{"id":1860,"date":"2009-07-28T05:18:31","date_gmt":"2009-07-28T05:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=1860"},"modified":"2016-08-12T08:00:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T16:00:58","slug":"wellness-careers-and-coaching-how-the-antidote-to-rationalizing-can-boost-your-wellness-coaching-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wellness-careers-and-coaching-how-the-antidote-to-rationalizing-can-boost-your-wellness-coaching-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness Careers and Coaching: How the Antidote to Rationalizing Can Boost Your Wellness Coaching Career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wellness careers<\/a><\/strong> are often challenging because people rationalize why they can\u2019t do the right thing. From quitting smoking to starting an exercise program there\u2019s always a reason it can\u2019t be done. Wellness coaching<\/a><\/strong> can be the key to helping people overcome obstacles to success, and the reason people get involved in wellness careers<\/strong> is to make a difference. So what are the magic wellness coaching<\/strong> antidotes to get people on track?<\/p>\n

Wellness Coaching Key #1: Honesty<\/h3>\n

The key to successfully navigating excuses in wellness careers<\/strong> is honesty. You can start your wellness coaching<\/strong> session by having your client write down at least 5 rationalizations they use to not follow through. Your clients will realize, if they are honest with themselves, they are just telling themselves story after story, and their stories will not give them the results they desire.<\/p>\n

Wellness Coaching Key #2: Eliminate Excuses<\/h3>\n

The most common excuses people in wellness careers<\/span> hear are about time. It\u2019s not uncommon to hear someone say \u201cI just don\u2019t have time\u201d during a wellness coaching<\/span> session. A manipulation of that excuse is \u201cI\u2019ll do it tomorrow.\u201d And of course, tomorrow never comes. It\u2019s just a story. And people just keep telling themselves story after story. The shift occurs when people begin to understand the power of being in the moment. Doing what can be done now, instead of getting caught up in their believe that doing it now will cost them time, energy, and resources. And what it usually means is that it\u2019s going to cost them comfort.<\/p>\n

Wellness Coaching Key #3: Change the Pattern<\/h3>\n

So use wellness coaching<\/span> to help your clients out of their pattern that it\u2019s too \u2018something\u2019. How does this look in the context of wellness careers<\/span>? Have your client walk for 10 minutes, go running for 15 minutes, or keep a large bottle of water on their desk. Once the stage is set, a body in motion tends to stay in motion. Taking one action can be the beginning of momentum. But the opposite also holds true. \u201cI\u2019ll just rest for a moment\u201d or \u201cI\u2019ll just watch this one television program\u201d can destroy momentum.<\/p>\n

The Most Important Wellness Coaching Key: GET RESULTS<\/h3>\n

The key to success in wellness careers is to get results. And wellness coaching<\/a> can help people push past their comfort zones and get into action by taking a stand and not buying into their clients\u2019 stories and excuses.<\/p>\n

Colette Seymann<\/p>\n

JTS Advisors Designated Accountability Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wellness careers are often challenging because people rationalize why they can\u2019t do the right thing. From quitting smoking to starting an exercise program there\u2019s always a reason it can\u2019t be done. Wellness coaching can be the key to helping people overcome obstacles to success, and the reason people get involved in wellness careers is to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[204,190],"tags":[991,979],"class_list":["post-1860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-wellness-careers","category-wellness-coaching","tag-wellness-careers","tag-wellness-coaching","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1860"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18484,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1860\/revisions\/18484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}