ECO-LUXURY FOODS
Savor the culinary excellence of The Bahamas with unique hot sauces, flours, and jams concocted with inimitable flair. Treat yourself to the delights of Bahamian haute cuisine, and give them away as gifts to friends and loved ones.
ECO-LUXURY RENTALS
Enjoy breathtaking vistas while staying in exclusive Naturally Bahamian waterfront rentals with expertly designed architecture. Little wonder why all this makes you want to stay forever.
ISLANDADES
Refer to this native cultural, Switch a drink as "Bahamas in a bottle." Try the original variety and enjoy many other flavors. These drinks are expertly blended with the essence of various unique, zesty flavors that make our local cuisine rock.
ESTABLISH RELATIONSHIP
The process begins with engagement. Engagement and building trust with the client are established by building rapport. Many factors are included in this process. Essential traits for building rapport include genuineness, eye contact, good energy, warmth, a good quality of voice, a feeling of connectedness, being comfortable and relaxed in the exchange, mindful listening, being supportive, and positive body language and physical gestures. Rapport is fundamental not only in the initial coaching session but also in each coaching session thereafter. Although rapport is important, a coach may want to avoid becoming too close to the client. Becoming too close to a client can create a barrier to a successful coaching process by being too emotionally attached, having a personal agenda, and falling into assumptions based on personal relationships or experience.
MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING
Once a coach has established rapport, building strong communication strategies is essential. An effective tool used in health and wellness coaching and other clinical work is motivational interviewing. Motivational interviewing is a process used in psychotherapy, social work, medicine, addiction, and other fields. It aims to raise clients' awareness of problems and possibilities while reducing their ambivalence about change. Motivational interviewing is also characterized by a focus on the present rather than the past. The emphasis is on the communication that is conducted with clients, concentrating on internal motivating factors and an exploration of individual core values and goals. This allows the client to express their desire to change their lifestyle and identify it themselves, rather than having it come from the health coach.
WELLNESS VISION
A wellness vision is a creative statement by the client that reveals his/her highest potential and can include the physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and financial realms of their life. A new life vision empowers one to see new possibilities along with a specific and clear direction. It allows a client to activate their imagination and then think, feel, speak, and ultimately see the manifestation of their highest potential. A wellness vision is a tool a health coach uses to help the client move to new levels of well-being by connecting the client to their own truth and wisdom that is held within.
GOAL SETTING
The manifestation of a wellness vision is done through the process of goal setting. Goal setting is a collaborative behavior-change technique used between the coach and the client. During the motivational interviewing process, after strengths, values, and desires are determined and the client's vision is set in place, specific goals are set, so the client is able to move in the direction of his/her newly formed desires. Goals promote behavior change through a collaborative process, which includes the coach making a plan to track and evaluate progress. The coach can help the client focus on the success they have had, even if the goal has not yet been achieved. Evaluating strengths and what is successful helps the client move forward. Positive feedback helps the client progress and move through any negative self-talk, ambivalence, resistance, and other hurdles. Although self-regulation is a powerful behavior-change tool, the client may lapse. When the coach promotes the principles of positive psychology and goal setting through the motivational interviewing process, the coach helps the client continue to improve self-efficacy, which supports behavior change.
ECO-LUXURY TEAS
Get steeped in Bahamian tea culture and discover some of the rarest teas in the world. This mind-blowing experience is captured in our tea books and included in a collection of our island's coveted treasures.
ECO-LUXURY SPA
Soothe body and soul while chilling out at the Sense Spa. Located in Rosewood, Baha Mar, the spa offers natural treatments derived from centuries-old Bahamian healing remedies.
GO SIGHTSEEING
To truly enjoy paradise, never stay put in just one place. Get off the couch and join our eco tours. You'll enjoy Bahamian hospitality and its many astonishing ecotourism aspects while exploring various must-visit sites.