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HEALTH & WELLNESS COACHING

Initial Coaching Start up/Consultation Session:

Cost = $125. What to expect: The first coaching call will last approximately 75 minutes and includes Coach introduction,  expectation setting, Wellness assessment review [the client's assessment questionnaire is sent out, completed and submitted to the coach prior to the first call], creating the client's Wellness Vision, establishing 3 month priorities and setting of the first week's goals/action plan. 

Regular Coaching sessions:

Cost= $65. What to expect: The regular coaching call will last approximately 45 minutes and includes client check in, a deep exploration of relative topics driven by the client, processing client experiences from prior weekly goals, and SMART goal setting for the next week.

Time Commitment:

It is recommended that the client commit to an initial 12 week block coaching to optimize individual outcomes. The frequency of calls is tailored to client need. Behavior change takes time to produce success and sustainable results. Weekly calls for at least the first month is ideal. The client may opt to continue weekly calls or change call frequency to every two weeks, monthly etc. as desired. The ultimate goal of coaching is to cultivate  individual skills, confidence, growth mindsets and self-accountability for the client's future independent progress in their desired health and wellness habits.

PERSONAL TRAINING   

Initial Training Start up/Consultation Session: $125           

On site/In County Training Sessions: $90/hour        

Live Virtual Sessions: $50/45 min

What is Health & Wellness Coaching?

Health and Wellness Coaches partner with clients seeking self-directed, lasting changes, aligned with their values, which promote health and wellness and, thereby, enhance well-being. In the course of their work, coaches display unconditional positive regard for their clients and a belief in their capacity for change, and honoring that each client is an expert on his or her life, while ensuring that all interactions are respectful and non-judgmental.

What to expect from Health & Wellness Coaching

Wellness coaches are practitioners and life-long students of coaching psychology, a field focused on the scientific study of happiness and well-being.

Great coaches have several skills you will notice early. They are great listeners and enjoy your stories. They foster self-acceptance and self-respect. They arouse, engage, energize, and challenge you to reach higher at the right moment. They have a bird dog's ability to sniff out your strengths, values, and desires. They are playful when appropriate. They take risks and ask courageous questions. They don't rescue you from emotional muck - sometimes you need to sit in it for a bit to energize your desire to change. They know that your life is at stake if you don't take care of yourself. And they know how to celebrate your successes.

The process of coaching progresses through several stages:

1. You provide background information through various assessments, so that you and your coach are well-informed on the key issues, including medical considerations, as appropriate.

2. During the Initial Consultation coaching session, you clarify your priorities and develop a personal wellness plan including a vision, three month goals and the first action steps.

3. In subsequent 30-45 minute coaching sessions, you and your coach review the progress toward your vision and goals, explore and resolve the most pressing issues, learn something new, and then design goals for the following week. You will enjoy plenty of "ah-ha" insights along the way. 

4. Health & Wellness Coaching requires consistent engagement to cultivate positive and sustainable results. 

What Health Coaches Do...

• Accept and meet you where you are today.

• Empower you to take control of your health and well-being.

• Explore what 'Wellness' means to you.

• Assist you in designing your personal wellness blueprint.

• Discover your strengths and  personal motivations.

• Identify your challenges and obstacles.

• Build on what is working well in your life now.

• Train in self-management, exploring systems that work for your life and SMART Goal setting.

• Guide you in mindful thinking and doing work that builds confidence.

• Help you view obstacles as opportunities to learn and grow.

• Tame your inner critic with self-compassion.

• Collaborate and strategize to make lasting and meaningful behavior changes.

• Promote healthy support networks.

• Discover what changes work best for you.

• Work with empathy and unconditional positive regard for you.

• Listen to you, offer perceptive reflections and open inquiry.

• Celebrate your success.

• Support you in self-accountability and monitor ongoing behavior change.

• Honestly make referrals to other healthcare professionals as needed.

• Offer expert advice only when you want it and only within their specific scope of practice and national guidelines.

What Health Coaches Do Not Do...

• Counseling or therapy

• Nutrition prescription and meal planning

• Exercise prescription

• Diagnosis of medical or mental health ailments

• Recommendation or sale of supplementation

Why is Health Coaching done over the phone?

• Coaching calls can be delivered anywhere in the world that has cell or internet access.

• Coaching calls allow for your privacy and control over your own environment.

• Coaching calls are convenient; scheduled at the time and place you need.

• Coaching calls decrease visual distractions and focus on listening and thoughtful engagement about your health concerns.

• Coaching calls eliminate some of the barriers and intimidations that are often present with physical interactions with health care staff.

• Coaching calls are an effective and practical means of contacting your Health & Wellness support from any location.

Laura  Rain Tree is a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach and sole proprietor of Activate Health & Wellness. Laura is best known by her nickname "Rain" and has worked as a licensed Physical Therapist Assistant in Western North Carolina for 22 years. She accumulated a wealth of clinical experience and a suite of skills from working with patients who come from a broad spectrum of socioeconomic backgrounds and health status in the acute care, outpatient, skilled nursing and aquatic physical therapy settings.  

Coach Rain is passionate about personal health and wellness and holds unshakable belief in every person's ability to make meaningful positive changes happen in their lives.  She was drawn to Health & Wellness Coaching as the most effective method to empower clients to move beyond the continuous cycle of injury, illness  and chronic disease she treated in the standard health care setting and endeavors to support clients in taking control over their lives with improved self-care behaviors.

"I believe every person has what they need inside them to live the healthy life they desire. In this information age, clients often know what they "should" do for improved health, but  lack the "how to skills" in order to move through the change process,  navigate challenges  and build the healthy habits over time that translate their desired robust health into reality. I coach clients to leverage their internal motivation and individual strengths to take action. I use evidenced based coaching techniques and protocols that build their confidence to explore, find and use what works for them as an individual and together we discover tailor fit strategies that work best for them to succeed in sustainable behavior change. Every person has tremendous power to effect change in their own lives."

Rain became a Certified Health & Wellness Coach in August 2016 after successfully completing the Wellcoaches School of Coaching *certification program. She became an ACE certified Personal Trainer in 2017 and an ACE certified Group Fitness Instructor in 2020 [American Council on Exercise]. She became a National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) in March 2020. 

"We live in a rapidly changing world filled with technology that can leave a person behind. Health & Wellness coaches support people in making the healthy positive changes they need, as quickly as possible, in order to thrive in our fast paced world and translate their dreams into reality." 

Coach Rain loves the mountains! She runs, bikes, hikes and swims in the National Forest whenever she can. In the 1990's she worked as an Outdoor Experiential Educator for 3 years at the Wolfcreek Wilderness School in Northeast Georgia, as a whitewater raft guide on the Chattooga River in South Carolina and was a certified Wilderness First Responder for 6 years. She has raced competitively on the state, regional and national levels as a Masters runner in track, trail and road racing. She holds a BA in English Literature, a BA in General Science and is a dedicated life long learner. She has taught both subjects on a high school level, but finds her best work is done ‘one on one' with clients coaching them to success in their personal health and wellness goals. 

* The Wellcoaches School of Coaching is considered the Gold Standard in the Health Coaching industry,  works in strategic partnerships with the American College of Sports Medicine and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Wellcoaches is dedicated to advancing the field of coaching in healthcare and wellness on a global scale as a means for personal transformation first for health professionals, and then for their clients. Over the last decade, their team has helped create, lead, and support nonprofit organizations that translate science into coaching practices and support coaching research (Institute of Coaching), deliver national standards and certification for health and wellness coaches (National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching), and deliver lifestyle medicine education (Institute of Lifestyle Medicine).