Creating Your Health Coaching Business It's a new year and with it, you may have new personal and professional goals. If one of those includes starting your own business, then this [...]

Being a Diabetes Prevention Lifestyle Coach  Diabetes Statistics  Almost 98 million American adults have prediabetes, which is nearly 40% of the U.S. population (1). Sadly, most of them don’t even know [...]

Tobacco Cessation Health Coach  As a health coach, I have the privilege and joy of working with individuals who desire to quit tobacco use. Most often this is to stop smoking. [...]

The Importance of Rapport The strength of health coaching is in a relationship. The relationship between a health coach and a client (or patient) is an integral part of the client's [...]

Reflective Listening  Reflective listening is another core coaching skill that health and wellness coaches use, generally in every session. In a nutshell, it is paying attention to what the client says [...]

Unconditional Positive Regard: A Core Principle What is Unconditional Positive Regard? Unconditional positive regard is a core health coaching principle that was initially introduced by Stanley Standal in 1954 and later [...]