Health Coaching
Health coaching helps people to recognise their own health and the factors within their lifestyle or mindset that contribute to ill health or poor performance.
- Coaching is lead by the client, however thought processes are explored by both the coach and the coachee.
- Improving tolerance to pressure and managing stress responses;
- Excess pressure can be destructive both physically and mentally, the implications are that performance at work and balance at home are negatively affected.
- Coaching can help make connections between psychological, behavioural and physiological responses and identify the triggers which initiate the response.
- Raising awareness helps the client to develop coping strategies and build resilience.
Improving physical function:
Lifestyle is developed over time, however an unhealthy lifestyle can lead to a weakened immune system, excess weight, poor balance, slower reactions, weak muscles, poor stamina etc.
Coaching helps the client explore their lifestyle, by recognising current behaviours and habits. Strategies to make lifestyle modification are then developed, using a series of techniques and tools.
Health coaching for weight loss
Using a combination of health education and coaching, this weight loss programme addresses the factors affecting weight gain and loss.
Group sessions:, this practice fosters a save environment where people can share their challenges and barriers. Particularly successful with obese patients, Active Aims has delivered this type of coaching at local doctors surgeries.
Individual session: extremely beneficial for people lacking in confidence and self esteem due to weight issues. Lifestyle analysis forms the starting point for individual sessions.