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So, let\u2019s discuss why your doctor needs to be your health coach...

In last week\u2019s episode, we talked about the importance of having patients trust and believe you as their doctor.

But given the growing popularity of health and wellness coaching and the increasing trust patients place in coaches over physicians, lately, there\u2019s a question that I\u2019ve been asking myself a lot.

Is just being a doctor enough? What is it about health and wellness coaches that got people rather listening to them than us?

Join me as we explore the answers that I\u2019ve found and recognize the fact that more than being just doctors, we need to be our patients/clients/customers\u2019 coaches if we really want them to live a better and healthier lives.

Why you need to check this episode:

• Understand the importance of having doctors apply skills and approaches used by health coaches when talking to a patient/customer/client;
• Find out what doctors need to \u201csteal\u201d from health coaches\u2019 approach to provide better patient/customer/client care; and
• Discover the power of accountability and encouragement in empowering patients/clients/customers for better health

\u201cAt the end of the day, a more satisfied patient/client/customer is going to have better outcomes. It is what it is. If your patient/client/customer is more satisfied with your level of coaching\u2014not your level of care, they are going to have better outcomes.\u201d\u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

Notable Quotes:

You have to be the health coach in your client/patient/customer\u2019s life if you want them to get better, if you want them to live longer, [and] if you want them to live a more fulfilling and wellness life.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

\u201cWe have to improve the communication, and I think taking a coaching approach to it does many wonders than our kind of old standard because clearly, that isn\u2019t working.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

\u201cIf we really want to be the best in our profession, if we really want our patients to trust us [and] to believe us, we have to do a better job coaching them with their goals and making sure that we\u2019re setting realistic expectations for their goals.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

\u201cWe got to be able to steal some of these traits that the coaches have; we got to take them. And you got to take them in your office, your hospital\u2014wherever you see your patients at\u2014if the goal is to really take care of the patient.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

\u201cI don\u2019t care what you want to call them, but whatever you call them that gives them the most level of respect, that\u2019s what you should be using.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

\u201cAt the end of the day, a more satisfied patient/client/customer is going to have better outcomes. It is what it is. If your patient/client/customer is more satisfied with your level of coaching\u2014not your level of care, they are going to have better outcomes.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

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