How I Coach
When you think of “health coach”, what comes to mind? Someone who tells you exactly what your goal should be, lays out for you which actions to take and pushes you hard to work the plan and succeed?
Wait…Doesn’t that sound a little bit like a sports coach?
As a Board-certified Health and Wellness Coach I’ve heard these perceptions as people try to draw from what they know (sports coaching) to imagine what a Health and Wellness Coach might do for them. “Oh, like you give people a diet or exercise plan to follow?”
Most of us have a notion of “coaching” that stems from sports or the top-down expert approach.
National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coaches take a different stance. It’s not a top-down expert approach because I’m not the expert on you.
You’re the expert on you.
I have expertise in behavior change skills. I won’t tell you what to do, give you a specific diet plan, or lay out your exercise schedule. I will come alongside you to help you vision, imagine, plan for, accomplish, and sustain the changes you want to make in your life using your own motivation, strengths, and values.
If you’re ready for a partner in lifestyle change, visit my Contact page to book a complimentary discovery call.
A word about body-based tools to enhance habit change:
I offer the use of EFT and TFT, methods of self-administered acupressure, as ways to help focus, release stress and enhance mindfulness around the change process. The techniques I use are also called Tapping since they involve gentle tapping on acupressure points. The choice to use these techniques is always yours. If you choose to try them, I lead you through a prescribed routine of gently tapping specific acupressure points, as described below. I also offer Tapping-only sessions if a client prefers.
Using EFT:
While tapping, you state or concentrate on a problem or emotional state that you would like to shift, coupling it with a self-accepting statement. Then you follow as I lead you through tapping a combination of points located on the face and upper body, and sometimes the fingertips as well. We’ll check how you are feeling after each round, and adjust the tapping statement as needed.
Using TFT:
You will mentally tune in to a problem or emotional state that you would like to shift, holding it lightly in awareness. I lead you through a pattern of tapping depending on what you have told me about the problem. When you notice a shift, we do a series of eye movements and repeat the tapping sequence.
Client-Centered Coaching for Habit Change
You want results. That’s why I coach with a process that elicits vision, values, and motivation for you to succeed. With a strong foundation set in the early sessions, we move to small action-step coaching to achieve and sustain the goals you set. You are always in the driver’s seat.
- Creating your vision for your best health
- Identifying your values, your strengths, and your past successes
- Assessing your satisfaction with your wellbeing using the Tap Into Yourself Wellness Wheel
- Identifying a short-term 3-6 month focus for what you most want to address
- Establishing the cycle of small step, assess learning, tweak, repeat for sustainable change
I would love to talk with you about how client-centered coaching can
make a difference in your
life, work, and play.
Let’s have a complimentary discovery call to explore how we might work together.