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Health Habit Bootcamp
A structured start on the health habits you already know matter.
Programme details
The Health Habit Bootcamp is a short, structured start on behaviour change. Over four weeks, meeting twice a week, you work through the same evidence-based approach Foster Health uses in its longer programmes — clarify what you actually want, let go of what is in the way, and test one small habit at a time across the five areas that research consistently links to better health.
It is compressed, not thinned out. Eight sessions, the same number as the 8-Week Breakthrough, delivered over half the calendar time. You are not committing to a new life. You are testing small practices, in real conditions, with a group of people doing the same thing alongside you.
You will not be doing this on your own. What you learn from someone else's week is often the thing that unlocks your own.
Date: Sept 14 - Oct 8
Time: 6:00 - 7:30 pm ET
Format: Virtual — Zoom
Duration: 4 weeks · 2 session per week · 90 minutes per session
Days: Mondays and Thursdays each week
Group size: Maximum 15 participants
For Your If
The Bootcamp is for you if …
You know what you should be doing, and you cannot make it hold.
You have started before — more than once — and you are tired of starting over.
You want a structured place to begin, without committing to something long before you know it fits.
You would rather test one small practice properly than overhaul everything at once.
You want to work on this alongside other people, rather than on your own.
The Bootcamp includes …
A Vital Health Habits Self-Assessment, showing your strengths and gaps across all five areas
A Health Habit Action Plan you build session by session and keep afterwards
A progress tracker you can use with whatever you already own — a watch, a ring, a notebook, or paper
Small-group peer check-ins between sessions
Practical resources and tools you can adapt to your own life
Access to all eight session recordings
About Eileen
The Health Habit Bootcamp is facilitated by Eileen Patterson — the healthcare leader who brought the first chronic disease self-management programme to Canada, and who spent three decades leading health improvement work across Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean.
Eileen built Foster Health because she has seen, from inside health systems in three countries, exactly why people struggle to change. She has also been through her own reckoning with it. She knows it is not about trying harder. She keeps the group small so everyone 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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Foster Health wants people to be able to try this approach before deciding whether a longer programme is right for them. The Bootcamp is a complete, useful start on its own. If you want to keep going afterwards, there are options — but there is no obligation, and nothing is held back.
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Same approach, shorter runway. The Bootcamp meets twice a week for four weeks; the Breakthrough meets once a week for eight, which gives each habit more time to settle before the next one is introduced. If you want a fast, structured start, begin here. If you want longer support while habits become routine, the Breakthrough is built for that.
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No. The Bootcamp is a starting point and assumes no prior knowledge.
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Recordings are shared with the group. The sessions build on each other, so attending live is worth protecting where you can — but missing one does not put you out of step.
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None that you do not already own. Participants use whatever works for them — an Apple Watch, an Oura Ring, a notebook, or pen and paper. The programme teaches you to use what you have more intentionally.
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Yes. Many participants are managing one. The Bootcamp focuses on behaviour change — the habits and tools 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. Sessions are delivered virtually and open to participants anywhere.
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You leave with a completed Action Plan that is yours to keep using. If you want continued structure and support, the 8-Week Breakthrough goes deeper over a longer period, and one-to-one coaching with Eileen is available for people who want fully personalised support.
Four weeks from now, you could have already started.
Small changes for health and longevity. One step at a time, with people doing the same.