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Wellness Coach Training

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Self-efficacy

2. REACH
As a Wellness Coach you should Be a _____________. Don't interrupt or cut clients off when they are speaking.
The science of coaching relationships designed to optimize health and well-being - founded upon evidence-based theories and fields.
Recall the hurt - Empathize - Altruistic gift of forgiveness - Commit to forgive publicly - Hold onto forgiveness
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?

3. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #2 Key Elements
As a Wellness Coach you should __________ to necessary environmental modifications.
'I won't' or 'I can't'
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?
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.

4. Humor & Playfulness
As a Wellness Coach you should not __________ beyond their capabilities.
The more often you can make clients laugh and see the lighter side of their challenges and opportunities - the more they will open themselves to change
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
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?

5. Cognitive processes
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.
As a Wellness Coach you should not...
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
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.

6. Social Cognitive Theory
Has identified and documented the value of numerous interventions for enhancing self-esteem
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
1. Mindful Listening 2. Open-Ended Inquiry restate what a client says in more or less his or her own words. 3. Perceptive Reflections
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.

7. assumptions
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
As a Wellness Coach you should not play __________.
1. Trust and rapport 2. Honoring personality preferences 3. The written word
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.

8. Maintenance

9. Mastery Experiences
A vision is a compelling statement of who you are and what health-promoting - life-giving behaviors you want to do consistently.
Successful - Perseverant Efforts
Specific - Measurable - Action-based (behaviors) - Realistic - Time-bound
Gratitude Forgiveness

10. The Anticipatory Principle (Appreciative Inquiry)
As a Wellness Coach you should ___________ regarding What is and is not working in the coaching process.
As a Wellness Coach you should Support ______________ with a variety of motivational tools.
Positive Questions and Reflections stem from Positive Anticipation of the Future.
'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?'

11. The Simultaneity Principle (Appreciative Inquiry)
Positive Conversations and Interactions stem from Positive Questions and Reflections.
Successful - Perseverant Efforts
Has identified and documented the value of numerous interventions for enhancing self-esteem
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?

12. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #10 Supports
So - I'm hearing that your vision includes ... (Summarize values - outcomes - motivators - strengths - supports - and strategies). Is that correct?
What people - resources - systems - and environments can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges?
Assisting clients to 'move toward desired goals in a fulfilling manner'
As a Wellness Coach you should _____ with clients' feelings and needs.

13. Behavioral Goals are SMART Goals
Positive Actions & Outcomes stem from Positive Energy and Emotion.
Seek out Successes - Notice the Client's Areas of Arousal - Consider the Stages of Change - Question Gaps - Note Concerns
Specific - Measurable - Action-based (behaviors) - Realistic - Time-bound
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?

14. Essential parts of a wellness vision
'I will'
As a Wellness Coach you should _________ what clients are saying in ways that provoke change.
1. Self-Awareness & Responsibility 2. Strengths 3. Values & Meaning 4. Benefits & Information 5. Challenges and Strategies
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

15. Solicit input and suggestions
1. Priorities 2. Confidence 3. Readiness for change
Soliciting input builds the coaching relationship by making it clear to clients that their coach is totally devoted to their success.
Evoking Change Talk
As a Wellness Coach you should not...

16. Rewards
Setting up ways to be rewarded or rewarding yourself for completing your weekly action goals.
The design phase of the AI process gives the dream legs by working to align the client's infrastructure with the dream.
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.
1. Make observations - not evaluations 2. Express feelings - not thoughts 3. Identify needs - not strategies 4. Make requests - not demands.

17. MI
As a Wellness Coach you should Praise clients for their efforts and focus on the ___________.
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).
Motivational Interview
What makes this vision really important to you? Why do you really want to reach this vision? What good will come from your doing so? (Give examples of powerful motivators.)

18. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #8 Challenges
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.
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?
As a Wellness Coach you should not _____________ what clients are saying.
As a Wellness Coach you should Begin each session by asking clients how they feel now. Give clients a chance to _____________.

19. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #8 Challenges
Specific - Measurable - Action-based (behaviors) - Realistic - Time-bound
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 Keep an upbeat - energetic - and __________ attitude at all times.
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?

20. Motivational Interviewing
A client-centered - directive method for motivating change by exploring and resolving ambivalence.
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
Depression - Eating disorders - Substance abuse - Anxiety disorders
The belief that one has the capability to initiate or sustain a desired behavior - is one of the most important outcomes of coaching

21. Championing
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.
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
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 _______________ - as long as it builds self-esteem and self-efficacy.

22. NVC model for expressing empathy
The positive past requires a sense of satisfaction with the domains of life that are important to an individual
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.
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.
1. Make observations - not evaluations 2. Express feelings - not thoughts 3. Identify needs - not strategies 4. Make requests - not demands.

23. The Poetic Principle (Appreciative Inquiry)
The positive past requires a sense of satisfaction with the domains of life that are important to an individual
As a Wellness Coach you should ____ your trust and rapport at the outset of each and every session.
What people - resources - systems - and environments can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges?
Positive Anticipation of the Future stems from Positive Attention in the Present.

24. Renew
As a Wellness Coach you should Support ______________ with a variety of motivational tools.
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.
As a Wellness Coach you should ____ your trust and rapport at the outset of each and every session.
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.

25. Positive Psychology
Has identified and documented the value of numerous interventions for enhancing self-esteem
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.
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?

26. Empathy

27. Wear the expert hat
A respectful understanding of another person's experience - including his or her feelings - needs - & desires
As a Wellness Coach you should not ____________ - unless your client gives permission and requests such assistance.
Positive Questions and Reflections stem from Positive Anticipation of the Future.
As a Wellness Coach you should ____________ - but enough to refresh your memory about important client issues from week to week.

28. Other benefits of having clients complete a Well-Being Assessment include...
What is your confidence level on a scale of 0 to 10 for achieving this goal?
For example - designing environmental reminders to do What is planned.
1. Trust and rapport 2. Honoring personality preferences 3. The written word
'the belief that one has the capability to initiate or sustain a desired behavior (the exercise of control).'

29. Using Cues
Mindfulness - Savoring - Flow
1. Priorities 2. Confidence 3. Readiness for change
For example - designing environmental reminders to do What is planned.
As a Wellness Coach you should _____ with clients' feelings and needs.

30. Using Cues
What people - resources - systems - and environments can you draw on to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges?
For example - designing environmental reminders to do What is planned.
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).
A vision is a compelling statement of who you are and what health-promoting - life-giving behaviors you want to do consistently.

31. Empathy

32. Double-Sided Reflections.
These reflections are like the images we see in trifold mirrors - revealing multiple perspectives at the same time.
What strategies may be effective to help you realize your vision and meet your challenges? (Brainstorm and clarify multiple possibilities before focusing.)
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).
Trans-Theoretical Model

33. Action

34. great listener

35. judgment
As a Wellness Coach you should Eradicate ________and show appreciation for the challenges of making and maintaining behavioral changes.
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
As a Wellness Coach you should _______________ - as long as it builds self-esteem and self-efficacy.
What is your confidence level on a scale of 0 to 10 for achieving this goal?

36. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #7 Confidence
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?
These are not behavioral goals-lack the behavioral piece that is the bridge to success. May lead to disappointment.
A respectful understanding of another person's experience - including his or her feelings - needs - & desires
As a Wellness Coach you should Support ______________ with a variety of motivational tools.

37. Additionally - an assessment can provide initial information about a client's
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.
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.
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?
1. Priorities 2. Confidence 3. Readiness for change

38. What Is Coaching Psychology?
Positive Conversations and Interactions stem from Positive Questions and Reflections.
1. Energy 2. Life satisfaction 3. Mental and Emotional Fitness 4. Weight Management 5. Physical activity / exercise 6. Nutrition 7. Health
The science of coaching relationships designed to optimize health and well-being - founded upon evidence-based theories and fields.
Any talk by the client that argues against the case for change (or for staying the same).

39. PHYSICAL HEALTH RISKS

40. Measuring Client Confidence
What is your confidence level on a scale of 0 to 10 for achieving this goal?
Positive Conversations and Interactions stem from Positive Questions and 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?
1. Mindful Listening 2. Open-Ended Inquiry restate what a client says in more or less his or her own words. 3. Perceptive Reflections

41. STOP Tool
Assisting clients to 'move toward desired goals in a fulfilling manner'
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
Step back - Think - and Organize thoughts before Proceeding.
Mindfulness - Savoring - Flow

42. Coaches do not...
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).
analyze problems - give advice - prescribe solutions - recommend goals - develop strategies - teach new skills - or - provide education.
The non-judgmental awareness of What is happening in the present moment.
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)

43. Focus on yourself
As a Wellness Coach you should not __________on clients.
'I will'
Step back - Think - and Organize thoughts before Proceeding.
As a Wellness Coach you should not ___________ or your issues during sessions.

44. MI
Soliciting input builds the coaching relationship by making it clear to clients that their coach is totally devoted to their success.
'I will'
'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?'
Motivational Interview

45. Steps to Assist Clients in Developing a Compelling Vision #3 Best Experiences
A Grounded (Building on Current Success) - Bold (Stretching the Status Quo) - Desired (What People Truly Want) - Palpable (As If they were Already True) - and Participatory (Involving Many Stakeholders)
As a Wellness Coach you should Keep an upbeat - energetic - and __________ attitude at all times.
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.
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?

46. REVIEWING A WELL-BEING ASSESSMENT

47. essential for coaches to put clients at ease and to bring them into their confidence through...
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
1. Make observations - not evaluations 2. Express feelings - not thoughts 3. Identify needs - not strategies 4. Make requests - not demands.
Appreciative inquiry to inspire clients
1. Mindful Listening 2. Open-Ended Inquiry restate what a client says in more or less his or her own words. 3. Perceptive Reflections

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

49. Amplified Reflections.

50. REVIEWING A WELL-BEING ASSESSMENT