Friday, November 5 at noon EDT
Holistic Health Coaches serve as guides and facilitators for the process of healing and growth. UMN trained health coaches practice within a structure defined by 4 core principles—Mindful Presence, Authentic Communication, Self-awareness, and Safe Space. This structure optimally contains the client’s process of self-exploration and healing transformation.
Through applying these principles, any health professional, coach or not, can increase their personal joy, and transform the quality and healing potential of any type of practice—from therapy to nursing, from case management to nutrition, from biofeedback to Reiki, etc.–optimizing the healing for your practice and yourself.
About the Presenter: Karen Lawson
Karen Lawson, MD, is an assistant professor of University of Minnesota’s Family Medicine and Community Health, and is Director of Health Coaching at the UMN Center for Spirituality and Healing. She is a physician, board-certified in both Family Medicine and Holistic Medicine. She was the 2003/5 President of the American Holistic Medical Association, and a founding Diplomat of the American Board of Integrative and Holistic Medicine. Dr. Lawson, a published author and researcher, teaches in the medical school and in the Center’s graduate courses. Interests include meditation, yoga, dance, nutrition, homeopathy, mind/body medicine, and shamanic practices. Karen consults for other institutions and speaks nationally to diverse audiences on the power of integrated and holistic health care practices, and the importance of self-care.
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