Health Coaching
Optimal health is a state of a complete physical, mental, emotional and social well-being. It is living in a harmony with yourself and your social and physical environments. It is the overall quality of a person’s life.
Health is a process – a way of life. It is the decisions and behavior that a person chooses to make daily and consistently.
Healthy lifestyle is based on:
– eating balanced meals 3 times per day
– sleeping 8 hours every night
– maintaining healthy body weight and exercising regularly
– investing in mental well-being
– sustaining social wellness and relationships
– no smoking and no excess alcohol drinking
Vision
“The ultimate goal is a purposeful change to achieve optimal health and sustainable longevity.”
MISSION
“Helping, guiding and inspiring people to develop individualized healthy lifestyle habits performed consistently on a daily basis.”
Health Coaching is offered as ...
Individual meetings
Based on a personalized approach to meet the goals and the needs of the client.
Group meetings
Educational, practical and interactive workshops (2-6 persons) to transfer the theory into client’s action.
Time: 60 min per meeting
Length: a minimum of 6 weeks
Method: physical/online
Schedule: flexible
Schedule: flexible/fixed
Options: different packages available
Time: 60 min per meeting
Length: 6 meetings (10 weeks)
Method: physical/online
Schedule: fixed in advance
Options: different packages available
The Process ...
Individual meetings
→ First free session (45-60 min) that serves to set a foundation for the coaching relationship, to establish rapport and trust, to explain key concepts, to identify the current state of the client and to review the coaching agreement.
… upon agreed cooperation between the coach and the client and the package selection, the following steps are taking into action …
→ Building collaborative, nonhierarchical relationship between the coach and the client based on mutual respect, honesty and open communication
→ Uncovering how the client meets his/her basic daily needs and making the client understand the consequences of the choices on own health in the short- and long-term
→ Creating an individualized goal-oriented plan based on the client’s needs, priorities and boundaries, and defining detailed steps for how to achieve the desired results
→ Helping the client develop simple lifestyle changes and adopt healthy daily habits
→ Learning the client to control how to eat well, sleep enough, think
clearly, exercise smart and create close relationships
→ Assisting and guiding the client during the process
→ Supporting the client during potential setbacks and failures, and making the client realize the opportunity to learn
→ Providing constant feedback and progress evaluation
Group meetings
… upon agreed time schedule and method of class delivery, the following steps are taking into action during the 6 group meetings …
→ Interconnecting the clients and the coach
→ Creating a comfortable environment based on acceptance and mutual respect where everybody feels free to express their true self
→ Delivering specific knowledge based on educational lessons covering the fundamental areas of health: nutrition, sleep, exercise, mind-set and relationships
→ Allowing clients to realize how they currently meet their basic daily needs and making them understand the consequences of the choices on own health in the short- and long-term
→ Assisting and guiding the clients in personal goal-setting and planning
→ Helping the clients to develop simple lifestyle changes and to adopt healthy daily habits
→ Inspiring and empowering the clients to find their own answers
→ Facilitating personal growth by interactive activities, team discussions and reflections
→ Encouraging the clients to perceive setbacks and failures as opportunities to learn
Goals, expectations and benefits ...
The main GOAL is improvement of health and well-being of the client as well as a lifestyle change achieved by implementation of simple healthy habits.
The VISION is to create a stable environment in which it is easy to eat well, sleep lots, move often, think deeply and create real connections.
The EXPECTATION is to optimize and learn to control these five factors: nutrition, sleep, exercise, mindset and relationships. As a result, clients will:
> achieve healthier body and healthier weight
> feel rested in the morning and have more energy during the day
> feel physically stronger and able to perform basic daily activities with less effort and exhaustion
> become mentally tougher and confident
> socially free
Clients can expect a wide range of BENEFITS already during the coaching process by adopting simple changes and adjustments in a daily life, such as eating couple of more pieces of fruits and vegetables, leaving the phone out of the bedroom, walking to work or supermarket instead of driving, taking few minutes per day for self-care, planning the day ahead, having positive mindset in diverse situations and much more…
Furthermore, engaging consistently in a healthy lifestyle will increase longevity, indicate normal levels of heart rate and blood pressure, clean arteries and veins, increase blood flow, reduce blood sugar levels and body fat, enhance immune system, improve metabolism, enhance endurance and lower fatigue, and much more.
Clients will reduce the risk of preventable diseases such as cancer, diabetes, obesity, stroke, headache and migraine, chronic pain, ADHD, heart attack, osteoporosis, mental and eating disorders, injuries and accidents, infectious and autoimmune diseases, insomnia, and so on.