Chapter 1 Reflect

These activities help you put Chapter 1 into your own words. Write your answers in a notebook or a document of your own. Then compare them with the sample points.

Short Answer

Answer each question in one or two sentences using the lines provided.

1. In your own words, what is wellness coaching?

2. Name one task that is inside a coach’s scope and one that is outside it.

3. Why does the client-centered approach help change last?

4. Give one reason demand for wellness coaches is growing.

5. What is the format of the CWC exam?

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1. A supportive partnership that helps people make lasting changes in their health and daily habits, with the client leading and the coach guiding.

2. Inside: helping set healthy habit goals. Outside: diagnosing or prescribing, which belong to licensed professionals.

3. When clients choose their own goals, the motivation is their own, so they follow through far more often.

4. Health care is focusing more on prevention, and chronic conditions are shaped by daily habits that coaches help change.

5. Eighty questions with a two-hour limit, taken online with proctoring, and a passing score of seventy percent.

Case Study

Case Study — Meet Lillian

Lillian is fifty-eight and recently retired. She has no diagnosed illness, but she feels tired most days, has drifted from her friends, and rarely moves much beyond her daily routine. Her doctor said she is fine, yet Lillian senses she is far from thriving.

She comes to you, a wellness coach, unsure what coaching even is. She half expects you to hand her a strict plan and a list of rules, the way the internet does.

1. Using the idea that wellness is more than the absence of illness, where might Lillian be, and where could coaching help her move?

2. What client-centered question could you ask Lillian early on?

3. Name two dimensions of wellness, beyond the body, that Lillian might want to work on.

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1. Lillian is well in the sense of having no diagnosed illness, but she is not thriving. Coaching can help her move toward fuller wellness through small, chosen changes in areas like energy, mood, and connection.

2. For example: What would a really good day look like for you? or What matters most to you right now?

3. Social connection (reconnecting with friends) and emotional or physical wellbeing (energy, mood, movement).

Decision Making

For each situation, decide whether it is IN SCOPE (a coach can help) or OUT OF SCOPE (refer out). Write your choice in the right column.

—————————————————————– ——————————- Situation In scope or Out of scope? 1. Helping a client plan more walks during the week.
2. Changing the dose of a client’s blood pressure medication.
3. Supporting a client to build a calmer bedtime routine.
4. Treating a client’s diagnosed anxiety disorder.
5. Encouraging a client to keep their doctor appointments.
—————————————————————– ——————————-

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1. In scope 2. Out of scope (refer to prescriber) 3. In scope 4. Out of scope (refer to therapist) 5. In scope

Sequencing

These steps describe how a client moves from knowing to doing with a coach’s help, but they are out of order. Number them 1 to 5 in the correct order.

____ The client takes small, steady steps and builds a habit.

____ The client and coach build a realistic plan together.

____ The client identifies what matters to them and sets a goal.

____ The coach offers gentle accountability and celebrates progress.

____ The client meets the coach and shares what they hope to change.

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1. The client meets the coach and shares what they hope to change. → 2. The client identifies what matters to them and sets a goal. → 3. The client and coach build a realistic plan together. → 4. The client takes small, steady steps and builds a habit. → 5. The coach offers gentle accountability and celebrates progress.

Chart Completion

Complete the chart by filling in the blank cells to compare coaching with two other helping roles.

—————- ———————————- ——————————————— Role Main focus Gives expert answers or draws them out? Wellness coach ____ Draws out the client’s own answers Therapist Healing mental health conditions ____ Consultant ____ Gives expert answers and instructions —————- ———————————- ———————————————

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Wellness coach main focus: supporting healthy habits and goals; Therapist draws out or gives answers: treats and guides using clinical methods; Consultant main focus: studying a problem and advising what to do

Reflection

There are no wrong answers here. Reflect honestly to deepen your learning.

1. Which idea from this chapter felt most important to you, and why?

2. What drew you to the work of wellness coaching?

3. Think of a time you changed a habit. What helped you most? How might that help your future clients?

4. Where might you be tempted to step outside a coach’s scope, and how will you handle it?

5. What is one thing you want to remember from this chapter as you keep studying?

Chapter activity

Part A — Scenario Set

Part B — Write

Part B: In a short paragraph of five to seven sentences, describe in your own words how a wellness coach is different from a therapist. Use a real or made-up example to make your point clear, and explain why staying inside a coach’s scope of practice protects the client.