A Look at the Health Coaching Landscape in South Africa

A Focus on the Business Side of Health Coaching

Potential Business Opportunities for Health Coaches in South Africa

 

Di-Di Hoffman Notable Quotes

“The lifestyle business model is basically putting your own lifestyle as one of the first jobs that your business must do for you.”
– Di-Di Hoffman

 

Episode Summary

Health coaching is starting to become more and more known across the world, which is a positive step into leading everyone back into good health. That said, there are still a handful of universal challenges that many of us health coaches across the world need to overcome.

In this episode of Health Coach Academy, we’re talking to Di-Di Hoffman, health coach, entrepreneur, and entrepreneurial coach, to share with us his journey and experiences as a wellness entrepreneur in South Africa as well as give us impactful insights on potential health coaching business opportunities in South Africa.

 

Relevant Links

Di-Di Hoffman – LinkedIn

BadassPreneurs Business School for Wellness Entrepreneurs

 

In this Episode of Health Coach Academy

• Omar introduces the episode’s guest, Di-Di Hoffman (00:56)
• Di-Di Hoffman’s journey into health coaching and his experiences with health coaching in South Africa (03:24)
  • Medical doctor to traditional healer ratio (05:20)
  • Traditional healers dealing with Covid (06:20)
• How payments work in the wellness landscape in South Africa (08:13)
• How the health coaching landscape looks like in South Africa (10:06)
• The business aspect of health coaching (14:10)
• Is a health coaching business any different from any other business? (16:06)
• Health coaching is a lifestyle business model (17:42)
• Focus on your entrepreneurial skills first (19:33)
• One of the biggest problems in South Africa (25:20)
• An oath to poverty; an excuse (26:36)
• Unable to translate the learnings into the business (28:52)
• Are health coaches too new in South Africa? (30:07)
• An interesting case study on why health coaches bring in real results (32:52)
• Do American health coaches have a place in South Africa? (35:33)
• Where to find and keep up with Di-Di Hoffman (38:08)

 

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