(These two part classes fills up fast. To reserve your space, click here to register (will open
a new window on the MentorCoach site). Then click the 'enroll' button and you'll be on
your way to becoming a Wellness Coach!)
"What is alive in you? What is your personal definition of wellness? What will it
take for you to live in wellness? How will you know when you are there?"
So begins the Vanguard Class of "Becoming a Wellness Coach: Living and Coaching the
Good Life". This class has been developed specifically for coaches to create and live a
personalized wellness lifestyle while beginning to develop and launch their wellness
coaching business into the marketplace.
Have you ever wondered what mindfulness truly is? Or the physiological benefits of
meditation? Or why practicing loving-kindness enhances the immune system? We will be
traveling beyond trendy buzz word definitions by exploring the physiological and
psychological importance of wellness arena topics such as being in the present moment
and being mindful.
Together we will delve into the necessity of fun, connectedness, meaning, and
contribution. Assessments will be used to track individual progress while supporting each
other in the Wellness Playgroup.
And make no mistake this class will be down-to-earth and practical. As part of every
module we will focus on how to be a wellness coach and how to build your wellness
coaching business. There will be weekly homework with partners as well as a live inter-
active listserv for class interaction.
This investigative and experiential curriculum is viewed through the integrative holistic
model of the emotional, spiritual, social, intellectual, and physical
realms. We will be examining cutting edge research by focusing on the works of top
neuroscientists, physicians, psychologists and psychiatrists: James Austin, M.D. * Richard
Davis, PhD * Neil Theise, M.D. * Matthieu Ricard, PhD * B. Allan Wallace, PhD * Daniel
Seigel, M.D.
We will be reflecting on the works of James Prochaska, PhD * Pema Chodron * Daniel
Goldman, PhD * Deepak Chopra, M.D. * Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD * Andrew Weil, M.D. * Joan
Halifax, PhD * Joseph Goldstein * Theodore Roszak * Sharon Salzberg.
Learning Objectives
1. Learn how to be a Wellness Coach!
2. Develop a skill set to eliminate overwhelm and exhaustion from your vocabulary
3. Become adept in utilizing NVC (NonViolent Communication) in identifying and
expressing needs
4. Create and perform wellness strategies based on assessments
5. Learn to view self and clients as portable laboratories for inquiry driven discoveries and
new wellness paradigms
6. Develop deep partnership with client in the wellness process
7. In-depth exploration of the latest neuroscientific research on mindfulness, meditation,
positive psychology and social connections
8. Develop an understanding of systems theory and its importance to wellness and
ecopsychology.
9. Learn how to s-l-o-w down, self-connect, and incorporate wellness changes necessary
to enjoy the good life for self and clients.
10. Become a model of wellness committed to continued self-exploration and
self-development.
Curriculum - Part One
Please note the Wellness Playgroups are for in-depth class discussion and experiential
applications.
1. Introduction and Connection
2. The Basics of NVC (NonViolent Communication)
3. Wellness Playgroup - Assessments
4. How to Create Your Own Personal Wellness Program
5. Wellness Playgroup - Your personal credo supported with EMDR
6. The Body, Food and Exercise
7. Wellness Playgroup - Sharing Personal Wellness Programs
8. Understanding Stress, Overwhelm and Burn-out
9. Wellness Playgroup: Antidotes to Stress, Overwhelm and Burn-out
10. The Aging Process: Loss, death and grieving
11. Wellness Playgroup - Coaching applications
12. Review
"Becoming a Wellness Coach" provides 12 weeks of continuing education credits for
psychologists, social workers (approval pending), licensed counselors and LCSW's and MFT's
in California. "Becoming a Wellness Coach" also provides 12 hours of CCE's for the
International Coach Federation.
Curriculum - Part Two
Please note the Wellness Playgroups are for in-depth class discussion and experiential
applications.
1. Neurobiological and neuroscientific research on wellness
2. Wellness Playgroup - Applying neurobiological research to coaching
3. Integrating EcoPsychology and Systems Theory into your world view
4. Wellness Playgroup - Applications, strategies and games to stay healthy in the
midst of chaos
5. Acceptance + Gratitude = Wellness
6. Wellness Playgroup - Honoring the Sacred with Ritual
7. Basics of the Science of Mindfulness
9. Wellness Playgroup - Practice mindfulness applications
10. The Importance of Sleep and Self-Nurturance
11. Wellness Playgroup - Customize Sleep Camps
12. Review
"Becoming a Wellness Coach" provides 12 weeks of continuing education credits for
psychologists, social workers (approval pending), licensed counselors and LCSW's and MFT's
in California. "Becoming a Wellness Coach" also provides 12 hours of CCE's for the
International Coach Federation.
About Ann-Marie McKelvey
Buddhist Chaplain Ann-Marie McKelvey, LPCC, PCC, Psychotherapist, Coach, EMDR
Consultant and MentorCoach International Trainer focuses on wellness through care of the
caregiver, neurobiology, ecopsychology and peacemaking. While coaching, mentoring, or
facilitating Ann Marie utilizes Positive Psychology, EMDR and Nonviolent Communication as
well as art, humour, and nature to co-actively enhance the well-being of her clients.
Her personal wellness journey has led her to many parts of the world studying cognitively
and experientially with neurobiologists, shamans, scientists, physicians, and
anthropologists.
Ann-Marie recently contributed two chapters, EMDR and Positive Psychology and EMDR
and Coaching, to the book EMDR Solutions II: Depression, Eating Disorders, Performance
and More published in March, 2009 by W.W. Norton Publishing.
Currently her singing mantra is "Slow down…you move too fast…you got to make the
morning last…just kicking down the cobble stones…looking for fun and feeling groooovy!"
Click here to register (will open a new window on the MentorCoach site).
Then click the 'enroll' button and you'll be on your way to becoming a Wellness Coach!
