As a wellness coach, I am here to: 

• help you make positive lifestyle changes to increase your overall well-being. 
• provide the support you need to make the shifts you want to make
• remind you of your goals- providing the external accountability to keep you motivated. 
• be a listening ear that gives you the space to talk about what matters most to you in your life. 
• offer support that is non-judgmental and caring. 
• be a mirror to help you see your blind spots
• challenge you to step into a new version of yourself

What exactly is a Wellness Coach?
Wellness Coaches are experts in establishing relationships.  Coaches assist in identifying  deeper values and desires so you can transform them into action. Connecting with your deeper motivations will allow you to  maintain lasting change over time. A Wellness Coach partners with you in a dynamic collaboration, respecting that you are the expert in your life. Coaches use a strength-based focus. This involves identifying what is already working, and building on that. 
        
“It is not about fixing what is broken; it is nurturing what is best within ourselves”
 ~ Seligman, 1999).

Wellness coaching draws from the contributions of counseling psychology, positive psychology, prevention research, social work, solution-focused therapy, and motivational interviewing.

A strength-based approach represents a shift from the western medical model which is focused upon diagnosing what is wrong to a model that focuses on identifying assets, and building capacity and resilience in the face of adversity.

What Is the Role of the Wellness Coach?
The role of the Wellness Coach is as a guide that leads you to our own answers. Through the process of active listening and powerful questioning, an alliance is built that encourages personal discovery. The primary purpose is to help you develop awareness, responsibility, and motivation for lasting behavior change.  It is not about fixing you. It is not about stuffing you with more information. It's not about giving you a quick fix. 

What can Wellness Coaching help me with?  
People can benefit from the coaching relationship in many ways. For example, wellness coaching can help people increase awareness and plan the changes necessary to:

• ​Achieve personal health and wellness goals
• Take charge of health problems and challenges
• Make lifestyle changes such as quitting smoking, eating healthier, beginning a meditation practice, reawakening creative pursuits, improving relationships, and increasing self-care.
• Accomplish other goals as agreed upon by the client and the coach

How does coaching differ from counseling and therapy?
Counseling and therapy deal with healing pain, dysfunction, and conflict within an individual or relationships. The focus is often on exploring difficulties arising from the past. Counselors help you to look at where problems originate and to heal the emotional pain that is hampering you in the present.  Counselors and therapists often guide the process, giving answers and advice.

Coaching on the other hand, is future focused. The primary goal is to create actionable strategies for achieving specific goals. Coaches help you to identify the life you want to be living, to strengthen your motivation to change, and they hold you accountable in moving forward.  Coaches believe in your ability to generate your own solutions.
 
Why would I want to hire a wellness coach?
Let's face it- making shifts on your own is not always easy. Research shows that having external social support when creating new habits increases your success.  Imagine having someone in your life to check in with regularly around your desires and goals. Imagine having someone that will help you create a plan to achieve those goals. How would your life look different if you did? In a coaching session you are given the opportunity to have some of important conversations about the direction of your life in a nonjudgemental, supportive environment.

What do you charge?  
I value giving my full attention to my clients, and only take on a small number of clients at a time so I can give the kind of service and support that I would want to receive if I was hiring a coach. My fees are high, because I am serious about helping you achieve the results you want. 

 I only work with women who are serious about making a change and willing to invest in themselves. Investing in a personal coach is not so much about investing in me, but it's about investing in your own commitment to changing your life. 

Schedule your free 90 minute Breakthrough Session with me first and make sure we are a good fit for each other and you are ready to take the next step to hire me. 

How does a coaching relationship work?
Once we enter into a coaching relationship, how it unfolds looks different for each client.  After making agreements together, we first enter into an exploration of what your goals are and where you want to go.  As your coach, I help guide you into finding small action steps that will help you achieve your goals. It's your job as the client to be willing to explore, to be willing to get out of your comfort zone to make changes, and to give your best energy to your own growth.  During our follow up sessions, we check in with your progress, see where you are getting stuck, celebrate your successes, and refine the process and actions.   We meet over the phone,  with weekly calls to begin and unlimited email support in between sessions.  The minimum time commitment is a package of 6 sessions (6 weeks or sometimes spread out a little longer).   

The Mayo Clinic model for Wellness Coaching where I received my training

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Wellness Coaches use a Holistic approach: taking into consideration all aspects of your life.