Health coaching addresses the gap between wanting to improve ones physical and mental health and actually achieving it.
Health coaching is a facilitator of change because the health coach is skilled in guiding and supporting you to self-manage positive lifestyle behaviour change. The process comes from developing self-awareness and shaping actions that fullfil your values and goals.
Delivered either on a 1:1 or group basis, health coaching is always about the individual and serves to facilitate the development of self-awareness and resilience, empowering the individual to have the agency to live life well.
Please check out the Scope of Practice for Health Coaches and Code of Conduct as explained by the UK & International Health Coaching Associations (UKIHCA)
Prevention
is better than cure.
Populations in some of the wealthiest countries in the world are sicker than ever, with non-communicable diseases (NCD) being a significant factor*. NCDs are in many cases avoidable or their impact lessend through health-serving lifestyle behaviours**.
On a broad level, a failure to address lifestyle related illness is having an impact on productivity and growth***. On an individual level, it suggests we are lacking the skills and agency to own our own health.* WHO, Sept 2023*** NHS HEE***ONS, April 2023