Thursday, September 15, 2011

The Advantages of Hiring a Life Coach

By Jeremy Bluefield


What's Life Coaching?

Life Training is inspirational, provoking, positive, exciting and action driven. Life coaching aids you in looking at where you are now and where you'd like to be, so helping you bridge the gap. By raising awareness and encouraging you to be responsible for your life, life coaching can help you rise to your own particular challenge and go further than you ever thought practicable.

So , is this magic? Does the Life Coach just wave a magical wand and make everything wonderful? Sadly no, and it has got to be said, that training involves a lot of tough work and commitment. Nevertheless if you are prepared for change in your life, the benefits can be giant.

Sounds excellent so far, but what if you're doubtful if your issues are suitable for training? The only way to be truly sure is to have an informal talk with a life coach. Nonetheless have a look at the following statements and see if they apply to you.

*I've had an issue or challenge that's been around for a long while, but I've never managed to sort it out.

*I have a pressing issue to resolve but don't know where to start.

*Things are OK for me but may be better.

*I appear to spend all of my life making an attempt to catch up.

*My life looks to be all work and no play.

*I think things would be great if only I had ..a new job, I could lose weight, I could sell my houseetc. Etc

*I would just like to run my ideas past someone who isn't going to pour cold water over them all the time.

*I feel alone in my job but find it tough to talk to colleagues in case they take it as an indication that I've failed.

*I'm hiding relationship issues because I cannot share them with friends and family, as this would feel disloyal to my partner.

*I'm in a rut and feel too drained to get out of it.

*I've lost direction.

If you've identified with several of these statements, then life coaching could make the difference you're attempting to find.

The Advantages of Having a Life Coach

*You get to discuss your issues and challenges with someone who's not going to break you, make judgements about you, criticise what you're saying, or offer viewpoints based all alone experience.

*If you're feeling negative and low in incentive, your coach will help you challenge limiting hunches and principles you may be holding, about the eventualities you find yourself in, that are stopping you moving forward.

*Life training will give you the space and time to think through your challenges and options.

*You can use your life coach as a sounding board for your concepts, like your plan, what to put in a display, how to have a successful interview, how to start a new hobby, your new fitness regime; the list is unending.

*If you've lost direction, your coach will help you to focus by setting you some highly effective exercises designed to help you identify what you'd like to have, be and do.

*If you have a nagging doubt about what you are doing in your life or things simply don't feel right, but you do not know why, it could be that your not sticking to your values, the things which are most important to you, like accomplishment, dom, success, caring for others, peace of mind for example. Your coach will help you discover your true values, and help you in working on a plan for fulfilling them.

*Everything you are saying will be in total confidence.

*Your coach will offer recommendations if it is acceptable and something that you would welcome.

How Does Life Coaching Work?

Coaching can be eyeball to eyeball or on the phone. You may meet/ring your coach at a pre-arranged time for weekly sessions, which can last between 30 and 60 minutes.

In that time, your coach will build an issue with you, and encourage you, with a collection of inquiries to set a goal. With steerage from your coach, you will explore assorted options open to you that might enable you to take a step nearer to your goal. What if talking to someone does not appeal? Lots of coaches now do email coaching which can on occasion be incredibly effective, giving both parties the time to think before setting their thoughts, questions and responses down in type.

Whichever technique you choose, life training will be a difficult experience for you, requiring a high level of keenness and commitment, but definitely worth the effort.




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