Coaching Scope & Disclaimer
Please read this before beginning coaching with me, including the Room for Health programme.
Contact: eric@ericmaina.com
What coaching is
My coaching supports reflection, goal-setting and everyday action, led by what matters to you. In Room for Health, that means working out which changes fit your life, what gets in the way, and what support helps you keep going. My qualification is the AoEC Practitioner Diploma in Executive Coaching.
What coaching is not
Coaching does not diagnose or treat obesity or any other disease, and it does not treat mental-health conditions. It is not medical care, psychotherapy, counselling or crisis support. My coaching does not include nutrition coaching, meal plans, fitness coaching or exercise prescriptions. Those belong with appropriately qualified and registered professionals.
If you have a health condition, take medication, are pregnant, or are planning significant changes to how you eat or exercise, please speak to a qualified health professional. Coaching can continue alongside that support where it is appropriate and agreed.
Website information is not a coaching relationship
Articles and social-media posts share personal experience and general information. Reading them, booking a conversation or attending an introductory conversation does not create a coach-client relationship. Coaching begins only after a written agreement is accepted and the first payment is received.
Your decisions remain yours
You choose your goals, what you try and what you share. You remain responsible for your decisions and for seeking medical or other professional advice relevant to your circumstances.
No guaranteed outcome
Coaching may support clearer thinking and more sustainable action. It does not guarantee weight loss, weight maintenance, a fitness result or any other health or life outcome. Results depend on many things, including your circumstances, health and access to support. Any testimonial describes one person’s experience, not a typical result.
Confidentiality has limits
Coaching information is kept confidential within the limits set out in the coaching agreement. Disclosure may be necessary where the law or valid legal process requires it, or where there is a serious and imminent risk of harm to you or someone else. See the Privacy Notice for how information is handled.
When other support is needed
If your needs fall outside my training or the agreed scope, I may suggest pausing or ending coaching and encourage you to seek appropriate support from a doctor, registered nutritionist or dietitian, mental-health professional or other specialist. A suggestion like this is not a diagnosis.
Safety
Email, WhatsApp and check-ins are not monitored as emergency channels. If you or someone else may be in immediate danger, or you are experiencing a medical or mental-health emergency, contact your local emergency services or a crisis service straight away. Do not wait for a coaching reply.
Adults only
Coaching and the website are for people aged 18 or over.