Life Coaching - A Personal Trainer to Help You With Life Choices

Life Coaching - A Personal Trainer to Help You With Life Choices
By Bridget Burns

So really what is Life Coaching all about?

Everyone loves a definition!

So let's start with one!

"Coaching is an equal, co-creative process between coach and client. Coaches partner with clients in a supportive and creative way to inspire, challenge and support them to improve their performance, achieve goals, and better the quality of their lives. The coach's job is to provide support so the client can identify and bring out skills, resources, and creativity that they already have. Coaches don't deal with the past. They deal with getting you from point A to point B and removing any obstacles that prevent you from getting to point B. Coaches help you determine where you are right now, where you'd like to be, and help you develop a road map to get you there!" - New Life Coach Inc. "

Life Coaching is all about helping people get from where they are in their life to where they want to get to.

If everyone is being honest with themselves, I think we could all do with improving an area or two of our lives.

But why don't people do anything about it?

Everyone knows what to do in life to become more successful but they don't do what they know.

It is a Life Coach's job to help people get what they want in life in by breaking down the barriers that people impose on themselves.

The best analogy you can ever use is that of a Personal Fitness Trainer.

When you go to a gym they will first ask you what your goals are:

Lose weight? Lose fat? Build muscle? Build endurance? Increase stamina? Etc

They will then see where you are at with regards to your goal.

So for example, if you want to lose body fat they may ask you to take a body fat composition test that will measure your current levels of body fat, you may be asked to take a fitness test, asked what your current eating habits are etc

After establishing exactly how much you want to lose and over what period of time you want to lose it the trainer will then devise a plan of action of what you must do in order to achieve your fat reduction goals.

Along the way your personal fitness trainer will encourage and motivate you, ask you questions about your motivations and any barriers that you face and will help you.

The end goal of a trainer is to help you achieve your goals a lot quicker and more effectively than if you did it yourself.

A Life Coach does EXACTLY the same as a Personal Trainer but with areas of your life.

This could include:

· Confidence and self esteem
- Feel good about yourself
- Remove the self doubt
- Meet new people and feel confident
- Speak in front of groups

· Career
- Know what career is for you
- Get a better job
- Do your job better
- Get a promotion
- Start your own business and go it alone

· Relationships
- Develop listening skills
- Work through problems with your partner
- How to get through tough times
- Build stronger bonds

· Communication skills
- How to communicate with anyone
- How to make small talk with strangers
- How to get your point across effectively


· Losing weight/health
- Improve your health
- Reduce stress
- Sticking to a healthy eating plan
- Sticking to an exercise plan


· Dreams and achievements
- Set some compelling goals
- Work out what you want from life
- Provide direction and purpose
- Have more fun
- Have more energy


· Money/Finance
- Earn more money
- Save more money
- Work out and stick to budgets more effectively

· Getting what you want in life
- Becoming more organised
- Getting rid of barriers and negative thinking
- Manage your time more effectively
- Discover your values in life
- Remove the clutter that bogs you down
- How to stay focussed

Bridget D. Burns is the founder of New Life Coach Inc. A Chicago base non-for profit organization http://www.newlifecoachinc.org/ an all-volunteer coaching agency.

Mrs. Burns is a Christian with a mission to help anyone who isn't able to afford expensive life coaching sessions. Mrs. Burns states everyone should coach someone. Life coaches motivate and edify their clients to reach their goal and dreams. Life coaching is a humanitarian act. Acts of kindness, compassion, caring, and edifying should never be sold or charged. We all can be a life coach, start with helping someone in your family, or a friend who is struggling with something. Be compassionate, caring and loving, help them to see outside of their comfort zone, motivate them to come up with solutions and help them removal the obstacles. Now you are life coaching.

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