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 …
5 Myths Holding You Back From a Life Coaching Career
What we believe about ourselves, and what we believe about how others perceive us, dictates what we think we are capable of. If we believe we are not educated enough to start a business, we won’t try to start a business. If we believe we are not attractive enough to find a partner, we won’t try to date. It’s these …
Start Your Life Coaching Career in 2019
Are you ready to take on a new challenge in 2019? Do you want to help people create positive momentum forward in their lives? Are you excited by the idea of being an ally in someone’s journey toward a more compelling and fulfilling life? Consider becoming a life or spiritual coach this year! This field is not only growing steadily, …
Growing Your Coaching Practice with Word of Mouth Referrals
For new coaches, one of the biggest concerns is how to effectively market their businesses. Traditional techniques such as networking events, social media and content marketing are all effective ways to grow a coaching practice. Still, one of the most effective means of marketing is word of mouth referrals. Marketers understand that having someone vouch for your business, product or …
The Benefits of Virtual Life Coaching
With so many of us spending much of our time online, it is no wonder that many life coaches now offer virtual coaching sessions. Fast-paced lifestyles and the relative ease of using online platforms for communication makes virtual coaching ideal for both coaches and clients alike.
4 Ways to Enroll More Life Coaching Clients
If you are just starting out in your life coaching career, you are likely excited and a little overwhelmed. Not only will you have to continue to develop your coaching skills through client work and study, but you will also have to run your own business and market yourself to attract new clients.
How To Choose Your Coaching Niche
One of the many benefits of a life coaching career is the flexibility it offers to its coaches. More than just location independence or work-life balance, the field allows new and seasoned coaches alike to have the flexibility to choose a niche that allows them to create a practice that is aligned with their personal interests, values, and skills.
Role of Accountability Partners in Life Coaching
As a life coach, your overall role is to support and encourage your clients to achieve their goals. You do this by helping them to create a vision for their lives while encouraging them to discover goals, blocks, and strategies on their own through supportive and targeted questioning.