Alright, folks, let’s talk life coaching – the profession that everyone seems to say that they practise. Only the truth is… that they’re usually not. Because even if you learned a coaching course, this doesn’t make you a professional coach. Not until… (wait, we’ll explain). But first, what is life coaching? Life coaching is all …
If we had a time machine and could predict what our future would be like… But we don’t. A potential student was asking: how could she know that she’ll be making a living out of coaching? Many people who are coming to our courses have that wish and this question. What I tell them is …
Imagine that it’s Christmas Eve: You just heard that your best friend’s daughter needs to go through an urgent and unexpected operation to remove her appendix. The operation finished around midnight. You get into the car and drive to your friend’s house to collect some essentials for her to sleep in, shower, and change as …
Our answer is: that it is better for them if they do. A person who has been through a meaningful process of self-development is by nature going to be one who will find it easier to foster such a growth process for someone else. And isn’t this what coaching is? So yes, in a way, …
When a friend said that he doesn’t want to go to coaching because he doesn’t want someone to tell him what to do, I realised how mistaken people could be when it comes to understanding what coaching is about. Like many things, it’s easier to explain what it is not: ❌ Coaching is not telling …
1. Listening to others is something you enjoy – When you are curious, when you manage to help people share what’s on their mind, and when you are giving people your full attention you feel good. 2. Helping others makes you happy – You are happy to give of your time and energy to other …