Integrative Health and Well-Being Coaching

I work from a holistic, whole person perspective, recognizing the roles that body, spirit, and mind all play in one’s overall health.

What is a health and well-being coach?

Health coaches are specialists in behavior change and assist their clients in making lasting changes to achieve their vision of optimal health and well-being. Health coaching is client led and coaches partner with their clients to create open dialogue and space to explore what optimal health means to their client and how to achieve this vision. Through this partnership, coaches assist their clients in evaluating the many areas of their lives that contribute to overall health and well-being while also empowering their clients to make the changes they want to make. In health coaching, the client is always in the driver’s seat, deciding what matters and what they want to work on, a health coach will never direct or tell their clients what to do, clients are the experts on their own lives and health coaches support their clients as they navigate their way to their goals. The methods used by health and well-being coaches are based in research and the neuroscience of behavior change and behavior change models. Working from a whole person perspective, health and well-being coaches understand that one’s health is intimately connected to many parts of their life and behaviors and help to enable their clients to view and manage their health holistically.

Why would I want or need to work with a health and well being coach?

People who seek out a health and well-being coach may have a specified area of their health they want to work on or just want to work on overall health and well-being. Some examples of areas people may want to work on include, but are not limited to:

  • Nutrition

  • Weight loss

  • Stress management

  • Disease/illness management

  • Reducing the use of technology

  • Improving sleep

  • Executive function

  • Smoking cessation

  • Fitness

  • Lifestyle changes

  • Mental and/or emotional well-being

  • Fulfillment and purpose

  • Mindfulness

Techniques used in this type of coaching can be helpful in managing chronic illness as well as assist in the prevention of lifestyle related diseases. Adopting healthy behaviors significantly reduces the likelihood of developing many diseases and chronic illnesses.

 

What does a health and well-being coach do?

A health and well-being coach partners with their clients to support behavior change. Working with their coach, clients identify goals and decide action steps clients put into motion to work towards their goals. Coaches and clients work together in confidential session either in person or via video or audio calls to discuss and discover what changes the client can make to achieve the vision of health they have for themselves.

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