Advancing The Craft Of Health & Wellness Coaching
Age Fabulously! Hey, Why Not?
Our Aging Well conversation is growing each day. Yesterday my new wellness column in The Coloradoan, Fort Collins major newspaper, hit the streets! (http://www.coloradoan.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20109060312) “Make Wellness an Integral Part of Your Lifestyle”.
I co-write the column with Jeb Gorham who is the wellness director at Miramont Lifestyle Fitness. (www.miramontlifestyle.com). In introducing ourselves to the Fort Collins…
Aging and Sage-ing Well: A Conversation with Sandy Queen
In late July after The National Wellness Conference, I posed the question in this blog “What is The Promise of Wellness?”. The Promise of Wellness I put the question out personally to some of the longtime leaders in the wellness field and it began a conversation with “The Queen of Wellness” herself, Sandy Queen. (http://www.workandwellness.com/speakers/sandyqueen.htm)
Sandy…
Dancing In The Moment: Awareness of The Coaching Process/Interaction
Sometimes I find that the coaching I am doing with my clients flows into a combination of elements in their lives, their own wellness, their businesses, their families and their leadership opportunities. Such a client related a story today that unexpectedly led us into talking about what worked so well in our coaching relationship. She had just recently attended a…
The Mindful Embrace: Awareness of The Other
“The most precious gift we can offer others is our presence. When mindfulness embraces those we love, they will bloom like flowers.”
-Thich Nhat Hahn
When we work as any kind of human helper we are living on two levels at once. There is the role and function of being the ally for our client, and yet there is…
Inner and Outer Awareness: Coaching and Living Mindfully.
Suzanne Ballantyne, Wellness and Health Coach and Yoga Teacher, recently shared this piece below with me and her classmates from her Wellness Mapping 360° training course.
“I am taking more anatomy classes for my yoga teaching and Thursday the topic was breathing anatomy. The first thing the teacher did was have us breathe – no big surprise there. Anyway…
Nine Keys To Readiness For Change And Improving Your Lifestyle
“People don’t change until they are ready to.”
James Prochaska
Lifestyle improvement is all about change, as we explored in our last post. When it comes to changing our thoughts, beliefs, and our behavior, the big question immediately becomes “How ready are you to change?”. The answer is not a simple yes or no, and extensive theories have arisen…
Change: The Paradox of Fear and Attraction Eight Thoughts for Success at Lifestyle Improvement.
“Change”is such a powerful and loaded term. The very word brings out any number of wildly disparate responses: fear, anticipation, longing, uncertainty, attraction, loss and excitement. Change in attitude, and belief yielding change in behavior, or more specifically health and wellness behavior is what we’re after. Yet if the very idea of change is at all scary, isn’t that…
15 Vital Books For The Wellness Coach: Straight Off My Shelf – Part Three
Continuing our “must read” list of vital books for wellness coaches here is the last group, the books focusing on health challenges and wellness coaching itself.
Health Challenges
11. Stand Like Mountain, Flow Like Water, Brian Luke Seaward
12. The Open Heart Companion, Maggie Lichtenberg
13. Facing The Lion, Being The Lion, Mark Nepo
Wellness Coaching
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15 Vital Books For The Wellness Coach: Straight Off My Shelf – Part Two
Continuing our “must read” list of vital books for wellness coaches here is the second set, the books focusing on life coaching foundations and skills.
Coaching Foundations and Skills
7. Co-Active Coaching, Whitworth, Kimsey-House & Sandahl
8. Becoming a Professional Life Coach, Williams & Menendez
9. Leadership From The Inside Out, Kevin Cashman
10. Taming Your Gremlin, Rick…
15 Vital Books For The Wellness Coach: Straight Off My Shelf
What are the “must reads” for the wellness or health coach? These are the books that I have within arm’s reach on my own bookshelf and find myself recommending over and over again to the thousands of wellness coaches that I train and mentor.
What I want to share with you are books that will influence the way you…
The Promise of Wellness
Returning from my annual pilgrimage to the National Wellness Conference I’m once again filled with perspective on this effort we are all making to help this world be more well. This was the 35th annual conference and I’ve migrated there for thirty or more of them, as have quite a few of my dear colleagues who I got to see…
The Wellness Traveler: Healthy and Well on the Move! General Well Travel Tips – Part Five
“I want to slow down!” is a common answer given by travelers asked what they want out of an up coming trip. Slowing down, shifting “pace of life”, de-stressing, unwinding, letting go, and de-contracting are really high on folk’s travel agendas. The continual popularity of destinations like Mexico, Italy, etc., speaks to this desire to live life on a different…
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