Working with a health coach can have significant short-term and longterm benefits for individuals and companies alike. Because the focus of a health coach, also known as a wellness coach, is on staying healthy rather than treating illness, the potential for significant change is almost unlimited. This pro-active approach to health and wellness builds a new and powerful health consciousness in the individual; leading, encouraging, and supporting them toward making conscious choices in the areas of nutrition, exercise, and even their mindset.
According to the International Association for Health Coaches, a DC-based advocacy group for health and wellness coaches, “A Health Coach is a guide and supportive mentor who empowers clients to take responsibility for their health and cultivate positive lifestyle choices.” While this is accurate, it’s also a bit technical, and far too limiting.
How a Health Coach Can Help You
When you decide to work with a health coach, or when your employer chooses to add wellness coaching to your menu of health care choices, you will receive the support you need to implement meaningful lifestyle changes that will further your wellness goals. A health coach can offer broad-based support for overall health and wellness, or may specialize in areas such as:
- Weight loss
- Weight management
- Stress management
- Binge eating
- Improved nutrition
- Food cravings
- Exercise and fitness
- Shopping for healthy foods
- Compulsive eating
- Increased energy
- Enhanced mental focus
- Self-esteem and self-sabotage
- Juicing for weight loss and detox
- And many other areas of health and wellness
Again, based on what is most important to you, you may wish to hire a coach who can help you in many areas, or you may choose to work with a health coaching specialist, someone who will help you focus on changing one crucial area of your life.
It’s important to always remember that your health coach will not replace your doctor, but will instead support your wellness goals in an effort to help you avoid needing a doctor as often as you may have in the past. The goal is to help you set goals that will lead to a healthy lifestyle, rather than regularly getting sick and being treated after the fact.
If you would like to know more about how a health coach can help you, please get in touch with me today for your FREE Wellness Consultation.
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