What is a professional life coach?
In a nutshell, a life coach helps people move from where they are to where they desire to be. Coaches guide people and help them achieve their personal growth goals.
Does it matter if a coach is certified?
The coaching industry has grown into a $2 billion dollar industry over the past 20 years. Surprisingly, there are no requirements for certification - anyone can hang their coaching shingle. However, there are clear benefits of hiring a certified coach, especially if their training program is accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF). Certified coaches have gone through extensive training on Ethics and Core Competencies created by the ICF. Certified coaches must take an exam and pass muster on recorded coaching sessions.
What types of people have life coaches?
Coaches work with all kinds of people. Coaching applies to just about every aspect of life. People who seek out coaching are usually people who are ready for change, are willing to take initiative in their own lives, and are committed to leading a more fulfilling life.
How will life coaching help?
LIke anything else in life, "You get out of it what you put into it!" Your results will depend on what you bring to the coaching relationship. For those who are committed to creating a better future, life coaching can help them find more meaning in their work, and gain better focus on their personal life and their goals. Depending on what the issues are, people find life coaching helps them improve their relationships, break negative behaviors and habits, improve their overall health, grow spiritually, and find peace in the midst of whatever their circumstances are.
What happens in a life coaching session?
Each coaching session is totally about the client's agenda. You'll be asked what you want to be coached on, and what you specifically want to "take away" from that day's session. Learn more about the coaching process.
Why do I need a personal coach; can't I just do it by myself?
Coaches provide an unbiased and objective perspective on your situation, and they can help you see more clearly your patterns and habits. The powerful questions that coaches ask tend to bring forth new insights and perspectives for clients. Coaches also offer various resources and tools that help bring enlightenment to the situation. They can serve as accountability partners with clients, helping to ensure clients stay on track and achieve their goals.
How is coaching different from:
Therapy
Life coaching can feel therapeutic, but it is not therapy. Coaching is distinct from traditional therapy because it is not designed to address psychological issues. Emotional issues may come up in the session; however, the main focus of life coaching is to help you identify your goals, achieve them, and develop constructive habits and skills.
Mentoring
Mentors are an authority in their field, and commit their time and energy to an understudy to guide their growth and development. Mentors provide a role model and pass down their knowledge and skills to someone less experienced. A coach draws out the God-given abilities of the client, and guides them to draw upon their own resources and experiences. Coaching is "teaching a person to fish, rather than giving them the fish."
Consulting
Unlike coaching, consulting involves an expert analyzing a situation or a business, and providing expert advice for how to fix a problem, or move forward. Coaches are not necessarily an expert in the areas the client wants help with. The coach listens carefully, seeks understanding, asks in-depth questions, summarizes back to the client what they heard, and guides the client into drawing their own conclusions and determining their own solutions.
Is personal life coaching confidential?
What is discussed in coaching is held in strict confidence and not shared with others. However, coaching discussions are not privileged for legal purposes. The privilege of confidentiality that exists for the clergy, therapists and attorneys is not granted to coaching professionals.
What is your cancellation policy, and do you have a guarantee?
We require a 24-hour notice to cancel a session. Please be sure to contact me, if you will not be able to make your scheduled appointment in order to avoid being charged for the session.
Our coaching money-back guarantee: If you're not satisfied after three sessions, we will fully refund your costs.
In a nutshell, a life coach helps people move from where they are to where they desire to be. Coaches guide people and help them achieve their personal growth goals.
Does it matter if a coach is certified?
The coaching industry has grown into a $2 billion dollar industry over the past 20 years. Surprisingly, there are no requirements for certification - anyone can hang their coaching shingle. However, there are clear benefits of hiring a certified coach, especially if their training program is accredited by the International Coach Federation (ICF). Certified coaches have gone through extensive training on Ethics and Core Competencies created by the ICF. Certified coaches must take an exam and pass muster on recorded coaching sessions.
What types of people have life coaches?
Coaches work with all kinds of people. Coaching applies to just about every aspect of life. People who seek out coaching are usually people who are ready for change, are willing to take initiative in their own lives, and are committed to leading a more fulfilling life.
How will life coaching help?
LIke anything else in life, "You get out of it what you put into it!" Your results will depend on what you bring to the coaching relationship. For those who are committed to creating a better future, life coaching can help them find more meaning in their work, and gain better focus on their personal life and their goals. Depending on what the issues are, people find life coaching helps them improve their relationships, break negative behaviors and habits, improve their overall health, grow spiritually, and find peace in the midst of whatever their circumstances are.
What happens in a life coaching session?
Each coaching session is totally about the client's agenda. You'll be asked what you want to be coached on, and what you specifically want to "take away" from that day's session. Learn more about the coaching process.
Why do I need a personal coach; can't I just do it by myself?
Coaches provide an unbiased and objective perspective on your situation, and they can help you see more clearly your patterns and habits. The powerful questions that coaches ask tend to bring forth new insights and perspectives for clients. Coaches also offer various resources and tools that help bring enlightenment to the situation. They can serve as accountability partners with clients, helping to ensure clients stay on track and achieve their goals.
How is coaching different from:
Therapy
Life coaching can feel therapeutic, but it is not therapy. Coaching is distinct from traditional therapy because it is not designed to address psychological issues. Emotional issues may come up in the session; however, the main focus of life coaching is to help you identify your goals, achieve them, and develop constructive habits and skills.
Mentoring
Mentors are an authority in their field, and commit their time and energy to an understudy to guide their growth and development. Mentors provide a role model and pass down their knowledge and skills to someone less experienced. A coach draws out the God-given abilities of the client, and guides them to draw upon their own resources and experiences. Coaching is "teaching a person to fish, rather than giving them the fish."
Consulting
Unlike coaching, consulting involves an expert analyzing a situation or a business, and providing expert advice for how to fix a problem, or move forward. Coaches are not necessarily an expert in the areas the client wants help with. The coach listens carefully, seeks understanding, asks in-depth questions, summarizes back to the client what they heard, and guides the client into drawing their own conclusions and determining their own solutions.
Is personal life coaching confidential?
What is discussed in coaching is held in strict confidence and not shared with others. However, coaching discussions are not privileged for legal purposes. The privilege of confidentiality that exists for the clergy, therapists and attorneys is not granted to coaching professionals.
What is your cancellation policy, and do you have a guarantee?
We require a 24-hour notice to cancel a session. Please be sure to contact me, if you will not be able to make your scheduled appointment in order to avoid being charged for the session.
Our coaching money-back guarantee: If you're not satisfied after three sessions, we will fully refund your costs.