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Are you ready to make a change? Be honest. Change takes commitment and challenges us to move outside our comfort zone. If you're ready, coaching can make all the difference between getting what you want and facing another failed New Year's resolution.
Just as musicians practice their instruments and athletes train their bodies, we also need to train our minds to perform the way we want. By training our minds, our thoughts lead to consistent and focused actions that ultimately produce our desired results. This probably is not news to most people, but it is a fact we often overlook in our desire for quick results. And it's where a coach can help you make progress.
We have endless resources to live a healthy lifestyle -- motivational books, CD’s, talk shows, podcasts and newsletters. Yet, people continue to search for fulfillment and balance and are overly stressed, burned out or not connected in their daily lives. The process of healthy living is a journey -- and a successful program makes that experience exciting and incredibly fulfilling.
The bottom line is that healthy living is a choice. You have to consciously choose to integrate work and all areas of your life to reach the next level.
It's no secret that consistency, motivation and determination bring results. Who better to encourage you to maintain your laser focus than a coach? In effect, your life coach makes sure you show up for practice and helps you design an inspiring and authentic game plan. Research shows that people who work with coaches for three months or longer accomplish 80% of their goals. At Finerman Living, our coaching style assumes that only you know what you want, but we recognize that significant life changes take place one small step at a time. The power of small steps is one of the secrets to success. We'll help motivate, encourage and challenge you to keep taking those steps and be your biggest supporter during the process. Together we can create your blueprint for change, and then help you stay on track.
Coaching is a powerful and effective process in helping you make progress. Some of the significant benefits include:
- Greater clarity and empowerment around your goals
- Increased energy and confidence
- Improved productivity
- Greater resiliency
- The ability to move beyond limiting beliefs
- Increased satisfaction in key areas of your life including meaningful work, cultivating relationships and self-care
- Reduced stress levels
- Improved work/life balance
- A stronger and more positive mindset
- Relief from the feeling of being "stuck"
Significant research has been done showing that coaching makes a positive change both to the individual and the company's bottom line. A study in October 2007 by the Milken Institute, an independent economic think tank, on "An Unhealthy America: The Economic Burden of Chronic Disease" concludes that the cost of the seven most common chronic diseases could be dramatically decreased through more effective prevention (exercise, diet, nutrition, maintaining a healthy weight) and treatment. Specific benefits include:
- Increased worker productivity
- Reduction in sick days
- Decrease in employee health risks and healthcare costs
- The protection of your most important asset -- Human Capital
- Dramatic goal achievement: Employees who work with Wellness Coaches three months or longer reach 80% of their three month behavioral Goals
The Finerman Living coaching framework is focused on helping to set and clarify goals that inspire you to move forward with an enhanced level of self-efficacy and determination. The conversations are based on methodologies and processes which include positive psychology, change theory, appreciative inquiry, motivational interviewing and goal setting techniques.
Every person is unique and so is every coaching relationship. There is no one-size-fits all coaching model. Coaching conversations are either in person or over the phone and both are successful methods. The typical individual coaching engagement includes a 60 minute kick-off strategy session followed by weekly phone conversations for 45 minutes. The agenda is driven by the client and is most effective when the client is ready and committed to focus on personal growth. Anything is possible when you bring your mind and your heart together!
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