My Story
Welcome! I’m Awni Hamad, a Certified Wellness Coach since 2013 and have over 15 years of International experience in the Financial Services Industry in the US, UK, UAE and Lebanon. I am the founder of Seeking Panacea.
Ever since I was a child, I was always passionate about health, sports, fitness and nutrition, and when I started working in the Financial Services Industry my passions expanded to Investments, Economics, Equities and Financial Analysis.
At the age of 17, I learned how critical health was and how short life is when my mom passed away from Bone Marrow Cancer, and my dad survived Prostate Cancer. From that point on, my life changed forever. I continuously studied, researched and practiced all aspects of wellness and want to share my knowledge, empower, educate and support people improve their overall wellness through bio-individuality because one approach doesn’t fit all.


My goal is to help you discover the healthiest and fittest version of yourself and achieve your wellness potential because prevention is easier and a lot cheaper than a cure.
There is no one size fits all to reach your health/weight goal because each body, genetic composition and lifestyle differs from another. I will customize a plan just for you (as an induvial or group) and together we will successfully reach your wellness goal.
I can also help you improve your financial health by improving your financial literacy, so that you can manage your money more efficiently and learn different forms of Investments. The most important Investment you can make is in yourself.
Working with me makes sense if:
✓ You are struggling to reach and maintain your Ideal weight
✓ You suffer from cravings
✓ You lack energy every single day
✓ You want to manage/prevent chronic diseases like high cholesterol, diabetes, cancer etc…
✓ You are confused about what’s healthy and what’s not
✓ You want to talk to someone about your health and receive the personal attention that you deserve
✓ You tried different diets, only to end up back to square one
✓ You want to reduce and manage your stress
✓ You feel bloated
✓ You’re an athlete and want to improve your nutrition
✓ You want to improve your spending, saving and Investing habits
I’m confident that if we work together and follow my guidance, you will:
✓ Feel supported and heard
✓ Set and accomplish goals in a way that is suitable for you
✓ Learn how to incorporate healthy eating strategies in your busy schedule
✓ Work to achieve and sustain your ideal weight
✓ Understand and reduce your cravings
✓ Increase your energy levels
✓ Sleep better
✓ Strengthen the immune system
✓ Improve chronic diseases like (diabetes, ovarian cysts, thyroid problems, cholesterol and triglyceride levels)
✓ Improve your digestion
✓ Learn new foods and their benefits
✓ Understand how to read food labels & ingredients
✓ Embrace a consistent exercise schedule
✓ Feel great in your body
✓ Learn about new foods and how you can easily incorporate them.
✓ Examples of how your daily diet should look
✓ Get lots of health, lifestyle tips
✓ Receive handouts that will increase your nutrition knowledge
✓Learn stress management tips
✓ Learn how to eat healthy when you are out in social settings
✓ Learn to replace bad habits with new healthy ones
✓ Learn how to eat healthy on a budget
✓ Make the best smoothies
✓ Learn the benefits of superfoods
CREDENTIALS / CERTIFICATIONS / DEGREES
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Certified Holistic Health Coach: Institute for Integrative Nutrition, New York City
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Certified Holistic Health Coach: SUNY Purchase College, State of New York University
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Accredited Sports and Exercise Nutritional Advisor: The Health Sciences Academy
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Child Nutrition and Cooking Certificate: Stanford University, Integrative Nutrition Immersion Honors Program
Over 15 years of Global experience in the Financial Services Industry in the US, UK, and Lebanon
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Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring: University of Texas at Austin
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Business Analysis Elicitation and Collaboration: University of Texas at Austin
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CISI Level 3 Certificate in Investments: Chartered Institute of Securities and Investments
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Bachelor in Business & Public Administration: American University of Beirut (AUB)
MY TEACHERS
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Walter Millet, MD, Chair of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health
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Joel Fuhram, MD, Expert in Nutrition based disease prevention & reversal
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Deepak Chopra, MD, Expert in Mind Body Medicine
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Andrew Weil, MD, Director of Integrative medicine at the University of Arizona

Success Stories
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Health is like money,
We never have a true idea of its value until we lose it
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Address
408 Wimberley Street, Hutto, Texas