Coaching is the process that connects one’s inner purpose and passion with their outer goals and strategies to achieve extraordinary and sustainable results.
What is a life coach?
He or she is someone who will help improve your personal and/or professional life by offering support and encouragement while partnering with you in exploring new ways to achieve your goals. A life coach is more of a partnership than anything else; helping you move forward to achieving your potential. It is a support system with one goal in mind: improving your quality of life.
A life coach will ideally have a substantial amount of experience and education in his own field, as well as the required coaching certifications. Certification assures that high standards are set while reinforcing professional coaching as a distinct and self-regulating profession.
“I feel that working with Rose has been quite an experience. She has been able to promote within myself a lot of clarity about my personal and professional life. I have been able to develop and achieve goals that are keeping my life more effective by prioritizing, evaluating and being accountable on the actions that were necessary in order to move forward.”
What does a life coach do?
Professional coaches, through a partnership with the client, are there to help produce positive results, whether in their professional or personal lives. They help people perform better and ultimately improve the quality of their lives.
In most cases, a life coach is required when the person is in a transition phase and needs support for any of the following reasons:
Reassessing life goals and developing action plans
Getting “unstuck” and moving forward again
Lack of balance between work and life
Help with time management
Difficulty dealing with stressful situations
Difficulty making life decisions
Prioritizing projects and timelines
Improving relationships
Urgent challenging situations
Identifying core strengths and motivators and maximizing their potential
Simplifying life to reduce stress and increase productivity
Coaches are trained to listen, observe and customize an approach to the client’s needs, and will work to find solutions and strategies that will help the individual out of the rut they are in.
The coach and client form an accountability partnership while moving forward to achieve the client’s goals.
Life coaching is based on support, trust, complete confidentiality and non-judgmental attitudes toward the client.