So many of you have been asking what a WICO Score actually is.  I’ve determined that if you have a high WICO score there is a good likelihood you will have a high FICO Score – what everyone wants right?  If you’re healthy and taking good care of yourself, you are likely to be more productive and successful, hence a high FICO Score.

Your WICO Score is determined by assessing specific health markers and underlying factors that make up your Wellness Index.  By taking an online test you will know how your digestion, thyroid, blood sugar or cardio vascular system, among other things, is scoring.  There are 15 areas of wellness that can be evaluated.  There’s a saying “you can’t change what you can’t measure.”  So taking stock, just as you would your credit reports and FICO scores, will give you a clue as to how you’re doing.

I know you want to be as healthy as possible, that’s why you are a valued reader of the Coaching For Health Ezine.  By taking steps now you can enhance your WICO Score and your wellbeing.

So how can you get the best WICO Score?

Here are 3 Secrets:

Secret #1  Keep Checking:  Just because you once were healthy doesn’t necessarily mean you still are today.  Check in with your body.  I often say when working with a client – “we are building a communication partnership between you, me and your body’s inherent wisdom”.  Learning to hear what your body is actually saying requires patience, practice and stillness.  Give yourself the time – evenings, weekends or mornings where you can check in with your inner voice and your body’s wisdom.

Secret # 2  Forget Perfection:  Give up the idea of perfection when it comes to your health and your life.  Perfection is a near impossible state to attempt striving for.  You can’t get there.  What’s ironic is that the more you try to be perfect the less “perfect” you become.  Perfection is often tied to people pleasing – a no win situation by all accounts.  Ultimately the only one you need to please is yourself – which could mean spending a day on the weekend in your pajamas. Unheard of you say?

Try it some time – you might like it.  Let’s face it, you most likely spend the entire week giving of yourself endlessly.  Why not give yourself the sweet gift of R&R on the weekend?  So maybe staying in your pj’s all day won’t be your thing but maybe something else will be.  Try something you actually would like to do – and remember to suspend all judgment or guilt while doing it.  Enjoy the quiet for a change.

Secret #3  Studies Show…  Nearly everyone knows that being who you are and feeling comfortable in your own skin is essential for your overall health.  Countless studies have shown the more integrated you are and tuned into your true self the healthier you will be.

In her awe-inspiring novel “Dying to Be Me” Anita Moorjani had to nearly pass on to finally get in touch with her true nature.  Ridden with end stage Lymphoma, Anita went through a

death defying and life altering miraculous recovery and came to know that unconditional love for ourself and others is the MOST necessary medicine for life.