Culturally Appropriate Coaching: A Personal Testimonial By: Nina Raffaele Aponte, Certified Health and Wellness Coach “One of my personal goals is to serve and support the collective health of community-based groups that focus on activism and social change. In July 2022, I seized the opportunity to travel to a remote town in a southern highland region of Chiapas, Mexico, where I had a long-standing contact…
Unlocking Potential: A Health and Wellness Coach’s Journey through Different-Abilities By: Andrew Parsons, PhD, a UK-based Certified Wellness Practitioner and Master Coach In the captivating narrative of Andrew Parsons, PhD, a Certified Wellness Practitioner and Master Coach based in the UK, the fusion of personal experience with dyslexia, a cancer diagnosis, and professional expertise in supporting clients under the Disability Act unfolds. Andrew reflects…
What is a Health Coach? Coaches are common in sports and for career executives, but the field of Health and Wellness Coaching has less clarity. The field of Health and Wellness Coaching (HWC) is rapidly growing and on the path to becoming an essential role in integrative healthcare, public health, and workplace wellness programs; so it’s important to understand the value HWCs can offer to…
Why Every Coach Should Up-Skill For The Aging Population The source and data in this article are from the book Wake-Up, Shake-Up, Thrive, How to Lift Up Your Life in Your 50’s and Beyond. Aging population The aging population is increasing, the World Health Organization estimates that by 2050, one in six people will be over the age of 65, and already today 35% of…
Health Coaching as a Promising Antidote for Burnout By Maria Carolina B. Tuma Body and mind have never been apart. In the last 30 years, the biological interactions between them have been studied by psychoneuroimmunology, an area of ​​research that investigates the multidirectional relationships between emotions or thoughts and physiological responses, integrated by mediators of the neurological, endocrine, and immune systems. Under this multidisciplinary approach –…
Wellness Coaching Initiative 2023 Trends The GWI Workplace Wellness Initiative trends forecast shows that wellness at work is much more than offering physical programs. Today, mental wellbeing, diversity, equity and inclusion, remote workers and financial wellbeing must all be considered. TREND 1: Holistic wellbeing Most large organizations have physical wellness programs and recent years have shown a shift toward prevention rather than correction. However, most…
