{"id":2444,"date":"2009-11-17T13:00:01","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=2444"},"modified":"2016-08-12T10:43:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T18:43:41","slug":"health-coaching-wellness-coaching-through-the-most-dangerous-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/health-coaching-wellness-coaching-through-the-most-dangerous-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Coaching During the Flu Season: Wellness Coaching Through the Most Dangerous Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

is not for the faint of heart during the flu season. Once everyone has been vaccinated, what\u2019s left to do? Just sit and wait for the inevitable? Wellness coaching<\/a><\/strong> is especially valuable during the holiday season. Unfortunately most people aren\u2019t out looking for health coaching<\/strong> right now; they are gearing up for the holidays. But if you start promoting wellness coaching<\/strong> now, you can really help make it a happy new year.<\/p>\n

Why Wellness Coaching and Health Coaching Are Somewhat Seasonal<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s not coincidental that flu season starts in October, but how can wellness coaching<\/strong> help? It\u2019s a virus, right? Yes, and no. What I learned from my health coaching<\/strong> training is that we have viruses among us all year around. So why do they attack us most aggressively during this time of year?<\/p>\n

So much of what most people think about health coaching<\/span> is telling people what to do, or not to do. But the real source of the flu season is from what I refer to as the \u201cCertainty Season.\u201d This is the time when we are looking for comfort and security. Sipping hot chocolate or hot toddies by the fire and snuggling up in our favorite blanket. It gets darker earlier and we look for comforts in all the wrong places. Like overeating and drinking. Our drive for comfort even keeps us away from the gym. And most people will avoid wellness coaching<\/span> at this time of year like the plague. But why?<\/p>\n

Health Coaching and the Holidays<\/h3>\n

The real kickoff to the season starts with Halloween. As my neighbor said once, \u201cMy favorite holiday is Halloween. Let\u2019s be honest. No family, no presents to shop for, and no stress. It\u2019s all about the candy!\u201d Then we have Thanksgiving and Christmas which are more about food and family; in that order. And lot\u2019s of stress. Don\u2019t forget Hannukah with its fried potato pancakes and donuts. By the time we get to New Year\u2019s Day, we are firmly committed to never follow THAT pattern again. Now people start looking for wellness coaching<\/span>, health coaching<\/span>, and any other type of coaching that will get them out of the rut.<\/p>\n

Make Wellness Coaching a Year-Round Affair<\/h3>\n

Instead of promoting health coaching to beat people over the head to get them do what they know they should do, why not promote wellness coaching<\/a> to help people get their needs met for certainty in different ways. When they see how their behaviors really don\u2019t provide certainty and comfort, and in fact might destroy what they are truly going after by making them more susceptible to the flu; they just might start working on their health before it disappears.<\/p>\n

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

is not for the faint of heart during the flu season. Once everyone has been vaccinated, what\u2019s left to do? Just sit and wait for the inevitable? Wellness coaching is especially valuable during the holiday season. Unfortunately most people aren\u2019t out looking for health coaching right now; they are gearing up for the holidays. But […]<\/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":[233,190],"tags":[1014,979],"class_list":["post-2444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-health-coaching","category-wellness-coaching","tag-health-coaching","tag-wellness-coaching","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444","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=2444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18602,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444\/revisions\/18602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}