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What is wellness 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 health. 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, provocative questions, and 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 of Wellness Coach, I enjoy working closely with all health care professionals (medical and mental health), if requested by my clients. 
How Does Coaching Differ from Therapy or Counseling?Although many of the same skills (active listening, supportive feedback, intuitive understanding of your needs and desires) are used in both coaching and counseling, the difference lays in the client’s current status and through some of the approaches.Counseling/therapy is based on a client’s (and counselor’s) expectations of exploring issues related to emotional pain, frequently created during childhood trauma. These experiences and the emotional responses to them are often triggered by stressors in daily life and interfere with one’s ability to live fully. The goal is for healing of those difficulties so that one can then move forward with their lives. Coaching, on the other hand, is based on the expectation that the client is starting from a position of emotional well being, while recognizing that everyone’s lives can carry a certain amount of anxiety or restlessness when we are either ready to make changes, or are forced to make them based on unexpected circumstances. If we discover during the course of our coaching work that deeper concerns exist, counseling can be arranged with a therapist based on specific need and compatibility. Coaching can either continue simultaneously or resume after the therapy process, based on the decision by the client, the therapist and the coach. How Does the Coaching Process Work?Coaching is amazingly flexible! We can meet in person, either in my studio or your home/office. We can also have our coaching sessions over the phone. Staying in contact via e-mail between sessions is a great way to get updates on progress!The Pulitzer Prize winning poet Mary Oliver asked,
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" I offer this same question to you … Complimentary consultationPlease contact me for a Free 30-minute consultation …Let’s explore the many pathways to your Ultimate Sense of Well Being! In the 30-minute complimentary conversation, we can either meet at my studio or talk by phone. During this time, we will explore your current situation, identify your goals and determine how coaching could fit into the overall plan. We will also discuss, openly and honestly, how you and I can work together. If we are a good match, we can begin with one of the following plans. If it seems that another coach might be a better fit, I can provide you with contact information. We both want you to be successful! Once we have completed the Free Consultation and know you’re ready to explore your goals and actions in more depth through the coaching process, we can Begin!! Because all Wellness Coaching is holistic in philosophy, every coaching venture begins with the Balance Wheel. This is a delightful, imaginative tool created as a visual and thought-provoking way to explore all the areas of your life. The Wheel helps you focus on what is most important.
What areas of your life need attention? Action?  Are you ready to bring more balance, contentment and success to your life? To live more authentically? I provide two options … Wellness Coaching Package
If you’re curious, but not sure about coaching, let’s step back, take a broader view. Look through your current “Life Album.” Work. Relationships. Spirituality. Physical health. Self-Care. Recreation. What snapshots need a bit of touch-up? Which ones could use an update? |
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| Session 1: | Have fun with the Balance Wheel! Consider the range of your satisfaction in two key areas of your world. Where do you feel the most balanced? Where do you smile and
know, “This is right?” Where would you like to make changes? Are there areas that sit just a bit uneasy? Any part of your life feel a bit “messy” or chaotic? We’ll look at your choices in sessions 2 and 3. Each will have its own goals and Action Plan. |
| Session 2: | Which area would you like to explore first? What measurable changes would you like to make? How do you want this area of your life to look in 6 months? A year? Do you have some ideas about how to make this happen? Let’s get them written down and develop a serious, accountable plan for achievement. |
| Session 3: | Are you ready to look at the next area for change? Are different steps needed? How does this area dovetail with the first? |
| Session 4: | In this last session, we take stock of what’s been accomplished. You’ve identified two areas of your life that need some revamping. We’ve created action plans that are doable. You’re on your way! |
