Frequently Asked Questions
What IS health and life coaching?
Health and life coaching fill many gaps in our society. Doctors and other professionals often tell you what to do for your health, but they don't often help you know HOW to do it uniquely for you. Health and life coaching is about learning how to handle YOUR health and YOUR life. It's about gaining understanding and control over all those strategies and philosophies we are innundated with today about self improvement. It utilizes your own personal power to take yourself to the next level of everything = education, relationships, self care, money, and a myriad of other areas where YOU can excel. You already have theses abilites, a coach teaches you how to use them.
On a second note for teens, I believe they need this more than ever in our world today. Parents and teachers are stretched to the max, which is why everyone turns to therapy. However, not everyone needs a therapist. Everyone needs a coach. Everyone could use someone in their corner helping them make the best calls in their individual life, especially the young people navigating this complex world!
What is the difference between coaching and counseling?
I love the analogy that both are like driving a car (ie your life). Therapy is looking mostly in the rearview mirror while coaching is looking mostly out the windshield. Though there is overlap in both. And, as someone with a lot of personal experience in mental illnesses, I will be the first to admit therapists are certainly more trained to deal with biological 'illnesses' than a coach If you are diagnosed with a clinical disorder, I encourage you to seek the help of a licensed counselor first. However, if you just need clarity, motivation, and some direction - all you need is a coach for the climb!
Why do you use a 12 week program?
We have been programmed in our "click and receive" world to want quick change. Unfortunately, change doesn't happen overnight. These programs are organized into 12 week segments to calm and quiet the mind with easy, doable steps to get you expereincing lasting progress in an expedited way.
What is your cost?
Here is what really matters most to everyone, especially in today's financial world:
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12 Week Program is $550 if a contract is signed (this is for your own motivation, not mine)
$50 a session if no contract is signed.
Signing on for a second round of 12 weeks = 15% discount - $425
Do you offer sliding scale rates?
Making this coaching program accessbile to all is very important to me. If there are reasons you feel you cannot afford the cost of the coaching program but still desire to move forward, we will discuss this on a personal basis. But I will also add - don't underestimate what you are worth!
Is coaching covered by insurance?
Sadly, this is one of the areas where the current health system doesn't kick in until things are catastrophic. However, taking care of your mental, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual health BEFORE the crisis is ALWAYS best. As most insurances only cover some of these areas anyway, the better investment for you and your health is to invest a little in coaching before you have to deal with 80/20 of thousands. Remember, you ARE worth it.
What if I like coaching, but you and I don't click?
Between my children and I, I have worked with over two dozen professionals. When the 'click' doesn't happen, progress doesn't happen. This is no reflecion on individual professions or their skills, just simply that personalities differ - and different personalities is what makes the world so beautiful. Coaching is so be POWERFUL and I want you to experience that power. I will do everything I can to help you obtain it, even if it's helping you find a different coach!
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