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	Frequently Asked Questions about Life Coaching What is life coaching? What does a life coach do? Who will profit from coaching? How do I know if I'm ready for coaching? How does it take place? Does coaching work over the phone? What does coaching involve? How long will a coaching journey take? Can’t my friends who know me well be my coach? How will I benefit from coaching? What is life coaching? Coaching is a two-way relationship. Working together with a professional coach, you will look at where you are in your life currently. This will help you to identify what you want in the future. Life coaching covers all aspects of your life and you may wish to focus on a particular area, such as self-confidence, career, work-life balance, relationships or anything else that is important to you. Personal life coaching is a long term investment in your life and the benefits are ongoing. Coaching creates a greater self awareness that will enable you grow into the person you really want to be. What does a life coach do? A life coach will facilitate the process to allow you to set goals and targets. Using a range of tools and techniques, a life coach can help you to work towards those goals. A life coach will help you to achieve your goals through asking challenging questions, truly listening to you, and providing you with the motivation to enable you to achieve your full potential. Everyone has all the resources they need to make positive changes in their lives - sometimes we just need convincing of that or pointing in the right direction to access them. Together, we will create a route map to get there and receive encouragement and support throughout the journey. Who will profit from coaching? People who are naturally creative, resourceful and whole, people who want more, people who are prepared to take risks, people who question ‘the way it is’, people who want to leave a stuck place, people who want to make a difference, people who want to focus on the bigger picture of their live. So, motivated individuals who know they want more out of life but don’t know how to get it. How do I know if I'm ready for coaching? Simply answer these statements with a yes or no to find out: - I am committed to make an important change in my life. - I am ready to invest my time and money in my future. - I am prepared to move out of my comfort zone. - I want to tackle "Someday....". - I know I need support to motivate me to achieve my goals. - I am prepared to try something different. - I am able take responsibility for achieving my goals. - I want to take responsibility for my decisions and my own actions. - I want to investigate and eliminate blocks preventing me from getting results. If you have answered yes to the statements above, you are ready to work with a coach. How does it take place? Coaching can be done face-2-face and/or over the phone. Most clients prefer telephone coaching for several reasons: - No visual distraction and a safe (home) environment - No travel time involved; you save time, travel worry and money - Much easier to fit life coaching into a busy work-life - It makes life coaching accessible to people living in remote areas Does coaching work over the phone? Yes it does! Although you might expect more results of face-to-face contact (as we've all learned that most part of communication is non-verbal), it might be interesting to know that in a coaching relationship this non-verbal communication can be very distracting. I love my personal experience with several clients from both the US and Europe; no visual distraction and pure communications on a "coaching level", generating maximum profit for my clients. As a client it will give you the most save environment, there is nobody "watching you, how you're doing". The coaching process is most pure and powerful on what is spoken and as a coach I'm trained to hear a lot more then what is spoken and work with that! What does coaching involve? If you really want to make changes, you need to be committed to the coaching process. Before our first sessoin, I will send you a questionnaire to complete. Between the coaching sessions there will be (some) homework, mostly exercises and activities to keep our coaching momentum going and to embed those little steps that move you forward. How long will a coaching journey take? Once we've decided to work together on your coaching journey it will take an average of 6-10 coaching sessions to make you realise your goals and embed long lasting changes in your life. I recommend to start on a weekly base to build the momentum that generates the change you're looking for. If you decide to take some "MOT coaching" afterwards, we'll have a longer coaching relationship, as long as you feel you need it. How does life coaching differ from councelling and therapy? Coaching is not therapy or counselling. Whereas therapy and counselling focus on what has happened in your past, life coaching is primarily present and future-orientated. Can’t my friends who know me well be my coach? Friends and family, no matter how well meaning, cannot be a substitute for a Professional Coach. Undoubtedly their views on a matter will reflect their own ideas, thoughts and beliefs, and they may have a hidden agenda that would prevent them from being totally honest, impartial or acting in strict confidence. Life Coaching is a profession with professional qualifications. A qualified coach will be constantly looking to learn and develop new techniques for the benefit of their clients. How will I benefit from coaching? A great coach will take you seriously - and encourage you to do the same. They will hold you to your word. They will hold you accountable, increasing the likelihood of you following through and fulfilling your goals. You will be challenged to come up with new ideas and ways of thinking. You will be given the time to focus on what you really want. You will make steps to change your life and receive 100% support to do so. To find out more about how coaching can help you, feel free to contact me!