Who Can Help with Health Crisis Issues?

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22 Tevet 5770

Readers, it literally brings tears to my eyes when I receive touching messages about how my manuscript helps people in expected, and in unexpected, ways.

Here's an E-mail message that arrived to my monitor last night:

"I recently came across your

new workbook and although I have

not read through it completely,

it looks like a wonderful tribute

and very useful resource.

I have come across MANY coaches,

worldwide, who are working as

Health Coaches and only two

who work with health crisis issues,

you and one other!

I am in the process of developing

a systematic approach to dealing

with those precious souls

who are afflicted so severely

with the intention of focusing

my Coaching talents in this area.

Could you please direct me to

the work of others who Coach

in this area?

Have you any pearls of wisdom for me?

Would you be interested in assisting me

in my thinking as my approach

takes shape...?

Thanks - Chris Boyd

Man Alive Foundation: Cape Town S. Africa"

Here's my reply to Chris. It came from the depths of my heart:

Thank you for contacting me, Chris.

The only pearls of wisdom

I can share are:

"1. The supply of health-crisis coaches

depends on people with sharp personal

insight, knowing from the gut what the

fear, pain and obstacles can be and

personal experience at solving

those problems. It's not a field for

theories/speculation.

2. The dread that the average person has

of death and illness pretty much

limits the possibilities for studying

the discipline of health coaching.

You necessarily deal with

death and dying issues,

prohibitive expenses,

gut-wrenching decisions,

heartache and other forms of pain.

It takes nerves of steel and

gentle hearts to study and coach,

or to experience all that.

And a LOT of inner work.

We can keep a dialogue going if you wish."

What do YOU think of the above exchange, readers?

Bear in mind that coaching is designed for short-term relationships that focus on defining/setting goals and on making a better use of time, rather than on long-term situations and life/death issues that generally leave far too little time for reflection, research and budgetary boosts (financial crises abound with medical issues).

EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.

Yocheved Golani
Coping with a Medical Crisis?
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