The questions to ask when you’re looking for a health coaching training provider
First published on 28th September 2021, updated February 2023. Need a health coaching training provider? Dr Andrew McDowell has some key suggestions to help you make the right choice. Let’s start with what might look to be a really obvious question: aren’t all coaching trainers the same? It may sound obvious, but the answer is critical, […]
Living with a Long Term Condition: five ways health coaching can make a real difference
Living with a Long Term Condition: five ways health coaching can make a real difference According to NHS England, 26 million people in the UK are living with at least one Long Term Condition (LTC). Just over half of those have two or more. Given these numbers, just what difference can health coaching make? It […]
Five ways to help your team’s wellbeing this winter
Five ways to help your team’s wellbeing this winter With winter upon us, it’s vital to look after your team’s wellbeing. But what strategies work best for ensuring they stay healthy in both mind and body? In my last blog I looked at how you can best look after your own wellbeing this winter. After all, […]
Why you need to focus on your own wellbeing this winter
How to prepare yourself for the challenges of winter Winter brings a whole host of challenges for those in the health and care sector. But as well as preparing our organisations, we also need to focus on our own individual wellbeing. So just what could we be doing now to make sure we – and […]
Health Coaching for the Wider Practice Team – Case Study
This case study has been written from the perspective of Charlotte Nally, PCN Deputy Manager at Honiton PCN situated in Devon. A key element of Charlotte’s role at Honiton is to ensure that all administrative and medical staff working across three surgeries feel connected and supported. By coming together with the wider team and taking part in the […]
Negative capability – becoming comfortable with not being comfortable
I recently read with interest an interview with the musician Cate Le Bon, and how recording an album during lockdown helped her embrace a new way of thinking. When faced with the prospect of trying to make a record when her plans were no longer compatible with a new reality, she took the bold step to abandon […]
How and why I trained as a health coach
In this blog TPC Health’s Kate Nash talks to Alex, a physiotherapist and specialist falls practitioner, working in the South West. They discuss why Alex decided to train as a health coach, how she found it and how it has impacted both her professional and personal life. Q1. So just what was it that attracted you […]
Applying TGROW in practice
In my last blog I explored the TGROW coaching model. Now here’s an example of how it can work in practice Meet Mrs A. She’s a 53 year old who has been admitted to a local district general hospital. At five foot two tall and with a weight of 232 kg, she’s morbidly obese. That’s […]
TGROW – what is it, and how can it help in whole team health coaching
Developed from Sir John Whitmore’s GROW coaching model, TGROW is a way to help you to successfully engage patients in their own treatment. Kate Nash explains the approach. ‘Instead of treating patients as passive recipients of care, they must be viewed as partners in the business of healing, players in the promotion of health, managers […]
Five steps to embed health coaching in your team
Health coaching has many proven benefits. But just how do you keep it fresh and relevant to your team? Matt Simpson, TPC Health’s Lead Consultant, has some suggestions. Five steps to embed health coaching in your team From happier more involved and motivated patients, to reductions in hospital usage due to reducing the number of […]