A Deeper Dive

WELLNESS COACHING

If you’re unsure about what coaching is, you’re not alone. Many people have questions. I’ve got answers! Allow me to demystify coaching.

Coaching with me is a partnership. It’s a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires you to maximize your potential. The goals are whatever you want them to be, and may change as the process unfolds.

A foundational principle of coaching is that you already have within you everything you need to succeed. You are the only expert on your life. I am there to help you access your own wisdom, ingenuity, creativity, and resolve on the path to wherever you want to go and whoever you want to be.

Working with a coach is, well, work. You’ve already done work to make changes on your own. Change is hard, and change that sticks is even harder.

Lucky for us, we can do hard things—and when we do them together, our chances of success go way up.*

*Studies show you have a 65% chance of completing a goal if you commit to someone. And if you have a specific accountability appointment with a person/people to whom you have committed, you will increase your chance of success by up to 95%. (American Society of Training and Development [ASTD])

Coaching FAQs

What is a coach?

A coach is a partner who facilitates client growth by helping them uncover their own answers and shift inner blocks. They focus on raising a client's energy level to create sustainable transformation rather than just "band-aid" fixes.

How is a coach different from other personal and professional development roles?

Coach: Helps you find your own answers to achieve goals.
Mentor: Shares their own experience and advice to guide you.
Consultant/Trainer: Provides specific expertise or skills to solve a problem.
Therapist: Focuses on healing past trauma and improving mental health.

What are the core roles and responsibilities of a coach?

Partnership: The coach is an equal partner who does not act as an expert or advise.
Empowerment: The focus is on empowering clients to be the agent of change in their own lives.
Active Listener & Sounding Board: A coach provides a safe, non-judgmental, and confidential space to discuss challenges and aspirations.
Actionable Results: They help clients set goals and create lasting change in how they think and act.
Focus on the "Root": Coaches address the underlying thoughts, emotions, and energy (limiting perspectives) causing challenges, rather than just the outward behaviors.
Accountability Partner: A coach keeps clients focused on their commitments, ensuring they stay on track.
Core Energy™: Coaches help clients move from catabolic (destructive) energy to anabolic (constructive) energy.*
Curious Inquirer: Coaches ask powerful, open-ended questions designed to stimulate reflection and new perspectives.
Unlocker of Potential: They help identify blind spots, challenge limiting beliefs, and leverage client strengths.

What does coaching involve?

Coaching starts with the Energy Leadership Index (ELI)* and a personalized debrief of your assessment. This powerful tool gives us deep insight into where you are at this moment, illuminating your unique strengths and opportunities so that we can create the optimal internal and external conditions for you to reach your goals.

Then together we craft and clarify your goals, create a plan for achieving them, tap into ways to sustain your momentum, cut out practices that no longer serve you, hold you accountable to progress, celebrate your successes, and more.

I use a variety of techniques to approach the goals or issues you identify in novel ways. The process draws out your own internal guru and bolsters confidence in your inner guidance.

Coaching for Wellness

Who is wellness coaching for?

Wellness coaching is ideal for those who crave outside-the-box ways to tap into their own potential for improved wellness. They want to explore new ideas in a safe and affirming space.

Coaching is a great solution for those who are determined to reach an elusive wellness goal—or figure out what their goals are—and want personalized, one-on-one support and accountability to make it happen.

Many people seek a coach to help with wellness issues that feel overwhelming or resistant to progress. They may have goals they’ve struggled to reach on their own, or even with help, using conventional approaches.

Some people hire a coach because they know their wellness could be better, but aren’t sure where to start or what to do. They crave support to create structure, gain traction, and improve their mindset.

What do you mean by “wellness?”

Wellness refers to the health and vitality of our physical, emotional, social, spiritual being. It includes many issues and factors, so what "wellness" means to you may be different from others.

Because it depends upon the unique interplay of our specific biology, circumstances, experiences, behaviors, thought patterns, choices, etc.—wellness opportunities and challenges vary widely from person to person. So do wellness values, goals, and priorities.

Common wellness issues include (but are not limited to) nutrition; exercise/physical fitness; weight management; chronic pain; sleep; self-care; healing from injury/procedure or illness; energy levels and sense of vitality; healthy relationships; self-love; fostering a sense of connection and support systems with friends, family, and community; discovering and/or deepening relationship with a higher power; finding meaning, purpose, and value in life; experiencing joy and being present in day-to-day life.

People seek coaching to improve wellness in one or more areas, and sometimes these change as goals are achieved or new issues emerge. This is a terrific indicator of progress!

Wellness really is open to interpretation—and because coaching is completely personalized to your life and your goals, we define it in whatever way works best for you.

Important note: we will also have fun!

Because hard work is made easier, and way more effective, when approached with a sense of playfulness and curiosity.

We keep gratitude at the forefront by remembering that it’s both an opportunity and a privilege to invest time, resources, and effort toward improving your wellness.

We access joy by creating alignment between what we’re doing and why we’re doing it, to stay present and do the work on purpose.

Oh yeah—and because the last thing anyone needs is more UNfun-ness!