Your Questions About Life Coaching Answered

A Life Coach is a professional who guides and supports Clients in achieving their personal and professional goals. They help you identify your strengths, uncover your passions, and develop the strategies and skills necessary to overcome challenges and achieve your desired outcomes.

Not at all, because each Life Coach will have different specialisms, life experiences, training, strategies and methods, and this can vary depending on who their Clients are. As you want to get the most out of your Life Coaching sessions, choose a Life Coach you most resonate with, one with good reviews, and one who specialises in the areas you want guidance with.

There are some similarities between them, but while Therapy involves more in-depth exploration of past experiences and emotional issues, Life Coaching focuses on present-day challenges and future aspirations, and is more action-oriented. Life Coaching is centred on personal growth, goal setting, and achieving personal fulfilment, whereas Therapy primarily addresses mental health concerns.

Anyone can choose to have a Life Coach assisting them as they navigate some difficulties in life. You can approach a Life Coach for support with one or many issues, including help with gaining more control over some aspects of your life, assistance with making a significant change, or guidance on reaching a specific goal (for example, career, relationship, diet, exercise, aligning with your purpose, etc). In fact, any changes you want to make to your life that are more likely to succeed with a structured, guided and accountable process are suitable for Life Coaching sessions. Basically, anyone who is seeking personal growth, improved communication, or a clearer sense of direction in life can benefit from Life Coaching. 

The Life Coaching sessions will involve just you, the Client, and me, the Coach (they are 1-2-1, not in a group).
The sessions will be via online video calling, so although I’m based in the UK, you could be anywhere (as long as you have a stable internet connection). Please note that I run the Life Coaching sessions in English, so you will need a good level of spoken and written English to participate.

Life Coaching sessions are typically for 60 minutes, once a week. The number of sessions required varies depending on individual goals and progress. A typical Life Coaching program involves 6-12 sessions, but some Clients may require more or fewer depending on their needs. 

The first call, a 30 minute Discovery Call, is a free, no-obligation call to see if Life Coaching is a good fit for you.

The first call, a Discovery Call, is free, in which we’ll have a no-obligation discussion to see if Life Coaching is a good fit for you.

If so, and you wish to work on one specific goal, I recommend at least 6 sessions, as this is usually the minimum time needed, including the time between sessions for you to work on your goal, break through any limiting beliefs or difficulties, and take necessary actions, in order to maximise your chances of progress and achievement.

However if you have more than one goal, or feel that you’re facing a lot of challenges and difficulties, I suggest around 12 sessions, which gives us more time to work with the complexities and gives you the time you need to reflect on, plan, enact and adapt changes within and between sessions, leading to a higher chance of progress and achievement.

If you’ve completed a program of 6 or 12 sessions, and found them valuable but feel that you’d benefit from continuing, I’m happy to work out an individual plan for you. The 6 or 12 sessions are reflective of the average length of Life Coaching programs, but are by no means the only option, because every Client is different.

Life Coaching can be viewed as a partnership between Life Coach and Client, and any progress and achievement depends on many factors, including the Client’s commitment, time and circumstances. As a Life Coach, I’ll do my best to suggest solutions and advise you on strategies to help you transform your life in positive ways according to the goals we’ve set together, but any change will ultimately be up to you, the Client, because it’s your life, and it’s your determination, attitude and actions that will lead to transformation.

It would thus be irresponsible for the Life Coach to promise positive change for their Clients. Having said that, please feel free to contact me if you have any concerns about the Life Coaching service provided and I’ll do my best to resolve it for you.