About
Providing Healthy Eating Guidelines
Welcome to Katherine Kononova Nutrition & Wellness Coaching, where I help individuals across Chandler become more aware of how healthy choices can result in a fulfilled and balanced life. I actively promote wellness as a culture and work tirelessly to help individuals understand that good health is not limited to ...
Providing Behavior Change Tactics and Motivation
Clients who hire a certified Nutrition Coach may be aware of the types of food they should be eating, but they may need support on the behavioral side of nutrition. In addition to providing tactics for success, I can also hold you accountable for your actions. I can also provide external motivation to support ...
Assess, Educate, Implement
In addition to providing guidance on food intake and balanced nutrition, I can help facilitate an action plan for you. A thorough assessment will help start this process. Using the information gained from the assessments, I can then decide on the next best steps. It is important to spend some quality time ...
Life's Ever Increasing Demands
A focus on wellness has become a necessity. More than ever, the importance of restorative sleep, mental well-being, intentional movement, a healthy diet, recovery, and stress management has come to the forefront of our lives. It can be challenging, even overwhelming, for professionals and clients alike to know ...
Defining Wellness
Manderscheid et al. (2010) said physical and mental wellness is “the degree to which one feels positive and enthusiastic about oneself and life.” This implies that someone can have health problems, but as long as they are in a good place emotionally, socially, and cognitively, they can still experience wellness. ...
Upward Spiral
Another definition of wellness comes from the National Wellness Institute (2020), “Wellness is an active process through which people become aware of, and make choices toward, a more successful existence.” Seeing wellness as an active process is a valuable perspective to have and share with you. This ...
Mental Toughness
The mind likes to wander, thinking about things such as homework or an argument with a spouse rather than the task at hand, so it is difficult to remain focused. In essence, people have what experts call limited channel capacity in that they can only hold a certain limited amount of information in their mind at ...
Aspects of Critical Focus
Ability to focus on one’s own performance when experiencing off-the-court issues Ability to maintain focus after both success and failure Ability to recover from unexpected, uncontrollable, and unusual events Ability to ignore typical distractions in the performance environment Ability to focus on one’s own ...
Concentration
Focusing on relevant cues in the environment (selective attention) Maintaining attentional focus over time Having awareness of the situation Shifting attentional focus when necessary