HAVE YOU EVER worked with a coach? Perhaps a personal trainer, or a business coach? If so, you’ll know how helpful it can be. There are numerous types of coaches, and perhaps the best-known one is a life coach.
Life coaching originated, as with most popular health trends, in the USA back in the 1980s. It rose to popularity here in the UK in the 1990s, when a wealth of these (mostly) newly trained cheerleaders sprang to prominence, all offering to improve our lives in various ways, from getting organised, to focusing on our goals or feeling happier.
While you’ve probably heard of a life coach, how about a health coach? This relatively new branch of coaching sprang up – you guessed it – in the USA a few years ago. Over there it’s taken off and, although still relatively new in the UK, the number of health coaches is growing exponentially by the year – but what is it, exactly?
‘Health coaching differs from life coaching in that, as you’d expect from the name, we focus on empowering people to make small, sustainable changes to their lifestyle that lead to a transformation in).
