 What is happening?! Remember saying I wish things would just slow down a bit! Now it's here and so are the challenges. We have stripped away our normal routines. Even people who love shaking things up a bit are saying- hey wait a minute! More stillness in our days is hard. Some have lost the distractions we've so relied on. No sports, no kids sports, no let's meet for dinner, grab a drink for happy hour, come on over tonight... Turns out slowing down is harder than we thought.
Some houses right now are louder than normal and some are much more quiet. Things are upside down. Although our schedules may be quite empty our heads are not. You might be finding your mind is running all the time. The what ifs, how will I, what will we do, how long is this going to last...Turns out we use a lot of distractions to not feel our feelings and deal with what is right in front of us. Without those distractions things can be intense. We have an opportunity right now. What comes out of this time will be different for each of us. Each family is finding their own way. Creating new habits, new routines, new ways of relating with each other. For all those extra feelings coming up- journal about it. The act of writing can help your brain process things differently and decrease ruminating. Call and talk with a trusted friend. Don't keep these feelings bottled up inside. Pray or meditate. I believe this a time for our faith lives to grow exponentially. Move your body. Our minds and bodies are connected and physically moving can help calm the mind. Get outside to do it if possible! Sleep and rest. Our bodies can not function if we are not sleeping! Here is to finding some meaning in all this mess!  What comes naturally to you and helps set you apart from others?
How can you tap into this part of yourself more often? Do your kids know their superpower? Help them enhance it! Nothing coming to mind...maybe it is time for some self discovery!  If you are in an uncertain place - this might help stir up some ideas. Maybe it's about taking a chance right now, starting something new or being finished with a project that is going nowhere.
Wouldn't it be cool if you believed in yourself, stepped out of your comfort zone, didn't care what others thought, didn't let fear run this season of life... This would be a great one to journal on! Wellness Coaching: Latest Trends
AUGUST 5, 2019 BY JEFFREY E. AUERBACH, PH.D., MCC "We want to be well. We yearn to be in control and feel better. We want more energy," says Margaret Moore, board member of the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaches. "But there is an enormous gap between wanting to be well and the everyday reality of living with the mental and physical health penalties of overeating, under-exercising, and having too little down time.” Doctors' Views on Wellness Coaching Dr. Jeffrey Auerbach, author of the Wellness Coaching Workbook, a collection of tools and homework assignments for wellness coaching clients, says he wrote the book because most of his executive coaching clients reported they were, “Both physically and emotionally depleted.” Auerbach shares, “I find that given the choice, most executive coaching clients want to include a wellness and well-being focus into their executive coaching.” Physicians are increasingly utilizing wellness coaches to help their clients live a healthier lifestyle. Michael Lano, MD. Director of the Ridgeview Clinics, a network of primary care facilities in Minneapolis, refers several patients a month to wellness coaches. Dr. Lano says, "I'm a family physician and I always tell my patients that it's my job to help them live a long, healthy life”. But 98% is their part, and that's what the coach helps with—everything from diet and exercise to emotional well-being. It's the same thing that we doctors deal with, but the coach deals with it from a lifestyle perspective." Lano says he sees significant improvements in patients who work with wellness coaches. He reports most begin exercising and eating better, but also make other important changes as well, which has a positive effect on their overall life-satisfaction as well as their lifestyle. Who is an Ideal Candidate for Wellness Coaching? Dr. Lano says the ideal patient is someone who may not be doing anything bad, but they're not doing the good things. For example, “They're not eating well. They're not exercising. They're stressed. They're stuck. They're not making progress." Dr. Jim Harburger found himself in that situation. The 66-year-old psychiatrist began to gain weight 32 years ago when he stopped smoking. Gradually, his weight went from 165 pounds to 220 pounds. Much of the problem, Harburger says, was stress from his job as the director of a large behavioral health organization. He explained, “I was eating to handle the anxieties from my work.” Harburger joined a gym. But like many others, he found it hard to get there and went only sporadically. He finally hired a corporate wellness coach. "My coach was listening to me about my life, learning about how I managed eating, the stressors in my life, and my relationship to my body," he explains. "She became familiar with all aspects of my life. And slowly, she built a relationship that I started to value." The result? Harburger said he visits the gym almost every day now, and dropped 40 pounds over a three-year period. Wellness coaches say people come in expecting to be told what to do, but what actually works best for them is to slow down, think about their goals, and then determine the path themselves with the support of the trained coach. Understanding Wellness Coaching Michael Arloski, PhD, the author of Wellness Coaching for Lasting Change, argues, "We need to move from 'prescribe and treat,' or what I like to call 'education and implore'—where we're begging someone to change after we give them a lot of information—to a coaching model where we're advocates for change and become an ally with that person". Wellness coaching clients usually pay $90 to $180 a session, and work with their coach for at least three to six months—or longer. Business Wire’s "The U.S. Health Coaching Market" report documents that wellness coaching has emerged as a $6 billion service market, with a strong growth outlook, after analyzing wellness coaching utilization with Aetna, Cigna, Humana, United Health Group, Cleveland Clinic, Kaiser Permanente and the Mayo Clinic. Wellness and health coaches advise and facilitate clients to change poor lifestyle habits, manage chronic conditions such as diabetes, and find more well-being in their work and home life. Most wellness coaches are in private practice, at primary care offices, in corporate wellness programs, or are incorporating wellness coaching into their personal or executive coaching services. Large self-insured companies are using coaches to improve employee health and cut claims costs, as are healthcare insurers. Why Demand is Increasing for Health and Wellness Coaches The growing demand for wellness coaching is being driven by:
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