{"id":843,"date":"2009-04-02T09:54:49","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T09:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=843"},"modified":"2016-08-11T23:34:31","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T07:34:31","slug":"wellness-coach-career-using-skills-from-your-career-as-a-life-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wellness-coach-career-using-skills-from-your-career-as-a-life-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellness Coach Career: Using Skills From Your Career As a Life Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"preview17\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/go\/getflashplayer\">Get the Flash Player<\/a> to see this player.<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/www.coachestrainingblog.com\/media\/player\/swfobject.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\nvar so = new SWFObject(\"http:\/\/www.coachestrainingblog.com\/media\/player\/player.swf\",\"ply\",\"540\",\"380\",\"9\",\"#FFFFFF\"); so.addParam(\"allowfullscreen\",\"true\"); so.addParam(\"allowscriptaccess\",\"always\"); so.addParam(\"wmode\", \"transparent\"); so.addParam(\"flashvars\",\"file=http:\/\/www.coachestrainingblog.com\/media\/breakthruburnoutpublic.mov\"); so.write(\"preview17\");\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Anyone looking into a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a title=\"wellness coach career\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/category\/wellness-and-extreme-care-coach-training\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>wellness coach career<\/strong><\/a><\/span>\u00a0with any sense has probably wondered, \u201cHow can I do this without a medical background?\u201d \u201cWhere\u2019s my credibility?\u201d \u201cCan this coaching course really help me start a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">wellness coach career<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>in 90 minutes?\u201d How can you transfer your knowledge and skills that you already have from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a title=\"your career as a life coach\" href=\"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/2009\/03\/life-coaching-education-keys-to-a-life-coach-career-learned-from-monkeys-in-peru\/\" target=\"_self\">your career as a life coach<\/a><\/strong><\/span>?<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are Several Aspects of a W<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ellness Coach Career<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0to Consider:<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\">Are you a coach who has a medical background? Nursing? Physician? Physician\u2019s Assistant? Nutrition? If so a wellness coach career might be something you can transfer your skills into quite readily.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">What if you don\u2019t have a medical background and are afraid of doing harm to someone with your advice? Are you afraid of getting sued for practicing medicine without a license? Can you provide value by offering wellness coaching? \u00a0Can you pursue a\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>wellness coach career<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>without risking getting into trouble?<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Most people who are looking to improve their health know what they should do, but just don\u2019t know how they can implement the changes into their life. Anyone facing a major health issue has years of habits that do not support the change and probably family and friends who don\u2019t know how to give support. Or worse yet, fa<span style=\"color: #000000;\">mily and friends may be sabotaging the efforts knowingly or unknowingly. Even without a medical degree a good coach can have a successful\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wellness coach career<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0by helping clients overcome these challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So How Do You Start? By Using Skills You\u2019ve Developed Through Your C<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">areer as a Life Coach<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\">The first skill you can use from <strong>your\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>ca<\/strong><strong>reer as a life coach<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0is Diagnosis. Not a medical diagnosis of course, but you will want to determine what&#8217;s really going on with your client and how you can help your client get the results that they want. \u00a0You&#8217;ll need to understand what your client wants and what prevents your client from getting what they want. \u00a0Once you understand those two areas, you&#8217;ll have successfully diagnosed your client.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">The next step you can use from <strong>your\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>c<\/strong><strong>areer as a life coach<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0is to gain leverage to motivate your clients to change. You must help your clients see the pain that failing to change will cause then, and the pleasure they will gain by changing.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Then You Can Use Conditioning Techniques to Help Your Client Reinforce New Habits for Their Success, Just as You do in\u00a0Y<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">our Career as a Life Coach<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As you can see,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your career as a life coach<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0has already prepared you for a shift of niches to a\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">wellness coach career<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">Colette Seymann<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\">JTS Advisors Accountability Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the Flash Player to see this player. 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