05: Coaching for Health and Wellness

In this episode Dr Natalie Lancer with Dr Tim Anstiss, Shira Ben-Arzi, Jordan Friedman explores how coaches can work with clients to improve their health and well-being. In this conversation, we discuss a variety of approaches including motivational interviewing, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, stress reduction and medical coaching. We also cover:

• How is Medical Coaching different from Health or Wellness coaching?
• How can coaches shift the clinical focus towards what matters to the patient?
• How can coaches create a model beyond illness?
• How can healthcare practitioners embrace coaching?
• How can motivational interviewing (MI) be applied to a clinical environment?
• How can coaching and training reduce stress?
• How does medical coaching fit into a patient’s healthcare and work alongside other approaches?

Health and Wellness coaching is a burgeoning field which encompasses working with a wide range of clients who are experiencing conditions including chronic illness, anxiety and everyday stress. Many practitioners in health and wellness are moving towards supporting clients to become more resilient and pro-active in planning their medical needs. Our expert guests today are:

Dr Tim Anstiss is a medical doctor, educator, coach and coach trainer. After working in the NHS, Tim developed and led an MSc in Exercise and Behavioural Medicine at Thames Valley University. Tim has trained thousands of healthcare professionals and others in motivational interviewing and health coaching, and has been involved in several national and international behaviour change initiatives. Tim worked with several organisations helping to improve individual’s health and wellbeing, including the Rugby Players Association. His weight loss programme ‘Re:Balance’ ran for several years in leisure centres in London and his Wellbeing Course for Physicians was run in partnership with the BMA. He has written book chapters on different coaching approaches and lectures on the MSc in Coaching and Behaviour change at Henley Business School.  

Shiri Ben-Arzi is the founder of the Medical Coaching Institute (MCI). She holds certifications in Medical, Health, Co-active, Embodiment, ADHD, Caregiver Coaching. She was co-leader of the ICF Health and Wellness Community of Practice and is currently Co-President of ICF Israel. Shiri has worked with pharmaceutical companies, medical organiations, patient associations, and hospitals. Her vision is to promote empowerment and a patient-centered medicine practice within medical systems through a coaching approach. To find out more about using practical tools to support coaching clients through a Health or medical Challenge, you can take her free online course  https://landing.mci-il.com/new/

Jordan Friedman is a stress management and wellness education pioneer, helping many people including CEOs, students, police officers and incarcerated adults reduce their stress. He trains coaches, educators, healthcare providers and other professionals to teach stress reduction techniques to their clients. He founded The Stress Coach, which produces training programs and stress reduction resources for schools and the workplace. Jordan is the author of The Stress Manager’s Manual and co-author of The Go Ask Alice Book of Answers. Jordan hosts his podcast, The Chill Factory podcast, discussing stress relief strategies www.thechillfactory.net and has a stress reduction app, The Chill Factory, which you can download from the App Store or Google Play and enter the password bps when prompted for full and free access during 2023.

Your host, Dr Natalie Lancer, is a Chartered Coaching Psychologist, and British Psychological Society (BPS) Registered Supervisor. She is the Chair of the BPS’s Division of Coaching Psychology and an accredited member of the Association for Coaching. She is the host of this podcast series and invites you to email any comments to [email protected]

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