A Health Coach charges a fee to help people make step-by-step changes to reach their health goals. But health is not the goal. Realizing your dreams is the goal; the health just helps you reach that goal. What dreams are you not realizing, or have you given up on?
There are many reasons to hire a Health Coach. Clients have told me they want to have more energy to play with their children, or they want to be a good example so that their children are proud of them, or they want to be able to feel good when they look in a mirror.
There are different fee structures for Health Coaches. An individual program, or an individual executive program will be the most expensive. With a group program, you are not getting 1:1 laser attention, but it costs less, and you might have better results with more of a group support. For example, if you pay $195 per month for an individual program, that’s about $6.50 per day. Whoa, $6.50 per day!
I can show you how to save $6.50 per day in our first meeting, so now you are at break even, and we haven’t even gotten into it!
If you are picking up breakfast on the way to work each morning, you might be spending $6.50 for a coffee and muffin or egg sandwich. If you buy lunch at work each day; how much do you spend? Make your own breakfast at home for $1 per day and save $5.50 per day.
Do you and your family order out once per week? Right there you can save $15 a week for a pizza, or up to $20-$30 for Chinese food. Are you trying to do the right thing by buying fruits and vegetables, but they sit in the refrigerator and are wasted because they are not prepped and ready for you and the family when you are hungry? What is that costing you a week? By planning your weekly meals, shopping for just what you need, and doing some prep ahead of time, you can avoid the need to call for take-out, or avoid wasting from over-buying due to lack of a plan.
Do you drive to work? Perhaps you can commute with a colleague, maybe one who leaves he office on time? That would save you half in gas, and would help you set boundaries. If you take the subway, consider walking, or riding a bike to work. Do you pay someone to clean your house? You could be getting great activity by reducing the cleaning from every week to every other week, or once a month.
Then there are health costs of prescription drugs and doctors visits to manage blood pressure, overweight, heart disease, diabetes, etc. Even if you have insurance, you are paying co-pay each time you refill a prescription or visit the doctor. Diet and lifestyle changes can reverse these illnesses and the need for medication. Are you losing time at work from being sick? When you eat right, are hydrated, exercise, and get enough sleep, you will have fewer sick days by being able to defend against common cold and flu. Are you working too much and not getting enough rest? Stress and tension also cause illness, and cause us to make the wrong lifestyle choices. A health coach can help you set boundaries, reach your goals, and make time for your own needs.
And what about accidents from slips, trips, and falls? If you are unsteady on your feet and don’t have strong muscles, bones, and practice balance, you could end up in the hospital, the second top accident after motor vehicle accidents for hospital admittance. As we get older, we lose muscle mass and the risk becomes even greater. A Health Coach can help you with bone health and balance. Did you know that eating processed foods with their high sodium levels leaches the calcium from our bones? Here again, a health coach can help you change your lifestyle choices to avoid expensive hospital stays, surgeries, prescription drugs, etc.
You can feel abundant when re-evaluating your expenses. Contact me today and start to save money by investing in your health now, and make your dreams come true.