ABOUT LIFE COACHING

Feeling unmotivated, uninspired or unfocused when it comes to your personal and/or professional goals? Life coaching improves confidence + self-esteem, increases life satisfaction and happiness levels + lowers stress + burnout. As a result, your energy + productivity are increased, and you gain focus, motivation + fulfilment.

Investing in a life coach helps you to reach your goals. Very often individuals do not achieve their goals because they are missing someone who will hold them accountable. A Certified + Accredited Life Coach is a wellness professional, trained in this powerful process, who works with clients to help them achieve their goals by providing guidance + support in various areas; including goal-setting.

LIFE COACH VS. THERAPIST

A common misconception about life coaching is that it is a cheaper alternative to therapy. While it is more cost effective, there are some key differences that you should know. Life coaching is its very own unique wellness service designed to help ambitious achievers meet the outcomes that will bring them success + fulfilment in various areas of their life. Here are some of the differences between a life coach + a therapist, and a basic guide for when each service may be appropriate for you.

Psychotherapy: a long-term process in which a client works with a healthcare professional to determine + resolve problematic beliefs, behaviours, relationship issues, feelings + physical responses. Psychotherapy may focus on processing past traumas, replacing maladaptive behaviours/coping mechanisms, repairing + improving relationships + working through painful feelings. There is a focus on introspection + analysis, reshaping problematic narratives + behaviours, and a goal of resolution and/or acceptance in order to create a happier, more stable future.

Life Coaching: a client works with a coach who is not necessarily a healthcare professional to clarify goals + identify obstacles + problematic behaviours in order to create action plans to achieve desired results. A life coach takes the client’s current starting point as an acceptable neutral ground + is more action-based from that point onward. A life coach enables the person receiving treatment to ‘take control’ of their life by taking actions that will allow them to meet their goals.

A LIFE COACH OFFERS GUIDANCE TO:

✓ Clarify and achieve personal + professional goals

✓ Create business plans

✓ Work to improve communication skills

✓ Achieve financial independence + security

✓ Achieve a work/life balance

✓ Start a new business or grow a current business

A THERAPIST FOCUSES ON WAYS TO:

✓ Process + heal from past traumas

✓ Explore why past relationships have been destructive

✓ Work through depression or anxiety that affects the ability to function at home or work

✓ Understand + adopt adaptive coping mechanisms

✓ Survive a divorce or loss of a loved one

Which one will be most helpful during your specific journey?