Health Coaching: Changing The Way We Get Healthy

It seems that given enough time almost all things in life will change. Whether it be they change in appearance, change in value, or simply change in definition. And if you've surpassed your teenage years you know this all too well. Which depending upon how far past your teenages years you are, your level of first-hand experience will vary. But most people that have made it through their teenage years though, have lived long enough to see a pretty substantial amount of change in the world. Whether it be in fashion, music, or entertainment. You've probably also seen a lot of change in the health industry as well when it comes to how we get healthy. From Richard Simmons to Jenny Craig. In more recent years there has been yet another shift in the health industry. Specifically in the area of how people are pursuing getting healthy.

This shift is being spurred on by a variety of factors. Not limited to but including a growing field of coaches. And we're not talking about the coaches that are teaching your kid's soccer and football teams on the weekends but rather a different type of coach called a Health Coach. A coach that does so much more than teach you the proper technique for bench press or the appropriate foods to consume throughout your day. These Health Coaches are teaching their clients how to set goals, identify their values, and most importantly of all change their behaviors. After all, the reality is that our behaviors (choices) are directly tied to our overall health. If our behaviors aren't conducive for healthy living then we will reap the consequences of them. And vice versa, if our behaviors are wise and smart when it comes to things affecting our health then we will reap the rewards of those positive behaviors.

The problem is that many people don't know how to go about changing their behaviors. They may succeed for a period of time but inevitably fall back in the same rut that they were in before. Or they just simply don't know how to keep themselves motivated and therefore after a few weeks or months, find themselves back in square one. Gym clubs see this occur every single year in January. People make new year's resolutions to get healthy and start out extremely motivated. Which is why Gym's are always extremely crowded in the month of January. But within a short period of time that initial momentum fizzles out and they stop going to the Gym. And many of times it's not due to lack of desire to become healthier but rather could probably be better attributed to the lack of knowledge they have in knowing how to change the behaviors that are prohibiting them from becoming healthier. That's where the Health Coach comes in.

Health Coaches are changing the way people get healthy by providing them that knowledge and ability to change their behaviors. And it isn't coming in the form of textbook knowledge as you would think but rather it's coming in the form of helping the person to better understand their internal thought process and promoting positive thinking which in turn spawns motivation. That motivation then helps the behavior changes persist not just for a short period of time but permanently. With the end result being a person that is equipped with the necessary knowledge and motivation to maintain healthy behaviors and not just be another new year's resolution gym member that fizzles out in a few weeks.

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