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Achieve Your Goals with Health Coaching

Daily news stories constantly remind us of the physical and financial impact of unhealthy habits. Many people are aware of the health risks caused by stress, poor eating, irregular exercise, and excessive weight. Unfortunately, many also feel powerless to make changes.

What's keeping you from achieving your health and wellness goals? Do you feel you don't have time? Do you wish you had a game plan? Do you need motivation and support? Those are all great reasons to enroll in Mayo Clinic Health Coaching.

Mayo Clinic Health Coaching is now available to Carpenters Health and Security Plan members who want guidance and support for making lifestyle improvements. Active carpenters, spouses and dependents age 18 or older with medical eligibility can enroll in Mayo Clinic Health Coaching once per calendar year for assistance with nutrition, weight management, physical activity, or stress management. Coaching is also available to expecting mothers wanting additional pre-natal guidance for themselves and their babies during their pregnancy.

"Health coaching is about identifying your unique factors that impact wellness behaviors," explains Kristin S. Vickers-Douglas, Ph.D., medical director of Mayo Clinic Health Coaching. "Once you discover a highly individualized plan for well-being in the real world, the changes you want to see can happen – and last."

Participation is voluntary and there is no cost to enroll. Once enrolled, participants will schedule up to four one-on-one phone sessions with an experienced, certified coach. Mayo Clinic Health Coaches help participants identify and understand their personal values, motivators, barriers to change, and benefits of change. Armed with this knowledge, participants and coaches work together to create a realistic plan to build the knowledge, skills and confidence necessary for making and sustaining healthy lifestyle changes.

Are you ready to begin making healthy lifestyle changes? Mayo Clinic Health Coaching can get you off to a healthy start. Simply call (855) 534-8328 toll-free to schedule your first coaching appointment, or click here to learn more about Mayo Clinic Health Coaching.