Life coaching is for those who are eager to experience the inspiration and empowerment provided by working with their own personal mentor, as they strive towards the realisation of their potential and the creation of a life which is fulfilling and satisfying. It is a convenient and efficient way to make genuine and sustained improvements in any or all areas of life.
Life coaching focuses specifically on personal strengths and their development. It draws heavily upon Positive Psychology, a field of study which aims to promote the understanding of psychological potential and to move each individual towards the optimal level of functioning for them. Life coaching aims to help people take charge of their own lives; to design and create the life they want rather than living in a reactionary way to what life presents.
Who Seeks Life Coaching?
Life coaching is most suitable for those who are not struggling with significant levels of distress or anxiety but are eager to take active steps towards making an ok life into a great life. Reasons people seek life coaching include:
- A desire to improve one's health - lose weight, increase fitness, enhance diet and general well-being
- Wanting to improve one's relationships - with partner, family members, children, friends and work colleagues
- Achieving professional and/or study goals
- Seeking financial freedom
- Wanting a more satisfying career - making changes in current career or seeking a new one
- A desire find more meaning - articulating and pursuing one's life purpose
- Wanting to have more fun - enhancing the pursuit of recreational activities and interests
- Wanting to become a better person - seeking general personal development
- Wanting to fulfill innate potential and obtain greater life satisfaction
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