Fern Gorin, founder of Life Purpose Institute is featured on Elevated Radio. Hear how Fern started life coach training, her background, her business acumen and goals for the future of Life Purpose Institute.
Is a Life Coaching Career For You?
So, you’re considering a career as a life coach – congratulations! Life coaching is a thriving industry that attracts those who care about helping people and want to make a difference in the lives of others. At Life Purpose Institute, we have trained over 7,000 coaches over the years so we know that the decision to become a coach can …
Get Your Name Out There with Workshops
If you’re a life coach, you thrive on helping others reach their full potentials and live amazing lives. You share tools that help people overcome blocks to their success in career, relationships, health and finances. Most often coaches work one-on-one, whether in person or virtually with their clients. Yet, there are so many ways that coaches can expand their impacts …
4 Habits of Successful Life Coaches
Many coaches leave their certification programs bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, enthusiastic to get out there and snag their first paying clients. They have the knowledge, skills and drive to help people create positive changes, reach their goals and live lives full of joy. Beginner life coaches who achieve the most success in the shortest period of time usually have something in …
5 Essential Elements of an Effective Life Coaching Website
Is your website working for you? As a life coach, one of the primary ways your potential clients learn about your practice is through your website. Having a clear description of who you are and what you offer is the first step in creating a connection that could turn into a lasting coaching relationship. Plus, your website is the initial …
4 Tips for a Zen Home Office
How would you describe your home office? Is it a comfortable space that contributes to open communication and productivity? Or is it a cluttered mess that makes focus and client calls an impossibility? With many life coaches now working from home and serving clients virtually, setting up your home office for success is more important than ever before. Working from …
Compassion Fatigue and What To Do About It
It’s not uncommon for someone who takes care of others to experience burnout. Working too hard, not setting clear boundaries or trying to over deliver can take a toll on our physical and emotional well-being. But as a life coach or someone working in a helping profession, it can sometimes be more than burnout. Have you heard of compassion fatigue? …
How To Scale Your Life Coaching Business
Imagine this scenario: you’ve become a certified life coach and you are growing your business working one-on-one with clients. You are helping people reach their full potential, creating your own schedule and doing work that you love. Sounds amazing, right? For most, this business model of one-on-one coaching is a great way to start out in the field. Many coaches …
What Life Coaching Is (and Isn’t)
While life coaching has grown dramatically as a field over recent years, there’s still a lot of misconceptions about what a life coach does, and does not do. Many people still think that coaching is synonymous with therapy. Even potential clients might not have a clear picture of what a life coach can do for them. With more and more …
How To Set Healthy Boundaries With Clients
When you work with clients in a heart-centered industry like coaching, it can be easy to slip into a pattern of giving, and often at your own expense. Coaches and others who work for themselves can sometimes struggle with setting healthy boundaries with their clients. Boundaries can sound like a negative, but the fact is that having strong boundaries can …