Frequently Asked Questions
What is Wellness?
Wellness is a multi-dimensional, holistic approach to enhancing a person's state of general well-being. It is about proactive intention, evolving toward a state of sustained wellness.
There are eight dimensions of Wellness…
- Physical: A healthy body, through exercise and nutrition.
- Mental: Intellectual engagement and a growth mindset that promotes learning.
- Social: A sense of connection with a community.
- Relational: Deep intimacy with our loved ones.
- Occupational: A vibrant, fulfilling career.
- Financial: Financial security.
- Emotional: Being in touch with one's emotions and openly expressing them in a constructive manner.
- Spiritual: Finding purpose and meaning in one's life.
Wellness is about paying close attention to all of these dimensions and ensuring that each supports the other. Being unwell in any of these dimensions can permeate across the other dimensions, whereas achieving wellness across all dimensions promotes a greater sense of contentment and happiness. Note that there are also internal (your beliefs, values, strengths, and attitudes) and external (your environment) forces at work that can support or undermine your wellness. Taking inventory of these dimensions and factors is a great way to determine where to focus your energy.
While virtually any problem or goal can fit into this construct, I do offer a few specialized coaching packages. Please visit my page of Services to see what would fit your needs.
How can coaching help me?
Why do you need coaching when there is an entire industry called "self-help" which puts all the information you need at your fingertips? After all, there are countless books, videos, TV shows, newsletters, and contributors on social media. You have everything you need! You consume this media voraciously and yet nothing seems to work. Why? The answer is simple. All of those mediums offer one-way communication to the broadest possible audience. The best you can hope for is to spend innumerable hours wading through all of that material, searching for that elusive nugget of wisdom that speaks to you. If you try something that looks marginally promising and it doesn't work, then what? Back to square one, drowning in the sea of self-help content!
What if there was a different way? Here's your first new perspective to consider. Instead of "self-help", what if you just had "help"?
The fact is that no amount of mass-produced content can possibly address your unique combination of challenges and life circumstances. Coaching is about understanding you. Your beliefs, values, strengths, and attitudes. Your model of the world. Who you are! Let's face it, change is hard! There are forces at work that are seemingly against you. Not the least of which is your own brain! Your brain is naturally resistant to change. It wants to protect you from an uncertain future. But that same protection mechanism prevents you from reaching your full potential. Blind spots, negative stories, false narratives, distractions, self-sabotage, limiting beliefs, among others, are all there, waiting for you. A coach can help you to see these roadblocks that are standing in your way and provide you with the tools you need to overcome them. Tools that are not temporary fixes, but tools that give you a whole new perspective, leading to transformational lifestyle changes, leaving you with a greater sense of purpose, self-awareness, and self-confidence.
I utilize the concept of neuro-transformation in my coaching. This is more than telling people what to do on an intellectual level. It's about changing your perspective, truly shifting the beliefs and attitudes that underly human behavior, resulting in long-lasting breakthrough results.
If this resonates with you, please schedule a free consultation to see if a coach is what you need to start your transformational journey!
Study finds wellness coaching benefits last over time.
Don't just take it from me! The Mayo Clinic published a study that "demonstrated significant improvement at 12 weeks in all areas". Read for yourself here...