Meet our Coaches
Ethan Schiff
(Founder & Integrative Health Coach)
Ethan Schiff is an Integrative Health Coach and founder of Optimized Health, with a passion to help everyday people unlearn diet culture, achieve their health goals, and then sustain their results for life.
Several years ago, Ethan was 312lbs and had been dieting for the majority of his life. He went on a quest to unlearn everything he had been taught about nutrition, weight loss and health, to create a new approach. Experimenting first on himself, he lost 130lbs, and transformed his entire life.
With a newfound passion to help others do the same, he dissolved a business he had owned for a decade, earned an Integrative Health Coaching certification, and began passionately coaching others. Today, Optimized Health has a team of coaches, with different areas of speciality, that work with clients around the country to help them achieve their health goals without the “all or nothing” mindset.
You will not find a more enthusiastic, supportive, and empathetic coach.
Maddy Pollack
(Integrative Health Coach, Female Hormone Health Coach, Certified Yoga Instructor)
Maddy is an Integrative Health Coach, Women’s Hormone Health Coach and Yoga Instructor, passionate about helping everyday people feel their best, regardless of their starting point.
She takes practical tools like meal plans, recipes and workout routines, and combines them seamlessly with mindfulness and self-care strategies, to help clients of all backgrounds feel their best while learning to love themselves through the journey. Her specialities across Integrative Health, Women’s Hormone Health and Yoga combine together to help her unlock the root cause that is often sitting right in front of you.
At age 24, Maddy was diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkins Lymphona. During chemotherapy and radiation treatment, she quickly discovered a giant gap between her medical treatment and the nutritional guidance she needed.
After ultimately beating cancer, she became passionate about food’s ability to heal. She now combines anti-inflammatory nutrition, mindful reflection and movement to creates realistic, sustainable health plans that connect mind and body.
Katie Burton
(Integrative Health Coach, Psychology of Emotional Eating Coach)
Katie is an Integrative Health Coach from Los Angeles, who helps her clients break down mental barriers, unpack root causes, and challenge self-narratives to achieve breakthroughs in both their health and overall life.
After a personal decision to get clean and sober many years ago, she doubled down on her health and improved her nutrition, weight, fitness and mindset in the process by nourishing it with whole foods and finding gratitude and joy in life.
Katie is simultaneously the warmest human you know and the most playful and hilarious. You will find yourself passionately growing and achieving your goals, while having fun along the way.