INTEGRAL WELLNESS COACHING
Hans Gruenig, Ph.D., specializes in integral wellness coaching. He helps individuals and groups to discover how they can lead happier, healthier, and less stressed lives. Hans emphasizes deepening intrapersonal and interpersonal awareness, embodied wellness practices, and the development of healthy new habits, perspectives, and skills through inner exploration, dialogue, study, reflection, and practice.
What is Integral Wellness Coaching?
Integral Wellness Coaching is a holistic mentoring approach which supports people who want to live more conscious lives that are less stressed, healthier, more balanced, more integrated, and more meaningful (serving the greater good).
Integral Wellness Coaching...
1) ...helps people to live consciously, promoting health within and in relationship with:
......- one's self (physical body, emotional heart, thinking mind, unconscious, awareness)
......- one's world (other people, sentient beings, cultures, and environments)
2) ...utilizes integral theories, developmental models, essential life-enhancing wellness practices, and cross-training principles to help individuals achieve greater personal and interpersonal well being.
3) ...aims at bringing about greater consciousness, care, and skillfulness into our lives for the benefit of ourselves and others.
4) ...leads toward greater self-knowledge, personal growth, balance, harmony, vitality, inner freedom, and meaning.
What kinds of coaching sessions are available?
There are three kinds of coaching sessions in which you can benefit from a coach's experience, insight, guidance, training, coaching, and/or mentoring:
1) Client-Issue-Centered Sessions. You have a particular issue that you want to address. You and your coach focus specifically on that issue and use relevant knowledge, theories, or practices to address the issue. If the issue is ongoing, the coach can help you to follow through with any resolutions you may make for yourself.
2) Client-Skill-Centered Sessions. You are wanting to learn or refine a skill in which the coach is competent. You work together with your coach on learning and refining that particular skill.
3) Client-Transformation-Centered Sessions. You are looking for greater self realization in one or more areas of your life. Your coach helps you to explore these areas, acting as a catalyst for transformation. Once you have a direction, your coach helps you to develop a life practice and to keep you on track.
What are Hans Gruenig's areas of specialization?
For over a decade, Hans has been exploring integrated and integral developmental approaches to well being -- ancient and modern, Western and Eastern, theories and practices. These approaches include (but are not limited to):
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Integral Theory
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* Designing a healthy, holistic life practice
* Identifying essential areas of development
* Generating inspiration and motivation
* Overcoming obstacles to your practice
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* Stress Reduction
* Performance Enhancement (Flow)
* Rest Optimization
* Pain Management
* Health Improvement
* Pleasure Enhancement
* Breaking Through Difficult Emotions
* Transforming Moods
* Improving Emotional Intelligence
* Improving Focus and Concentration
* Finding Increasingly Unconditional Fulfillment
* Personal Growth and Transformation
* Spiritual Enlightenment
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Mindful Exercise / Yoga
Conscious Breathing
Conscious Eating
Healthy Rest
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* Physical Wellness
* Stress Reduction
* Mood Stabilization
* Productivity Optimization |
Cognitive Reframing
Thought Deconstruction
Core Story Work
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* Create a New Vision For Yourself
* Recognize and Uproot Unskillful Thoughts
* Transcend Self-imposed Limitations
* Correct Stressful Thought Distortions
* Question Stories that Disempower You
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Compassionate Communication
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* Creating & maintaining greater connection with others
* Dealing with major blocks to communication
* Expressing your feelings without attacking
* Minimizing the likelihood of eliciting defensive reactions
* Making clear requests
* Receiving critical and hostile messages without taking them personally
* Getting you what you need in ways that you won't later regret.
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Philosophy & Worldview Exploration
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* Learn how perspectives can help/hinder our well being
* Transcend Limiting/Disempowering Perspectives
* Discover Liberating and Empowering Perspectives
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How is this put into practice in a coaching session?
For those interested in integral wellness coaching, Hans offers personalized guidance through the following four transformational modalities -- according to the needs and wishes of the client:
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Empathic Listening
* Be heard without being judged.
* Receive the gift of presence.
* Speak in a compassionate, safe, and confidential environment.
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Clarifying Dialogue
* Receive help in clarifying the spectrum of thoughts, feelings, and needs that underlie problems and dissatisfaction.
* Receive non-judgmental feedback.
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Insight Exploration
Receive personalized instruction in applying profound, transformational
modalities of understanding oneself, others, and the world, drawing from:
* Integral and Eastern Philosophies
* Western Philosophy, Psychology and Science
* Meditative Wisdom Traditions
* Compassionate Communication Methods
* (many more possibilities)
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Practical Coaching
Receive personalized coaching in:
* Conscious life restructuring for greater wellness and fulfillment.
* Stress reducing and life-enhancing mindfulness and meditation techniques
* Life-enhancing communication methods
* Thought deconstruction and cognitive reframing for peaceful mind
* Working with the body and breath to improve well-being
* (many more possibilities)
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Selected Coaching Testimonials
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"At the moment I am truly happy and have no doubt that my happiness will only continue to grow. I am indebted to Hans for this since he played an integral part in guiding me on my path towards discovering the meaning in my life. He has helped me navigate my path by meeting me where I am at and continually trying to understand and empathize with what is occurring in my life. Instead of trying to transcend humanity, he has taught me, through his actions, to embrace being human. Hans is a deeply appreciated friend and teacher whose expression of love is clearly seen through his thoughtful, caring actions."
-- John Gonsoulin, MD, MPH, (Integrative Mental Health Care)
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"As a teacher of meditation, spiritual philosophy, and integral wellness practices, Hans is a master in his field and has been a blessing in my life. I first met Hans when I attended one of his meditation courses. I was so impressed with his knowledge, skill, and gentle nature that I decided to pursue individual coaching with him to help address my own tendencies towards anxiety amidst my busy life. As a coach Hans provides a calming presence, a safe and unique psycho-spiritual context for exploring thoughts and feelings, and valuable new perspectives and practices which are helping me to find greater clarity and peace in my life. His approaches sometimes involve thinking outside of the box, and while I found some of them to be challenging at first, Hans did not give up on me! Through kind and patient guidance, many teaching tools and healing moments, he has helped me to access awareness and insights which have increasingly enabled me to turn within, access my own wisdom and kindness, and make more enlightened choices when relating to difficult situations. I leave each of our sessions feeling more centered, serene, and better prepared to consciously and beneficially co-create the week ahead. I would recommend Hans's coaching to anyone interested in reducing stress and increasing their awareness, insight, and general satisfaction with their lives. He is a fountain of knowledge, a kind soul, and a wise and inspiring mentor."
- E. M. Wynne, Ph.D. (Licensed Clinical Social Worker)
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"I can't thank Hans enough for his compassionate support and insightful guidance! His coaching helped me tremendously during a particularly challenging time in my life -- and what I learned was truly transformational and continues to be of lasting benefit to me. Over a period of several months, my intensive work with Hans helped me to cultivate new perspectives and skills which gradually engendered a greater sense of well being and connectedness in all areas of my life. As we worked with and through various life challenges, I was amazed at some of the shifts that occurred.
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While Hans helped me to find greater peace and resourcefulness amidst some very difficult situations, he also familiarized me with new approaches in a way that left me increasingly able to practice the skills on my own. I must add that I particularly appreciated the way that Hans created an atmosphere of unconditional acceptance as he guided me with great patience and care. Our explorations opened up a dynamic approach to life which I have come to appreciate on a daily basis. While am still relatively new to this path and still have much to learn, I find that I am already experiencing more peace, joy, and connection in my daily life. I am profoundly grateful for these gifts, and I wholeheartedly recommend Hans's coaching to anyone seeking guidance on the path of inner transformation."
-- Tori Johnson, J.D. / LL.M. (Chief Lawyer for Tulane University)
"Hans offers a phenomenal package and delivers it with intelligence, skill, and compassion. I think I gained more insight in the first half hour of feedback from Hans than I did in *months* of weekly coaching sessions with a rather expensive ($245 per hour) professional coach who was trained and employed by celebrity self-help guru Anthony Robbins. The difference was like night vs. day (or a 1-year certificate vs. a Ph.D.). Hans is the epitome of life-long learning and has integrated an astounding amount of knowledge over two decades of increasingly intensive study and practice -- applied philosophy, meditation, Buddhist psychology, personal growth paradigms, integral theory, diverse approaches to spirituality, nonviolent communication, and more -- and he brings all of these to his coaching work.
I worked with Hans when my life seemed to be falling apart -- nothing seemed to be going right and despite creating and executing 'massive clear action plans to transform my life' à la Anthony Robbins, the universe was not cooperating and I was painfully frustrated. Working with Hans was a revelation. He took time to listen carefully, refine an empathic understanding of what I was experiencing, and to convey insights in a language that made sense to me. He was very effective at helping me to discover, access, and integrate broader contexts and higher levels of thinking that I found helpful. I often found myself exploring "outside the box" with him, developing new skills and perspectives, and enjoying global paradigm shifts that freed me to find greater happiness on the journey of life rather than always feeling frustrated at unattained goals.
I have been positively impressed with his offerings. If you have been saying to yourself, “I don't know where to start or I don't know how to conceptualize what I need,” then I'd bet that Hans has the breadth of knowledge to help you to answer those questions. Or perhaps you are thinking, “I really need someone who has experience. How do I know that this guy really has the skills needed to help me?” I would say that Hans has read more, explored more, and practiced more than anyone I know. In my experience Hans is the real deal and asymptotic approximation of the ideal coach. That's engineer speak for -- he's about as good as it gets!"
-- Susan Wheeler, Engineer
"There are very few people in this world who are as skilled as Hans is at listening, digesting, and suggesting. Frustrated with years of 'almost', I began formal coaching with Hans two years ago after several years of informal dialogue. His mix of otherworldly patience and penetrating insight, gently delivered, has been of great help. Professional life in technology is chaotic by nature, and I've benefited significantly from Hans's clarifying input on a variety of issues -- from creating a more productive routine to making and moving past thorny decisions. His coaching was instrumental in my recent success in increasing focus and productivity during an extremely demanding period in which the success of my company was on the line. I am thankful for his insight, and recommend Hans's coaching to those willing to try for higher throughput through clarity."
-- JDG, Chief Technology Officer
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