The Health Coach Show

In today’s podcast, we talk about how to blend expertise and coaching. We explore the concept of switching hats versus integrating approaches and how being client centred means we are always coaching. We assume people are coming to see us for our expertise and feel that giving value means delivering an in-depth education and an action plan. In fact, we are more efficient and effective and provide...

In this episode Sharon and Shivaun, dietitians and HCANZA accredited health coaches, explore common excuses, what we may feel or do when we hear our clients give us 'excuses' for why they haven't made a change.  Excuses are in fact valuable, as they are the client telling us exactly why they are stuck, or feel unable to take action. What can we do when we do hear excuses? Get curious,...

In this episode Sharon and Shivaun dig into what motivation is and how we can harness it to achive our goals. We discuss the role that external and internal (intrinsic) motivators can play on behaviour change,and how we can move along the spectrum from external motivation, to the place where our identity shifts and we become intrinsically motivated. Sometimes we wait for motivation to hit before w...

In this episode Sharon and Shivaun talk about common roadblocks to effective communication. There are a number of commonly used communication strategies that we think are helpful, however can often do the opposite of the intended action. Thomas Gordon came up with 12 roadblocks that get in the way of effective communication. We'll go through 8 that we find get used a lot in conversations aroun...

In this episode, Shivan and Sharon discuss what coaching is, what it isn't and what you should be looking for if you want to become a coach or employ a coach! This episode looks at the toolkit of theories, models and disciplines that a health coach might draw upon, and we discuss they importance of MI as one of these foundational skills. We also look at how Health Coaches Australia New Zealand...

Sharon and Shivaun were both working as dietitians, wanting to help clients more effectively and aware that something was missing, In this podcast they talk about what got them into coaching and how it transformed their practice. Topics covered include how changing behaviour is so much more than education and providing information, it’s about harnessing curiosity and helping people to understand t...