Individual Design Coaching

What is “Health & Fitness Coaching”?

My business cards say, “Health & Fitness Coaching.” But, what exactly does that mean? What do I really do? The services I provide are Individual Design Coaching programs, One-on-One Training, and At-Home Training. That just tells you what’s on the menu, though, it doesn’t really tell you what I DO. In order to understand that,Continue reading “What is “Health & Fitness Coaching”?”

Coaching is Not Therapy

I needed a picture for this one, so I Googled “coaching is not therapy” and came across a TON of great infographics supporting my topic today. If you’re curious, why not give it a Google yourself and see what you learn. So, the images I chose to include today are simply a series of 6Continue reading “Coaching is Not Therapy”

These blogs describe what I do in my ID Coaching work. Being Real = “Clean” Why Assess? Balancing Challenge & Support Individual Design Coaching – What It Is Individual Design Coaching: Define Your Goals Individual Design Coaching: Assess, Don’t Guess Individual Design Coaching: Design Your Program Individual Design Coaching: Implement Your Program Individual Design Coaching: Evaluate Progress Individual Design Coaching – WhatContinue reading “Individual Design Coaching”

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”

Individual Design Coaching: Design Your Program

Program Design There’s that picture again. I like to show that picture. It’s the “health house” that I’ve expounded upon numerous times. This time, it’s in the context of explaining Individual Design Coaching. Earlier, I wrote about the Consultation, and then the Assessment. The next step is cooperative: designing your program. When WE go toContinue reading “Individual Design Coaching: Design Your Program”

Individual Design Coaching: Assess, Don’t Guess

Assessment “Measure twice and cut once” as they say. In other words, know what you’re doing before you do it. That’s the philosophy behind assessment. Assessment is truth. It is an objective measurement (or set of measurements) that tells you what IS, so then you can strategize about what needs to change, how to changeContinue reading “Individual Design Coaching: Assess, Don’t Guess”

Individual Design Coaching: Define Your Goals

Consultation I recently wrote an entire series about defining your goals using 7 important questions. This is a critical first step in the Individual Design Coaching process. I start with a consultation, which is an opportunity for us to get to know each other and to unpack your goals and priorities a bit. The consultationContinue reading “Individual Design Coaching: Define Your Goals”

Individual Design Coaching – What It Is

I call it the future of health & fitness, not because that’s a trademark or a slogan (it does sound super slogan-y), but because I honestly predict this model growing in both the healthcare industry and the fitness industry over the coming years. I’ve been seeing this growth unfold in the fitness business for quiteContinue reading “Individual Design Coaching – What It Is”