So last week was another practice
session and tomorrow we move into the actual wellness assessments
that clients fill out for us prior to the first session. And working
on our interpretation of them / preparation for first session. We
were provided a sample (filled out by a client) in our materials. It
had so much stuff on it! Nevertheless, we're supposed to figure out
what the client's successes are (in addition to noting what areas
they want to work on). That's a key thing I have to keep in mind.
It's really easy to get caught up in some of the other things we've
been taught, like staging the client with the TTM and seeing if they
have motivation and if they know their barriers and possible
solutions, etc. Can't forget about figuring out what worked for them
before! It's also really easy to paint a picture of the person in
your mind based on what you read on paper (like I did with the
sample). But then the experience of talking to them turns out really
different. (I say that because we had to listen to another recorded
session and I'm pretty sure the session was with the client whose
assessment we looked at). It's getting intense now! I say that
because our materials this week included a section on setting up a
practice client relationship. I guess we're up to the part now where
we find actual people to practice on. It's scary to think about -
like taking the training wheels off the bike. But I'm sure I'll be
able to do it. I guess our assignment after tomorrow night will also
involve filling out the assessment for ourselves and giving them to
our learning partners so we can coach each other. I've been really
curious to take it for myself (and to figure out what my own vision
statement will be) so it should be interesting.
I believe tomorrow is our last class
for like 3 weeks because of Christmas and New Year's. I haven't
talked about the holidays or work lately. I had a nice Thanksgiving
in which I surprisingly didn't have to work the Friday or Saturday
after. They kept saying we'd have all this overtime, yet I only
worked 2 Saturdays the whole time (the second one was last week, the
day before the last day of open enrollment for medicare). I guess
that was good considering how the job usually takes up so much time
anyway. What's crazy now is that open enrollment is over, yet instead
of the workload slowing down, it's skyrocketing even worse than it
was DURING open enrollment. And it's so frustrating when you feel
like you push yourself to the limit and still don't make a dent in
the work that's piled up. Why isn't management freaking out? They put
the pressure on before, and now that the work is worse, we're
suddenly taking it easy? Weird. And Tuesday I'm taking the afternoon
off to go to the annual conference for the Tampa Wellness Council.
And Friday we're having a gift exchange and potluck. And on the 23rd
the company is providing a holiday lunch. Sounds like a lot going on
when the work is crazy. But I guess I'll leave it at that. Oh – and
how long are we seasonal employees gonna stay? That's another thing I
haven't found out yet. All I know is that I'm really ready for it to
be over. Really ready. I've got some wellness coaching to get serious
about.
So one more weekend before Christmas
and Dad coming. I'll spend it with him and my mom and grandma. Not
sure if I'll see my sister or not (mom and dad are driving up to see
her right after). Have to figure out a time to see one of my bffs
too. And my bf hopefully a short time after. Busy, busy!
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