Jennifer Broxterman| Metaphors and Games: A Fun Way To Prosper With Nutrition

Send us Fan MailOn this episode of Shaping Success with Wes Tankersley, Wes chats again with Jennifer Broxterman about her nutrition business Prosper Nutrition Coaching and engages us in a few games and metaphors to better understand how we can improve our habits with nutrition and life.Jennifer loves to coach in metaphors, languages, and games.  This helps clients stay motivated and make it fun. She recaps the toothbrush metaphor from the last interview with Wes. When people forget to brush their teeth, they generally brush them as soon as they are able. People need to use this mindset when it comes to their nutrition. Just because someone makes a bad food choice, they should get back on track and not just give up.  People don’t stop brushing their teeth altogether because they miss one day. Jennifer has incorporated a pyramid to show how to be successful with nutrition and uses the toothbrush metaphor as an example of how it works. At the top of the pyramid is Habit, followed by Environment, and Mindset. To be successful with brushing teeth, people form the habit young. People make the environment favorable to be able to complete the task. For example, the toothbrush is easily accessible in the same place all the time. With food, people are unprepared and don’t create the best environment for success. Jennifer says some coaches make the mistake of  using cookie-cutter techniques and expecting all their clients to succeed with these techniques. If they don’t, it is their fault, and they are called lazy and uncooperative.  Coaches need to realize what works for one person may not work for another. There is a test one can use to determine if she is truly hungry or not. It’s called the Apple Test.  A person will ask herself if she would eat an apple in this moment. If not, there’s another reason she wants to eat whether she just wants to taste something or there’s some other emotional reason. She’s also developed a stress management coaching chart. The top tier is quick stress management that takes 1 to 5 minutes. The next tier is a deeper layer that also helps with love/connection, meditation, and journaling.  The next tier helps with breath and calm, moving the body, and order and control.Most coaches will say to their clients that they need to do the deeper layer every day, but it isn’t feasible, especially clients with families and other obligations. Another thing to consider is that it's difficult during the holidays when life is chaos. Jennifer suggests doing the deeper layers 1 to 2 times per week: Love/connection, Rest, Creativity/Joy. Everyone is different, but coaches only teach one way that is not focused on the client. Coaches should have a tool belt of variety and choose what is best for the client. Jennifer says people have 3 different voices. There is the inner bully, curious detective, and  the wise guy. She explains these voices further and offers tips on how to deal with them.She has a new coaching class called Prosper Coaching Certification. Here she uses games along with metaphors as a fun way to teach prospective coaches how to help their clients. Jennifer loves to help people and offers a free segment called Lift Off. This offers a small amount of the games used in her class. Support the showFor merchandise, podcast and youtube:Join The Patreonhttps://patreon.com/WestankersleyFollow Shaping Success https://shapingsuccesspodcast.buzzsprout.com/Get Ars Victorioushttps://a.co/d/5f4todGhttps://a.co/d/5f4todGEmail [email protected] for guest ideas or to be on the show!