Designing a Health and Wellness Program

A transformation is occurring in the field of healthcare that offers an opportunity for professionals who are willing to see things in a new way. The current model of healthcare would be more accurately termed sick care because the focus is solving acute problems, but has little to offer in terms of cultivating the conditions for health.

One of the tenents of the wellness approach is a belief that the body naturally heals and maintains health when the right conditions are presented. Many of the devastating and costly health problems of modern-day would disappear with a preventative health care approach.

““You have the power to heal your life, and you need to know that. We think so often that we are helpless, but we’re not. We always have the power of our minds… claim and consciously use your power.””

— Louise L. Hay

The big problem for natural healthcare providers is the current 1-1 in-office practice model is poorly equipped to support the lifestyle changes often required for people to naturally heal. Running from patient to patient in rapid succession does not provide a reasonable environment to facilitate natual health transformations.

In the previously delivered webinar below, I outline a model for creating group wellness programs that provide the right environment for health transformation. This model is not a replacement for 1-1 in-office care, yet it provides a new framework to help clients achieve health naturally through lifestyle change.

For wellness professionals who are interested in creating a group wellness program to impact more clients, schedule a complimentary Course Creator Consult here. This 30-minute online consult is designed to save years of struggle by sharing a framework for designing wellness programs, the platforms for delivering content, and how to enroll clients with ease.

Finding Your Passion in the Midst of Challenging Times

Due to the Covid 19 pandemic and the subsequent shutdown of the economy, it seems as though we’ve been put in a cosmic time out. Like bad little kids sent to our room and think about how we’re acting, how we’re treating each other and the planet.

Ive noticed that many of my peers are writing about the challenges, and I know its a real shit show not knowing when the next paycheck will come or if a job will even exist when this ends, yet the optimist want to bring your attention to the opportunity this presents.

I was listening to Dave Ramsey yesterday and he pointed out that 71 percent of Americans are unhappy in their jobs and would like to make a change regardless of the current conditions. If this sounds like you, consider taking the opportunity to reflect on what you’re passionate about and what changes can be made to elevate your quality of life.

Your discontent may not be with work, maybe it’s centered around health or the quality of your relationships. In this case, I suggest searching into these other areas of life such as what makes you healthy or how you can bring more energy into your relationships.

Start the self awareness building by answering the questions below and developing awareness for your passion motivators. When this is over you will be equipped to take action toward doing what you love and creating a more remarkable life.

Questions to Develop awareness of your gifts and strengths:

• What have you always been interested in since you were young?

• What subjects did you excel at in high school or college?

• What have people always said you are good at doing?

• What activities or topics of interest are you always being drawn back to?

a framework to discover your passion motivators

If you could wave a magic wand and do anything in your life to make the world a better place what would you be doing?    This could be for your work, your way of making an income or simply what you enjoy doing that you could contribute to the world.

We are not designed to sit around, be depressed or disengaged, so I encourage you to take this time to reflect and write about how can contribute your gifts to help make this world a better place.

If you would like more tools to dive deeper into understanding your passion motivators and creating a lifestyle that you love, click here to download the freedom lifestyle guide. This 10 page guide and worksheet provides a roadmap for creating a life that you love.

5 Traits that all Lucky People Share

You may be one of those who say that some people seem to get all the luck. In reality there are shared traits, actions, and beliefs that are consistently used to get results for the “lucky few”.

1. They see themselves as lucky

Self identity is a powerful unconscious mindset that guides how we act in the world.    People who think of themselves as lucky will expect and look for evidence that supports this inner belief.

2.  Lucky people are action takers

Taking action even when your not certain of the outcome increases odds that positive things will occur.   Woody Allen is famously quoted as saying that “80% of life is just showing up”.

3. They maintain open-mindedness to give things a try

Rather then hesitating and worrying if things will work out, lucky people give it a try and put skepticism aside. Even in the most impossible circumstances, you never know what will work until you give it a try.

4. Lucky people are more social.

It’s not that lucky people are extroverts, but getting out to meet and also stay in contact with lots of people will increase the opportunities that naturally arise from having a larger network of connections.

5.  They listen to their intuition

Develop your inner awareness to cultivate hunches and gut instincts. We all have instinctual awareness, but lucky people allow this voice to develop and trust it enough to take action.    

To increase your luck try the steps below to become one of the “lucky few”.    

Self identity is your unconscious operating system that influences what you perceive and believe to be true about the world.   Uplevel your identity over time by choosing to see yourself as lucky and  look for ANY evidence to support the belief.   See a penny on ground, pick it up and acknowledge the evidence of your luck.    

Become an action taker and select one thing you can do that will bring you closer to your goals.   Tiny action steps compounded over time is how all big things are achieved. Write down one small step that you are willing to do today.

Develop open-mindedness toward possibility.    The internet is filled with many free opportunities to learn, connect and grow but you must keep an open mind to see. Invest time with experts on youtube, download exercises and meet up with people who offer to help.

Put aside the pessimism that leads to missed opportunities and book a Self Reinvention Discovery session.  This session is a complimentary offer and you never know how one idea will change your whole trajectory.

Unlucky people will always be pessimistic, while the lucky will take every opportunity to increase the odds of success. To Increase your chances register here for a self-reinvention discovery session and adapt the 5 shared traits of lucky people.    Like most things in life, luck favors those who believe in themselves and take action toward what they want to achieve.   

5 Keys for Making the Best Choice in Your Career

The Grass always looks greener… sometimes it is

The old saying, “the grass is always greener on the other side” is a warning to people who are always searching for a better way to earn a living.   When things are challenging at work the urge to consider other options is normal, but how can you know if you’ve made a poor career choice or just going through temporary difficulties? 

Why it’s important make the right career choice

Some people just “go with flow” and do not invest time to learn about the best match to their natural gifts and passions.   This is surprising because the cost of a making a poor choice is astronomical.   Its common to hear people spending $50,000 to $100,000 on education only to discover they hate the requirements of the work or environment associated with it.

The greater cost of an uninformed decision is the lost opportunity time and damaged self esteem that can result.   It takes time to learn skills and to excel in any career.  Malcom Gladwell suggests that roughly 10,000 hours is required to really master a new craft.  

Someone who doesn’t spend time to learn about their natural gifts and compare these to the needs of an industry can lose years of earning potential only to discover a mismatch to what their talents are best suited for.  

5 Tools to Assess a Good Career or Business Match

In order to prevent costly mistakes, here are 5 suggestions to create awareness of your natural strengths, talents and passion.   Equipped with this knowledge, you can then apply it to career or business planning methods.

1. Know Thyself

The first tool is developing self awareness for who you are and what you love to do.   We each have natural gifts and things we are called to in life.   The best investment you can ever make is learning about yourself through experiential programs designed to reveal your true nature.  

One of the best-known methods is in a book titled, What Color is Your Parachute.  This course was one of the most valuable programs I did in college.   The self examination process helped me understand my nature and provided the foundation for choosing work I love.  

2. Develop a Flow State Journal

The new research in Flow State Activation provides a roadmap for determining work you will excel at.   Flow is a state of mind where you become totally engaged, focused and highly motivated.   This neuro chemical state is activated by engaging activities that trigger our underlying interests and passions.

One way to chart your flow state triggers is to create a journal of activities that spark your interest and give you energy.   This can be done by reviewing your current work days, or by looking at past activities that have sparked your energy.   

 Indications of flow state triggers often show up early in life.  For example, when I was a boyscout at 12 years old, we did a fundraiser for a canoe trip.  The method focused on selling light bulbs that cost twice the normal price but used less energy and lasted 5 times as long.  

For reasons unknown to me at the time, I became obsessed with this type of selling.  I loved persuading people to give me money in exchange for what I believed was good.  I became the top seller and also established a memory point for work I would excel at later in life.

3. Understand Your Natural Strengths

Everyone has personal strengths and natural gifts.   When you become aware of these it provides valuable information for selecting work that will be a good match.

 One of the best assessment tools I’ve discovered is Clifton Strength Finder 2.0.  The assessment tool is available online and can be accessed immediately to understand the types of jobs that you will enjoy doing.   

4. Does the Work Align with Your Core Values?

Few people will last long doing work that is out of alignment with their values.   Yet because values are often unconscious inner drivers, you may be unaware of a mismatch until conflicts show up down the road.   

You can become aware of your values by writing and reflecting on what is important to you in life.   Asking questions such as; what is the meaning of work, what is money for, how important is health and family.  This self knowledge will help you make better career choices and avoid commitments that are out of alignment with your core values.  

5. Are You Inspired by Others Working in the Field?

Each industry seems to attract people with certain values, personality characteristics and ways of seeing the world.    Bankers, accountants and lawyers are often very different personalities than architects, graphic designers or advertising copywriters.  

Since we spend a large percentage of our day with coworkers, it’s important to understand what personalities may dominant the industry your considering.    

One of the best ways to learn about culture in any field is doing informational interviews, asking questions and observing.    If you have an easy time connecting to people you interview, this indicates a good culture for you.    If you feel awkward and have a hard time relating to the point of view in an industry, this may indicate a mismatch to your personality type. 

What to do next

Developing awareness for what you love and matching this to how you earn a living is the most valuable self reflection you can do.   In order to have fulfillment and perform at a high level in any field requires a good match between natural talents and what you do. 

If your energy is being sucked dry at work, this may be good reason to engage with some self examination.   To find awareness of your strengths and connect this to work you love, make an appointment for a self reinvention coaching session.    During this discovery session, you will get insights to know if your just having a bad day or deeper problems exist with a career or business mismatch.  

Life is too short to for work you don’t love.   Developing awareness of your natural gifts, talents and passion will provide insights for selecting work you love and help avoid losing years in a career that might be sucking you dry.