When I say to people that I am life coach, quite often I need to explain what a life coach does. I have had many different approaches, the coach helps you get a specific result in your life, acompanies you in putting in place the steps you need for a certain change in your life… etc. I feel however that you cannot really explain how a coach can help you if you do not live the experience itself. It is like doing a skydive, which I did recently, the sensation is really different that the descritpion itself!
So why does someone ask a life coach for help after all?
You want to create a specific result in your life
When you start working with a coach you have the opportunity to share the process of hard growth with a person that has wisdom, perspective and your best interest in heart. The environment of coaching is inspired by the belief that you have all the necessary ressources to achieve what you want and is based in the love and faith of who you want to be in the future. Your time in focusing in believing on who you want to be and what you want to create.
You get a new persepective
Your coach is there to challenge your way of your thinking. The coach challenges you to be wrong, to make a shift of thought that can actually change your life. You get to hear the truth, even when it is hard. The incredible thing you gain from that is that when you manage to change your belief system, you can then you can change anything in your life. Starting from your mindset, you can change your relationships, your income, your career, your productivity, your anxiety, your weight etc.
You have someone that reminds you the good things
When you have these changes in your life, the coach is there to remind you that you have done big things, and celebrates with you. Your coach points out all the areas you have changed and evolved. You are ready to do the hard things because you are willing to face the hard things you need to attain them. The valuable thing is that you can feel supported in facing the pain of growth.
You have someone that keeps you in massive action
A coach is there to remind you in every session that you can pass into action. This is the only way you can achieve your results. You stay inspired and that is the necessary in order to keep going, not quitting or not falling of a month here and there and putting on hold the projects that matter to you.
You have someone that helps you save time
A life coach saves you time, as you can avoid repeating some of your trial and error patterns. Trying on your own is usually the most expensive way, as you need to do all the mistakes and learn from them. This can be frustrating and also time-money consuming. We exhaust ourselves and eventually quit.
You have someone that helps you save money
Even your buying habits change. You can manage to consume much more conciously; this refers to your housing, clothing, food, alcohol, literally everything! You stop buffering, and start minimizing in your life. You act more deliberately on your consumption and you find what matters for you. For me that was, starting my work as a coach, spending time with my family, travelling and visiting my friends all over the world, training for a marathon (who would have imagined that!).
You have someone that sees you the way you want to be and not the way you have always been
We are so used to have a specific identity with our family and friends, and when you try something in our normal social circle, our brain tells us that you will be exiled from the pack! However, the coach treats you already as if you are that person you want to be, the possibility you have in your mind. The coach helps you leaving the the past in the past and puts the future into the light. The coach helps you hold that identity for you and is there to remind you that you have someone that believes in you and that you can do it!
You have someone to have fun with!
The value of fun in your life is beyond measure. When you feel happy, your brain gets to think in a more clear way, it solves problems faster, it comes up with ideas . It is great to look forward to showing up in your next sessions and share the exciting path of growth with your coach!
You have someone that challenges you to live more
And when I mean more I mean experiences, not longer 😉
You can get to do more in one year than the average person will get to do in a lifetime. You get to experience more, think more, feel more, create more, challenge yourself more, exercise more, make more money, travel more.
TO LIVE MORE!
What do you think the value of obtaining help from a life coach?
What makes you get the help you need now?