Introduction to Healthand Life Coaching

PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER | WEEK 8

Better Than EverYou:

We’re going to pull together everything you’ve learned—so you can see how powerful this is, and why this stuff

works—and why potential clients will love this work and be not only willing but excited to hire you so they can

experience it!

So Far You’ve Learned:• Habit Change Coaching Method foundational

concepts and skills

• 6-step system for creating your best self

The Habit Change Coaching Method Foundational Concepts and SkillsThere are 3 levels of change

1. Behavior

2. Beliefs

3. Identity

In order to create and sustain long term habit change—in order to become a Master of Habit Change—you have

to dip into belief and identity change.

Beliefs are what I believe to be true about myself, others, and the world

Identity is who I am in the world based on my constellation of beliefs

Because Belief and Identity change resolve the inner conflict between the primal brain, or Critter Brain and

the human brain, or Cortex...

...if this inner conflict is not resolved, then no long term habit change can occur.

Eight Foundational Skills of the Habit Change Coaching Method

1. Active Listening

2. Eliciting Experience

3. Designing Empowered Action Steps

4. Planning and Setting Meaningful Goals

5. Trusting Yourself

6. Asking Transformational Question Sequences

7. Reframing

8. Verbal Backtracking

AskYourself…• When you were the coach in your Skills Labs, what

is one thing you noticed that surprised you about what it feels like to be the coach?

• When you think about becoming a certified coach, what comes up for you?

WHY

HOW

WHAT

WHO

WHEN

WHERE

The Six W’s Questions

Your main job as a Health or Life Coach is to help yourself (and your clients) reduce and/or cope better with stress.

There Are 4 Kinds Of Stress People Experience:

1. Biological/Chemical 2. Mental/Emotional 4. Structural3. Spiritual

Our work focuses on the first three kinds of stress,

1. Biological/Chemical 2. Mental/Emotional 3. Spiritual

We use the questions Why, What, How, Who, When, and Where to help ourselves and the people we help move from a stress

state to a relaxed state in each of those areas.

WHY

HOW

WHAT

WHO

WHEN

WHERE

The Six W’s QuestionsWhy

• Why nutrition is confusing and why it doesn’t need to be

• Trick to learning dietary theory

• Why diets don’t work—and what does

• The 8 paradigms

For Clients…

• The “Why Underneath Your Why?” Question Sequence

o What would you like to be experiencing?

o What’s important about that for you?

o What good thing might happen as a result of getting what you want?

Apply This Question Sequence To Each Area Of The Big Five

Health Money

Relationships

Career

That Which Is Greater

WHY

HOW

WHAT

WHO

WHEN

WHERE

The Six W’s QuestionsWhat

• Add Hydration

• Create Magic Plates

• Evaluate protein sources

• Upgrade the quality of food

• Experiment with GF/DF/V/Vg

• Aim for 3 meals a day

• Aim for 7-9 hours of sleep per night

• Add movement at least 3x per week

WHY

HOW

WHAT

WHO

WHEN

WHERE

The Six W’s QuestionsHow

• The 20-Minute Meal

• Emotional Brain Training

• Put your fork down between bites 3 times

• Breathe between bites

• Chew slowly and eat with all your senses

• Eat until only 80% satisfied

• Be BAD, breaking the rules, let your inner child loose

WHY

HOW

WHAT

WHO

WHEN

WHEREThe Six W’s QuestionsWho

• What story are you telling about food, your body or your health?

• To make big changes, start with small steps.

• Reframe health challenges as allies, not enemies.

WHY

HOW

WHAT

WHO

WHEN

WHERE

The Six W’s QuestionsWhen

• Aim for 3 meals a day, no snacks

• 4-5 hours between meals

• Finish dinner 2-3 hours before bedtime

• 12-14 hour daily fast

• What game am I playing in my relationship to time?

• What are my top 5 values in life right now?

WHY

HOW

WHAT

WHO

WHEN

WHERE

The Six W’s QuestionsWhere

• Am I getting into nature so I can have fresh air and sunshine every day?

• Have I cleared out clutter in my kitchen?

• Have I stocked my panty and freezer with healthy foods?

• Do I need to consider getting prepared meals at home?

• Am I eating healthy on the go?

Any one of the steps in any one of the 6W’s alone could completely change someone’s life.

Put them all together and combine them with Habit Change Coaching and you can help someone have a completely

different experience with their health, their bodies, themselves, and their life.

What you built for yourself here is a solid foundation to become a successful Health and Life Coach, one who can

help people achieve real transformation. Chances are good that throughout this journey you’ve

experienced some transformation in your own health, your own life, or both.

The Past, Present,AND FUTURE ME

Celebrate You!

How far you’ve come, all that you’ve learned, and what can open up next!

To help you have the most fun with this exercise, it will be useful to have your class notes handy—so if you have

a class notebook, have that nearby, or if you've been taking your notes online, have that file open.

It will also be useful to print the handout below this video so you can fill it in as we walk through the exercise.

Past Me• Think back to who you were then, the person you

were when you decided to say YES to this journey...do you have that “you” in mind?

• “Before I started this training, I was struggling with __________.”

• “If there is one word to describe me back then, it would be __________.”

You can pause the video to write your answers.

Present Me

Concepts I Love... What I’ve Discovered About Myself…

WHY

WHAT

HOW

WHO

WHEN

WHERE

OTHER

To complete this step, you’ll want to reference your class notes, or the handout below that shows the 6W’s and all

the steps in each one.

For each one of the 6W’s, you’ll fill in the table with concepts you loved, and what you discovered about yourself.

Present Me (Example)

Concepts I Love... What I’ve Discovered About Myself…

WHY • Why diets don’t work• Reducing and/or coping better with stress is the #1 most important

thing we can do

• I forgave myself for all the diets I felt like I “failed” - I didn’t fail thediets, they failed me!

• I never really acknowledge how stressed I am - I just push through it until I eventually fall down (probably not a great strategy)

WHAT • Magic Plate• Movement

• I feel so much better when I balance macronutrients!• I started walking 10,000 steps a day and I feel great! I didn’t realize

how much I missed being outside every day

HOW • 20 Minute Meal• I never gave myself time to eat and actually enjoy a meal! Now I do

and I don’t feel deprived

WHO

WHEN

WHERE

OTHER

Focus on key concepts that matter most to you rightnow and the things you discovered about yourself.

Present Me

Present MeWhen you read down the column of concepts you love and discoveries about yourself, how does it feel tohave learned so much?

Complete this sentence starter:

• “When I see all of the concepts I’ve learned and all thethings I’ve discovered about myself, I feel ____________.”

• “If there was one word to describe me right now,it would be ____________.”

Now that you have all this new knowledge about health, wellness, transformation, growth, life...and most

importantly, YOU—what’s next?

Future MeComplete these sentence starters:

• “If there was one word to describe my future self itwould be ________.”

• “The truth is, what I want for myself next is _________.”

• “The best part about that would be __________.”

• “It would benefit others in my life because___________.”

• “The permission I’m giving myself is to _____________.”

You’re at a new normal, a new level in your life, you’re looking at life from a new peak, a new mountain top,

a new springboard.

There are so many more possibilities available to you because of all the work you’ve done and the momentum

you’ve created to climb this far.

Let us help you discover those possibilities!

Celebrate You!

How far you’ve come, all that you’ve learned, and what can open up next!