Frequently Asked Questions
What is health coaching?
Health coaching is a collaborative and personalized program that focuses on improving health and wellness. It builds an individual’s capacity to achieve short- and long-term health and fitness goals. Participants interact one-on-one with their coach by email and online journal.
Unlike personal training or counseling, YOU, the client, are the expert with health coaching. Whether you're working toward general wellness or a more specific health-related issue, our focus is on enhancing your quality of life. Our coaches guide, motivate, provide customized resources, and help you to set achievable goals. They do not diagnose, prescribe, or give advice. Our coaches use their expertise to provide you with tools, not opinions.
Your health coach’s role is unique. Your coach will not just ask you if you have done your crunches for the day UNLESS that is what you want your coach to do. Instead, the coach’s role is to help you identify and achieve whatever goals you set for improved vitality by coordinating the many resources available to you through this and other programs.
Do I have to have a serious health issue to benefit from a health coach?
No. We know that no two people are exactly the same and your health status may vary from day to day. Health coaches help you to assess your level of health and well-being and to work on the issues at hand. Your health coach will provide the human touch to motivate you toward setting and achieving your goals through a personalized plan of action. However, if you do have a serious health issue, your coach can help. If you need to modify your lifestyle due to an issue such as diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and/or musculoskeletal injuries, our staff of degreed and highly trained experts can assist.
Who are the coaches?
Our Coaches are high-level, seasoned professionals, experienced in behavioral change and in serving moderate-risk and sedentary, high-risk and high-stress populations. They hold degrees in Exercise Science, Health Education, Exercise Physiology, Counseling and Health Education, Counseling and Education, and each coach has a minimum of a bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of experience. In addition, 80 percent of our Coaches also hold a graduate degree in a related field.
I'm not sure health coaching is right for me. How do I decide?
If you would like someone to provide support, guidance and motivation that can help you achieve personal health and lifestyle goals, you will benefit from your relationship with a Coach.
How much time will coaching take?
The time you devote to coaching is entirely at your discretion. Communication between you and your Personal Health Coach will be as often as needed and will be determined on an individual basis. You will be paired with a coach who will remain with you throughout your entire coaching process. Communication between you and your coach may occur every day, just once per week, or even less whether it is by email, journal or a combination of both.
If you would like to spend more time learning about your challenge and your solutions you have come to the right place. Through the health coaching program you will have access to a comprehensive library of lifestyle education and resource materials that will be hand selected by your coach specifically for you. These resources come from nationally acclaimed resource providers.
How do I get started?
Contact InfiniteHealthCoach.com to learn more or become a member now.
