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The 8-Week Breakthrough
Programme details
A comprehensive, guided support journey for people who are ready for better health using a proven health habit change approach. This is where new vital habits become the daily routine, bringing lasting change and a new sense of wellbeing. Practical activities and insights — guided by Eileen, and strengthened by a shared group journey. A group is not a compromise; it is an advantage.
The series runs for 8 weekly sessions of 90 minutes each; participants receive the Foster Health Guide, tracking tools, practical resources, and between-session support. Knowing what to do is rarely the problem. The problem is making it stick — each week builds on the last, bringing new information and additional support to overcome real-life challenges. You will work through a proven process with a small group of people. By week eight, you will not just know what to do — you will have been doing it, with accountability and support.
Date: June 9 - July 28
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm ET
Format: Virtual — Zoom
Duration: 8 weeks · 1 session per week · 90 minutes per session
Group size: Maximum 12 participants
For Your If
Only 12 places available
This Foster Health Breakthrough is for you if:
You are frustrated that your health habits aren’t holding, and that has to change.
You are ready to roll up your sleeves and have a solid plan that makes your health and wellbeing a priority.
You want to do what you can for health longevity so that you stay well, reduce your risk factors, and/or can better manage your existing health issues.
You are ready for guided support, beyond intentions, to plan and implement new health habits.
You want guidance to prioritize and test new habits, to address challenges, and to succeed consistently.
8-Week Breakthrough Outline
This is a guided series that narrows in on each participant’s specific goal, priority habit, and the best way to align support. Each participant creates a solid health habit action plan and receives ongoing support as they bring that plan to life in a way that works for them. With an ongoing focus of letting go of distractions and finding the best ways to build the habits into daily routines, improvement comes faster. Using the Foster Health Action Plan and Progress Map, participants review habits weekly, identify challenges, and address issues. New practical tips and proven approaches are shared throughout. Between session supports include small-group chats, alignment with trackers, and personal support. Every success is celebrated, and participants are guided to identify next steps for sustained health habits.
Breakthrough includes …
Vital Health Habits Self-Assessment Score, including strengths and gaps across all vital habits, and where to prioritize
A Health Habit Action Plan and Progress Map specific to your needs and priorities
Group coaching for successful health habit consistency
An 8-Week Progress Tracker, with troubleshooting
Practical activities, resources, and tools adaptable to meet your needs
Between session communications with tips and resources.Peer group support between sessions.
Access to all eight session recordings
A community of Kickstart participants sharing experiences and support
About Eileen
The 8-Week Breakthrough is facilitated by Eileen Patterson — the healthcare leader who brought the first chronic disease self-management programme to Canada and spent three decades leading health improvement initiatives across Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean.
Eileen built Foster Health because she has seen, from the inside of health systems across three countries, exactly why people struggle to change. And she has been through her own reckoning with it personally.
She knows it is not about trying harder. She knows what actually helps. And she brings everything she knows to every session — with a maximum of twelve people at a time, so every participant gets real attention, not just a seat in a room.
"Working with Eileen changed how I think about my own health. She doesn't give you a plan — she gives you a way of thinking that you keep using long after your sessions are done."
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Joanne Birtz
Frequently Asked Questions
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Between weekly sessions, participants connect in small groups of three for structured peer check-ins. These are brief, focused conversations designed to keep the work active between sessions and build genuine accountability relationships within the group.
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You use whichever AI system you already have access to — ChatGPT or any other. Eileen provides a structured prompt that turns it into an on-demand coaching companion between sessions, guided by the behaviour change framework taught in the programme. Foster Health does not provide or endorse a specific AI tool.
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None that you don't already own. Participants use whatever personal tracking system works for them — an Apple Watch, an Oura Ring, a HueScale, a notebook, or pen and paper. The programme teaches you how to use what you already have more intentionally.
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The recording will be available in the Slack group. However this workshop is designed as a consecutive three-day experience and the value compounds across the days — attending live is strongly recommended.
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Yes. Many participants will be managing a chronic condition. The workshop focuses on behaviour change — the habits, tools, and mindset that support whatever your medical team is already doing. It is not a clinical programme and does not replace your medical care.
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Yes. The workshop is delivered virtually and open to participants anywhere.
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Email [EILEEN TO CONFIRM — contact email] and Eileen or a member of the Foster Health team will get back to you within one business day.
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Participants who want to continue with personalised support after the programme are invited to explore Foster Health's 1:1 Private Coaching — a fully personalised ongoing coaching relationship with Eileen. Details are available on the website or by getting in touch directly.