So, you feel as if you’re quite healthy, right? Ok, healthy in the sense that you’re not suffering from any chronic diseases, but you’re feeling tired, you don’t sleep well, and you feel, well … foggy.
Most of us leave our doctor’s appointments scratching our heads. Yes, we all know we should pick the side-salad instead of the fries, but with our busy schedules, finances, and lack of support system…. Let’s face it: because of time restrictions, it is fair to say that medical providers don’t have the time to sit with a patient to talk about stress management or how to develop a plan to address high risk behaviours such as poor diet, sedentary lifestyle or smoking (to name but a few!)
True, it is a physician’s job to help you live a long and healthy life, but 98% of all that, is up to you. Thing is, very often the knowledge of WHAT to do and even HOW to do it isn’t always enough to make the changes we desire.
Enter the wellness coach. According to Karen Lawson, MD, director of Integrative Health Coaching at the Centre for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota, providers in this budding field help to bridge the gap between the doctor’s visit and your everyday life. When you hear the title you immediately think of a consultant at your local gym telling you what to eat or how to squat. But a wellness coach is so much more, and they have never been more in demand.
Built around the latest science on motivation and behavioural change, the wellness coach will help their clients find the tools to reach their physical and emotional goals. With shifting the emphasis on modifying lifestyle and behaviour, certified wellness coaches have become a valuable part of health care.
Certified wellness coaches are trained to assess and guide your overall health and wellbeing; helping clients to nourish body, mind and soul. In addition to nutrition and fitness, wellness coaches work with their clients to explore habits, environments and relationships that may be contributing negatively to their state of health.
Providing encouragement, support, and accountability; wellness coaching includes anything and everything that impacts your health. Whether it is to lose a few kilos, to eat cleaner, quit smoking, or maybe lower stress levels; a certified wellness coach will help you to take ownership. How? These trendy providers will help you to visualize and prioritize your goals by empowering you to go after them strategically and personally; ultimately transforming your vision into reality. The main focus with wellness coaching is to make long lasting lifestyle changes, not to provide quick fixes.
Do you have significant changes you want to make in one or more areas of your life? Do you need to change your eating patterns, or begin to make exercise part of your daily routine rather than an afterthought? Do you have too much stress, but don’t know what to do about it? If you want to be healthier, and are committed to make some major lifestyle changes to get there, then a wellness coach is who you’d want to work with.
Our personal health is paramount, but how often do we lose focus? If you need a little help at #LivingYourBestLife, consider the help of a certified wellness coach.
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