Is Health Coaching For Me?

Are you feeling unmotivated, less fit than you'd like to be, not eating as healthily as you would like, lacking in energy, or not sleeping well? Do you lack joy and quality time with people or 'Me-time' to yourself and your life feels out of balance? Are there situations in your life that you find are out of your control, that are causing you to become anxious or stressed? Has your get-up-and-go got up and left?

Regardless of where you are in life and what your well-being is right now, health coaching is useful if you are well and want to stay well, if you want to change behaviour or habits that are not supporting your health, if you are physically or emotionally unwell and want to get better or if you simply are curious and want to dive deeper in discovering yourself, your well-being, your strengths and resources for positive lifestyle choices and healthy ageing.

As your Health Coach, I will listen carefully to your story, ask questions and provoke ideas so that we can clearly set goals that are realistic and achievable. For most people being healthy and well means having a good level of physical, emotional, social, cultural, and mental well-being

A health coach is a guide or mentor who will help you set goals and make sustainable changes that improve your health and well-being, while providing support, motivation, and accountability along the way (Watch a video on 'How Health Coaches guide your journey to wellbeing' here.). Professional health coaches follow the HCANZA code of conduct and all you share is strictly confidential. They use communication methods based on positive psychology, behavioural change (CBT/ACT), motivational interviewing and have knowledge of the NZ health care system and about evidence/science-based lifestyle medicine (fitness, nutrition, sleep, stress, anxiety, chronic diseases). Health coaches give no medical advice, they encourage and support you to communicate with your GP and health practitioners, and work with you alongside them.

With all the advice available from family, friends and health carers and from all sorts of on-line medical, wellness and social media experts, it can be confusing and difficult to identify what are really YOUR GOALS, what is IMPORTANT to You and what WORKS for YOU.

As a health coach I help bring clarity and focus to your thoughts and feelings and enable you to identify those goals and the values behind them. You will explore what success or failure means to you. What motivates you and what time, resources and support are available, and how you can use them to succeed. We also aim to talk about any barriers you experience and what actions you can take to manage or overcome them.

Health coaching is a process and works on your agenda, with your strengths and knowledge. I encourage and sometimes challenge and I create a safe space that is free of judgement and totally yours. And no matter what, I always believe in your ability, resilience and possibility to learn, grow and change, when you are ready for it.