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Life coaching defined

I’ve been on so many life coaching courses and NLP training, met a lot of life coaches and even more NLP practitioners. But very few could tell me what they do. And when I ask, they fail to explain. I’m not saying they don’t know what they’re doing. It’s that maybe; and I’m just speculating here, they can’t articulate it because of all the confusion. And more confusion is unfortunately caused.

So what is life coaching?

Ask this question to 10 life coaches and you’ll very likely get 10 different answers. Here’s number 11:

The way I see it, life coaching:

1-      Assesses your current situation.

2- Helps you clearly define an achievable goal.

3- Helps you define the exact path to reaching your goal.

4- Motivates, guides and leads you to take steps and achieve results and attain your goal.

5- And it does this in a holistic manner so your life is kept in balance.

You can think this way about it. If you’re in London and you want to get to Cambridge, what do you need to input into your sat nav? Your location in London and your location in Cambridge. The sat nav will then show you exactly how to get there. If any of this input is missing, you’ll end up going many places you don’t want to go to. Or you simply won’t make it. In life, you are the sat nav and the life coach is to help make sure you input corrent information. But surely inputting information in the sat nav of your life is easy and you don’t need a life coach for that! Right? When you’re done reading, remember to answer this question. The sat nav analogy was borrowed from a friend of mine.

Albert Einstein said: “You can’t solve a problem with the same mind that created it”

Life coaches and NLP practitioners refer to this as the scotoma i.e. blind spot. It’s when you’ve been thinking about a problem too much, you’re getting nowhere and you feel stuck and eventually give up. This is why dreams aren’t chased any more. Then a friend comes along and opens the door to new possibilities by asking a simple question. An efficient life coach is like that friend coming in and asking just the right questions that will challenge you and get you thinking with your problem solving mind instead of your problem creating mind. And once you are conscious of all the present opportunities you become motivated to seek the solutions and take a step further to achieving your dreams. This is a continual process that might last a life time or just a few sessions.

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