Episode 15 - Wellness Coaching: What It Is and How It Helps

Erika talks about Wellcoaches and how their intense coaching course touches on a lot of the human behavior, physical and emotional aspects. “Coaches are the best listeners. They are the best at open-ended inquiry. The best at reflecting what someone has just said so that that client or patient feels heard. The best just being there in the moment without an agenda to push, force, prod someone along into the result that they think that client should be moving toward. And we have unconditional positive regard because of our deep belief that everyone has strengths, and everyone has had some kind of success or best experience that can be learned from. We hold hope.” Learn what coaching is, who coaching is not a good fit for, the difference between coaching and counseling and therapy, a “strengths based” process, the power of the question, VIA, “win or lose” vs. “win/learn” etc. “People are not resistant to change. People are resistant to being changed.” Hosts Susan and Dave Kenney discover how coaching is a continuing education for experienced professionals. Rise above by getting a glimpse of how coaches are coached.