What is Life Coaching?
Life coaching is a collaborative and confidential relationship between a coach and client. The relationship is designed to empower the clients to make responsible decisions and take charge of their lives. The power of the relationship comes from the client’s motivation and desire for personal growth and the coach’s commitment, skills, and knowledge of change. Each client comes to coaching with a unique set of circumstances, abilities, and challenges which may include, but not be limited to concern in the following areas:
- Career Goals
- Life Transitions
- Performance Improvement
- Personal Relationships
- Managing Life’s Daily Demands
Professional life coaches provide an ongoing partnership designed to help clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Life Coaching is not therapy, coaching is about changing your actions in order to create movement towards your goals. Where as therapy is thoughts and feelings that impact your action. The coach’s job is to provide support to enhance the skills, resources and creativity of the client. Coaches are trained to listen, to observe and to customize their approach to individual client needs. They seek to bring forth solutions and strategies from the client. Imagine a time set apart to focus on you and your goals. Consider the difference it would make if you spent time weekly exploring the unique plan that God has just for you. Life coaching is a dynamic partnership that helps you discern God’s will, discover possibilities, sharpen your focus, make confident decisions, and reach your goals. Coaching empowers you to discover and live the life you were designed to live.
How Does Individual Coaching Work?
Coaching is a process of personal exploration and changing the way you think in order to create actions to achieve your goals. During the coaching process you will go through a processes that will ensure you achieve your goals, beginning with assessing your current situation, discussing your desired outcomes, and teaching you how to author your life.
Benefits from Life Coaching
Individuals who benefit from Life Coaching are those:
- Who have a strong desire to be in charge of their lives
- Who want to experience personal growth and improvement
- Who are committed to the process
- Who are willing to take action
- Who are willing to be held accountable
The Role of the Coach
The relationship between the individual and the coach is both confidential and collaborative. The coach is not a problem solver, but a facilitator who helps the individual find a way to experience more fulfillment and balance in daily life. The life coach is always honest with the individual, listens to hear resonance and dissonance, and asks powerful questions designed to lead to a deeper understanding of self and to motivate the individual to action. The coach may lead the client in one or more of the following activities:
- Seeing, owning, and living one’s true self
- Clarifying/Indentifying values and goals
- Designing a plan for achieving the goals
- Developing strategies to move forward toward the realization of goals
- Identifying obstacles/actions that sabotage plans and dreams
- Discovering life balance and self-management
