Health & Wellness Coaching Highland, MD
Health and Wellness Coaching
Our goal is to guide and support you toward optimal wellness. Unlike other health and fitness professionals, our coaching style focuses on empowering you by examining your relationship with different lifestyle options.
Together, we will create a safe and confidential space to explore your habits and find ways to improve your overall well-being.
From nutrition to sleep, movement to stress management, we will work through all domains of wellness to help you establish personal and objective goals that align with your values.
While the path towards optimal health may have obstacles and challenges, you can overcome them with our support and achieve your goals. Let’s start this journey together With Flourish Counseling MD today!
WHY Health and WELLNESS COACHES ARE IMPORTANT
Change can be challenging. According to the Boston Medical Center, an estimated 45 million Americans go on a diet each year, spending $33 million annually on diet products. Yet nearly two-thirds of Americans are overweight or obese. Similarly, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that in 2015 68% of smokers said they wanted to quit, and in 2018, 55% of smokers attempted to stop, but only 7.5% were successful.
The CDC also reports that only 1 in 4 American adults gets the recommended amount of physical activity, and 31 million Americans over 50 are sedentary, costing $117 billion annually in elevated health care costs. People often know what to do but struggle with how to fit healthful behaviors into their lives in lasting and positive ways.
Over the last few decades, research has evolved techniques to support change positively. Coaching allows for a neutral party in one’s life to provide evidence-based information, reflect on current behavior, and brainstorm possible solutions.
They do so with unconditional positive regard and a judgment-free position of supporting their client to make lasting changes that work for them. Wellness coaches are trained not only in coaching but have information on lifestyle practices related to wellness. This is a unique combination of physiological understanding with psychological tools that support improving one’s life.
This unique combination of tools allows a coach to support the client in priming compounding positive change.
