Individual Coaching

Individual health coaching is a process that provides very effective support for anyone who has set a goal, failed to achieve it, or failed to make it a permanent change.  Using the co-active coaching approach means that we develop your customized plan together.  You already have all the answers that will help you achieve your goals!  I work together with clients to help them identify and reach goals that they may have been struggling with in the past.  I help them figure out what’s important to them, and the together, we set an action plan, uncovering blocks that may have hindered them in the past.  Then I make sure they have support that helps them stay on track, and then they establish how they’d like to be held accountable to their action steps.  Finally, I ensure that the goals they’ve reached remain permanent, so that they don’t slip back to their old habits and end up where they started.

For more information about individual coaching, please contact me

The Goals of individual health coaching are for you to:

1. Accomplish much more than you have in the past and feel a greater sense of success
2. Become aware of the things that will promote your health, and be able to easily let go of the things that won't.
3. Teach you to discover how to make a healthier decision when faced with challenging choices.  Give you these skills so that they’re lifetime tools for you to use whenever the situation arises.
4. Teach you the process of change, so you can apply this process to other areas of your life after your coaching is complete.

Health Coaching Steps

1. Complimentary Introductory session (no charge)
   • The purpose of the complimentary 30-minute telephone session is to provide an opportunity for you to find out what coaching is and what working with me is like.
   • If you chose to move forward with the coaching, we together chose the best coaching package for your needs, and schedule our intake session.
2. Initial Session (Intake session)
   • This session is usually 1-2 hours long, based on your needs.  I set aside 2 hours.  It takes place either face to face, or over the phone.  Prior to the session you will fill out a questionnaire that will help guide our work together (although this is a “living” document so anything you want to change as we move through the coaching is fine).
   • At the end of this session I will have a good picture of your overall situation: your main challenges, your most important goals, as well as necessary background information.  If there are any medical concerns, I will have you take to your doctor and complete a medical questionnaire that will allow you to proceed with the coaching.
3. Health Coaching Process
   • After the intake session, we start the coaching process!  This consists of sessions by phone, and periodically face to face if you wish.  The frequency of the session will be based on your preference, and can change as we move through the coaching process.  Each session length is 30 minutes.  At any time you can check in with me via email, or the Virtual Website that you have access to.  “Just in time” 10 minute phone coaching sessions can be scheduled as well as a support measure.  We will also determine who would be best to support you during your change process.
   • Before each session you will be asked to complete a “Call Focus Form” so that our 30 minutes together is laser focused and organized.
   • During our session, we’ll talk about your situation, your challenges, and the things that matter to you.  Since I do co-active coaching, we will brainstorm and explore how you can best overcome challenges given your tools and things accessible to you. At the end of the session you will have a specific action plan, including steps to take, resource materials and things to consider before our next session.

Group Coaching

• Health telephone coaching groups are a powerful and effective way, for those who have already made strides in achieving their goals, to make rapid progress in improving their lives and ensuring that their newfound changes remain permanent.  This can be a compliment to individual coaching, or as a post-individual coaching follow up. Stay posted for more on group coaching as this service continues in its development!

Is Health Coaching for you?

• If you’d like to look into how coaching can help you with your health challenges, I’d love to have the opportunity to talk with you and answer any questions you may have.  So that you can find out firsthand what health coaching is like, I offer a free 30-minute introductory session.  Click here to schedule your free introductory health coaching session
• To hear what others are saying about Health Coaching from Anke, click on Testimonials.