Frequently Asked Questions
What is wellness coaching?What are the benefits of wellness coaching?
Why use Health 4 Keeps for your wellness coaching?
How often should coaching take place?
What is the optimum duration for wellness coaching?
What is wellness coaching?
Wellness coaching is a confidential, one-on-one relationship between a client and coach which helps to identify the client’s main health concerns, clarify priorities and areas for improvement, determine the obstacles to achieving the client’s individual wellness goals, and develop strategies to overcome those obstacles.
Central to coaching is the belief that we can all change – we are not stuck forever with same thoughts and behaviours that are detrimental to our long-term wellness. The main role of the wellness coach is to facilitate this positive change process, enabling the client to succeed and ultimately to become their own coach.
Wellness coaching will empower you to make lasting changes that significantly impact on your long-term health and wellbeing. It focuses on sustained health behavioural change, not just quick fixes.
A wellness coach can help you to improve in all areas of wellness including physical fitness, diet and nutrition, weight, stress, as well as addressing the emotional, social, spiritual and environmental factors which impact on wellness. The wellness coach is your own personal resource to achieving long-term wellness.
What are the benefits of wellness coaching?
It can help you to move to a new, healthier place in your life
It will help you to develop clarity and balance in your life
It can help you to make lasting, sustainable changes happen
It can enable you to achieve far more than you could do alone
It can keep you motivated and focused on your wellness goals
It will give you the resources you need to ensure long-term wellness
It can build confidence in your body’s ability to know what is best for it
Why use Health 4 Keeps for your wellness coaching?
Because Sue Johnston:
- has the experience to help you conquer your wellness challenges
- has patience and understanding and allows ample time to address your needs
- will give you practical, realistic suggestions
- will support you every step along the path to wellness
- draws on her background as an educator to help you to acquire the knowledge and develop the strategies to be able to make your own informed decisions
- can help you to work through difficulties and problems as you encounter them
- is completely focused on you and your goals, and really listens to you
- treats everyone as a unique individual – there are no “one size fits all” wellness formulas. She will develop a wellness plan that is unique and specific to you
- guides you at your own pace
- maintains the utmost confidentiality
- is open and honest with you and will treat you like an intelligent, mature person
- will tailor sessions to fit in with your needs where possible, and will coach you in the privacy of your own home. She is also available out of business hours if you work full-time
How often should coaching take place?
Most clients require a weekly session to keep them focused and motivated. This can be face-to-face, however if time is limited it can be done over the telephone.
What is the optimum duration for wellness coaching?
This will depend on the unique needs of each individual client. Some clients require only two or three sessions, whereas others will require much longer.
Note: It is important to understand that coaching is not therapy. Wellness programs are not intended to replace the advice of medical professionals. You should contact a qualified healthcare professional if you have a serious health problem.