What is Life Coaching


Life Coaching is a profession that is different from Counselling. Counselling is giving advice, consulting or therapy. There is process in Life Coaching where we examine what is going on in a persons life right now. I like to unpack what obstacles or challenges in a persons life. Then prepare a course of action to help them achieve the things that a client want in their life.
A life coach will provide a safe and empowering spaces for clients to identify the ways that they want to improve their life and then create goals that are positive. This will be future focused and inspiring. Life Coaches will help to break down these goals into small manageable steps to help the person transition from where they currently are, to where they want to be.
Life Coaches will actively listen and offer challenge and thought provoking questions to help the person develop a cheaper understanding of themselves. Additionally, life coach will also provide accountability and challenge the person’s perspective. Helping them to step outside of their comfort zones.
Life Coaching is different form counselling where sessions focus mainly on the person’s past order to bring about understanding and healing. It is also different from mentoring or advice -the life coach’s goal is not to tell the person what they should do or how to live their life. It’s about being a facilitator that empowers the client to identify the changes that they would like to make and then helping them though the process of achieving these goals.
Life coaching is about asking questions and offering a range of skills that empower the person to find the answer within themselves.