Wellness Coaching for Lasting Lifestyle Change [Paperback]

Michael Arloski (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2007 | ISBN-10: 1570252211 | ISBN-13: 978-1570252211 | Edition: 1

For the first time the principles of wellness promotion and personal life coaching are brought together in one volume. Guided by his long experience as a wellness coach, Dr. Arloski blends the wisdom of the coaching profession to bring us an easy-to-use training tool perfect for: wellness professionals, professional coaches, managers, EAP professionals, counselors, and wellness educators. The coaching processes outlined in the book will help you work with your clients to empower them to draw on his or her own abilities and resources to make lasting changes for better health.

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About the Author

Micahel Arloski, PhD, PCC is a licensed psychologist and a professional certified coach. Involved in the field of wellness since 1979, Dr Arloski keynotes, consults, and trains with hospitals, companies and spas around the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 251 pages
• Publisher: Whole Person Associates, Inc.; 1 edition (April 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570252211
• ISBN-13: 978-1570252211
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Michael Arloski, Ph.D., PCC is a licensed psychologist and professional certified coach who has trained thousands of health and wellness coaches worldwide (www.realbalance.com). A real wellness pioneer, Michael is a regular contributor to both the wellness and coaching fields. His blog Real Balance Wellness: Wellness Wisdom and Wanderings (www.realbalance.wordpress.com) is continually sharing the best about how we can help people succeed at lasting lifestyle change.

Michael believes that wellness is not just an academic pursuit but instead is something you live every day. Hiking, running, canoeing, camping, wilderness exploration, international travel, photography, connecting with friends and family and practicing Tai Chi are just some of the ways he does this. He and his wife Deborah, work, live and play in The Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

For more information on Dr. Arloski, and the latest wellness coach training class schedules see his website: www.realbalance.com.

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wellness Coaching At Its Best, April 19, 2007

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Donald B. Ardell (St. Petersburg, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wellness Coaching for Lasting Lifestyle Change (Paperback)

Michael Arloski has produced a thorough coaching manual. This book is based upon a review of the wellness concept as pioneered by leading practitioners over the past 30 years, particularly Dr. John Travis and the National Wellness Institute. In "Wellness Coaching for Lasting Lifestyle Change," Arloski guides the reader who seeks to coach others. He employs a variety of effective techniques to organize a lot of information. Among the major themes that coaches are urged to master are wellness mapping, making connections and understanding core competencies. All three are thoroughly explained - and they do make sense.

A wide range of health-related practitioners will find solid ideas in this book for motivating clients (and themselves) to reach improved levels of performance both professionally and personally. While the focus is behavioral change, Arloski presents a solid groundwork in health education history, change theory and traditional methodologies. A central coaching idea continually reinforced is the mindset shift from prescribe and treat (or educate and implore) to advocate and inspire.

Among the key chapters are sections devoted to medical coaching (persons with health challenges), unique coaching issues in different kinds of settings (e.g., hospital versus corporate programming) and attending to the interpersonal dynamics within coaching (e.g., "calendarizing" and body/mind concerns).

Generous, easy-to-understand graphic illustrations and an extensive recommended reading list add to the value of "Wellness Coaching."

Michael heads the Ft. Collins, CO based "Real Balance Global Wellness Services" organization. He is a licensed psychologist, consultant and wellness advisor for "The Institute for Life Coach Training." He has served as president of the Northern Colorado Association for Training & Development, the Ohio Society for Behavioral Health And Biofeedback and the Colorado College Counselors Association.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good For Therapists Working with College Students, July 24, 2007

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Rebecca Branstetter "Cali Educator" (San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wellness Coaching for Lasting Lifestyle Change (Paperback)

As an Educational Psychologist and School Psychologist, I found portions of the book to be useful in my work as a Student Success Coach with college students with learning disabilities, ADHD, and NonVerbal Learning Disorders. I appreciated the positive focus of the book, as well as the paradigm shift away from "prescribe and treat" to self-discovery and self-advocacy, which is more developmentally appropriate for college students. I would hesitate to recommend this book for use with younger students. It is clearly geared toward adults, but portions can be modified for older adolescents.

This was a refreshing read because it dovetails nicely with the research in Humanistic and Positive Psychology. In particular, I found the tools in the appendix to be useful for the initial rapport-building and goal-setting sessions. My students have enjoyed the "Wellness Wheel" activity, which is a self-assessment tool for rating satisfaction in many areas of their lives (not just school or work). My only disappointment was that the materials in the appendix appeared to be scanned in and were too small to reproduce.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspiring, Instructive, Indespensible, September 25, 2010

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Marc R. Larin - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wellness Coaching for Lasting Lifestyle Change (Paperback)

Inspiring because Dr. Arloski strengthens my belief that we can help people get past the obstacles that keep them from seeking a deep sense of wellness. And because he teaches us how to inspire positive change in others.

Instructive because the book shows us the psychological stages people pass through as they attempt, and hopefully succeed, at creating lasting lifestyle change; we just need to stay with them as they move along the path.

And indispensible because it's the perfect handbook for health and wellness professionals to keep handy; to remind themselves to review the steps, to stay with the client where they are and to ride out the waves of change with patience, compassion and joy.

Suzanne Ballantyne

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