Your client resists self-care practices for holistic well-being. How can you guide them towards embracing it?

To guide a client towards self-care: Explore resistance reasons Educate on benefits Start small with manageable activities Personalize approach Address time constraints Reframe as necessity, not luxury Set realistic goals Provide accountability Address guilt if present Lead by example Focus on understanding their perspective, tailoring strategies to their needs, and gradually introducing self-care practices. Emphasize how self-care enhances overall well-being and productivity. Offer support and encouragement throughout the process, celebrating small wins to build momentum.

It's important to consider here how the issue of self-care came up. Did the client bring this up as part of their desired future? Did the coach bring this up as a premise of what will be good for clients? If the client brought it up, then they have some reason for believing that practicing self-care will take them to some desirable condition. Is it part of their vision of a life-style? Or do they believe it is a conduit to something else, for example, more productivity? I would go deep into meta-objectives, which is to say, the goal of the goal. And if their current values don't work to have them give importance to that, then it's effective to link that to whatever their true current driver values are.

Self care is not selfish, it's necessary. Guiding your clients to embrace what they like will help them stay consistent. Consistency = Happiness and Happiness = Self love. We get to choose what works for us by taking action and doing the work to find our inner peace.

Personalizing practices can go a long way towards managing resistance, because of the inclusion of choice, instead of "must" and "should" or "have to". Even if it's a choice, it still we be important to break down the practice to a good chunked-down starting point that exercises the discipline muscle but doesn't overwhelm.

Habits that are made can continue with more ease and regularity. This is why it's important to create and build upon actions making them more consistent and attainable. Don't try to do too much at first so that it's difficult to continue. You want to feel good about the actions and habits you're building. Don't overwork or overexert yourself so that you stop. Recognize the gains and continue with them. As habits form, self-care feels easier, more natural and the routine becomes second nature to your life. Be proud of the steps taken as you emerge stronger in the process,

Start small don’t overwhelm yourself with too much ….if you try to many things nothing will get done …remember you body and emotions reset it to be ok start from there ??

Clients may not see the progress that they're making and not acknowledge them. Even the small steps are worthy of celebration, because each forward step taken, leads them closer to their goals. Be there to help them see the gains they've made. I often ask my clients to record their progress in some way so they can look back and review how far they've come. This helps them see the journey they've taken and the feats that have already taken place. Doing so offers energy, enthusiasm and readiness to continue.

Having a habit tracker is a practical and effective way to track progress and make comparison from one month to the next (if you are using a monthly habit tracker). Negative comparisons to what the client thinks they "should have done" will be particularly important for managing crippling self criticism, which of course will blot out celebrations of progress.

Though it may seem hard to measure, translating results to some kind of 1-10 scale can help get a notion of how well the practices are working. Like, at the end of the day, writing down, "How was my balance today, from 1 - 10", 1 being horrible to 10 being completely wonderful.

What are they gaining by not doing it? Often the patterns that we depict or habits that we are not able to make are reflective of something deeper and underlying narrative that even we are not aware of. So taking a moment to reflect on this question gives us what is causing us to not do it despite knowing it’s important, or that it’s something they truly want

If you are not practicing self care, your clients are noticing. Just like with parenting, what you do is way more impactful than what you say. Make sure you are taking care of yourself and share. Your clients need to see you being human too. Part of being human is messing up, stumbling, being messy, apologizing, all the things...and practicing self care.