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Deepening Cultural Humility Through Action: Practical Skills for Health & Wellness Coaches

September 23 @ 9:00 am - 10:00 am

Description

Dr. Rikki will offer practical guidance for developing greater self-awareness, recognizing assumptions, navigating cultural considerations, and responding thoughtfully when differences or missteps arise within the coaching relationship.

The session aligns with the following NBHWC competencies:

Competency 1: Coaching Presence, Relationships, and Sessions

1.2.2. Recognize that all biases influence coaching relationship
1.2.3.3. Practice cultural humility

Competency 4: Ethics and Professional Practice

 4.1.3. Develop ongoing reflective practices to deepen awareness and cultural humility
 4.3.3. Honor diversity, demonstrate dignity and respect for all people, practice cultural humility

A downloadable resource may accompany the event and include:

  • A practical framework coaches can reference during client sessions
  • Strategies for navigating cultural considerations in the moment
  • Guidance for addressing assumptions, cultural differences, or missteps

Key Takeaways

1.

Cultural Humility Is an Action, Not a Destination

Attendees will leave understanding that cultural humility is not about achieving perfect cultural competence or mastering another person’s background. Instead, it is a continuous practice of recognizing the limits of your own perspective, remaining open to being wrong, and actively seeking to understand clients on their own terms. Coaches will walk away with a shift in mindset: from “Am I culturally competent?” to “How do I stay curious and humble in this moment with this person?”
2.

Your Biased Automatic Thoughts Are the Real Barrier

Using the BATS™ framework, participants will learn to identify and interrupt the unconscious thoughts and assumptions that derail genuine connection across difference. This session reveals that the moment a coach assumes based on visible identity markers, without checking it they have stepped out of humility. Coaches will gain a concrete, repeatable process to catch these moments in real time and redirect to authentic curiosity instead.
3.

Small Behavioral Shifts Create Measurable Coaching Impact

Cultural humility is not abstract. It changes what coaches do and say in sessions. Attendees will learn specific moves: how to ask questions that don’t assume, how to repair when you get it wrong, how to name power dynamics without shying away, and how to create space for clients to define their own experience. These practical skills directly strengthen the coach client relationship and improve outcomes, especially with clients from marginalized or minoritized backgrounds.

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