Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS)
What is a Life Coach?
A life coach is a professional that helps clients identify their goals and develop a plan for achieving them. A life coach helps clients reach their potential and encourages clients to accomplish their aspirations. A life coach can offer a variety of services. A life coaching and client relationship is a creative partnership that may:
*Help a client discover their talents and how they can implement them in their daily lives*Promote one’s self-discovery and personal growth*Use their expertise to create and modify obtainable goals*Collaborate a vision*Create an accountability plan to boost productivity*Achieve self-image and fitness goals*Finding a work-life balance*Incorporating core values
*Help a client discover their talents and how they can implement them in their daily lives*Promote one’s self-discovery and personal growth*Use their expertise to create and modify obtainable goals*Collaborate a vision*Create an accountability plan to boost productivity*Achieve self-image and fitness goals*Finding a work-life balance*Incorporating core values
What is professional coaching?
ICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential, which is particularly important in today’s uncertain and complex environment. Coaches honor the client as the expert in his or her life and work and believe every client is creative, resourceful and whole. Standing on this foundation, the coach’s responsibility is to:*Discover, clarify, and align with what the client wants to achieve*Encourage client self-discovery*Elicit client-generated solutions and strategies*Hold the client responsible and accountable*This process helps clients dramatically improve their outlook on work and life while improving their leadership skills and unlocking their potential.
What can I expect from a life coaching appointment?
A life coaching appointment is a one-on-one session between a trained life coach and a client. During the appointment, the coach helps the client identify their goals and develop a plan to achieve them.
The coach may also provide guidance and support to help the client overcome obstacles and challenges along the way.
The ultimate goal of a life coaching appointment is to help the client live a more fulfilling and satisfying life.
How does life coaching differ from consulting?
Coaching can be considered a form of consulting. However, consulting is often information and expertise based. For example, you might hire a consultant to help your business with a specific problem. In which case, you’d expect your consultant to have knowledge and experience in that particular area. Life coaches on the other hand may or may not have a background or experience in your field. A coach is a life specialist, an expert on helping you develop all areas of your business and/or personal life. Unlike many consultants who propose a solution and leave you to implement it, your life coach stays with you to help you integrate the changes, new skills, and goals to make sure they really happen.This is one of the many reasons why life coaching is so effective–it is one thing to have the information and quite another to actually make the change!
How does life coaching differ from therapy?
Life coaches don’t work on past-based issues or traumas. Also, they are not psychologists or psychotherapists. Life coaches focus on the present and the client’s goals for the future. We help people move forward and set personal and professional goals that will give them the life and career they really want.