A health coach is a qualified health professional, knowledgeable about the systems of the body, nutrition, fitness and movement, sleep, stress, and all aspects of wellbeing.

A health coach is also a facilitator of change, an accountability partner, a motivator, and a confidence booster.

Health coaches exist to support you in setting and achieving your health goals.

They offer advice, guidance, and information to help you change behaviours and habits whilst also advising how to overcome any barriers or obstacles you might have.

Health coaches provide the tools, templates, and trackers to achieve your goals, making your progress both tangible and visible.

By co-creating a simple and actionable health improvement plan with you, they help to facilitate the changes you want to make, and bridge the gap between ‘thinking’ and ‘doing’.

From delaying and/or preventing some of the conditions that often catch up with us later in life to ensuring your ‘healthspan’ (the length of time you are healthy) is closely correlated to your ‘lifespan’ (the length of time you are alive), there are lots of reasons to get a health coach.

Even if you know what it means to be healthy and what things you ‘should’ be doing, a health coach makes you accountable whilst offering you unparalleled support, guidance and encouragement.

And just because a symptom or experience you have is common, that doesn’t mean you need to accept it as the status quo.

Getting a health coach means that you’re not taking your health for granted. Instead, you’re optimising your health and wellbeing and working towards living your best life.

Whilst a life coach typically supports people in achieving their personal and professional goals, a health coach supports individuals in achieving goals related to their health and wellbeing. This includes physical, mental, and sometimes even spiritual health! There can be some crossover between a health coach and a life coach, as both would typically assess life and lifestyle aspects such as stress and relationships.

The greater your commitment, the faster the result. You could literally start to see and feel a difference in a matter of days. And if you keep at it, new habits and behaviours will start to form that will have you feeling much better in no time!