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The Coaching Session, Step-by-Step
What should your coaching session look like?
Some people lead their sessions with a health history. Others wing it and ask what the customer wants to discuss. And some coaches have a list of questions to go through, hoping not to run short on questions and long on time. A good coaching session runs an excellent middle road if you’re organized but flexible enough to change course when needed.
Journaling – One More Thing
One More Thing - Make it FunUse what you can to make journaling more fun and more helpful. There are lots of fun journals out there with questions that break it up a little. There are journals that focus on what is important to you and there are journals that make...
Journal for Fun, Clarity, and Successes
Journaling and IntrospectionEvery one of our courses include some type or style of journaling. Journaling and introspection can help create clarity in many areas of your life. Putting our thoughts, actions, feelings, and lives on paper can create an effective way to...
Inflammation – Health and Nutrition
Inflammation and IllnessIt has become increasingly obvious that chronic inflammation is the main cause of many chronic illnesses including heart disease, some cancers and Alzheimer's disease. We recognize inflammation as redness, heat, swelling and pain. It is a...
Medication – Too Many Prescriptions with Too Little Monitoring
Too Many MedicationsTaking too many medications can be very dangerous. This is especially prevalent in geriatric patients. You get a prescription for prediabetes, and another for high cholesterol based on the results of a blood test. Then, as medical conditions...
Stress Management – Relief and Resilience
Stress Management - Relief and Resilience in Today's WorldIn the last few years, we've all lived through types and levels of stress that haven't been rated or studied. I'd love to hear from you about your experience with stress, how you've responded, and what has...
Selling Wellness
Selling Wellness This blog has been growing inside of me all year. At the beginning of the year we had a large number of wellness practitioners coming to us to get their businesses online. Just like the virus waves, we are seeing another wave of practitioners now. ...
Non-Dairy Calcium Sources
NON DAIRYAll I need to do to ensure a night of sleeplessness and trouble breathing is to eat something with dairy. It can be ice cream, pie, cheese, anything with dairy. It's not something I can comfortably sneak into my meals. I've gotten used to it. I can...
Social Media
Originally published 2/07/20, Updated 2/04/22 WHERE TO START Social Media has changed so much over time. I mastered Facebook reach and engagement for organic growth just in time for them to change their algorithms. Twitter always seemed like too much work for me,...
How to Start a Wellness Podcast
Should You Start a Podcast? Before you learn how to start a podcast, you will want to decide if you should start a podcast. I've been talking to you for years about the importance of touchpoints. A podcast is just that, one more way to reach out with your voice and...
Product Launch Formula – The Missing Link for Most Online Wellness Practitioners
My Story There is so much that can be said about marketing, and over time, it seems like I've said it all. I love marketing. I've had two distinctly different businesses and the one thing that both businesses had in common was good marketing strategy. ...
How We’re Tricked Into False Information
False InformationWe were taught about propaganda in school. Grade school is a long time away from today for me, but, I can tell you, when I visualized propaganda in my mind, it was communist countries dropping tri-folds into their enemy territory to try to convince...
Health Coach Connect – A Private Network for Coaches and Wellness Practitioners
ConnectOUR OWN NETWORK! It's here for you. All wellness professionals are invited to join. If you are an Inner Circle Member or have a Starter or Membership Site, join your private groups within our Connect Space! connect.thehealthcoachgroup.com I'm so excited to...
Do I Need A Health Coach Certification?
I'm always helping my friends. Can I coach without paying for an education?Education is important. If you are self-taught, then I, and many others feel like you should not be practicing. What works for you tells you a lot; about yourself. Education not only...
Health Coaching Business – Smarter Revenue
Should I Charge Less?I've written a great (humbly stated) article on Health Coach Rates. In addition to that article, it's important that you have a realistic idea of what your earnings can be; especially in a one-on-one hourly service model. You can’t just spend 40...
Pomegranites
Food is MedicinePomegranates are being studied because of it’s cancer progression inhibiting properties. The purpose is to study possible medical benefits of the pomegranate against different cancer diseases. The tests have shown that it can have a role in prevention...
Easy Website Maintenance
You Have a Website, Now What? It is my belief, that in this day and age, a website should be easy to maintain. Back in the olden days, we had to have IT people. We'd schedule our additions and changes to the site ahead of time because everything required...
We Want to Showcase Successful Wellness Practitioners
Case Studies Case Studies of Health Coaches is a 2013 publication that I was thrilled to put together and have been using it to encourage new online wellness practitioners for 9 years now. It's a bit old and some of the health coaches I interviewed and...
Beyond Time Management – Getting It Done
Set Lofty Goals and Practice Time Management Talking to my Inner Circle last week, I pressed the importance of having projections and time management. Especially income projections. Many of you know to keep the expenses down, but you don't look at what you...
Negative Thoughts
Healthy Selves, Community, Country, and World We've all made it through an incredible time this last year or so. Even though things are starting to open up a little, it's pretty easy to slip into negative thoughts. Here are a few ways to clean up the clutter in...
The Truth About Advertising
You Have a Message to Share Turning your passion into profits, as many of you have undoubtedly learned, is not as easy as hanging a sign on your window. It's not as easy as stepping out of school and into a calendar full of customers. You have a valuable...
Skin Care From the Inside Out
Skin Care for All Many of us think of potions, makeup that covers, and creams when we think of skin care. In reality, our skin is just like the rest of our body. It responds well to lifestyle change. Our Health Coach Community is here for you. I've...
We Believe You Can Change the World
We Can Help When we first started out, I knew that we would somehow give back to the community by expanding and broadening education on coaching, wellness, and business to better help you to run your business knowledgably, responsibly, and confidently. My first...
New Membership Beta – Create a Subscription Offer in Your Wellness Business Now
Healthy Business, Predictable Income Back in 2013, I stumbled onto a business strategy that not only was an incredible offering for my customers, but also a Godsend for a new online business. That strategy was a business offering of a membership program for...
Work At Home
Creating a Productive Work Environment for You and Your Team I've spent more time than usual with customer service people lately because of our move. There are always things that need to be fixed with cable, household repairs, new furniture, internet, the post...
The Key to Success as a Coach
Results Most of us know that the keys to a successful garden are good soil, seeds, nutrients, sunshine, and water. Most of us wouldn't expect a garden to grow if we weren't mindful of how it's sown. Often, we need to adjust the amounts and add a little love to...
20 Questions for Coaches
Mindfulness Changes Hours, Days, Weeks, Months, and Years Starting your day mindfully can change your life. We, as health coaches should be constantly aware of this. Sometimes we spend more time taking care of our clients than ourselves. Start your day off with...
A New Year For Health Coaches – 2021!
Lessons From 2020 2020 has been the longest year that went by very fast. While there has been a lot of adjustment to everything that became our reality this year, many of you have come out on top. In a year like this, and really any year, it's good to...
How Long Does It Take To Make Money as a Health Coach?
The Facts Many health coaches start out and think they should be making $60,000 plus in net profit in the first year. You can start working at a job and make money right away, so many think the same happens in business. With that in mind, it is important to...
36 Ways to Use Your Health Coaching Certificate
There are more options than working for someone else. Are you a health coach who is trying to figure out the best way to help the world? Many of us went through school and figured we'd get a job, only to find that we didn't fit existing qualifications and that there...
Are You ALL In?
Commit to Your Business If there is something holding you back in your business, it's often you. You may look around and see that everyone else is reaching their dreams, or worse, look around and see people who aren't. By comparing yourself to others, you see a...
Where to Go For Help During Uncertain Times
Healthy Selves, Community, Country, and World There's a lot happening in the world now that may be weighing on you. This has been an incredible year that has hit people in different ways and different directions. Some people have actually seen good...
Healthy at Home – Feelings
Healthy Selves, Community, Country, and World We are all feeling an incredible range of emotions this year. Sometimes our emotions vary from one minute to the next. For those of us who try to keep quiet and calm in our daily lives to reduce stress, it can feel...
Healthy at Home – Make Space in Our Surroundings
Mindful Environment There is quite a disparity in the home situation for all of us who have moved home to social distance. People in retirement centers may be in one room. Due to the close proximity, they've been secluded to one room, often all by themselves and...
Healthy At Home – Make Space For Real Food
NourishmentGood things that have come from all this include; eating at home as a family, more gardening, and more thoughtful meal planning. It seems like everyone is spending more time on their food prep. It can also be pretty easy to sit down in front of the...
Healthy At Home, Leading the Way
Healthy Selves, Community, Country, and World If anything at all is learned from the first few months of 2020, we must learn that this is the time that we have individual responsibility toward our own health and happiness. A lot has been said about how to...
The Bare Minimum to Operate Your Online Health Coaching
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How to Help During the Coronavirus and After
How to Help During the Coronavirus and AfterThere is nothing like helping others to feel better yourself. Once you help others, and others see you helping, they want to help too. It's like a giant snowball of goodness rolling down the hill when it grows and everyone...
Minding Your Wellness Business During Uncertain Times
Minding Your Wellness Business During Uncertain Times OpportunitiesMany of you are shifting from "in person" to online, you may have more time to work on your business, or you may be in business and want to make sure you maximize your efforts. It can be pretty...
How Health Coaches Can Help With the Coronavirus
STEP UP CORONAVIRUS - I know there is a lot of fear attached to this and I see posts every day on Facebook saying everyone is making too big of a deal out of it, it's only old people and sick people who die from it. Most of us have old people and sick people we'd like...
Health Coaching Made Easy
Why Should I Offer Programs?Whether you're fresh out of Health Coaching School or you're working like crazy to keep up with 15 plus hourly customers or have a membership running pretty smoothly, your business can run better with programs. Programs help your...
Honesty, Trust, Transparency in Business – for Health Coaches
I Promise, No RantingThis is a special blog, that would have been a podcast, except that I'm feeling a little to connected to the topic right now, if you know what I mean. I'll give it a voice next week. This is a values thing and I run into it all the time. We all...
Health Coach Group Worker-Bees
Big Plans!We all have huge plans for this year. You say ..."oh what will you be doing?" Check out my list from last year. I even impressed myself when I went back to review the year's accomplishments. I didn't realize we did so much because I was to darned busy to...
Get Out There Now Health Coach
IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THE WORLDOr at least your little corner of it. You are the expert. Your customer has health and betterment at the top of their mind. You should be in front of them inspiring them. On social media, through email, and through any touch point you...
Christmas Shop for Health Coaches
CHRISTMAS SHOP FOR YOU!I've done the gift ideas before, and we've ended up with a lot of nifty little ideas for you. This year, I have some things we normally keep hidden away. Christmas is the perfect time for surprises!T-Shirts T-Shirts are always welcome and...
For the Kids (and Young Adults)
LIFE MATTERSWe've written a new program for adolescents and young adults. It started out as "MILLENNIAL MATTERS" and the millennial's are growing up, learning the things that they should have learned before leaving the nest, and I saw a great need for young...
Make Money with Online Courses
Learning how to make money online is one of the most important things for health professionals to learn and the most complicated. It doesn’t have to be. We’ve been working for years to help make it easier and to create systems that are a little easier to put in place…
List Building
We're rerunning this post because it is so important. Last week I spent some time with some practitioners who are building online businesses and they wanted to know what a list was. Do you want an online business? If the answer is yes, your first line of business...
List Building 101
There isn’t much different between brick and mortar and online businesses when it comes to the foundation of marketing. You must have people to sell to. Your list consists of qualified buyers. You may buy a list for brick and mortar, but for an online business…
Accepting Payment on Your Website (or banking nightmares)
One of the first things you have to decide as an online business person, is "how shall I process payments?". There are a lot of options. It depends a lot on who your e-commerce runs through. You could just skip all that and use something like PayPal that processes...
Mindset Shifts Equals Possibilities
We all know from working with our clients that mindset can be everything. It shifts our thoughts from closed to open and unlimited. Without an open mindset, we don't see the opportunities that are in front of us. If we don't see them, we can't take advantage. Shift...
How to Get Clients
The age old problem. We all know, it's easy enough, systematic, but, it takes time and patience. It's like exercise, if you stop it, the effects stop accumulating and building. Consistency is the key. There are a lot of different ways to get customers and if you...
Adding Supplements to Your Programs and Online Courses
Adding Supplements to Your Programs and Online CoursesSupplements can be very helpful in supporting wellness programs. That's why we asked dietitian, Stefani Wooldridge to create protocols for each or our programs. Many of our programs, like the 12 Day Detox, PURE,...
Better Coaching
What is a Coach?The first thing we should do to determine what makes a great coach is to define the term coaching. Our definition is "A coach works with clients to provide high quality, inspirational processes followed by support, encouragement, and accountability."...
Low-Cost Advertising
Low-Cost Advertising for Health Coaches Advertising is one of the most important things you can do for your business. It can also be scary. There are a lot of limiting beliefs when it comes to putting yourself out into the world. It's your responsibility to share...
Strategy Session With a Dietitian
Strategy Session With a Dietitian Jamie, a Registered Dietitian, joins us to talk about her online health coaching business. Jamie uses Facebook live, email lists, and Instagram to connect with her clients and share what’s working for her and what isn’t. We discuss:...
Wellness Retreats – Should You Be Hosting Them?
Should You Be Hosting a Wellness Retreat? I love having 100% of my business online, but it is missing a little bit of the face-to-face, one-on-one that you get with an interpersonal brick and mortar business. That's why, in 2013, I decided to have an event at Club...
Sleep Through the Night
SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT Do you sleep through the night? Do you fall asleep right when you lay down? Do you stay sleeping all night long? Do you wake up when your partner runs to the bathroom, or do you wake up with sweats, pain, or anxiety? The last three years, my...
Advertising – The Key to Making Money in Business
Top Three Actions to Take On LinkedIn Now
Top Three Actions to Take On LinkedIn Now One of my favorite topics is social media. The reason? Not only is it beneficial and fun, it is also extremely cheap advertising (if not free) compared to the old newspaper, radio, television, yellow pages, and direct mail...
How to Increase Your Sales With Touch-points
How to Increase Your Sales With Touch-points One of the scariest things, according to most of you, is advertising and spending money to get your name out in front of the public. Most of my focus has been on list building and social media. They are both important and...
What to do When You Can’t Get Your Business Off the Ground
What to do When You Can't Get Your Business Off the Ground Cheryl is a natural, her customers love her, she works hard, puts herself out there, changes lives daily with her health coaching business, and when she came to me for our Membership Mastery, I knew she would...
Branding Your Health Coach Business
The Differences Between MLM, Pyramid Schemes, and Direct Sales
The Differences Between MLM, Pyramid Schemes, and Direct Sales Of all the topics ever, this topic seems to stir the most animosity in our threads. I thought it would be good to take a few minutes and really examine the differences between the 4 business models. If...
Why Health Coaches Team Up With Doctors
Why You Should Offer a Gut Health Program to Your Customers
Is Your Morning Routine the Secret to a Good Night’s Sleep?
Delivery Solutions for Online Wellness Programs
Movies That Inspire Women Who Want to Change the World
How to Prepare For and Make the Most of Your Course or Workshop
Guest Post – Mary Blackburn, My Time
Health Movies You Can Share
To “B” or Not to “B” for Health Coaches
Even the Best In Their Field Need Specialized Coaching
Health Coach Secrets: A Change of Value Can Create Happiness
What Health Coaches Can Learn From Rose Blumkin and Warren Buffet
Innovations for Better Health – Part One Home
Health Coaching – You Lost Your Job? What’s Next?
Health Coaches, Improve Your 2019 Business With One New Action
Health Coaches Who Need Help Getting Their Business Up and Running
Steps for Health Coaches to Setup and Market a Big Membership Program Like NHI
Ways to Make Money Fast for Health Coaches
Collaboration for Health Coaches
Sleep 101: Easy Step By Step Guide to Better Sleep
Health Coaches: How to Keep Calm in Any Situation
Membership Programs: A Natural Business for Health Coaches
How to Make More Money 2018-2019 for Health Coaches
Overcoming Fear for Health Coaches
Honest Words from Health Coaches: The Importance of Writing Copy
Health Coach Social Media Challenge
Why There Are No Licensed Health Coaches
Alternative Advertising Tips and Ideas for Health Coaches
Steps to Building an Online Health Coach Business
How to Be Assertive: Secrets to Improving Your Communication Skills
How to Make Done for You Health Coaching Programs Your Own
How to Start a Health Coaching Business
30-Day Weight Loss Challenge – With Extreme Results
365 Day Natural Health Immersion
Cultivating Happiness
Expand Your Marketing With Creative Ideas
Dealing With Conflict Online
Blood Sugar and Weight Loss
How to Launch Your Health Programs
Health Coach Rates
8 Health Coaching Tips for Consistent Wins
Do Health Professionals Need a Website?
Health Coach Rates
Health Professionals – How to Quit Holding Yourself Back
Health Professionals – How to Quit Holding Yourself Back
Online Business Tools for Health Professionals
Health Coach Conversations – A Podcast
How to Take Time Off and Get More Done
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for Coaches
LinkedIn for Coaches
Aging in Place
The Definitive Steps to Aging Well
Vaccines, Trying to Get to the Truth
Pro-Aging for Introverts
Meditation – Confessions of a Busy Entrepreneur
How to Build Your List
International Women’s Day 2018
The Art of Aging
FREE Marketing Advice
The Story of The Health Coach Group
National Health Coach Week February 12-18, 2018
Health Coaches Who Sell
How I Built My List
Health Coaches Do You Have an Operations Manual?
Embrace Your Uniqueness
Facebook for Health Coaches
Happy New Year!
Holiday Gift Guide – 2017
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Sleep Secrets
How to Charge for Your Services and Programs
A New Bed – Just in the Nick of Time
Roll Your Sleeves Up – The Truth About Health Coaching Business
Staying Safe from Scams
Daily Habits
12 Secrets from Successful Health Coaches
How to Get More Engaged Customers
How to Quit Holding Yourself Back
Healthy Holidays as an Opportunity to Build New Years Business
Find Fulfillment in 1 EASY Step – Contribution
Health Care in a New World
Leaky Gut – Better in 7 Days
Plant Based – Why?
Are Your Clients Ready to Try Plant Based?
Mindful Kids (6 of 6)
Mindful Habits (5 of 6)
Mindful Eating (Part 4 of 6 Mindfulness Series)
How to Be Mindful at Work (3 of 6 Mindfulness Series)
How to Embrace Mindfulness (2 of 6 Mindfulness Series)
Mindfulness (1 of 6) The Benefits
Five Tips for Website Safety
How to Get Help – for Health Coaches
How to Run Groups to Build Your Community
How to Get FREE Advertising
Eight Signs You Need a Health Coach Now
Toxins in Your Home
The Clutter Cleanup (Part Seven)
The Clutter Cleanup (Part Six)
The Clutter Cleanup (Part Five)
The Clutter Cleanup (Part Four)
The Clutter Cleanup (Part Three)
The Clutter Cleanup (Part Two)
The Clutter Cleanup (Part One)
Pretty Things
How to Successfully Promote Turnkey & Fancy-Free
How to Double Your Business With Referrals
Surround Yourself With Good People
How to Build an Ethical Business Fueled by Passive Income
How to Avoid No-Shows
Guaranteed Monthly Income – With Subscriptions
It’s Time To Start Your Membership Program
Diet Confessions – Age 6-52
When Things Don’t Go The Way You Plan
How Close Are You to Your Ideal Life?
How to Make the Most of B-School, Building Abundance, IIN or ANY Course
Ready to Launch
My Personal B-School Critique
Stress – What Can We Really Do?
Health Coaching Without Worrying About Regular Income
2017 – One Word
Get Over Your Insecurity and Feeling of Unworthiness Once and For All
Health Coaches Working
How to Market an Online Business
How to Run an Online Business
The First Step to Doing Well in 2017
Responsibility
What You Missed at the Event
Health Coaching in the White House
FREE Stuff – Be Authentic
Meet the Inner Circle
It’s Your Turn
Teaching VS Coaching
Fill Your Healthy Holiday’s Group
Longevity – Celebrating Age
My Favorite Reads
What are We Trading for 5% – School Fundraisers
The Inner Circle Story
The #1 Mistake Most Health Coaches Make
What a Health Coach Can Learn from Anthony Robbins’ “I’m Not Your Guru”
Coaching Questions – How to Improve Your Skills
Health Coach University – Library
3 Steps to Manifesting Anything
How to Live a Healthy, Happy Life Starting Now
How to Listen Better – The BIG Coaching Secret
How to Take the Scary Out of Your Coaching
Social Media – Free Advertising
Accountability – THE BIGGEST REASON FOR A COACH
Benefits and Reasons For Working With a Health Coach – TODAY
SPECIAL SNEAK PEAK: Excerpt From “A Lighter Life”
Making a Profit in Wellness
6 Unique Ways to Use Lemon
Essential Oils 101 – For Health Coaches
This is the Secret to Upleveling Your Business
Bath Bombs – Essential Oils – Kids Like Them Too
How to Start a Business With No Money
Call to Action – Why and When?
6 Steps to Start a Health Coaching Business
RAW Truth
I Failed, and What’s More…. I’m Going to do it Again
How to Beat the Perfection Disease
Invisible Hands II
Answers to Everything
Create Your Own Online Programs
Do You Share My Values?
MLM’s & The Health Coach Group – The Whole Truth
Marie Forleo Answers Health Coach’s Questions
Passive Income Streams for Health Coaches
Get New Customers
How to Turn a Resolution/Goal Into a Reality
Easy Tips for a Better Day
My Health and Education Retreat at Sanoviv
BEFORE You Set Any Goals
50 Ways to Get New Customers
How to Build Your Own Community
Red Bulls and the Marketing Director
How to Hire Your First Assistant
No Health Coaches Succeed in Business
How to Make Time for What Matters
Never Worry About Blog Topics Again
Healthy Holidays
Run Your Online Business on AutoPilot
Unplugged
10 Little Daily Steps to Success…
My Favorite Resources
Haters Gonna Hate…
What’s Holding You Back?
Secrets & Benefits of Time Management
Dollars & Cents – How to Charge for Your Services.
Health Coaches! Where are Your Customers?
MONEY AND MIRACLES: How to turn your purpose into your paycheck
Health Communities
Choosing Your Opt-in Offer
Create Your Own Online Health Coaching Program
Do You Want to Work With a Doctor?
How to Prepare for Your Cleanse
How I Got 60,000 Likes on Facebook
Don’t Give Up
Copycats
The Secret to Getting Past the Fear and Inadequacies
Your Truth
Getting and Keeping Health Coaching Clients
Passive Income Streams for Health Coaches
Build Your List & Build Your Own Community Quicker
How to Sell Online Programs
Top Tips for Getting Through B-School, Building Abundance, IIN or ANY Course of Learning
Behind the Scenes
What if…
The Truth About B-School
It’s Our Birthday
Nurturing…
All Steamed Up…
Don’t Hire a Health Coach – Unless ….
2015 – Survival Guide
Shine
One Word Guides Everything
Is Anyone Actually Making a Living as a Health Coach?
Benefits of Planning for the New Year
Adding Products in With Your Programs
My New Friends
Health Coaches Partner With a Physician to Facilitate Weight Loss
Websites for Health Coaches
Values in Business
My Blogging Secrets
How Our Coaches Will be Growing Their Business
Auto Responders and The Health Coach
Eliminating Health Coach Overwhelm
The Importance of Play
My Facebook Secrets
Creativity
How to Get More Customers
How to Build a Health Coaching Business in 12 Weeks
Why Do Health Coaches Fail?
It is Happening! Coaches are Starting to Get Results
Self Care Handbook
