What is a health and wellness coach?

What is a health and wellness coach?

A health and wellness coach, guides clients striving to enhance their overall wellbeing by empowering them to achieve health goals that align with their values. Coaches aid in identifying barriers, developing sustainable wellness plans, and gifting clients with the tools to make lasting changes.

What health goals can a wellness coach help me achieve?

A health and wellness coach can help you achieve any goal that optimizes your lifestyle and overall wellbeing.

Examples include achieving a healthy weight, becoming regularly active, maintaining work-life balance, developing self-care techniques, decreasing bad habits (such as alcohol, tobacco use), developing a healthy diet, or just achieving an overall healthy lifestyle that suits your busy schedule and needs. (Cleveland Clinic, 2021).

What are the benefits of lifestyle health coaching?

Because the traditional healthcare system lacks sufficient lifestyle modifying interventions, health coaches strive to fill in this gap. Health coaches focus on enforcing lifestyle modifications based on an individuals personal wellness goals in adjunct with those recommended by a patient’s provider. A study evaluating the effectiveness of lifestyle health coaching (LHC) , supports the positive impact lifestyle modification can have on cardiovascular health, blood pressure, cholesterol, and weight management. These health components are essential to maintaining overall wellbeing, and preventing chronic illness.

References

Cleveland Clinic. (2021). Health coaches: What they do — and how they can help you. Retrieved from https://health.clevelandclinic.org/what-is-a-health-coach/

Gordon, N. F., Salmon, R. D., Wright, B. S., Faircloth, G. C., Reid, K. S., & Gordon, T. L. (2016). Clinical Effectiveness of Lifestyle Health Coaching: Case Study of an Evidence-Based Program. American journal of lifestyle medicine, 11(2), 153–166. https://doi.org/10.1177/1559827615592351