Lesson 1 Preparation

Introduction to Coaching: Fundamentals of Coaching Psychology

Lesson 1 of your Wellcoaches Health Coach & Wellness Coach Training program begins next week.
Note that the first class will be two hours because we’ll spend 30-40 minutes on individual introductions to
facilitate networking and connection to your classmates.

Lesson preparation, manual chapters, and handouts will be emailed to you approximately one week
before the next week’s lesson. Lesson preparation and handouts are also posted at the My Class
Schedule page of your Trainee Home site. Scroll down on the page and click on the lesson title to access
the materials.

When you login at www.wellcoach.com you may arrive at the Member Home page rather than your
Trainee page. If that happens, just click on the Trainee Home button at the top of the page, just below the
greeting, to get to the right place.

Please complete before Lesson 1:

1. Read:
Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Coaching Psychology.
Principles of Behavioral Psychology in Wellness Coaching
Mount Lasting Change Behavior Pyramid and its accompanying guidelines
White paper: The obesity epidemic – a confidence crisis calling for professional coaches

2. Listen to at least one coaching demonstration and list the coaching skills that you observed.

Margaret Part One; Margaret Part Two; Margaret Part Three

Kate Part One; Kate Part Two; Kate Part Three
Bob Part One; Bob Part Two; Bob Part Three

3. Watch our YouTube video: How Coaching Works

4. Prepare an “elevator pitch” about your sense of purpose in being a wellness coach. What difference
do you want to make? (60 seconds)

5. Reflect on a coaching story from your life, or someone you know. Think back to a time when
someone assisted you, or someone else, to grow and develop beyond what you or s/he could do
alone. Come prepared to briefly tell the highlights of that story.

6. At your leisure, review the following: Practice Client Checklist , Wellness Coaching Contract

Be Prepared to Discuss:

Your personal/professional background and your purpose for participating in coach training
The coaching skills and processes you identified the in session recordings
The distinction between expert conversations and coaching conversations
Your observations of the coaching demonstration conducted in class using the Vision Coaching
Tool

August 2010