My Life’s Not That Bad…But It Could Be Better
An Intro to Life Coaching
“So, how’s life?” asks a friend you haven’t seen in a year.
“Pretty good… well, not perfect, but it’s not that bad,” you answer.
Immediately after replying, you feel a bit of doubt sink in. It’s not that bad? You have a lot of personal and professional goals, but you’re not any closer to reaching them this year than you were last. Your life is in stasis, but you’re not sure how to break out of your rut. Could life coaching help? You’ve heard of it, but you’re not sure how it works or if it will help.
What is Life Coaching?
Life coaching is a learning and mentoring process that takes place between a life coach and a client. The life coach serves as an active partner in supporting their client’s personal development and growth and holds them accountable to their goals. Coaching helps support psychological and emotional growth, but it is different from therapeutic counseling psychology.
In traditional therapy, counselors focus on resolving traumatic events, improving family dynamics and offering coping skills to deal with psychological issues and stress. In comparison, life coaches focus on positive self-development and actualization to help clients achieve their goals. Life coaching is best for clients that are basically psychologically healthy, and counseling is for individuals with more serious psychological issues that need to be addressed.
What are the Benefits of Life Coaching?
A great life coach can help you take your life from decent to amazing, by partnering with you to achieve your goals. Here is a list of benefits that are possible when you connect to your true potential with guidance from a life coach:
• Better physical health and fitness
• Increased self-confidence and self-esteem
• Improved emotional intelligence and maturity
• Help through a difficult life transition
• Reduced fear and anxiety
• Assistance with weight loss and diet
• Improved well-being and quality of life
• Advancement of your career
• Healthier and more fulfilling relationships
• Help getting out of debt
• Achievement of financial goals
• Support in gaining spiritual and religious connection
What Should I Expect?
A life coach assists clients in becoming more whole, integrated and content, while helping them achieve success in many areas of their lives. In many coaching practices, the client is asked to evaluate their level of happiness in the following six areas: health, finances, relationships, spiritual, well-being and career. Then the life coach partners with the client to develop measurable, achievable goals in each area. As a part of the goal-setting process, the coach acts as an accountability partner to hold clients to their promises to themselves and their personal growth.
A good coach will use “world” exercises, not just “word” exercises, to give clients real-world learning experiences that promote personal growth. They will also help clients uncover belief systems that are sabotaging their success. With this knowledge, clients can transform or eliminate unhealthy beliefs so that their actions are unimpeded by faulty thinking, destructive behavior and old habits.
With consistent coaching, clients remove the barriers that are preventing them from reaching their goals. Their lives start to unfold in alignment with their intentions. The next time they’re asked about how things are going with their life, they’ll answer honestly, “My life is going really well. Each year gets better than the last. I’m happy.”
About the Author
Sifu (Master) Karl Romain is a World Champion Martial Artist, owner of the Edgewater Kung Fu Academy, and Certified Professional Coach. Sifu Romain is a published author and has appeared on the Dr. Oz and Oprah Show. Romain is no stranger to adversity. He overcame injuries from a serious car accident to accomplish his dream of becoming a world champion by age 22. He has taken the knowledge gained from his experience and created “Champions for Life” seminar. This seminar is designed to motivate and inspire people to live their dreams and win at life despite adversity and challenges.
Deepening his commitment to helping others achieve their goals, Sifu Romain has completed his training as a Certified Professional Coach. As a business consultant, he has worked with many business owners to assist them in achieving personal and professional success. His belief in the “inside out” philosophy of personal development mirrors his experience in martial arts: growth starts from within, and then eventually ripples out to all aspects of a person’s life.
To set up a personal or group coaching session or find out more visit http://www.americaslifedevelopmentcoa...
“So, how’s life?” asks a friend you haven’t seen in a year.
“Pretty good… well, not perfect, but it’s not that bad,” you answer.
Immediately after replying, you feel a bit of doubt sink in. It’s not that bad? You have a lot of personal and professional goals, but you’re not any closer to reaching them this year than you were last. Your life is in stasis, but you’re not sure how to break out of your rut. Could life coaching help? You’ve heard of it, but you’re not sure how it works or if it will help.
What is Life Coaching?
Life coaching is a learning and mentoring process that takes place between a life coach and a client. The life coach serves as an active partner in supporting their client’s personal development and growth and holds them accountable to their goals. Coaching helps support psychological and emotional growth, but it is different from therapeutic counseling psychology.
In traditional therapy, counselors focus on resolving traumatic events, improving family dynamics and offering coping skills to deal with psychological issues and stress. In comparison, life coaches focus on positive self-development and actualization to help clients achieve their goals. Life coaching is best for clients that are basically psychologically healthy, and counseling is for individuals with more serious psychological issues that need to be addressed.
What are the Benefits of Life Coaching?
A great life coach can help you take your life from decent to amazing, by partnering with you to achieve your goals. Here is a list of benefits that are possible when you connect to your true potential with guidance from a life coach:
• Better physical health and fitness
• Increased self-confidence and self-esteem
• Improved emotional intelligence and maturity
• Help through a difficult life transition
• Reduced fear and anxiety
• Assistance with weight loss and diet
• Improved well-being and quality of life
• Advancement of your career
• Healthier and more fulfilling relationships
• Help getting out of debt
• Achievement of financial goals
• Support in gaining spiritual and religious connection
What Should I Expect?
A life coach assists clients in becoming more whole, integrated and content, while helping them achieve success in many areas of their lives. In many coaching practices, the client is asked to evaluate their level of happiness in the following six areas: health, finances, relationships, spiritual, well-being and career. Then the life coach partners with the client to develop measurable, achievable goals in each area. As a part of the goal-setting process, the coach acts as an accountability partner to hold clients to their promises to themselves and their personal growth.
A good coach will use “world” exercises, not just “word” exercises, to give clients real-world learning experiences that promote personal growth. They will also help clients uncover belief systems that are sabotaging their success. With this knowledge, clients can transform or eliminate unhealthy beliefs so that their actions are unimpeded by faulty thinking, destructive behavior and old habits.
With consistent coaching, clients remove the barriers that are preventing them from reaching their goals. Their lives start to unfold in alignment with their intentions. The next time they’re asked about how things are going with their life, they’ll answer honestly, “My life is going really well. Each year gets better than the last. I’m happy.”
About the Author
Sifu (Master) Karl Romain is a World Champion Martial Artist, owner of the Edgewater Kung Fu Academy, and Certified Professional Coach. Sifu Romain is a published author and has appeared on the Dr. Oz and Oprah Show. Romain is no stranger to adversity. He overcame injuries from a serious car accident to accomplish his dream of becoming a world champion by age 22. He has taken the knowledge gained from his experience and created “Champions for Life” seminar. This seminar is designed to motivate and inspire people to live their dreams and win at life despite adversity and challenges.
Deepening his commitment to helping others achieve their goals, Sifu Romain has completed his training as a Certified Professional Coach. As a business consultant, he has worked with many business owners to assist them in achieving personal and professional success. His belief in the “inside out” philosophy of personal development mirrors his experience in martial arts: growth starts from within, and then eventually ripples out to all aspects of a person’s life.
To set up a personal or group coaching session or find out more visit http://www.americaslifedevelopmentcoa...
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