Tuesday, June 11, 2013

What is a Wellness Coach?

Here is a great explanation of what a wellness coach is and is not.... from "Live Beyond the Mat" by Rebecca Bly:  
If finding someone to work with is on your radar after you read the description, please give me a call...

First let me start by telling you what wellness coaching isn’t…

WELLNESS COACHING IS NOT THERAPY…

Coaching focuses on discovering possibilities and envisioning the future rather than resolving problems and revisiting the past.

WELLNESS COACHING IS NOT PERSONAL TRAINING…

I’m not going to go to the gym with you, make you do push ups in Rock Creek Park, or even prescribe a fitness routine for you.

WELLNESS COACHES ARE NOT DIETITIANS, REGISTERED NURSES, PERSONAL TRAINERS, YOGA TEACHERS, THERAPISTS, NUTRITIONISTS, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF WELLNESS EXPERT…

while they are coaching, but instead call upon their knowledge and experience in their field of expertise as a foundation for coaching others. All Wellness Coaches are already professionally designated in one of the fields above.*

A WELLNESS COACH DOES NOT TELL YOU WHAT TO DO OR HOW TO LIVE YOUR LIFE…

Rather, a wellness coach will assist you in discovering your passions, strengths, dreams, desires, and values with the intention of designing a vision of your best self. A Wellness Coach helps you design a path to achieve outcomes aligned with that vision.

So then, this is what wellness coaching really is…

WELLNESS COACHING IS…

a regular conversation, between a coach and a client, that facilitates movement, discovery, change and growth in the name of the client’s wellness.

A WELLNESS COACH…

encourages personal responsibility, deep thinking, self discover and self efficacy. She assists a client to connect the dots between who they are, who they want to be and takes steps to enable them to succeed.


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