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What is Wellness/Life Coaching?Life Coaching is a professional relationship established for the purpose of co-creating a short-term or long-term life plan that honors the client's unique interests, attributes, strengths and goals.Wellness Coaching takes this one step further by focusing on the depth and breadth of holistic wellness. Together we explore your values and experiences from all areas of your life (body, mind, emotion, spirit), how they are woven into and through the fabric of your world (work, relationships, health habits, relaxation, etc.) and how all of these factors contribute to, or interfere with, living as joyfully, passionately and richly as you deserve. How can a Wellness Coach help me?As a Wellness Coach, I provide support along your journey by creating a safe and respectful environment that encourages honest exploration of your beliefs, life style, strengths, dreams and goals. Our sessions will be creative, mindful and action-oriented.Together, we'll lay the groundwork for an individualized plan of action. Through attentive listening and focused questions amidst a backdrop of accountability, I will offer guidance and support. You, however, hold the key to your success. You, more than anyone, know the tenacity of your strengths, the expansiveness of your dreams and the resources you have available to bring these together.  Throughout the years, I've developed professional skills in nursing, mental health, creative journal writing and life coaching, all the while honoring my own intuitive sense of how to listen and encourage others in their growth. Everything I bring to our sessions is based on these skills as well as my respect and excitement about our potential as human beings. In my role as your Wellness Coach, I will remain in open communication with all health care professionals (medical and mental health), if requested. How Does Coaching Differ from Therapy or Counseling?Both incorporate the skills of active listening, supportive feedback, as well as an intuitive understanding of your needs and identification of specific goals.Counseling/therapy is based on a client's (and counselor's) expectations of exploring issues related to emotional challenges, frequently developed during the course of childhood trauma or disrupted family lives. The counseling/therapy sessions initially focus on exploring, and healing, these traumatic memories. Coaching, on the other hand, is based on the expectation that the client is starting from a position of emotional well being. Both involve developing and/or deepening stress reduction techniques and enhanced coping skills in the midst of the daily pressures of living in today's fast-paced world. If we discover during the course of our coaching work that deeper concerns do exist, counseling can be arranged with a therapist based on specific need and compatibility. Coaching focused on the supplementary skills of journaling and/or collage can continue, if requested by the client and supported by the therapist. |
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 [Rae] helped me look at what sticking points were holding up my progress toward marketing my small business. [Her] questions were timely and appropriate to the flow of my thinking. I knew I was in the hands of a qualified professional. I felt carefully attended to, listened to and assisted in what steps I need to address. Margaret W. [It was helpful] … Having a chance to work through my life transitions with someone I felt was truly interested. I felt validated. I felt [she] did a great job in your use of active listening and giving positive feedback. Judith R. Rae Hight brings to her coaching an outstanding set of knowledge and skills. With her background in medicine, therapy, journal facilitation, and coaching, she offers her clients a depth and range of insight that is rare indeed. She guides, supports and questions her clients toward being fully who they are. Leia Francisco, Leia Francisco, MA, CJF, Professional Coach |
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