What is Coaching?

"A Personal Trainer for Your Soul"

In a very general sense, a Life Coach helps people clarify and articulate what they want most from life and how best to achieve it. More specifically, coaching helps people get past their obstacles in order to create the results they want in life, work, relationships and spiritual growth. Coaching is like having a personal trainer for your soul.

Coaches don't tell people what they should do; rather, they ask powerful questions in an effort to help the client find the answers that always lie within. Coaching is particularly helpful if you feel out of balance, for example, working too much and playing too little, feeling that there is something missing but you can't put your finger on what, deciding whether to pursue a new career or change jobs, or simply wanting more joy in your life.

To clarify, coaching is no substitute for therapy. It is not for people with serious emotional problems. Coaching is about creating results, not dealing with crises. It can help you change attitudes resulting from past experiences by focusing on the future.