Healthy Habits Coaching for Teens
Teaching teens how to implement healthy habits consistently, increase self-confidence, and experience more success so they can maintain a feel-good weight and body image in school and beyond.
Would your teen benefit from coaching?
After living and working at a middle school for over 25 years, I know firsthand that teens will often listen to a coach, teacher or friend rather than a parent (even if they’re saying the same thing).
Pushing boundaries and ignoring parent guidance is typical teen behavior.
That’s why having someone else guide your teen to establish healthy habits that will increase their confidence and success can be so helpful.
Here’s how Healthy Habits Coaching supports teens.
1 Stressor Inventory Session: (50 minutes)
8 Teen Coaching Sessions: (25 minutes)
Phase 1: Celebration of Progress
We begin each coaching session focusing on what is going right and celebrating all steps in the right direction, so your teen can recognize and feel proud of their progress. (Progress is tracked in the Habit Share App throughout the week) This sets up a positive tone for the sessions.
While celebrating, I also emphasize why the new habit is important to their long term health and happiness, so your teen will begin to see the value for themselves and become more committed to being consistent with their healthier habits.
Phase 2: Identifying and Reducing Stressors
We then dive into the stressors that have come up throughout the week and develop a plan to reduce their impact so your teen can have more success implementing their new habits consistently.
I will introduce different concepts and strategies related to maintaining a healthy weight and body image based on the stressors that we uncover. (When applicable, a handout explaining the topic discussed will be shared with your teen and included in the Session Summaries as a reference.)
Phase 3: Weekly Action Steps
At the end of each session, your teen and I will work together to create the actions steps for the week so that they feel sustainable. We will then add the action steps to the Habit Share App.
Your teen is given 1 to 5 healthy habits based on their personal goals to work into their day along with strategies on how to be consistent. Sometimes action steps remain the same for a couple of weeks until the new habit is solidly formed. Once your teen is having success consistently taking action, then they move onto different action steps.
Phase 4: Support Between Sessions
I will follow your teen in the Habit Share App. In between sessions, I will periodically text your teen to celebrate their consistency or encourage them if they are struggling a bit. I will also text reminders if I see that they are not recording their actions.
Oftentimes, when teens know someone supportive is going to be asking, they are more likely to follow through; therefore, they have greater success reaching their goals.
3 Parent Sessions: (25 minutes)
You know your child best, so I love being able to connect with you to get your input as well as discussing the celebrations and areas that could use some improvement. You can schedule your parent sessions at any point, but every three weeks is recommended.
Session Summaries
After each session, you will be e-mailed a summary of the successes that were celebrated, the topic discussed during the session and the action steps to develop over the coming week. This way, you can help celebrate the progress, encourage the implementation of the new habits and be part of the process and success of your teen.
I guarantee your teen will feel supported while being pushed just slightly outside of their comfort zone.
Parents are amazed when their teen willingly meditates before bed, stops buying junky snacks, brings more movement into their day, spends less time on a screen, goes to bed earlier, or eats more vegetables.
No matter how stress is manifesting in your teens life, Healthy Habits Coaching can get them on the right path to greater confidence, health and happiness one habit at a time.
Client Testimonials
Palmira
“Our daughter was having trouble controlling her portions and was eating too many snacks. She also struggled to find healthy options in the dining hall which caused her stress. All of this caused her to gain weight.
Claire’s coaching program included different techniques to control her stress and keep her on track. Our daughter changed bad habits into good ones like drinking a lot of water and eating at a slow pace, which helped her control her portions. She lost weight and felt much better.
Our daughter felt supported throughout the whole program and that made her feel great. It’s very personalized which is a huge benefit for any kid. I am thankful for everything Claire did for her.”
Lincoln
Meeting with Mrs. Ketchum was always helpful no matter what was going on in my life. She supported me and made me feel better and more at ease.
“Before I started working with Mrs. Ketchum, I was not paying attention to what I was eating. I did not realize how much or what I was putting into my body. By texting me throughout the week, she helped me become aware and be more consistent with making better choices.
I have anxiety, and Mrs. Ketchum also helped me with that. She validated my stress which helped ease it. She also gave me the opportunity to vent the small stressors, so that they didn’t build up, and reminded me to use my breathing techniques to calm my stress.
I would recommend working with Mrs. Ketchum to any teen, but if you struggle socially and are strong willed and stubborn like me, Mrs. Ketchum is your best choice.”
Have a question before joining?
Do you want to chat about how the phases could support your teen specifically, have questions about how the program works, or want support deciding if HHC is or is not a good fit for your teen?
I’m here to help.
Just use the link below to schedule a free Clarity Call.
(or send me DM @claireketchum.ck)
