So, what is Life Coaching?

Life coaching is a way to realise your true potential through a process of uncovering and then eliminating destructive behavioural and thinking patterns in your life in a supportive, caring and inspirational environment.

And how do we achieve the above? We do it by empowering the individual, the client, with all the tools and resources he/she requires to be able to enforce the desired change in his/her life! All these tools and resources are scientifically tested and proven techniques that will help the client develop his/her self and achieve the goals set. Coaching focus always in the solution to the issue the client wants to resolve in his/hers personal development.

We are not going to look at the past and find reasons for things that happened. That is not the role of the Life Coach and if your coach does that with you, you need to question his/hers role in your coaching. The role of the life coach is to look at the present with you, help you analyse what you want to change and put in place a action plan to achieve the goals you set up to achieve.

Coaching is a fantastic process of growth and discovery and achievement of goals, your goals! Coaching is not “fluffy and warm” and is not a relationship where the coach molly coddles you all the time, it is a process where at times the coach tells you well done for achieving a milestone or goal and other times gives you a kick in proverbial backside to drive you into action if needed be.

A Life Coach is your guiding light in the darkness of life, that will not tell you what to do, but instead will give you the tools and resources for you to decide what is it you want to do/ obtain/ achieve or acquire in your life and then help you every step of the way to achieve those goals!

Next time I will post a "fluffy and warm" definition from my mentors at New Insights.

All the best to you all and until the next time :-)