What fall can teach us about timing, context, and behavior change. It's October. The days are getting shorter, and school schedules are back in full swing. Lazy summer days have disappeared, and the holidays are approaching. For many people, work and family routines have shifted again, and in the midst of that, a client will walks into a coaching session wanting to make a change. But they didn't walk in alone or immune to all of the change afoot. They brought the season, their schedule, their...

For many people considering health and wellness coaching, there is an awkward question that eventually comes up: Can I actually ACTUALLY make a career out of this? It's an important question, with a a range of different answers. We all see claims online that health coaches can effortlessly charge $150 an hour and build six-figure businesses. Others think of coaching as a fulfilling side hustle. The reality is a lot more nuanced. Recent workforce data suggest that coaching can develop into a...

You've probably seen some version of this statement: “Research shows that health coaching works.” But there's a surprisingly difficult question hiding inside that sentence: What exactly is health coaching? Is it a 45-minute conversation using motivational interviewing? A nurse calling a patient every two weeks? A structured diabetes-education program? Goal setting through an app? A clinician giving lifestyle advice? A trained coach helping a client develop their own goals? Researchers have...