S2 MSS 02: What is Health & Wellness Coaching & How Lifestyle Medicine Coaching can transform your life- With Guest Simon Matthews

The origination of the term 'Coaching' started in the later part of the 1880s. This term has been mostly associated with the sports profession through its varied forms. The first thought which rushes to our mind when we think about coaching is about sports coaching.

So if you are looking for a coach; not a sports coach but a health and wellness coach in particular, you will hopefully get some insights about coaching. 

Today’s guest, Simon Matthews, the CEO of Wellcoaches Australia and a Psychologist and I are diving into coaching and lifestyle medicine coaching. 

In today’s episode you will discover:

What is coaching What isn’t coachingHow are the principles and framework of health and wellness coaching differ from other types of coaching How can coaching bring about transformational change What are the techniques of coachingWhat is behavioural changeShould everyone have a coach What is lifestyle medicine and Is it similar to holistic lifestyle

Behaviour change is typically a product of 

motivation not education. 

Coach the person and not the problem. 

In coaching, there are certain techniques that coaches use: 

Motivational InterviewingSelf-determination theory Transtheoretical theory of behaviour change 

Motivational interviewing (MI) is a counseling approach developed in part by clinical psychologists William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick. It is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence.

Self-determination theory (SDT) is a macro theory of human motivation and personality that concerns people's inherent growth tendencies and innate psychological needs. It is concerned with the motivation behind choices people make without external influence and interference.

The TTM is not a theory but a model; different behavioral theories and constructs can be applied to various stages of the model where they may be most effective. The TTM posits that individuals move through six stages of change: precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and termination.

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Connect with Simon Matthews LinkedIn profile 

http://linkedin.com/in/simonmatthewsfaslm

email is [email protected] www.coachanywhere.fitness 

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People don’t know how much you care until they know how much you care.

John Hanley

Doing motivational interviewing is like entering their home. One should enter with interest, respect, kindness and affirm what is good and refrain from providing any unsolicited advice about how to arrange the furniture. 

Kamilla Venner

              

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