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In the traditional model of health care, the healthcare professional is the expert and the patient or client is the recipient of information, with little input into what they would like to happen.
In health coaching, the client is respected as the expert in their own life.
The health coach and the client work collaboratively to identify what is important to the client, brainstorm ideas to implement, and guide and support the client down the path that they would like to go, with the end goal of improving their health and wellbeing.
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Articles & Research
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What is Health and Wellness Coaching?
What is so special about a health and wellness coaching relationship?
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Health coaching is effective. Should you try it?
“Their experiences were almost universally positive: many of them had attained health goals that had been otherwise elusive…”
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A case study: Health Coaching Intervention for Type 2 Diabetes
Health coaching facilitates an increase in personal control of health and builds confidence in self-managing diabetes.
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Health coaching as a lifestyle medicine process in primary care
Health coaching is an integral part of lifestyle medicine that can be used to facilitate behaviour change in key lifestyle areas.
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Health coaching interventions for persons with chronic conditions
Health coaching has emerged as a possible intervention to help individuals with chronic conditions adopt health supportive behaviours.
