A Process to Help You Optimize Your Health
Health & wellness coaching is a process that supports individuals who are motivated to improve their "whole-person health." A health and wellness coach can help you make necessary behavioral changes to improve your specific goals. Through self-discovery exercises, planning, and accountability, a good coach will guide you towards results.
Your health is not just your diet or how much you exercise. It is a complex ecosystem which involves nearly every component of your life, including:
Mindful Awareness
Mindful awareness is about noticing what is happening when it happens. It helps people be in, and enjoy, the various moments that life has to offer. It is paying attention, purposefully. It is about being non-judgmental. Mindful awareness helps you to be aware of thoughts and feelings.
Physical Environment
Where you live and spend your time will affect your health greatly, whether that's your home, your workplace, or your community. The more comfortable and safe you feel, the better your nervous system will be, and the more you will be able to flourish in other avenues of life.
Nutrition & Lifestyle
Your body is the vessel that you have been given from which to enjoy this life. What you put into (and how you treat) your body, understandably, has a massive impact on your health and wellbeing. Eating well, preparing food at home, staying hydrated, practicing moderation, and getting enough micro and macro-nutrients are all important steps.
Mental & Emotional Wellbeing
Physical health is important, but without mental and emotional wellbeing, it is a moot point. If you are suffering from mental or emotional trauma (or even unease), it is likely to lead to a decline in overall health. Taking charge and addressing your mental and emotional health is one of the most challenging but rewarding steps you can take.
Fulfillment & Purpose
Having fulfillment and purpose correlates strongly with happiness for you and those around you. Whether it is finding meaning in your vocation, connecting to a religious or spiritual community, dedicating yourself to family, or connecting to a purpose or pursuit that fills you, having fulfillment and purpose will fill your cup in more ways than one.
Physical Activity & Fitness
The human body is designed to move: walk, run, lift and carry heavy things, etc. Our society has become sedentary to the detriment of our health. However, with planning and lifestyle changes, we can reincorporate natural movement into our lives and see our entire wellbeing improve.
Why Enlist the Help of a Health Coach?
Empowerment
You Can Do Hard Things
There is little that feels quite as satisfying as making a commitment to yourself and working hard to fulfill it. The truth is, you have a unique agency to affect your destiny. Not only will the end result be amazing, but that kind of self-dedication also feels incredibly rewarding every step of the way.
Behavior Change
You Can Make Changes
In making measured behavior changes now, you can vastly change the course of your health outcomes and inspire health and longevity for years to come. Changing your behavior isn't easy, but it is also not as hard as many of us tend to believe. Small steps lead to large-scale, sustainable change.
Partnership
You Can Ask For Help
To work with a coach is to say, "I am worth having a team behind me." They cannot do the work for you, but they can provide support, and accountability to stay the course. Working with a coach gives opportunities for synergy, new connections, and inspiration — helpful as you make your desired changes!