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Balancing Your Life through Health
August 10th, 2008Hilton Johnson and his wife, Lisa, are paving the way in the health coaching industry. They are co-founders of Hilton Johnson Productions, Inc., HealthCoachTraining and HealthCoachingU, beginning back in 1990 by offering innovative coaching programs. They used web-based technology for training, and now they offer a 12-month certification training program that trains people in both health and coaching.
The new certification program isn?t all about health. It also teaches marketing and sales, because all of the coach training in the world doesn?t matter if you have no clients to coach. Hilton Johnson has worked with many top leaders of the industry including Bob Proctor, Brian Tracy, T. Harv Eker, Zig Ziglar, Marcia Wieder, Loral Langemeier and Vic Johnson.
Hilton Johnson’s passions didn’t always involve health. Like many young men, his passions early in life were to chase women and play rock music. He stopped chasing women when he met his wife, but it was only after the sudden death of his brother that he decided not to pursue a rock star dream. No one realized his brother had heart disease so early in life, so his heart attack was quite a shock to Hilton.
His brother’s death caused Hilton Johnson to reevaluate his own health. He felt okay, but so do most people with heart disease. After extensive tests, Hilton underwent a five-way bypass surgery. Many diseases such as diabetes and heart disease can go undetected for years without proper health checkups and healthy lifestyles. Most don’t notice symptoms until it’s too late.
Health coaching isn?t for everyone. Like anything, it?s almost impossible to succeed without first having a passion for what you?re pursuing. Even if you have a passion for health, you?ll also need to have or develop other skills. Presentation skills, marketing skills, and business sense all play vital roles in the business.
Some people may think it’s silly, but to Hilton Johnson, a passion for money has to be at the top of your list to be a health coach. Money isn’t important if you already have it, but it’s vital to people who don’t. They absolutely must succeed. Only after you have all the money you need can you begin using the excess to make a difference in the world around you.
So you’re interested in health coaching? Want to know what you’d actually DO as a health coach? Health coaches help people find balance in their lives. Feeling okay isn’t the same as being healthy, because many underlying diseases can worsen for years with no symptoms. People who don’t eat right, don’t exercise, and/or who add things like stress or smoking to the mix are at greater risk of serious health problems, and they may not even be aware of it!
As a health coach, you can help people create an action plan in their lives. Coaching long term helps people avoid the New Year’s Resolution pit into which so many people fall. Losing 30 pounds by February isn’t realistic, but living a healthy lifestyle for the rest of your life is quite attainable!
