“If you are ready to make a positive lifestyle change and need help figuring out how to achieve results, get help from Coach Anke."                                                               --Dan Lautenschleger

On this page, we’ll tell you what kind of results to expect and we’ll also give you a sense of our guiding beliefs and values, and the approach to our coaching style.

1. When you work with us, you can expect to see desirable and sustainable changes in your health, your energy, and your overall feeling of well being.  By tying your goals to the big picture – your dream life – we uncover areas that you may not be aware of that are sabotaging your efforts to reach your target health goals.
2. By learning how to set and accomplish goals with “baby steps”, you naturally achieve more with less effort and frustration.
3. With reduced frustration you gain control over your situation, which helps you to relax and enjoy the ride!
4. Learning how to make these changes helps to increase your physical and subsequently your mental health, which in turn helps to eliminate stressors and energy drainers from your life.
5. Once small goals are achieved, you naturally increase your confidence level, and thus your productivity in whatever you do.
6. By freeing up time and energy to take care of yourself, you create a lifestyle that promotes health, instead of retarding it.

Guiding beliefs and values

1. My belief is that in order to make a positive, permanent change, you’re going to have to get uncomfortable.  You have to be willing to work, to be open to change and to make this a number one priority in your life.  You will make this as hard or as easy as you like, it’s up to you.  This is not medicine, therapy or business coaching.  It is an opportunity for you to grow and discover areas within yourself you never knew were there.  It will show you strengths you never thought you possessed.  Getting your health under control will open doors for you that show you that poor health is no longer an option.  You will be surprised in how small health improvements translate into big lifestyle improvements.  Ultimately, it will give you the tools to change many other aspects in your life, and will give you the freedom, time and money to pursue your passions in life.
2. I have been professionally coached for 2 years, and know about being in both the driver and the passenger seat of coaching.  Since 1995, I have coached clients in my business “Natural Solutions” which has evolved to “Natural Solutions by Anke, LLC” in 2003.  This gives me not only the technical information to help you achieve your goals, but more importantly the emotional aspect of having experienced both roles of coach and client.
3. My passion to help parents and partners who have had a child over the age of thirty again stems from experience.  I had my son at age 39, and found it VERY difficult to return to the “pre-child” mom I used to be.  My energy, my overall happiness and my physical form were all greatly compromised.  Having a new baby, being an entrepreneur, and being a full time mom left little time for me, something I wasn’t used to.  My experience in this scenario lends my talents to you to help you get back to a better you in a lot less time than it took me.  Don’t reinvent the wheel, hitch a ride on the Natural Solutions by Anke express and feel like your better self now!

Our Approach

1. Health coaching is a guilt-free, no nag zone where your personal well-being is the number one priority.  You will get a push when you need to be pushed, and be supported when you need support.  Your success in succeeding is the most important thing to me, and I will always focus on the positive, instead of the negative.  Not that I won’t give you a “call to action” if you’re not progressing, but I will do it in a way that maintains your dignity, so that you don’t have to fear our coaching calls even if you didn’t accomplish what you had set out for that week.
2. Simplifying the life of the client is another area of focus.  Almost everyone is busy with to-do lists that never get done. The coach will work with the client to identify tasks that can be reduced, commitments that can be streamlined, and methods to increase efficiency in all aspects of life.
3. “There are never enough hours in the day” is a common phrase heard daily.  And part of this frustration for “lack of time” is due to loss of energy, or lack of “energy creation”.  Fatigue is not only a component of illness; it’s now part of our everyday lives.  When a person lacks energy to accomplish daily tasks, the person can easily fall behind which increases stress, decreases energy further and may even cause depression.  This focus area will examine the areas in the client’s life which drain energy and create a plan to minimize the effect of these areas.  In addition, the coach will work with the client to find sources of positive energy and develop ways that increase exposure to positive energy sources.  Imagine, the same number of hours in a day, but productivity is increased.  That includes time for YOU, and to do whatever YOU chose!
4. Almost any illness or health condition can be improved through changes in daily habits.  Examples of these changes include improved nutrition, increased exercise, improved sleep and rest, and reduced stress.  The coaching process would assist the client in setting feasible goals, creating a supportive environment and generating motivation to make the changes necessary for increased health.
5. If you were a client, you may wonder what you and the coach would talk about.  The answer:  whatever it takes to help you take action and produce results.  This means you might:
   1. Sometimes talk about goals, strategy, or establishing boundaries
   2. Set up systems to assure that you get what you need to stay motivated.
   3. Fortify other areas of your life that serve as the foundation of change.
   4. Develop a plan to establish the support network and the environment you need to assure your success.
   5. Implement methods to overcome relapse.
   6. Identify stale habits and mindsets that you need to “let go” of in order to excel.
   7. Celebrate your achievements.
   8. Reverse your setbacks

Now that you have a better idea about the results you can expect by working with me and our approach and philosophy of working with clients, next go to Coaching Services page to learn about specific services and programs we offer.