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Wellness Coach Training

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. PHYSICAL HEALTH RISKS

2. assumptions
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).
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.
As a Wellness Coach you should ________ 'failures' as 'life lessons' and 'learning opportunities'.
The purpose of Appreciative Inquiry is to elevate both the energy and self-efficacy of clients - in order to assist them in realizing their destiny.

3. Giving Advice

4. explore
As a Wellness Coach you should ____________ - but enough to refresh your memory about important client issues from week to week.
What people - resources - systems - and environments can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges?
As a Wellness Coach you should Look for openings to _______ their best experiences - core values - and heartfelt wishes.
For example - writing down exactly what new behavior will be done and when.

5. Maintenance

6. Common blocks to the motivation process include...

7. AI
'I still am'
Assisting clients to 'move toward desired goals in a fulfilling manner'
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?
Appreciative Inquiry

8. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #2 Key Elements
An overall picture of the client's present state of being including physical health - lifestyle habits - strengths - life satisfaction - and readiness to make changes.
Vision - Anticipation - Disputation
Prior to starting a vigorous exercise program - it is recommended that moderate or high-risk individuals (see definitions below) see a doctor or have exercise testing before participation. Vigorous exercise is the equivalent of running or walking fas
What are the most important elements in your vision? If you keep these in mind - will they power you forward and help you stay on track?

9. Solicit input and suggestions
The science of coaching relationships designed to optimize health and well-being - founded upon evidence-based theories and fields.
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 Support ______________ with a variety of motivational tools.
Soliciting input builds the coaching relationship by making it clear to clients that their coach is totally devoted to their success.

10. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #9 Strengths
As a Wellness Coach you should __________ to necessary environmental modifications.
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?
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 Eradicate ________and show appreciation for the challenges of making and maintaining behavioral changes.

11. STOP Tool
As a Wellness Coach you should Keep an upbeat - energetic - and __________ attitude at all times.
As a Wellness Coach you should _____ with clients' feelings and needs.
Step back - Think - and Organize thoughts before Proceeding.
As a Wellness Coach you should _______________ - books - and other publications.

12. DEVELOPING DISCREPANCY
'Tell me about your hopes and dreams for the future. If you found a magic lamp and a genie were to grant you three wishes - what would they be?'
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.
Soliciting input builds the coaching relationship by making it clear to clients that their coach is totally devoted to their success.
A respectful understanding of another person's experience - including his or her feelings - needs - & desires

13. right balance

14. Change Talk
1. Express Empathy 2. Develop Discrepancy 3. Roll With Resistance 4. Support Self-Efficacy
What people - resources - systems - and environments can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges?
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?
Any talk by the client that makes the case for change (or for not staying the same).

15. Wear the expert hat
As a Wellness Coach you should not ____________ - unless your client gives permission and requests such assistance.
Being completely accepting toward another person - without reservations
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.
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

16. Coaching start with what type of communication?
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
Appreciative inquiry to inspire clients
'Tell me about your hopes and dreams for the future. If you found a magic lamp and a genie were to grant you three wishes - what would they be?'
As a Wellness Coach you should Be ___________ and encourage family support (spouse - friends).

17. Social Support
As a Wellness Coach you should _______________ - as long as it builds self-esteem and self-efficacy.
Gratitude Forgiveness
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
How large is the gap between where you are today and your wellness vision? Clarify Point A (starting point) and B (client's dream) for vision.

18. Talk too much
As a Wellness Coach you should not ___________ with a lack of change.
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?
As a Wellness Coach you should not...
As a Wellness Coach you should _______________ - as long as it builds self-esteem and self-efficacy.

19. Take minimal notes
As a Wellness Coach you should ____________ - but enough to refresh your memory about important client issues from week to week.
As a Wellness Coach you should ________ 'failures' as 'life lessons' and 'learning opportunities'.
The five stages of change model - developed by Dr. Prochaska - provide coaches with an understanding of how and when behaviors can be altered and why clients may struggle - fail - or quit.
Being completely accepting toward another person - without reservations

20. The Simultaneity Principle (Appreciative Inquiry)
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.
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.
Positive Conversations and Interactions stem from Positive Questions and Reflections.
'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

21. Double-Sided Reflections.
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?
These reflections are like the images we see in trifold mirrors - revealing multiple perspectives at the same time.
For example - writing down exactly what new behavior will be done and when.
As a Wellness Coach you should not...

22. NVC
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).
Non-Violent Communication
As a Wellness Coach you should Be ___________ and encourage family support (spouse - friends).
So - I'm hearing that your vision includes ... (Summarize values - outcomes - motivators - strengths - supports - and strategies). Is that correct?

23. Psychological wounds
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.
Someone who is sympathetic identifies with another's experience - whereas - an empathetic person seeks to understand and appreciate that experience.
What people - resources - systems - and environments can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your 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

24. Reframe

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

26. Discover (The 5-D CYCLE OF AI)
'I will'
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 ___________ with a lack of change.
Once the learning agreement is clear - the next step is to assist clients in discovering promising examples of their desired outcomes - both past and present.

27. Open-Ended Questions
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).
Any talk by the client that makes the case for change (or for not staying the same).
1. Energy 2. Life satisfaction 3. Mental and Emotional Fitness 4. Weight Management 5. Physical activity / exercise 6. Nutrition 7. Health
Mindfulness - Savoring - Flow

28. Reflective Listening Statements
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).
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.
As a Wellness Coach you should not ___________ or your issues during sessions.
As a Wellness Coach you should not __________on clients.

29. Challenge clients to aim higher
As a Wellness Coach you should _____________ - if you think they can accomplish more.
As a Wellness Coach you should not ____________ - unless your client gives permission and requests such assistance.
Silence sends the empowering message: 'I believe that you can figure this out by going deeper.'
'I won't' or 'I can't'

30. Stay current in health/fitness/wellness news
As a Wellness Coach you should _______________ - books - and other publications.
As a Wellness Coach you should Support ______________ with a variety of motivational tools.
Values - relational skills - and coaching processes - evidence-based where possible.
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?

31. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #3 Best Experiences
Recall the hurt - Empathize - Altruistic gift of forgiveness - Commit to forgive publicly - Hold onto forgiveness
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.
The purpose of Appreciative Inquiry is to elevate both the energy and self-efficacy of clients - in order to assist them in realizing their destiny.
A respectful understanding of another person's experience - including his or her feelings - needs - & desires

32. Action

33. Positive Present - Elevating Emotions
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.
Mindfulness - Savoring - Flow
Prior to starting a vigorous exercise program - it is recommended that moderate or high-risk individuals (see definitions below) see a doctor or have exercise testing before participation. Vigorous exercise is the equivalent of running or walking fas
What are the most important elements in your vision? If you keep these in mind - will they power you forward and help you stay on track?

34. Essential parts of a wellness vision
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 Support ______________ with a variety of motivational tools.
As a Wellness Coach you should ________ 'failures' as 'life lessons' and 'learning opportunities'.
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

35. Positive Psychology
Has identified and documented the value of numerous interventions for enhancing self-esteem
Prior to starting a moderate exercise program - only high-risk individuals are recommended to see a physician. Moderate exercise is the equivalent of brisk walking at 3-4 mph (4.6-6.5 kmph) or an activity that can be sustained for about 45 minutes.
Setting up ways to be rewarded or rewarding yourself for completing your weekly action goals.
Vision - Anticipation - Disputation

36. Dangerous behavior
Accountability means monitoring and giving an account of what was done - what happened - what worked - what didn't work - and what one wants to do differently in the future.
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
The design phase of the AI process gives the dream legs by working to align the client's infrastructure with the dream.
A process for enhancing empathic connection and honest understanding between people.

37. The Poetic Principle (Appreciative Inquiry)
Dietary - exercise - stress management - and health maintenance/disease prevention strategies
Positive Anticipation of the Future stems from Positive Attention in the Present.
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.
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.

38. Self-efficacy

39. Three Core Coaching Skills
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
1. Mindful Listening 2. Open-Ended Inquiry restate what a client says in more or less his or her own words. 3. Perceptive Reflections
Without being modest - what do you value most about your life? What values does your wellness vision support?
The design phase of the AI process gives the dream legs by working to align the client's infrastructure with the dream.

40. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #10 Supports
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.
What people - resources - systems - and environments can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges?
'the belief that one has the capability to initiate or sustain a desired behavior (the exercise of control).'
Observing Similar Role Models

41. Verbal Persuasion
Has identified and documented the value of numerous interventions for enhancing self-esteem
Evoking Change Talk
What are the most important elements in your vision? If you keep these in mind - will they power you forward and help you stay on track?
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.

42. Other benefits of having clients complete a Well-Being Assessment include...
1. Trust and rapport 2. Honoring personality preferences 3. The written word
Dietary - exercise - stress management - and health maintenance/disease prevention strategies
As a Wellness Coach you should ________ 'failures' as 'life lessons' and 'learning opportunities'.
'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

43. Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change-General
As a Wellness Coach you should Look for openings to _______ their best experiences - core values - and heartfelt wishes.
The five stages of change model - developed by Dr. Prochaska - provide coaches with an understanding of how and when behaviors can be altered and why clients may struggle - fail - or quit.
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?
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.

44. TTM
It's best to avoid giving advice as much as possible. In order to foster lasting change - masterful coaches enable their clients to research and figure out their own answers.
Trans-Theoretical Model
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).
Values - relational skills - and coaching processes - evidence-based where possible.

45. Empathy

46. Core Values (Appreciative Interview Protocol)

47. Listen attentively for the use of words like obstacles - barriers - setbacks - risks - or challenges.
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.
As a Wellness Coach you should _____________ - if you think they can accomplish more.
As a Wellness Coach you should Support ______________ with a variety of motivational tools.
A vision is a compelling statement of who you are and what health-promoting - life-giving behaviors you want to do consistently.

48. Motivational Interviewing
A client-centered - directive method for motivating change by exploring and resolving ambivalence.
A vision is a compelling statement of who you are and what health-promoting - life-giving behaviors you want to do consistently.
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.
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

49. Speak the truth with love
For example - writing down exactly what new behavior will be done and when.
Prior to starting a vigorous exercise program - it is recommended that moderate or high-risk individuals (see definitions below) see a doctor or have exercise testing before participation. Vigorous exercise is the equivalent of running or walking fas
As a Wellness Coach you should _______________ - as long as it builds self-esteem and self-efficacy.
On a scale of 0-10 - with 10 being really confident and 0 being no confidence - how confident are you that you can close this gap and realize your vision?

50. Silence