I often get asked this question a lot recently and I try to sum it up in a sentence to explain what it is but honestly I don’t think life coaching could be explained in just a few words. Life Coaching is not limited to a few sessions you have with your coach. It is an experience that could be transformational and life-changing if you are really invested in it. A coach is not a problem solver or someone who advises you on what to do with your life. Your life is special because it’s you who is living your life and nobody else can ever be in your shoes. Your experiences, your ideologies, your feelings and emotions act as a roadmap exclusive to your being. Therefore, we all have different roadmaps with different bumps and barriers and so if someone tells you they can fix your life, then that is a lie.
Nobody but you can fix, or if I may put as ‘design your life’ for you. You are your own designer with an exceptional creative thinking ability and strategic mindset. So why do you need a life coach? Well, because the world is chaotic and sometimes in this abrupt background noise, you need a listening ear that is compassionate and non critical. Your conversations are most of the times thoughts which may or may not lead to actions. Life coach then helps you to make progress on those thoughts and drive you towards achieving results. Your roadmap is indeed exclusive and life coach acts as a directional guide that could lead you to your objective or make your journey a fruitful one. Life coach has an ability to hold space for you when you feel overwhelmed with the burden of roles and responsibilities of the world and need to vent out or completely shut down.
In every good or bad part of life, one thing has certainly been constant and that is we all have gained some kind of experience from those moments. Life coach helps in boosting those positive experiences and moving forward in life with a clear mind, driven approach and a result-oriented action plan.
Life coaching is not therapy. Therapists take you in the past to heal your trauma, work on your past experiences and repair your wounds that may have affected you physically and mentally.
Life coaches have a future-oriented approach. They are aware that the past cannot be changed and one needs to focus on their future and try to move forward in life with a positive outlook and a constructive mindset. A life coach is a silent listener when you talk, is a confidant when you express your emotions, is a guide when you feel lost, is an empathic figure when you are vulnerable, is an excellent speaker to carry forward the conversation, is a motivator who always motivates you to have a positive footprint in your life, is a gentle friend who provides a secure base for you, is a futuristic personality who provide boundless optimism to you in every step, is a reliable source who you can entrust with any information, is a thoughtful experienced professional who is aware of the needs of the client and is an amazing leader who can lead the conversation or a situation that could prove effective for the client.
Life coaching is a platform where the client can try to enhance the experiences in her life and find the true purpose of her life. Life coaching is a medium where the client can connect with her inner self and illuminate all the qualms that have unfortunately been a part of her existence. Life coaching is a channel where a client can think deeply and reflect upon the actions done and the decisions that have been taken by her. Life coaching is an experience that could help the client be a better human being and a person with purposeful living by projection of divine intervention in her life.
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