What matters to you most in life?

Health Coaching can help you identify which self-care goals are most important to you and make sure you have all the tools you need to improve your self-care strategies. Once you’ve established a goal to work on, your coach will walk with you through a journey to find the tools and solutions to put towards your optimal health and wellness.  Whole Health programming focuses on the question: What matters to you? Not: What’s the matter with you?

Your Whole Health coach will explore eight different areas of self-care with you to help you identify how you see yourself ideally and talk through the small steps or actions that it takes to get to where you want to be.  Your coach will engage in meaningful conversation with you about your mission, aspirations, and purpose while focusing on the things in life that motivate you to become your best-self.  Learn about and get connected with aromatherapy, Tai Chi, yoga, mindfulness tools, better sleep techniques, acupuncture, chiropractic care, clinical hypnotherapy and so much more! 

Some of the areas that your health coach can help you with include, self-esteem, setting boundaries, forming positive habits and breaking bad ones, prioritizing self-care, role-modeling behaviors, attitudes towards healthy behaviors, journaling, finding peace and clarity with mindfulness practices, staying connected, and more.

Reach out to Whole Health at extension 12537 or ask your PCP to get started with your health coach.  To learn more, you can visit the VA’s Whole Health website at:  Whole Health Home (va.gov)

WHOLE HEALTH self-care areas:

Moving the Body – exercise, activity, being able to do physically do the things you’d like to do.

Sleep and Recharge – the amount and quality of sleep you’re getting, sleep routines and practices.

Food and Drink – staying hydrated, functional nutrition, limiting alcohol

Personal Development – finding meaning in your work, having enjoyable hobbies and time for yourself

Family, Friends, Co-workers – setting healthy boundaries for yourself and others, effective communication

Surroundings – the area you live or work in, organization, clean air, lack of clutter

Spirit and Soul – having a sense of being a part of something greater; religion, spirituality, nature

Power of the Mind – identifying negative stress or emotions and using tools to self-soothe or relax

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