Working With a Health & Wellness Coach
Working with a coach can be an exciting and transformative experience. Here’s what to expect and how to make the most out of your connection with your professional MHC health & wellness coach.
- The Role of a Health Coach: Guidance, Not Prescribing
The role of your health coach is to guide and empower, not prescribe. Unlike medical providers who may offer specific prescriptions or directives, a health & wellness coach focuses on collaborative goal-setting, personalized strategies, and supportive guidance. Your coach will help you tap into your own inner strengths and resources. - Co-Creation of Goals: Your Aspirations, Your Journey
Health coaching is a co-creative process. Coaches work with you to identify your health goals and tailor strategies that align with your aspirations and lifestyle. This collaborative approach ensures that the goals you set are realistic, achievable, and genuinely reflect your desires. Your coach won’t tell you what to do or assume that what works for someone else will work for you. Instead, they will support and guide you, and walk beside you along the path you choose. - Open and Honest Communication: The Foundation of Progress
Communication is key in the coaching relationship. Be open and honest about your thoughts, needs, challenges, and victories. Your coach will provide a safe and judgment-free space where you can express yourself freely. The more transparent and communicative you are, the better your coach will understand you and be able to tailor strategies to meet your evolving needs, circumstances, and aspirations. - Building Consistent Habits: Small Steps, Big Impact
Health coaching involves the cultivation of consistent habits that contribute to long-term well-being. Your coach will guide you in setting achievable milestones and incorporating small, sustainable changes into your daily life. By focusing on gradual progress and celebrating small victories, you’ll build a foundation of habits that lead to lasting positive change. - Integrating Feedback and Making Adjustments: A Dynamic Process
Your coaching journey is dynamic, so adjustments may be needed along the way. Your coach welcomes feedback and encourages you to express any changes in your priorities, abilities, or preferences. An open dialogue helps to ensure that the coaching process remains flexible and responsive to your evolving needs. - Leveraging Asynchronous Text-Based Coaching: Flexibility and Accessibility
As part of MHC’s commitment to accessibility, coaching is conducted asynchronously through text. This format provides flexibility, allowing you to engage with your coach anytime that suits your schedule. Text-based coaching also provides a well-documented record of your journey, allowing you to revisit insights, strategies, and progress at any time. - Embracing Progress Over Perfection: A Journey, Not a Destination
In health coaching, the emphasis is on progress, not perfection. Your coach understands that setbacks may occur, and the journey to well-being is not always linear. We celebrate each step forward and learn from moments that challenge us. There is no such thing as failure here. Your coach will support you through the entire journey, reminding you that sustainable change is a gradual and iterative process. - The Coaching Agreement
A roadmap for collaboration, the coaching agreement ensures that we’re on the same page and working consistently toward your goals. This agreement shares the mutual commitments and expectations a coach and client have for each other. It outlines the confidentiality of our conversations, the frequency of our engagement, the importance of transparency and feedback, and the goals you’ll be working towards.
Final Thoughts
Health coaching is a collaborative and empowering journey. MHC’s professional coaches align their style with your unique goals and aspirations. It is not easy, but if you embrace the process, communicate openly, and celebrate each step forward, you and your coach will build a path to a healthier, more fulfilling life.