What Is Health Coaching?
Real Support When Change Feels Impossible
When Making Change Feels Difficult, Integrative Health Coaching isn't merely a solution—it's a lifeline. It provides profound support across every facet of your well-being. A health coach will walk beside you on your journey toward a healthier, more fulfilling life, aiding you in cultivating new healthy habits. The answers you seek reside within you; you are the true expert on your own life and needs. Your coach, an expert in the behavioral change process, will guide you to unlock your full potential for success, meeting you exactly where you are.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
- Aristotle
Duke Wheel of Health
Whole Person Approach
Integrative Health and Well-being Coaching takes a whole-person approach. According to the World Health Organization, 'health' encompasses more than just physical well-being; it includes emotional, mental, social, and physical aspects of life. These dimensions are interconnected and mutually influence each other, ultimately affecting one's overall health and well-being. Through assessing well-being across these domains, you can identify areas requiring your attention. Consequently, an integrative health coach focuses on assisting individuals in optimizing various aspects of their well-being, and building new habits leading to a healthier, more vibrant life.
Considering Health Coaching?
Be as you wish to seem.
- Socrates
What Do You Need To Know?
Health & Well-Being Coaching is a structured partnership between the client and coach aimed at motivating and supporting health behavior change. Coaches are health professionals who act as personal guides, helping clients explore their health concerns and develop strategies for achieving their optimal health vision through inquiry, personal discovery, and accountability. While they assist in building and maintaining healthier habits, Health Coaches are not therapists, dietitians, or fitness trainers. However, they provide resources to help you achieve your goals related to health and wellness.
Why Is It Effective?
Coaches work with the whole person, addressing individual concerns and motivations. They help clients identify their priorities and choose their path to wellness. Coaches guide clients through a process to maximize success and overcome obstacles. The partnership involves tracking progress and holding clients accountable. Coaches offer additional resources for healthy behavior changes.
What Makes the Process Successful?
At Founding Momentum, we utilize a coaching process established at Duke University. Duke's Integrative Health and Wellness Coaching process was developed through extensive research and collaboration among healthcare experts, psychologists, and fitness professionals. Through scientific evaluations, it has demonstrated significant improvements in areas such as weight management and stress reduction. This approach prioritizes individual goals by offering personalized support, resulting in lasting changes in health and well-being.
What Topics Are Suitable?
According to the World Health Organization, health is “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Any challenge that impacts your health is suitable.The coaching relationship is personalized, focusing on the client's goals and values. Any issue hindering optimal health is suitable for coaching, making every topic relevant and valuable for Health & Well-Being Coaching sessions.
