{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"290: Health Coaching and Lifestyle Medicine with Dr P\u00e1draic Dunne","description":" In episode 2 of our Coaching for Health and Wellbeing series, hosts Christian van Nieuwerburgh and Ana Paula Nacif are joined by Dr P\u00e1draic Dunne to explore the integration of lifestyle medicine with coaching and positive psychology. Dr Dunne brings the pillars of lifestyle medicine \u2014 healthy eating, physical activity, sleep, stress management, avoiding risky substances, and social connectedness \u2014 to life with characteristic warmth and clarity, framing them not as clinical prescriptions but as common-sense foundations that generations before us simply lived by. Grounded in robust scientific evidence and focused squarely on preventing non-communicable disease, lifestyle medicine offers coaches a compelling and accessible framework for supporting client health and wellbeing.   Central to the conversation is P\u00e1draic\u2019s concept of positive health \u2014 the point where positive psychology, lifestyle medicine, and health psychology meet \u2014 with positive health coaching as the delivery system that brings all three together. He makes a powerful case that knowledge alone is not enough to change behaviour; what people need is a genuine, empowering human connection, and that is precisely what skilled coaching offers. The episode explores the co-design approach at the heart of effective health coaching, where coach and client show up as two experts \u2014 one in lifestyle medicine, one in themselves \u2014 working in true partnership to build meaningful, sustainable change.   P\u00e1draic and the hosts also reflect on the broader role coaches can play in health and wellbeing, including the potential for health coaches to act as a bridge between primary and tertiary care, and the growing reach of digital health coaching. A thread running throughout is the reminder that connection, meaning, and purpose are among the most powerful contributors to a long and healthy life \u2014 and that coaches, by the very nature of what they do, are already working at the heart of that. You will learn: \u00b7       How lifestyle medicine provides coaches with a practical, evidence-based framework for health \u00b7       What Positive Health coaching is and how it provides an empowering partnership for good client outcomes \u00b7       The quality of the therapeutic alliance, the experience of being truly heard, and the pursuit of a meaningful life are among the most powerful factors in long-term health and flourishing   \u201cThe two things that help people live the longest with the longest health span are connection to other humans and meaning and purpose.\u201d   Don\u2019t forget to subscribe, rate, and leave us a review! Your feedback helps us bring you more valuable content.   For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit:  https:\/\/www.associationforcoaching.com\/page\/dl-hub_podcast-channel-coaching-for-health-and-wellbeing-lifestyle-medicine-positive-health-coaching ","author_name":"Coaching Voices: The Association for Coaching Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.associationforcoaching.com\/general\/custom.asp?page=Podcast_Channel","html":"