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Through Wellness at Dartmouth you have a number of resources available to support and encourage you on the path to achieving your health and wellness goals, including health coaching. Health Coaches are available for 1:1 appointments as well as customized workshops for departments. For more information about health coaching please email [email protected] or call 603.597.4033.

Dartmouth Health Connect patients should contact the practice to schedule health coaching appointments at 603.653.8191.

HEALTH GOALS

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Name: Date:

Ready to make a health-‐related change? Not sure where to start?

Having a clearly defined health goal is the first step on the path to successful behavior change.

To begin, identify one health-‐related behavior you would like to change:

o Improve Nutrition o Increase Physical Activity o Improve Sleep Habits

o Reduce Stress o Improve Work/Life Balance o Other: ________________________

How ready are you to make that change? Circle a number:

0-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐1-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐2-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐3-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐4-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐5-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐6-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐7-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐8-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐9-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐-‐10 Not yet ready Just about ready

What would it take to move you closer to a 10?

o More Planning o Make a Commitment o Family/Friend Support

o Seek Outside Assistance o Find More Information o Other(s): ________________________

What are the benefits of making this change?

o Improved Health o Feel Better o More Confident

o More Energy o Less Stress o Other(s): ________________________

What are the barriers that may make it difficult to make this change?

o Not Enough Time o Lack of Resources o Too Busy

o No Support o Don’t Know Where To Start o Other(s): ________________________

How will you overcome these barriers and succeed despite them? Use the space below to answer.

Dartmouth Health Connect patients should contact the practice to schedule health coaching appointments at 603.653.8191.

HEALTH GOALS

www.dartmouth.edu/wellness

Name: Date:

Setting Your Health Goal

Many people find the acronym S.M.A.R.T. is helpful when setting health-‐related goals. Using this tool as a framework, you can develop goals that are:

Specific – What exactly do I want to do? Measurable -‐ How much/many do I want to do? Attainable – How likely am I to accomplish this goal? Relevant – Does this goal really matter to me? Time-‐bound – What is the time frame for me to accomplish this goal?

S.M.A.R.T. Goal Examples:

• To help me add more physical activity to my daily routine, I will walk to my office from the Thompson parking lot at least three days per week starting tomorrow.

• To meet my goal of better nutrition, I will eat raw vegetables at lunch and cooked vegetables at dinner every day starting tonight.

• Beginning next week, I will jog on the treadmill for twenty minutes at least three mornings each week before 7:00 AM.

• Over the next two weeks, my goal is to find at least five minutes every day to meditate to help me better manage my stress.

Feel free to use the space below to write your own personal S.M.A.R.T. goal. It may be helpful to start your goal with "I will…" I will...______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ S.M.A.R.T. Goal Checklist -‐ My goal is:

o Specific o Measurable o Attainable o Relevant o Time-‐bound