Personal Wellness Plan

May 9, 2009 by mariamonet  
Filed under Stay Active, Wellness Coaching

Before we can begin your personal wellness plan, you must be ready, and willing to make changes in at least one area – exercise, nutrition, or stress management. Please take a moment to complete the Readiness to Change Questionnaire.

  • Wellness Vision – what is the person I want to be with respect to health and wellness?
  • Motivators, Obstacles, and Strategies to overcome obstacles
  • Three Month Plan and Behavioral Goals
  • Weekly Behavioral Goals

Wellness Coaching Process

May 9, 2009 by mariamonet  
Filed under Wellness Coaching

The Three Month Program

Client provides background information through a comprehensive online questionnaire and during the first coaching session, so that their coaches are well-informed on the key issues, including medical limitations.

During the first one-hour coaching session, clients and coaches commit orally to a wellness vision and three-month coaching program. Clients confirm that they are ready to make changes in at least one area. A personal wellness plan: wellness vision, three month priorities and realistic goals are reviewed and agreed in detail. Clients also commit to 3-5 goals, or small steps toward the three-month behavioral goals, for the following week.

In each subsequent 30-minute coaching session, each week or as needed, coaches and clients review the progress towards the last week’s goals, learn something new or develop a solution to overcome an obstacle, and then agree on a set of goals for the following week.

After a few weeks of coaching sessions, clients begin to notice improvements in how they feel and look, and their motivation to continue efforts to change increases.

Typically in the second and third months, clients hit one or more obstacles. Both coaches and clients work hard to find solutions to overcome each obstacle to reach the goal of establishing new lifestyle behaviors.

By the end of the three months, clients typically reach more than 70% of their three-month goals and are energized and confident to commit to the next stage.

What is Your Vision?

May 9, 2009 by mariamonet  
Filed under Wellness Coaching

What do you want to see in three months? In six months? In three years?
Want a guaranteed return on your investment? Invest in yourself!

Although it may seem odd to receive investment advice from someone other than your financial planner, this advice is worth taking. Wellness coaching can pay you dividends daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly….for the rest of your life. Interested? You should be!

Just imagine your personal Wellness Coach dedicated to helping you achieve your goals. It’s not unusual that before making an important investment decision, such as purchasing a car, a washing machine or television, we hastily research the internet, intensely read magazines, and so on.
Yet, when it comes to our most important investment— our health and well-being, we do little or nothing.

Wellness coaching can be the cornerstone of your investment strategy — to identify the health risks and work to develop a lifestyle management plan (your investment portfolio).

Behavioral scientists have shown that one-on-one coaching is among the most effective approaches to helping people make and sustain improvements in their lives. A coach enables change by focusing on a client’s stated needs, values, vision, and goals and helping to bring out their personal best.

Having a coach is particularly powerful when a client has decided to fully commit to making significant behavioral changes. Together we’ll identify your personal vision for wellness and identify priorities in one or more areas including fitness, weight, nutrition, stress, and health. We will also discuss the principles that are important for you to be successful in developing a healthier lifestyle.

By reducing your risk factors, your personal portfolio will grow and pay dividends of a happier, healthier, and more productive and functional life.

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