Our daily life habits greatly affect our health and wellbeing. With family habits and modern life obligations, we may not realise the impact of routines that we consider ordinary and insignificant on our holistic health and wellbeing. Until we face a health problem and want to rewind time back to our healthy state. Unfortunately, although there is no explanation from the physics community about turning back time, we have the opportunity to regain our health by organising our routines and daily habits. We can take important steps in this regard.
However, although changing these habits may seem easy, it can often be a challenging process for some people. You may have heard or perhaps experienced that the procrastinating mindset is dominant when trying to acquire a habit, and if the process is not continued with patience and consistency, it turns into a lot of failure stories. The main element in the stories that end in failure is that individuals expect to get a response in a short time from good living habits that cannot become a routine, and when they think that they do not benefit, they immediately go back to the old ways. At this point, it becomes clear how important the need for support is. This is where the holistic coaching approach comes into play and supports individuals in adopting healthy living habits permanently.
Holistic coaching addresses the lives of individuals holistically. Not just physical health, It is an approach that also includes emotional, mental and spiritual health. This approach daily living habits as it aims to balance and harmonise in all areas of life can be an important support for an individual who wants to improve. Holistic coaching focuses on self-knowledge and understanding one’s true needs. This awareness is also the key to success in the process of changing habits. A coach assesses an individual’s physical, emotional and mental needs and creates a personalised plan accordingly. This plan focuses on transforming the individual’s lifestyle towards a healthier direction, while at the same time taking into account the individual’s unique needs and goals.
The process of acquiring or changing habits requires patience and persistence. A coach can help the individual identify barriers and develop strategies to overcome them. In addition, a coach offers regular support to increase the individual’s motivation and keep them committed to their goals.
Holistic coaching addresses every aspect of an individual’s life. Healthy living habits are not onlyis not limited to nutrition and exercise. A coach should take into account the individual’s wellbeing in relationships, work life, spirituality and all other areas. Only coaches with such a holistic perspective can accompany balance and harmony in the life of the individual and support healthy habits to become permanent in the client’s life.
A coach who specialises in wellbeing from a holistic perspective also accompanies the coach’s self-compassion. This point is extremely important. Because in the process of changing habits, individuals can often be critical of themselves.
It occurs when the transformation takes place in the dimensions of physical health, emotional well-being, mental balance and spiritual harmony. Therefore, it is extremely important that the coach who will support the client in this direction has the knowledge and experience to help achieve balance and harmony in these areas.
A holistic coach’s competences in the field of wellbeing can provide a number of advantages for the client to adopt healthy living habits:
-Awareness and awareness: A competent coach recognises the importance of healthy living habits accompanies the customer’s awareness raising. It accompanies moments of awareness of the effects of factors such as healthy eating, regular exercise, stress management and sleep patterns on health.
-Personal goal setting and planning: Holistic coach with competence in the field of wellbeing,
can help the client to identify personal health goals and create appropriate plans to achieve these goals. This can increase the client’s motivation to adopt and maintain healthy living habits.
-Recognising and overcoming obstacles: Adopting healthy living habits can sometimes It also requires encountering obstacles. This is where the customer can recognise and overcome these barriers.
-Integration of healthy habits: It accompanies the customer to integrate healthy living habits into their daily routine and to make these habits sustainable, with positive effects on health and well-being in the long term.
Adopting healthy living habits is a process that progresses differently for everyone is the path. In this journey, a competent coach in the field of wellbeing who uses coaching techniques effectively to help the client cope with difficulties and achieve their goals will be the best companion.
Prof. Dr. Özge Çelik
Molecular Biology and Genetics, PhD
Wellbeing Expert
Professional Life Coach, ICF