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Wellness Coach Training

Instructions:

Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The Anticipatory Principle (Appreciative Inquiry)
Vision - Anticipation - Disputation
Positive Questions and Reflections stem from Positive Anticipation of the Future.
'I will'
It is also important to consider whether clients have significant emotional or mental health risks that would impair their ability to move forward in a coaching relationship.

2. Assume you understand
Someone who is sympathetic identifies with another's experience - whereas - an empathetic person seeks to understand and appreciate that experience.
As a Wellness Coach you should not _____________ what clients are saying.
Contemplation and/or preparation stage for at least one area (fitness - weight - nutrition - stress - mental or physical health) and your coaching program will help them reach the maintenance phase (sustaining the new behavior consistently week to we
As a Wellness Coach you should not ____________ - unless your client gives permission and requests such assistance.

3. Challenge clients to aim higher
As a Wellness Coach you should _____________ - if you think they can accomplish more.
When it serves the best interests of the client and the coaching program - not because a coach wants to share and be understood (subtly inviting the client to play the role of coach).
Decisional balance involves evaluating the pros and cons of change: What are the costs and benefits of not changing? What are the costs and benefits of changing?
Without being modest - what do you value most about your life? What values does your wellness vision support?

4. Shifted-Focus Reflections.
As a Wellness Coach you should not Make __________. It is extremely important not to assume that you understand your client or what s/he needs or wants. Exploration is the key.
These reflections are like the images we see in a periscope. They redirect our attention away from a resistance-provoking subject in order to focus on another area.
1. Trust and rapport 2. Honoring personality preferences 3. The written word
What strategies may be effective to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges? (Brainstorm and clarify multiple possibilities before focusing.)

5. Contemplation

6. MENTAL HEALTH RISKS
MI encourages coaches to use open-ended questions - reflective listening statements - as well as a variety of rulers to develop awareness of the gap that may exist between present behavior and important personal goals or values.
Values (Who do I want to be?) - Outcomes (What results do I want to achieve?) - Behaviors (What activities do I want to do consistently?) - Motivators (Why does this matter a lot to me - right now?) - Strengths (What strengths - talents - and abilit
'On a scale of 0 to10 - how confident are you that you will be able to accomplish this goal this week?' If you hear an answer of 7 or above you can be reasonably confident that the client will succeed. If you hear a lower score - you may want to shar
It is also important to consider whether clients have significant emotional or mental health risks that would impair their ability to move forward in a coaching relationship.

7. Examples of three-month behavioral goals that support desired outcomes

8. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #10 Supports
Silence sends the empowering message: 'I believe that you can figure this out by going deeper.'
It is the key that unlocks the Through goal setting - we turn visions and intentions into actions and reality - door to self-efficacy and self-esteem when it comes to health - fitness - and wellness.
The Bedrock of Coaching. The belief that one has value and self-worth (the evaluation of self)
What people - resources - systems - and environments can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges?

9. Stay current in health/fitness/wellness news
Observing Similar Role Models
As a Wellness Coach you should _______________ - books - and other publications.
1. Trust and rapport 2. Honoring personality preferences 3. The written word
As a Wellness Coach you should not __________ beyond their capabilities.

10. client motivation
As a Wellness Coach you should not _____________ what clients are saying.
As a Wellness Coach you should Support ______________ with a variety of motivational tools.
Once clients have discovered the best of 'What is -' it is time to help them envision the best of 'what might be.'
As a Wellness Coach you should _____ with clients' feelings and needs.

11. Using Cues
For example - designing environmental reminders to do What is planned.
Any talk by the client that makes the case for change (or for not staying the same).
What strengths can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges? How can the lessons from your successes in life carry over to your current challenges?
Seek out Successes - Notice the Client's Areas of Arousal - Consider the Stages of Change - Question Gaps - Note Concerns

12. Simple Reflections.
Open-ended questions (OEQ) are questions that require multiple words to answer rather than one or two. They beg for descriptive or narrative answers. More than 50% of all questions in a motivational interview should be open-ended questions (OEQ).
A client-centered - directive method for motivating change by exploring and resolving ambivalence.
Vision - Anticipation - Disputation
These reflections are like the images we see in a flat mirror. A simple reflection paraphrases and restates what clients are saying - utilizing their own words without exaggeration - interpretation - or distortion. The impact of such simple reflectio

13. Solicit input and suggestions
Assisting clients to 'move toward desired goals in a fulfilling manner'
Soliciting input builds the coaching relationship by making it clear to clients that their coach is totally devoted to their success.
As a Wellness Coach you should _____________ - if you think they can accomplish more.
What strategies may be effective to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges? (Brainstorm and clarify multiple possibilities before focusing.)

14. Measuring Client Confidence
SCT asserts that human behavior is determined by three factors which interact with each other in dynamic and reciprocal ways: personal factors (such as what we believe and how we feel about what we can do) - environmental factors (such as our support
As a Wellness Coach you should not Allow clients to dwell on topics _____________ or expertise.
What is your confidence level on a scale of 0 to 10 for achieving this goal?
Positive Actions & Outcomes stem from Positive Energy and Emotion.

15. great listener

16. NVC model for expressing empathy
As a Wellness Coach you should __________ to necessary environmental modifications.
1. Make observations - not evaluations 2. Express feelings - not thoughts 3. Identify needs - not strategies 4. Make requests - not demands.
As a Wellness Coach you should not __________ beyond their capabilities.
If a client says something that - as a credentialed professional - you know could do them harm - it is your duty to let them know. However - never offer advice beyond your level of expertise. If a red flag goes up for you that you are not sure about

17. Wear the expert hat
Has identified and documented the value of numerous interventions for enhancing self-esteem
As a Wellness Coach you should not ____________ - unless your client gives permission and requests such assistance.
As a Wellness Coach you should not ___________ or your issues during sessions.
What strengths can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges? How can the lessons from your successes in life carry over to your current challenges?

18. Define (The 5-D CYCLE OF AI)
The process starts by securing an agreement between coach and client as to what the client wants to learn (topic choice) and how the client wants to learn it (method choice).
What significant events do you anticipate having to deal with on the way to reaching your vision? (Generate multiple possibilities and express empathy.) What concerns you most?
1. Self-Awareness & Responsibility 2. Strengths 3. Values & Meaning 4. Benefits & Information 5. Challenges and Strategies
Observing Similar Role Models

19. Measuring Client Confidence
1. Getting Information: Finding out about all the benefits (e.g. - medical and lifestyle) of doing a behavior. 2. Being Moved Emotionally: Taking to heart the health effects of a behavior and using them to ignite your drive to change. 3. Considering
What is your confidence level on a scale of 0 to 10 for achieving this goal?
1. Self-Awareness & Responsibility 2. Strengths 3. Values & Meaning 4. Benefits & Information 5. Challenges and Strategies
A vision is a compelling statement of who you are and what health-promoting - life-giving behaviors you want to do consistently.

20. humor
Be aware of any 'red flags' such as health risks - injuries - or other health concerns that might require a physician release before engaging in regular exercise. If exercise will be a part of the coaching program - a physician release form can be pr
Framing a client's experiences in positive terms. Once the conversation takes a positive turn - it is easier to engage in brainstorming - action planning - and forward movement.
A vision is a compelling statement of who you are and what health-promoting - life-giving behaviors you want to do consistently.
As a Wellness Coach you should Use _______ to lighten the load.

21. Examples of three-month behavioral goals that support desired outcomes

22. What Is Coaching Psychology?
As a Wellness Coach you should not...
'I will'
The science of coaching relationships designed to optimize health and well-being - founded upon evidence-based theories and fields.
1. Express Empathy 2. Develop Discrepancy 3. Roll With Resistance 4. Support Self-Efficacy

23. Speak the truth with love
As a Wellness Coach you should Praise clients for their efforts and focus on the ___________.
Sounds as though you've come up with a vision which will work for you. How ready - confident - and committed are you to take the first steps toward your vision?
What have been your best experiences to date with the key elements of your vision - times when you felt alive and fully engaged? Tell one or two stories - in detail.
As a Wellness Coach you should _______________ - as long as it builds self-esteem and self-efficacy.

24. Physiological / Affective States
Trans-Theoretical Model
Giving respectful attention and understanding to physiological / affective states - both during and between coaching sessions - can assist coaches and clients in finding that sweet spot.
Specific - Measurable - Action Based - Realistic - Timelined
1. Precontemplation (Not Ready For Change) 2. Contemplation (Thinking About Change) 3. Preparation (Preparing for Action) 4. Action (Taking Action) 5. Maintenance (Maintaining a Good Behavior)

25. great listener

26. Social Support
Being completely accepting toward another person - without reservations
Observing Similar Role Models
1. Mindful Listening 2. Open-Ended Inquiry restate what a client says in more or less his or her own words. 3. Perceptive Reflections
Recruiting family and friends to help with behavior change by specifically asking each of them to consider the particular thing you would like them to do for you. This requires clients to think carefully about what they would like someone to do and t

27. Empathy

28. psychotherapist
As a Wellness Coach you should not play __________.
What strengths can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges? How can the lessons from your successes in life carry over to your current challenges?
In some cases psychological wounds go too deep or human functioning is too severely compromised by psychopathology to respond to coaching. When this happens - it quickly becomes self-evident (often from an initial assessment - see Chapter 7) and it i
As a Wellness Coach you should not...

29. Dream (The 5-D CYCLE OF AI)

30. Positive Past-Elevating Memories
Gratitude Forgiveness
Reflective listening statements function like mirrors - enabling clients to see themselves in new ways and muster the motivation for change. Receptive and timely reflections lie at the heart of MI when it comes to developing discrepancy.
Reflective listening statements function like mirrors - enabling clients to see themselves in new ways and muster the motivation for change. Receptive and timely reflections lie at the heart of MI when it comes to developing discrepancy.
If a client says something that - as a credentialed professional - you know could do them harm - it is your duty to let them know. However - never offer advice beyond your level of expertise. If a red flag goes up for you that you are not sure about

31. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #10 Supports
Explore what they mean by those words and what will enable them to move forward in order to achieve their goals - not just - immediately - but also long term. Stay focused on solution and possibility.
What people - resources - systems - and environments can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges?
Someone who is sympathetic identifies with another's experience - whereas - an empathetic person seeks to understand and appreciate that experience.
It is also important to consider whether clients have significant emotional or mental health risks that would impair their ability to move forward in a coaching relationship.

32. Contemplation

33. Impose your goals
1. Trust and rapport 2. Honoring personality preferences 3. The written word
As a Wellness Coach you should not __________on clients.
'Tell me about the core - life-giving factors in your experience. What are the key ingredients - both internal and external - that enable you to be at your best and to have fun?'
'I will'

34. TTM
Trans-Theoretical Model
These reflections are like the images we see in a convex or concave mirror. say in order to evoke disagreement from them in the direction of change-talk. By reflecting an increased or decreased intensity of the client's perspective - magnifying both
What is your confidence level on a scale of 0 to 10 for achieving this goal?
Silence sends the empowering message: 'I believe that you can figure this out by going deeper.'

35. Vision Level
1. Self-Awareness & Responsibility 2. Strengths 3. Values & Meaning 4. Benefits & Information 5. Challenges and Strategies
1. Express Empathy 2. Develop Discrepancy 3. Roll With Resistance 4. Support Self-Efficacy
'I won't' or 'I can't'
A respectful understanding of another person's experience - including his or her feelings - needs - & desires

36. TTM
Why do I want to change the behavior (the 'pros')? - Why shouldn't I try to change the behavior (the 'cons')? - What would it take for me to change the behavior (what's my strategy to overcome my 'cons')?
Trans-Theoretical Model
A respectful understanding of another person's experience - including his or her feelings - needs - & desires
As a Wellness Coach you should not Allow clients to dwell on topics _____________ or expertise.

37. Self-Esteem
The Bedrock of Coaching. The belief that one has value and self-worth (the evaluation of self)
As a Wellness Coach you should Keep an upbeat - energetic - and __________ attitude at all times.
Increased self-awareness and self-knowledge - Acquisition of new knowledge and skills - Attainment of personal and professional goals - Sustainable behavior change - Increased life satisfaction - Increased self-efficacy - Becoming one's best s
As a Wellness Coach you should Begin each session by asking clients how they feel now. Give clients a chance to _____________.

38. outside your coaching scope
As a Wellness Coach you should not Allow clients to dwell on topics _____________ or expertise.
The quality or state of being in good health or one's best possible health - especially as an actively sought goal - the condition of good physical and mental health - especially when maintained by proper diet - exercise - and life habits - the maste
As a Wellness Coach you should not play __________.
These are not behavioral goals-lack the behavioral piece that is the bridge to success. May lead to disappointment.

39. Take minimal notes
As a Wellness Coach you should ___________ regarding What is and is not working in the coaching process.
As a Wellness Coach you should ____________ - but enough to refresh your memory about important client issues from week to week.
What strategies may be effective to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges? (Brainstorm and clarify multiple possibilities before focusing.)
In some cases psychological wounds go too deep or human functioning is too severely compromised by psychopathology to respond to coaching. When this happens - it quickly becomes self-evident (often from an initial assessment - see Chapter 7) and it i

40. The five stages of change are...
As a Wellness Coach you should Begin each session by asking clients how they feel now. Give clients a chance to _____________.
For example - writing down exactly what new behavior will be done and when.
1. Precontemplation (Not Ready For Change) 2. Contemplation (Thinking About Change) 3. Preparation (Preparing for Action) 4. Action (Taking Action) 5. Maintenance (Maintaining a Good Behavior)
1. Priorities 2. Confidence 3. Readiness for change

41. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #1 First Picture

42. Using Substitution
Framing a client's experiences in positive terms. Once the conversation takes a positive turn - it is easier to engage in brainstorming - action planning - and forward movement.
The Bedrock of Coaching. The belief that one has value and self-worth (the evaluation of self)
Replacing an old health-risky behavior with a new health-promoting behavior (e.g. substituting carrot sticks or a straw for a cigarette).
Holding them in positive regard - Expressing empathy - Slowing down - Listening with full attention - Allowing them to formulate and find their own answers - Honestly sharing observations - Under promising and over delivering - Being humble in

43. REACH
1. Precontemplation (Not Ready For Change) 2. Contemplation (Thinking About Change) 3. Preparation (Preparing for Action) 4. Action (Taking Action) 5. Maintenance (Maintaining a Good Behavior)
Observing Similar Role Models
Evoking Change Talk
Recall the hurt - Empathize - Altruistic gift of forgiveness - Commit to forgive publicly - Hold onto forgiveness

44. Talk too much
Values (Who do I want to be?) - Outcomes (What results do I want to achieve?) - Behaviors (What activities do I want to do consistently?) - Motivators (Why does this matter a lot to me - right now?) - Strengths (What strengths - talents - and abilit
As a Wellness Coach you should not...
Observing Similar Role Models
Values - relational skills - and coaching processes - evidence-based where possible.

45. What is Wellness?

46. Championing
1. I don't really want to do this (I don't have a good enough reason) 2. I can't do this 3. I have never done this 4. I don't have the time 5. I can't get started 6. It's too hard 7. I won't be able to ... (drink beer with my friends - enjoy parties
When clients are struggling - we should reassure them that different people move towards mastery of health - fitness - or wellness at different speeds and at different times in their lives. When they are ready - they can and will succeed.
An overall picture of the client's present state of being including physical health - lifestyle habits - strengths - life satisfaction - and readiness to make changes.
Being completely accepting toward another person - without reservations

47. Coaching psychology goal

48. Championing
As a Wellness Coach you should _________ between sessions.
As a Wellness Coach you should _______________ - books - and other publications.
When clients are struggling - we should reassure them that different people move towards mastery of health - fitness - or wellness at different speeds and at different times in their lives. When they are ready - they can and will succeed.
As a Wellness Coach you should Eradicate ________and show appreciation for the challenges of making and maintaining behavioral changes.

49. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #9 Strengths
What people - resources - systems - and environments can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges?
What strengths can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges? How can the lessons from your successes in life carry over to your current challenges?
The science of coaching relationships designed to optimize health and well-being - founded upon evidence-based theories and fields.
As a Wellness Coach you should not __________ beyond their capabilities.

50. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #4 Core Values
Without being modest - what do you value most about your life? What values does your wellness vision support?
For example - designing environmental reminders to do What is planned.
Are Specific - Measurable - Action-based - Realistic - and Time-lined (or SMART
As a Wellness Coach you should not _____________ what clients are saying.