Pull up a seat for a little story time—
Before I went full-time with my business last year, I was working as an R.N. health coach for a large corporation. It was great. It was empowering. And, it was fast-paced.
My team served thousands of patients, with our calendars booked out 2-3 months in advance of health coaching calls. Every minute of my day (and every metric of my “productivity”) was tracked by management. Each shift was packed with 14 to 20 individual health coaching calls per day— not to mention all the charting!
In short, my shifts were a nonstop blur of back-to-back-to-back coaching calls, with only a lunch break as a brief intermission.
Draining? Yes.
Fulfilling? Also, yes.
And while I didn’t love the schedule, I adored my clients— they were from all walks of life with all types of different diagnoses, pathologies and desires for their health.
Which brings me to today’s story— reflecting on one client in particular who made a lasting impact on me.
He had been “encouraged” (ah…