Coach

• As a wellness coach, my role is to help you improve your wellness, and your ability and self-confidence to maintain a higher level of wellness.
• Through a coaching inquiry, I will encourage you (my client) to identify your wellness vision, motivation, obstacles, and strategies to overcome your obstacles, and commit to reaching a higher level of wellness.
• I will listen to you (my client) attentively and without judgment or my own agenda.
• Where possible I will ask questions and encourage you (my client) to arrive at your own answers.
• I will encourage realistic expectations and goals
• I will be direct and firm with feedback when needed.
• I will help identify creative solutions to get around roadblocks.
• I will provide advice and instruction for engineering wellness into your busy life.
• I will be punctual and responsive.
• I will recognize early whether the chemistry with you is good or not optimal, and if not optimal, refer you to another coach.
• I will acknowledge when you have an issue that is outside my scope of knowledge and skill and recommend other avenues.

Client

• I want to improve my level of wellness and I am ready to start.
• I believe that a higher level of wellness will bring me powerful benefits that are very important to me.
• I am ready to take responsibility to make and sustain changes in at least one area of wellness.
• I am ready to invest at least three months to make improvements.
• I will be open and honest, and I will share personal information that is relevant to wellness.
• I am ready to become more self-aware.
• I am open to suggestions and trying new things.
• I understand that setbacks are normal on the path of change and necessary in order to establish new behaviors.
• I will ask for the support, feedback or resources I need from my coach.
• I will be punctual and responsive.

Confidentiality

Please note that all conversations and personal information, including your name, your email address, and correspondence with your coach, as private and confidential. All information disclosed in your coaching session is kept in the strictest confidentiality. Coaching, however, is neither a healthcare nor legal profession; therefore, the law does not protect the confidential communication between you and your coach. In only the following circumstances will your coach be obligated to suspend this confidentiality agreement:

1. You report imminent suicidal or homicidal ideation.
2. You report abuse or neglect of a child, dependent or older adult.
3. Your coach is ordered by law to do so.

In consideration of my being allowed to receive coaching services, and in that process, to be coached in all aspects of wellness, I do hereby waive, release, and forever discharge my wellness coach, Julie D. Kaminski, MA, from any and all responsibility or liability for injuries or damages resulting from my participation in any activities or my use of fitness equipment or any other equipment or machinery arising out of my participation in any activities under such coaching. I do also hereby release all of those mentioned and any others acting upon their behalf from any responsibility or liability for any injury or damage to myself, including those caused by the negligent act or omission of any of those mentioned or others acting on their behalf or in any activities of wellness coaching.

I understand that as a part of my wellness coaching program I may be coached to, or it may be suggested that I, participate in fitness activities, e.g. exercise, aerobic training, strength training, flexibility training, etc., that could be potentially hazardous. I also understand that such activities involve risks of injury and even death, and that I am voluntarily participating in these activities and using equipment and machinery with knowledge of the dangers involved. I hereby agree to expressly assume and accept any and all risks of injury or death.

I do hereby further acknowledge that I have either had a physical examination and have been given a physician’s permission to participate or that I have decided to participate in activity or use of equipment and machinery without the approval of my physician and do hereby assume all responsibility and risks of injury or death from such participation and activities.

Occasionally, situations arise where the pre-agreed upon session time needs to be rescheduled by either the client or the coach. 24 hour advance notice of cancellation is required to reschedule. A session that is not canceled within a minimum of 24 hours may or may not be rescheduled, according to availability.