These activities, as well as others being advocated by Communities Collaborating integrate all four tiers with a focus on building healthy communities and sustained services for senior citizens in the island communities that participate in this collaborating venture. While Communities Collaborating is not itself directly providing these health-based coaching services, it is providing training for local community coaches and, most importantly, identifying best practices that already exist in the participating communities and providing venues where these best practices can be shared with leaders of the other collaborating communities.

A Career in Health-Based Coaching

As in the case of a career in personal or organizational coaching, someone wanting to be a health-based coach probably must be blessed with or cultivate a entrepreneurial spirit. If you choose to work in this area, you will be a pioneer and a visionary. The work will undoubtedly be challenging – yet the financial rewards and sense of personal satisfaction in being of valuable assistance to other people are clearly available.