2023 November

What is AAHWC?

What is AAHWC?

franklindorsey2023-11-30T16:33:11-05:00

What is AAHWC? The Adventist Association for Health and Wellness Coaching, or AAHWC, is an association within the North American Division (NAD) of Seventh-day Adventists, made up of members and leaders with a passion for health ministries, from all over North America. The idea for the association was born many years ago, when Rick Mautz, our current President, sparked a conversation with the Director of Health Ministries at the NAD (then and currently Angeline Brauer) about the potential of coaching in equipping health ministries to reach people for Jesus. Late in 2020, a Planning Committee [...]

What is AAHWC?franklindorsey2023-11-30T16:33:11-05:00

Telephone Lifestyle Coaching Effectiveness

Telephone Lifestyle Coaching Effectiveness

franklindorsey2023-11-30T11:37:44-05:00

Telephone Lifestyle Coaching Effectiveness One-on-one telephone health coaching is gaining popularity. Case in point: the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention has implemented a version of telephone lifestyle coaching to address some of the health issues many veterans are currently experiencing. In fact, a randomized control trial titled “A Coaching by Telephone Intervention for Veterans and Care Team Engagement” (ACTIVATE), was born out of the health issues veterans were facing related to diet and lifestyle (1). The study’s purpose was to determine the effectiveness of telephone lifestyle coaching. Researchers [...]

Telephone Lifestyle Coaching Effectivenessfranklindorsey2023-11-30T11:37:44-05:00

Addiction: A Longing for Jesus

Addiction: A Longing for Jesus

franklindorsey2023-11-15T12:52:03-05:00

Addiction: A Longing for Jesus God has placed longings and desires within us (Ps. 145:16) and He longs to fulfill these desires. Therefore, many human longings and desires are good and blessed by God as long as they are in harmony with his will. Terry Wardle describes beautifully six core longings that God has placed in every human heart (Wardle, 2003). The first is love, to love and be loved. The essence of God is that He is love (1 John 4:8). As the crowning act of God’s creation, created in His own image, love is what [...]

Addiction: A Longing for Jesusfranklindorsey2023-11-15T12:52:03-05:00

Monthly Archives: November 2023

What is AAHWC?

Telephone Lifestyle Coaching Effectiveness

Addiction: A Longing for Jesus