate. The work continues; the container ends.
Investment
Pay-in-full or three-pay options available. Investment details shared on your discovery call so we can make sure this is the right fit first.
Free Guide
The Knowing
–Doing Gap
Anchored Vitality · PDF
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A short, free guide introducing the framework behind Anchored Vitality. Read it in 10 minutes; see yourself on the page. If it lands, you'll know whether the container is a fit long before we talk.
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06 — Questions
No. I hold the IFS Foundations for Coaches™ Completed credential. I am not a licensed IFS therapist — this work uses the IFS framework to help you understand and work with the parts of you that influence health behavior — it is not a substitute for mental health treatment. If therapeutic-level parts work is indicated, I refer out to a licensed IFS therapist.
No — and this is an important boundary that protects you. Clinical interpretation is your licensed practitioner's job. My job is to help you implement the protocol your practitioner recommends, notice what's working, and work with the parts of you that resist the changes. You'll always own your labs and your care.
Yes, with a plan. We can begin by coaching around direct-to-consumer labs (for example, Function Health) that you order and own, and by working with your primary care provider. If clinical interpretation becomes important, I can share referral options for functional practitioners in California and virtually.
Coaching sessions are virtual and work with clients anywhere. The DEXA baseline and re-test are performed in person in the Bay Area. If you're outside the Bay Area, we'll arrange equivalent baseline measures or adjust the package accordingly.
Most clients notice internal shifts within the first few weeks — often before the biology does. The point of the 16-week arc is that the biology and the parts work catch up to each other. I'll never promise specific outcomes; I will promise that if you show up to the container, the container will meet you.
Because this isn't for everyone, and discovery calls are for mutual fit, not sales. The application helps me understand what's bringing you here so our 45 minutes together are useful — and so I can tell you honestly, before we spend them, whether I'm the right person for the work.
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