Chapter 3: What is a Great Coach?

Question 1

[Keyword] Client-centered coaching

Answer 1

Putting the client’s agenda and needs first

Question 2

[Keyword] Autonomy

Answer 2

Independence and freedom from external control

Question 3

[Keyword] Self-determination

Answer 3

The drive towards having choice and control of our own lives

Question 4

[Keyword] Identity

Answer 4

Who people think they are

Question 5

[Keyword] Values

Answer 5

What matters to people

Question 6

[Keyword] Priorities

Answer 6

What people do or put first

Question 7

[Keyword] Goals

Answer 7

What people ultimately want to do

Question 8

[Keyword] Biopsychosocial perspective

Answer 8

A combined biological, psychological, and social understanding of a person and their environment

Question 9

[Keyword] Deep health

Answer 9

A whole-person, whole-life approach to health, including six primary dimensions:
- physical
- mental
- emotional
- existential
- relational-social
- environmental

Question 10

[Keyword] Social determinants of health

Answer 10

The relationship between people’s environment and their wellbeing

Question 11

[Keyword] Orthorexia

Answer 11

An obsessive fixation with “healthy eating”

Question 12

[Keyword] Clean eating

Answer 12

A philosophy about “good” and “bad” foods; “clean” foods are typically less-processed whole foods

Question 13

[Keyword] Rumination

Answer 13

Persistent focus on negative thoughts and feelings

Question 14

[Keyword] Cognitive filtering

Answer 14

Biases and beliefs that allow people to selectively notice, accept, and/or reject particular ideas or evidence

Question 15

[Keyword] Body dysmorphia

Answer 15

A misperception of one’s body size or shape, usually negative

Question 16

[Keyword] Scaling

Answer 16

Using a range of numbers (or other indicators) to get a score along a continuum

Question 17

[Keyword] Appetite awareness

Answer 17

The skill of accurately reading physiological hunger cues

Question 18

[Keyword] Food journal

Answer 18

A record of food choices and related thoughts, feelings and physical sensations

Question 19

[Keyword] Ethics

Answer 19

Rules of conduct and moral behavior for professions

Question 20

[Keyword] Professionalism

Answer 20

Practicing a skill at a high level of competence and maturity

Question 21

[Keyword] Behavior-based coaching

Answer 21

Coaching focused on changing and developing daily behavioral skills, as opposed to medical or counseling therapy

Question 22

A nutrition coach is an important job because…

Answer 22

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

Question 23

The 3 parts of the PN coaching philosophy:

Answer 23

Great coaches…
1) know how to help people change
2) coach the “whole person”
3) know and guide themselves

Question 24

The client-centered approach has a few key elements:

Answer 24

• People have a natural tendency towards growth
• Compassion, empathy and care
• Respect for the client’s autonomy and self-determination
• Non-judgment and acceptance
• Allowing uncertainty, ambivalence and ambiguity
• Being genuine

Question 25

The 10 skills of client-centered coaching are:

Answer 25

1) Unconditional positive regard
2) Full presence and engagement
3) Observation
4) Understanding
5) Solution- and strengths-focused mindset
6) Appropriate progression
7) Appropriate regression
8) Practicing what you preach
9) Communication
10) Humor

Question 26

A biopsychosocial perspective combines:

Answer 26

• A client’s physical features or health
• A client’s mindset or worries
• A client’s relationships or environment

Question 27

The Wheel of Deep Health allows someone to measure their current performance in the 6 areas of life, including:

Answer 27

• Environmental
• Physical
• Mental
• Emotional
• Existential
• Relational-social

Question 28

People who struggle with orthorexia also tend to:

Answer 28

• feel unhappy with their bodies
• overly focus on themselves in general
• worry about how they look to others
• depend on external performance standards and approval (but never feel quite good enough)
• struggle to maintain strong and supportive relationships

Question 29

Coaching for deep health simply means the following 3 things:

Answer 29

• Opening conversations with your clients about how their nutrition, fitness and lifestyle might be related to one another
• Working with your clients as whole, complex individuals
• Doing your best to help people balance all the aspects of health

Question 30

The “5 Whys” activity helps you…

Answer 30

uncover your core values and get to the deeper motivations for wanting or doing things

Question 31

According to the PN Code of Ethics, in your professional role as a coach, you should:

Answer 31

• Act in the client’s best interest
• Respect the worth and dignity of the clients you serve
• Protect your clients’ privacy and confidentiality
• Act with integrity
• Act with objectivity
• Set clear, accurate and reasonable expectations
• Have clear professional boundaries
• Know the limits of your skills and scope of practice
• Keep your skills current

Question 32

The “Break-the-Chain” exercise helps you…

Answer 32

analyze the chain of events that led to the choice in an effort to two break one of the previous decisions so that you don’t ultimately complete the one that you’re unhappy about