What is a Life Coach?

I know. Life coaching, seriously? If you are like me, when you first heard the term "life coach", it brings to mind a new age, trendy gimmick, or some kind of pyramid scheme or cult. Trust me, I have had all the same thoughts! And if I hadn’t experienced the benefits of working with a life coach myself, then I would be right there with you.  

So what is a life coach anyway? It is exactly what it says, someone who coaches you on living your life. Quite simply, a life coach is a person who helps you to identify and explore areas of your life that are not working for you and then helps you uncover the strategies and tools to create the life that you want.

A life coach will listen to your story and then help you to cross that bridge from where you currently are to where you want to be. They don’t buy into that story you have been telling yourself that because nothing has worked you are now stuck in an unfulfilled life. A life coach does not get caught up in your drama. They help you to examine what parts of your life are the facts and what parts are just the story that you have been telling yourself. Because we all are just telling ourselves stories about how life is. And the story we tell ourselves creates our results. So is the story that you are telling yourself creating the life that you want? If the answer is yes, great! You don’t need a life coach. But, if your story is not giving you the results that you want, well then you have two choices: believe your story and stay where you are, or change your story and become the creator of your life. 

Now we all have those friends who have the innate ability to change their stories. You know who I am talking about. Those people who seem to shrug off obstacles and never seem to let things keep them down for long. Well, they are not unicorns. They are not doing anything that you can’t learn how to do too. They have simply learned how to change their thoughts and stories into ones that serve them and propel them forward.

If you are like most people (and me when I first reached out to a life coach) you might be feeling kind of stuck. Maybe you don’t love where your life is right now and you don’t know what you want. Or perhaps you know what you want but are just not quite sure how to get there. If this sounds true or if this has piqued your curiosity, then you might benefit from working with a life coach. Come over to my site and book a free 20-minute coaching session and see how a life coach can work for you.