Chapter 3: What is a Great Coach? Flashcards
In this chapter you'll learn: - the difference between a good coach and a great coach - how to start practicing your coaching skills
[Keyword] Client-centered coaching
Putting the client’s agenda and needs first
[Keyword] Autonomy
Independence and freedom from external control
[Keyword] Self-determination
The drive towards having choice and control of our own lives
[Keyword] Identity
Who people think they are
[Keyword] Values
What matters to people
[Keyword] Priorities
What people do or put first
[Keyword] Goals
What people ultimately want to do
[Keyword] Biopsychosocial perspective
A combined biological, psychological, and social understanding of a person and their environment
[Keyword] Deep health (6 dimensions)
A whole-person, whole-life approach to health, including six primary dimensions:
- physical
- mental
- emotional
- existential
- relational-social
- environmental
[Keyword] Social determinants of health
The relationship between people’s environment and their wellbeing
[Keyword] Orthorexia
An obsessive fixation with “healthy eating”
[Keyword] Clean eating
A philosophy about “good” and “bad” foods; “clean” foods are typically less-processed whole foods
[Keyword] Rumination
Persistent focus on negative thoughts and feelings
[Keyword] Cognitive filtering
Biases and beliefs that allow people to selectively notice, accept, and/or reject particular ideas or evidence
[Keyword] Body dysmorphia
A misperception of one’s body size or shape, usually negative
[Keyword] Scaling
Using a range of numbers (or other indicators) to get a score along a continuum
[Keyword] Appetite awareness
The skill of accurately reading physiological hunger cues
[Keyword] Food journal
A record of food choices and related thoughts, feelings and physical sensations
[Keyword] Ethics
Rules of conduct and moral behavior for professions
[Keyword] Professionalism
Practicing a skill at a high level of competence and maturity
[Keyword] Behavior-based coaching
Coaching focused on changing and developing daily behavioral skills, as opposed to medical or counseling therapy
A nutrition coach is an important job for these (3) reasons…
1) You’re often the first person people come to when they want to look, feel and/or perform better
2) You’re a crucial part of your client’s social support system
3) You change lives
The 3 parts of the PN coaching philosophy:
Great coaches…
1) know how to help people change
2) coach the “whole person”
3) know and guide themselves
A biopsychosocial perspective combines:
- A client’s physical features or health
- A client’s mindset or worries
- A client’s relationships or environment
