Are you insightful? Do you enjoy communicating with others? If you have the heart, the enthusiasm, and the passion to be of service then life coaching is a good profession to consider. First things first though, you have to get proper training.
Why Become A Life Coach
Life coaching is very rewarding, both in a financial and emotional sense. Facilitating someone to grow, develop and succeed in life is a triumph that many share wth their life coach. As their life coach you become part of your client’s lifes journey, helping them reach peak success and goal achievement. If you are a great life coach you can earn really great money. A busy life coach can have a steady stream of clients and a steady income.
Life coaching may sound easy, but it is not for everybody. As a life coach you may get caught up in your client’s journey, however it is important to remember you are there to facilitate the clients journey and not become part of it. The most all-important quality a life coach must have is the ability to listen and empathise. Sympathizing is feeling for the client, empathising is putting your self in those clients’ shoes. By sympathising you are able to visualize a client’s life and reflect it to him so he sees how he is like, similar to looking into the mirror. The key to being a successful life coach is being able to listen without planning the rebuttal in your head.
Another required skill is the ability to control any urge to give advice. A life coach does not tell the client what to do. As a coach I help my clients realise what they are looking for. The basis of life coaching is facilitating to client to internalise and realize their potentials, wants, desires, and goals.
Life coaches should be eager to help, and from this eagerness arises the desire to be trained. A life coach’s job is critical. You have to be able to recognize who needs encouragement and who has a serious problem. Life coaching is highly criticized because a lot of people claim as experts without proper training. Do not be one of those people. Get proper education and training.
Training can be through your local community college’s offer courses, university and specialist coaching training providers. You should also regularly attend additional training and seminars to expand your knowledge and awareness of issues which effect your prospects. It will also assist life coaches if they undertake some psychology studies and NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) training.
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Further Reading
The Life Coaching Handbook: Everything You Need to Be an Effective Life Coach by Curly Martin
Brilliant Life Coach: 10 Inspirational Steps to Transform Your Life by Annie Lionnet
Life Coaching for Dummies by Jeni Mumford
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Aly (The Geordie Coach) is the founder of Newcastle Performance Coaching, a business which provides Personal Coaching and Business Building Solutions across the United Kingdom.
Aly's background as a solicitor equips her with excellent communication and questioning skills enabling the client to progress quickly to their goals.
Personal coaching; time management, work life balance, stress coaching.
Small business coaching; setting up and getting going, finding your niche, marketing your business, developing passive income streams, increasing leads, turning prospects into sales.
Contact Aly to book an Introductory Coaching Session and Consultation.
If our world had more educated life coaches then this will be a better place to live in. The future generation will have a more secure future. I think the most valuable benefit for the coach is being able to touch lives.
I agree Lynne. I love working with young adults, understanding how your goals and dreams have a bearing in the whole of your life, from things we do to how we communicate with others. It is mindblowing. Thanks for the comment. Aly