Working Well

Coaching is a professional service providing clients with feedback, insights and guidance from an outside vantage point. The profession of coaching is similar to the practice of a physician, attorney or psychologist. The major difference is that coaching is an on-going collaborative partnership built on taking action. People hire a coach when they are making a career transition, starting a new business, feeling dissatisfied, re-evaluating life choices or simply looking for personal and professional breakthroughs.

A Life Coach gives people confidence and the ability to move forward in a positive manner in the areas of their life where they crave change. Life Coaching is about breaking down the barriers which prevent this change from happening and creating the ideal environment for positive action to take place. It is a totally holistic approach which looks at the present and sets goals for a totally successful future.

Life Coaching begins with an awareness that every human is born with the ability to be, do or have whatever they want in life. By the time we become adults, many of us have lost this ability. But eventually, we experience the feeling that our lives are drifting off-course and that there must be something better than this.

Coaching can take place face to face or over the telephone. It can be used with private individuals or within a business environment. Life Coaches can specialise in particular areas or offer a general service. In essence, Life Coaching is a highly practical and portable skill which can be tailored to suit each individual.


References:

The Life Coaching Academy

Wellbeing Natural Therapies Pages