What is a Life Coach?

Found a great article defining what a life coach is/does.

life coaching/personal coaching definitions and features

Life coaching and personal coaching are interchangeable terms - they mean the same.
Life coaching aims to draws out a person's potential rather than puts in aims and knowledge from outside.
It develops rather than imposes.
It reflects rather than directs.
Effective life coaching or personal coaching is a form of change facilitation - it enables people, rather than trains them.
Life coaching is reactive and flexible - it allows for personal transition on an individual basis.
Coaching of this sort makes no assumptions - it's not judgmental, nor is it prescriptive or instructional.
Empathy is central to the coaching process.
Good personal coaching seeks to help the other person's understanding of himself or herself.
Life coaching is rather like a brand or label of the life coaching industry, but it potentially covers virtually every aspect of personal development that an individual might aspire to - for career direction and development, management, executive and leadership, business start-up and entrepreneurialism, life skills, personal fulfilment, life-balance, and the aquisition of specific skills or knowledge.
Life coaching can be this adaptable because it is not concerned with delivery and specilaised training - it focuses on enablement and reflection, so that the individual decides and discovers their required progression themselves.

Read the remainder of the article at:
http://www.businessballs.com/lifecoaching.htm

Thanks to all the Angels on Earth...

You read a lot of articles from me of 'positive thinking' and goal setting. Here's the reality, even if it's hard to hear.

For a decade I was stuck in a cycle of depression and suicidal thinking. Just over a year ago, I was on the edge of ending my life almost weekly.

But I made a choice to change my life. I quit my job of 5 years and career of 10 years without knowing what was next... all I knew was that there was something better for me out there. It was scary... and for a few months I was really lost. Feeling happier to be removed from the stress of doing what I hated, but still not knowing what to do next.

10 months ago I met a life coach (Tracey Pitts) and more recently began working with another (Halli McNab).

In 10 months I have found a career I am passionate about (Life Coaching), I am earning money in my new career, my family relationships have improved, my romantic relationship is so much more fulfilling, I have at least 20 new friends who I know will be there for the rest of my life, I have generated income from nothing on the internet, I have stopped needing to take anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication, and I have created a purpose for myself and my life.

This is what Life Coaching can do for you too. I did the work, I put in the effort, but my coaches have helped reveal the way...

Talk to me if you want to see how life coaching can change your life.

On this Thanksgiving weekend, I give thanks for Life Coaching and Life Coaches around the world. You are truly angels on Earth.