
But the question still stands, “What is a Life Coach?”
A life coach starts by increasing your overall awareness by tapping into your subconscious thoughts and feelings. Awareness is the greatest agent for change. Coaching is a solution-focused, action-oriented partnership between the life coach and the client to help them reach their full potential through action-based plans. A life coach helps individuals identify their core values, challenge their belief systems, evaluate what is and isn’t serving them. A life coach will challenge individuals to look at things differently, help them discover what they really want in life, support them with step-by-step action plans and hold them accountable.
The life coach stays open-minded and curious and allows the client to lead the sessions. The client has their own innate answers so the life coach holds space for the individual to discover these answers for themselves. Tools used include empowering questions, reflections, wheel of life, values assessment, SMART-P goals, providing feedback and evaluation to name a few.
What Does a Session Look Like?
*First, the life coach helps the client clearly define goals and dreams
*Establishes a mindset to set them up for success
*Asks questions to help the client make action steps towards achieving goals
*Provides accountability steps that the client can identify on their own to move in the right direction. The coach can then hold the client accountable.
Even though these steps sound simple, people find it hard to do without a coach.
When to Hire a Coach?
A life coach is a good choice if the individual is ready to make a decision, has a desire to level up, looking to take action and create results by learning to understand and trust themselves.
What Areas Do Life Coaches Address?
Life coaches address a wide range of areas in a person’s life such as taking individuals from where they are to where they want to be, improving confidence and eliminating negative thoughts, getting unstuck, setting goals to achieve one’s dreams, helping individuals overcome adversity and detours in life, improving decision making skills, and improved overall well being.
You can read about Dana on her profile here. Reach out to her with any questions or ask for a free discovery session by using the form on that page, or by phone or email.
Phone: 262-567-1839
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