This is a great question and the answer, as is so often the case, is: “It depends”.

My passion is to help people gain confidence with their health and fitness.

Wellbeing to me is not about how you look. It’s about how you FEEL. So I’m not as focussed on aesthetics, as say, a regular personal trainer or weight loss coach might be.

Fitness and weight management are natural consequences of a healthy lifestyle. But focussing on health, rather that aesthetics, has one major advantage – There is no guilt involved!

No right way to do things. No wrong way either. Just the way that allows health and wellbeing emerge in YOU. And that’s an individual thing.

So ‘Health Coaching’ IS right for you if you resonate with this philosophy and want to learn HOW to be healthy in the context of YOUR life.

If you’re still not sure, click here to read my really frank and honest page in the subject: ‘Do I Need Health Coaching‘.

I get it, even a free call can feel intimidating, so let’s see what we can do to alleviate your concerns by telling you what to expect. 

When you sign up for a discovery call you can expect to feel treated like any of my long-time clients. Just like them you’ll simply experience coaching first hand. I’ll learn about your goals and listen to your story with a deep curiosity. Then we can share any insights that come our way. 

If you like what you experience, then you know where to find me to get more!

What happens when you book a Discovery Call? 

I’ll send you a link to a form for you to fill in. This will give me some background information on you and enable me to learn what you’re hoping to get out of Health Coaching. This will give us a head start on the call. With this information in our hands we’ll chat it all through, digging a little deeper, and I’ll provide you with some insights you can take away; just like any other coaching client. 

Towards the end of the call we’ll chat about whether coaching is the right fit for your goals. (If not, then I’ll happily share my advice about what might be the best fit.) 

But hopefully what I provide, and what meets your aspirations, will be aligned. If that’s the case, and you want to be coached through health change, then we can discuss the best plan of action. 

You can go away and think about it, or sign up right there. Either way is just fine with me. No pressure. No sales tactics. Just good old fashioned service.

You’re absolutely correct. 

You may have already noticed that when you ramp up your exercise or restrict your calories, something often halts your progress; taking you back to square one time and time again.

This is because restricting diet, or increasing exercise, both result in having less energy (one restricts getting it, the other spends it quickly). 

Diet (nutrition) and exercise (movement) are just two of the SIX important ingredients to gaining health.  

Sleep, stress, injury and a lack of purpose (why you’re following this path in the first place) all tug at your energy reserves, and they affect your diet and exercise decisions on a daily basis too. 

For example, there is a huge body of research showing the link between an accumulated lack of sleep and the food choices we make. Here’s an article I wrote on the subject. 

So I look at the bigger picture with my clients. I ask questions like: 

“Why did your past health drives fail?”, “Do you have the energy balance to take on calorie restriction to lose weight right now?”, “Why are you prone to injury shortly after starting an exercise programme?”, etcetera …

Therefore, here at Emergent Health my coaching takes a deeper look into a person’s wellbeing and seeks to find more sustainable solutions. 

Initially, yes. 

To start your coaching journey we have clients commit to 3 months of weekly coaching. 

One intensive call and three short check-ins each month, direct messaging, online resources and my guaranteed attention to fulfilling your needs: £660 (£220/month).

Each month we’ll do an intensive session where we get to really talk through everything that feels important at the time. From that session we’ll make a plan of simple skills for you to practice. 

The additional 30 minute calls, and the direct messaging, are there to help support you in building these skills. 

Health and wellbeing is a lifetime pursuit, not a 3 month package. So after the initial three months we’ll discuss what suits you best moving forwards, so you can sustain your health longterm. That might mean doing another package, going month-by-month or moving on to practice your new skills on your own. We can discuss what works best for you when the time comes. 

It’s simple really. Reaching health goals is much easier when you have support. It’s even easier still if one of those people supporting you is on the same shared journey. You can be there for each other through good times and bad. 

Now, there are a few ifs and buts here, so let’s talk through them. 

Firstly, you’re sharing a single coaching call together, and because of that you’ll both be agreeing to learn the same, or similar skills at the same time. That way you can support each other in mastering them. 

Secondly, you’re also sharing information about yourself in this small group setting. This can occasionally lead to a reluctance in sharing vital information with your Coach – stemming from a hesitation to share it in front of your Plus One. It’s important for a Coach to get the full picture, but I completely respect your desire for privacy. So to help, you can both use the Private Messaging system to share this information with me confidentially. 

Thirdly, you’re agreeing to go on the same journey to reach a particular kind goal – something experiential, rather than a weight target. We’ll discuss this on your Discovery call. If your Plus One is looking to achieve something different from you, then unfortunately they’ll need to join up separately. This only works when we’re all moving in the same direction. 

The benefit to having a shared experience, however, is vast. Sure, it halves the cost for each of you, but more than that is the camaraderie you’ll feel working towards a common goal.  

So if teaming up suits you, I highly recommend it.

A one off setup charge of £125.

To cover the cost of the additional Owner’s Manual and the time taken to process intake and medical history forms etc, I charge a one time fee of £125 to add a Plus One to your coaching. 

After that, the standard coaching session pricing is shared between you.

The Plus One will have the same access to the same online resources and Private Messaging as you do, so after the initial sign up fee everything will be the same.