Last week, I explained my concept of “Smart” as encompassing all aspects of Mental Fitness. Now I’m going to write a 3-parter that breaks down the 3 big umbrella-categories that I put under mental fitness. First up is Mental Health. Mental Health I admit that all definitions of fitness are somewhat arbitrary and subjective. WeContinue reading “Smart, Part 1: Mental Health”
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What is Fitness? Part 6: Clean = Spiritual Fitness
I’ve written 5 previous articles in this series that you can read here: What is Fitness? Part 1: Defining the Question What is Fitness? Part 2: Answering the Question for Yourself What is Fitness? Part 3: Smart, Fit, and Clean What is Fitness? Part 4: Smart = Mental Fitness What is Fitness? Part 5: FitContinue reading “What is Fitness? Part 6: Clean = Spiritual Fitness”
What is Fitness? Part 5: Fit = Physical Fitness
In this blog series, I am exploring the ways I think about and define fitness. Here are the previous articles: What is Fitness? Part 1: Defining the Question What is Fitness? Part 2: Answering the Question for Yourself What is Fitness? Part 3: Smart, Fit, and Clean What is Fitness? Part 4: Smart = MentalContinue reading “What is Fitness? Part 5: Fit = Physical Fitness”
What is Fitness? Part 4: Smart = Mental Fitness
I’m working on a series of blogs that expresses and explains my concept of fitness. Here are the previous articles: What is Fitness? Part 1: Defining the Question What is Fitness? Part 2: Answering the Question for Yourself What is Fitness? Part 3: Smart, Fit, and Clean Mental Fitness Today’s topic is Smart. In myContinue reading “What is Fitness? Part 4: Smart = Mental Fitness”
What is Fitness? Part 3: Smart, Fit, and Clean
This is the third in a series of blogs about defining fitness. Catch up on the other ones here: What is Fitness? Part 1: Defining the Question What is Fitness? Part 2: Answering the Question for Yourself I’m going to start today with the words I finished with yesterday: Fitness, therefore, is about being yourContinue reading “What is Fitness? Part 3: Smart, Fit, and Clean”
What is Fitness? Part 2: Answering the Question for Yourself
Yesterday, I talked about moving through the stages of learning from unconscious incompetence towards unconscious competence, and how this has allowed me to propose some questions about what fitness is. Today, I want to talk about answering those questions for yourself. Today’s blog builds off of yesterday’s, so if you haven’t read that yet, pleaseContinue reading “What is Fitness? Part 2: Answering the Question for Yourself”
What is Fitness? Part 1: Defining the Question
I set out this morning to plan a series of 15 blogs about how I define “Fitness” and what this name “Smart, Fit, and Clean” that I’ve adopted for my coaching business actually means. I got way into it, expanding my notes into broader and broader topics, coming up with themes and blog titles forContinue reading “What is Fitness? Part 1: Defining the Question”
Individual Design Coaching – What It Isn’t
I’ve been writing this week about Individual Design Coaching. So far, I’ve written about the entire process of Individual Design, from consultation to assessment to program design, program implementation, then continual refinement & improvement. Today, I’m going to put a cap on this definition of Individual Design by writing about what IT IS NOT. Now,Continue reading “Individual Design Coaching – What It Isn’t”
Individual Design Coaching: Evaluate Progress
Continual Refinement & Improvement This brings us to Step 5 of Individual Design Coaching: evaluation. To recap, here are the steps we’ve gone through so far: Consultation Assessment Program Design Program Implementation In Step 5, we see that the whole process is cyclical and continual. In Step 5, we return to all the previous steps.Continue reading “Individual Design Coaching: Evaluate Progress”
Individual Design Coaching: Implement Your Program
Program Implementation Ok. So, we did a consultation, and an assessment, designed you a program, and it’s time to put that program into action. Now you’re starting to get the idea of what Individual Design Coaching is all about. In Step 4, I have to teach you the new behaviors, nourishment strategies, and exercises thatContinue reading “Individual Design Coaching: Implement Your Program”
SMART, FIT, AND CLEAN 