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Health is inherently political. Bills are created. Legislators discuss issues and ideas presented. And for a small percentage of those bills, policies are made that create regulations. If you're feeling the nostalgia of "I'm just a bill" - you're not alone. I have flashbacks to my 10th grade civics and economics class where the teacher… Continue reading Connecting to Your Legislator: Navigating the Intersection of Health and Politics
Whether your in a helping profession or you've experienced trauma in some way this post may be for you or someone you know. In recent years, there has been more recognition of the impact that trauma can have on mental and physical health. For those of us who have experienced trauma, we've known this the… Continue reading Empowering Healing: Why Trauma-Informed Care and Health Coaching Make Sense Together
With the New Year kicked off and many approaching the start of the third week of their goals, I thought I would jump in with a reminder: Small goals are still amazing goals to work on and come back to throughout your journey. Setting a hydration goal is one of my favorite foundational goals. Before… Continue reading A hydration goal should be included in your health and wellness goals and here’s why
I love making a plan. For one, it gives me something to be excited about like if I'm prepping for a hike or a trip. In goal setting, it helps me conceptualize the process so I can think about what the finish line could look and long it may take to get where I want… Continue reading Wellness Refocused Education: How to use SMART goals
Let's reevaluate our concept of exercise. It doesn't strictly mean workouts in a gym. This post underlines all movement as important, and encourages establishing realistic goals while considering your lifestyle. I give some tips and talk about what I've done this year when change made sense too.
To say I'm feeling relieved after finishing my second semester is an understatement. I'm happy that I have no more math-based courses in my future, and that is part of my relief. I like the process of math, and the application of data to programming, but I didn't enjoy calculating statistics and learning software codes.… Continue reading 5 Things That Helped This Semester
In psychology and in health coaching, there are thought patterns that can be identified that influence our decisions. These thought patterns are called cognitive distortions. In 2020, I presented on them twice, which helped me break down my own thought distortions and challenged me to consider how I talk about what I do as a… Continue reading Wellness Refocused Education: Breaking Down Cognitive Distortions
It doesn't matter what your goal is, without a plan it can feel overwhelming. It can also feel very unnatural to plan things out so I understand if you're also thinking that this post isn't for you. Lastly, with a new year in a few days, it's possible that you may feel like you have… Continue reading Wellness Refocused Education: How to create a plan to achieve a goal
There are many psychological models and theories that are utilized in health coaching. It's because of the psychology used in health coaching that I know there can be a lot of gray - not just as a coach, but also from the client perspective too. I'm not a therapist and there are limitations to how… Continue reading Wellness Refocused Education: Introduction to Health Coaching + Importance of Overlapping Psychological Models
I had a talk with a client this morning and as routine changes have occurred because of COVID we’ve consistently had a talk about being flexible. We’ve talked about shifting focus a few times so that we’re always considering how fluid health can be and how there are a lot of factors that influence it.… Continue reading Motivation? Habit? Both? Neither?