The other tip I would give coaches is something my nephew said, said to his wife actually. And she passed it onto me. She said for every hurdle that, that we successfully like jump over, someone else has decided to stop.

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Introduction

I’m Dr. Moira. I’m a college professor, instructor, coach, and passionate mentor to health coaches around the world, but I haven’t always been that confident and committed to my coaching career. I wasn’t sure if I could make it work or even what the best approach was to success and fulfillment. I decided to step up and step into my dream of guiding health coaches on their journey from Hesitant Health Coach to Committed Health Coach. With a unique approach to coach growth, the Health Coach Catalyst program creates a strong hexagonal effect. The Coaching Hive podcast is your glimpse into the concepts, ideas, and approaches that underscore the Hexagonal Effect while giving you the opportunity to implement tools and tips along the way. Are you ready to dive into today’s podcast? Then let’s go and remember that this podcast is family friendly so go ahead and play it through your speakers!

Interview

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Moira: Today I have the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Lynn. Lynn is a national board certified health and wellness coach, and has really been growing her business and learning a lot through the process. I am looking forward to hearing more about her journey as a health and wellness coach, as well as the tips she has for new and aspiring health coaches. Welcome Lynn.

Lynn: Thank you. Thank you for having me.

Moira: Oh, You're very welcome. I'm so happy that we're able to sit down and talk today. Fantastic. So to set the stage, I wonder if you could share just a little bit about your background as well as what led you to health and wellness coaching.

Lynn: Background includes a degree in psychology, an undergraduate degree in psychology and also a classically trained chef. So coming into the coaching world kind of grew from that,

but I think the most pivotal thing for me was working for the American Diabetes Association. It was my first job out of college. And, you know, I got to see firsthand the impact of, of that disease on families with children with diabetes, but then also on adults in most cases had significant weight issues. And so, you know, I don't, I don't think that anybody wakes up each morning and says, I'm going to make some really poor health and wellness decisions today. You know, I'm going to eat bad. I'm not going to exercise. I don't think people do that. But what I am learning is that people don't realize the impact of these decisions. They don't understand what the long-term effects of not making well choices. And so for me, it's all about educating people and helping them to see, see the benefits of making better food choices and working towards living a healthier lifestyle.

Moira: I think you bring up such an interesting point there that we don't wake up necessarily every day saying I'm going to make a bad choice today. We don't do that, but we do walk past the pantry and say, Oh man, those cookies they look good. Maybe I'll just have one today. And you know, sometimes that one turns into two or three as we're walking by the pantry three times that day, because Oh, the first one was really good, but we don't intentionally set out to make those kinds of choices. And you saw that firsthand as you worked with the American Diabetes Association. It's not that we intend to make choices that aren't going to support our health and wellness, but they do happen.

Lynn: Right. Right. And for me it was what was amazing, was seeing the transformation. They get to the other side of the room and they go through that door. And you know, you