There are many types of Coaches who can help people improve their lives by providing guidance and support in setting and achieving goals. They can help with a variety of areas, including:

• Personal: Finding purpose, developing creativity, managing stress, overcoming bad habits, and improving relationships

• Professional: Career, finances, and leadership

• Other: Dating, divorce, diet and fitness, mental health (depending on circumstances), and spirituality

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A Family and Wellness Coach is a trained professional who works with families or individuals within a family unit to promote overall physical, mental, and emotional well-being, often with a focus on creating sustainable, healthy family systems and lifestyles.

They blend the principles of wellness coaching with the dynamics of family coaching.

Here is a breakdown of their primary roles and focus areas:

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1. The Focus on Wellness (Individual & Holistic)

 

Similar to a general wellness coach, they help clients:

• Set and achieve personal health goals (e.g., managing stress, improving sleep, increasing physical activity, healthier eating).

• Focus on the whole person (holistic approach), recognizing that career, relationships, spirituality, and home environment all impact physical health.

• Empower self-efficacy, guiding clients to become experts in their own health and make lasting behavioral changes, rather than prescribing diets or exercise plans.

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2. The Focus on Family (System & Dynamics)

 

They specialize in applying wellness principles within the context of a family, helping the unit function better as a whole:

• Improve Communication: Helping family members develop skills to communicate openly, resolve conflicts, and express needs effectively.

• Manage Stress & Overwhelm: Implementing strategies for stress reduction and self-care that benefit everyone, especially in complex situations like caring for a member with a chronic illness or disability.

• Create Healthy Systems: Developing routines, boundaries, and shared activities that support the wellness goals of all family members.

• Identify Shared Goals: Helping the family set a collective vision for a supportive and balanced home life.​​

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Specializing in the Disability and Chronic Health Community

 

For a coach working with the disability and chronic health community, the role is particularly crucial because they focus on:

• Caregiver Burnout: Providing tools and support specifically for the overwhelming challenges faced by caregivers.

• Navigating Complex Systems: Helping families develop practical strategies for managing medical appointments, therapies, and financial stress.

• Shifting Mindset: Empowering the individual or family to move from a place of "survival mode" to one of "thriving and resilience" despite their ongoing challenges.

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​I also have training for: resilience coaching ("encourages a solutions-oriented mindset that is more about embracing failure and discomfort rather than avoiding them" source), tweens/ teens/ young adults/ parents, at-risk youth, trauma, and college planning.