Jill Deneau, MSc, NBC-HWC is a Care Coach at Neura Health. Learn more about care coaching for headache and migraine.

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Tell us a little about your background/training. 

Interestingly, I have a background (and two degrees) in forensic science and forensic anthropology, so I’ve always had an investigative mind. After having some of my own health issues, I started seeking out Functional Medicine to see if I could get to the bottom of what was going on. After experiencing some great results with functional medicine based coaching, I attended the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy to become a Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach (FMCHC) and soon after became a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC).

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Prior to joining Neura Health, I worked at Noom for 3 years as a group coach guiding others on their wellness and weight loss journey. As for my coaching style, I blend my “investigative” nature of my previous degrees with my health coaching to be a “wellness detective” of sorts, where I often find myself digging in, getting curious, and helping to get to the “root” of what is going on, whether it’s physical, mental, or emotional.

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Tell us about why you chose to work at Neura? 

Right away when I stumbled upon Neura, I felt a connection. Having personally struggled with migraine and headache all my life, I know how frustrating and debilitating it can be to live with a neurological condition. I also learned (through a lot of trial and error) how my lifestyle and other factors can affect my triggers.

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I immediately felt passionate about being able to work with and coach patients struggling with neurological conditions because it’s a population that often feels hopeless and alone, and they deserve to feel supported in navigating and managing symptoms. Neura is working to fill that gap for patients who’ve never felt heard, seen, or like there’s hope, and I wanted to be a part of that. 

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What have been the things you are most proud of in your career?

I’m proud of the fact that I listened to that little voice telling me that I need to help others. I didn’t know exactly what I would do or how I would help, but through trial and error, I stuck with it, found my path, and I never gave up.

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Along with that, I’m also proud of myself for being able to find a way to embrace both my strategic/analysis-based strengths and my empathy and social/ emotional intelligence based strengths. I once felt like I had to be one or the other (the scientist or the helper), but being able to blend and utilize both “sides” of me has really helped me (and others) tremendously in my coaching and wellness career. 

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What are you most excited about regarding your role at Neura?

Honestly, being in the early stages of a company and being a part of its growth. The more Neura grows, the more lives we’re improving, and being a part of that excites me. 

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