In this world’s changing climate, many people are finding themselves filled with worry, fear and confusion. Where do I go from here? Let me help you.
>Dr. Peggy Gleason, RN MS NHD
PO Box 508
Creedmoor, NC 27522
Phone: 919.283.4397 eMail: peg@iHealthCoach.net
Welcome to my Blog
I’d like to welcome my readers to my blog and welcome any feedback along the way. It is a new addition to the other areas of my work. I want to share with you a little bit about me.
As a veteran RN of 35 years and a doctor of Natural Health, I have tremendous passion to help people. As in Integrative Health Coach, I have found just the skills and tools to do that. So I am empowering my clients to be “more”.
The phrase “you are more than you think you are” was mentioned to me several months ago and it really gave me pause. When you think about yourself, how do you define yourself? A student, a mechanic, a lawyer, a nurse or perhaps a teacher? But is that all you are – your profession or occupation? I remember when I worked in the Medical Center, our patients were defined by their illness – i.e. – Mr. Jones – the cardiac patient. But was Mr. Jones just a cardiac patient? Or was there more? Certainly – there was, he had a family, he had wishes, dreams, a career, a sense of humor, a faith he was devoted to, he was a brother, a father and a son. He loved to fish and dance with his wife. Yet in the halls of a hospital – he is merely…. Mr. Jones that cardiac patient.
So that brings me back to say: “You are more than your think you are”.
We are not defined by our troubles, our illnesses, relatives, occupations, our failures or successes. We are so much more.
As a little practice – think about this message and take time to jot down all the endless and marvelous aspects of “YOU”
I bet you will be surprised!
I’d enjoy your posts on the subject.
Be well,
Peggy
A Health Coach
"We start with basic things like listening skills," says Julie Kosey, Duke's integrative health coaching manager, who also was Kathy Hare's coach. "We teach how to be present with a person, to listen deeply and understand their goals and motivation. We let the client hold the agenda."
Also critical to helping people adapt a healthier lifestyle, says Linda Smith, director of programs for Duke Integrative Medicine, is understanding and appreciating the patient's idea of an ideal lifestyle -- be it walking three miles a day or simply being able to perform basic household chores -- rather than telling the patient to lose 30 pounds or lower his or her cholesterol 50 points.
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