What is Life Wellness Coaching?
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Why Life Wellness Coaching?
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- Life wellness coaching is an ongoing co-creative process where you partner with your coach to create change towards a goal that involves gaining the right balance for your life.
- The coach views you as highly capable and helps you by asking powerful questions that stimulate your thinking towards discovering your own creative answers.
- Coaching is not counseling or consulting, rather a guide and assistance in a beneficial process.
- The coaching process helps you identify your values and beliefs and attain goals more quickly and easily than would be otherwise possible.
- The coach helps you discover where the obstacles are in making these goals a reality.
- You then create a plan for success.
- The coach champions and challenges you and holds you responsible and accountable.
- Coaching sessions are usually held 3-4 times a month, in person or by phone, so that the coach can support your progress with insights, tools and strategies.
Newsday March 2007 describes coaching this way:
"While therapists may delve into emotional and historical issues and consultants and mentors give advice, life coaches take a different approach. They are trained in questioning clients with the intent of helping clarify what they really want in life and/or work, to set goals and get at roadblocks such as procrastination and life's distractions" |
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Here are some findings:
- 70-80% of physician visits are stress related. (US Public Health Survey)
- Stress is the number one reason behind absenteeism from work (Gee Publishing Survey)
- 70% of health-care costs stem from preventable diseases. (Center for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Every dollar invested in worksite wellness yields 300-600% return through reduced absenteeism, increased productivity, and decreased health-related costs. (Partnership for Prevention National Coalition)
You don’t need more advice about vitamins, how to exercise, lose weight or stop smoking.
What you need and will receive is: |
- A clear, specific, step-wise program for change
- A guide and accountability partner who is an expert at change
- Personal support from a qualified person who is trained to guide you in an ethical way.
- A sounding board to talk out ideas and brainstorm without risk
- A process for prioritizing
- Proven techniques for making change happen
- The boost you need to get started
- Development of a psychological road map for rebalancing your life.
- Increased sense of self-worth in recognizing and growing your passions.
- Great satisfaction with progress toward obtaining your goals.
- Creation of balance in work and leisure, and social, family and personal life that creates joy and peace.
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Who is ready for coaching?
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What Process Will I use?
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Anyone who is ready to:
- create a plan for success
- discover what's holding them back
- take action towards moving into success
- work with someone who will support them and hold them accountable for action steps
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"The hottest thing today is getting a coach."
"A coach may be the guardian angel you need to rev up your career."
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The life wellness coaching process will guide you to:
- D ecide what you want
- I nvestigate your options
- C reate your plan
- C arry out your plan
- C elebrate your success
How do I select a coach?
Most coaches want to have a "getting to know you" session before contracting with you in order to discover if the two of you are a good match.
A good match is one where both you and your coach have trust and feel comfortable with each other.
The best way to select a coach is to take advantage of a complimentary session.
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There are three ways I can help you create and maintain a satisfying life style: |
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I can provide individual personal life and wellness coaching by telephone if you live anywhere in the U.S. or Canada.
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You can attend an event at Kalinda Ranch in Cazadero, CA which is 60 miles north of San Francisco and 25 miles west of Santa Rosa. Retreats, workshops and day quests are offered from spring through fall.
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In addition, you can subscribe to my free monthly newsletter, ‘Balance, Peace and Joy’.
I offer a complimentary 30 minute Get Acquainted and Goal Setting Telephone Call so you can discover how coaching is an investment that could change the way you create your coming life.
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I received my coaching certification through Coach Training Alliance which is accredited through the International Coach Federation of which I am a member. I am also a member of the North Bay Coaches organization.
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