Health & Wellness Coaching
What is a Health & Wellness Coach
and how can they help you?
A Health and Wellness Coach is a healthcare professional trained in behavioral change theory, motivational strategies, and communication techniques which are used to assist clients to develop intrinsic motivation and obtain skills to create sustainable change for improved health and well being.
Coaches use a client-centered approach where clients decide their goals, engage in self-discovery, and activate learning processes, all within the interpersonal relationship that is created with the coach.
Whatever goals are set, the health coach ensures that they are supported until the desired outcome is achieved. Health coaches offer unconditional positive regard and have been trained with the skills and knowledge to walk alongside you on your path to your healthiest self.
Health & Wellness Coaches DO:
Listen and empathize
Honor the client in the driver's seat
Affirm the client's strengths
Elicit their goals, motivations and ambitions
Hear from the client's past success to project and manifest those characteristics into future goals
Create lifestyle change through conversation
Move the client toward action and goals
Refer to an expert when required
What Coaches are NOT:
Diagnose syndromes or illnesses
Act as therapists or counselors
Give a prescription for health or advice on supplements
Design a workout or diet plan
Stay focused on the past
As board-certified health and wellness coaches, we are trained to support you through the process of change. We meet you where you're at with readiness to tackle challenges and implement the lifestyle adjustments you see for yourself. Consider your coach the implementation and accountability arm of our partnership. We will support you as you activate internal strengths to make sustainable changes that work at your pace. You are always in the driver's seat of our sessions.
At Intrinsic Wellness Co., we approach change as an "experiment” with multiple options to reach the outcome you are looking for. With this mindset, there is no failure. Only an attempt to find a solution in a helpful, non-critical, or judgemental way. Oh, and you’ll find we’re also your biggest cheerleaders!
We offer a complimentary 30 min phone consultation to get to know each other better.
To schedule, contact Elissa directly by phone or email or fill out my contact form.
Elissa has been instrumental in helping me in my path of emotional healing. She was the external motivation and accountability I needed to take control of my thoughts and emotions as I became a healthier, more emotionally stable version of myself. I would highly recommend Elissa to anyone looking for an overall improved quality of life!
-Armando R.