What Is A Life Coach?

What is a life coach? Good question! Especially if you feel like you're stuck in a rut, or you're considering taking action toward a major life change.

Life coaches work with people who are wanting to bring about change in their lives, accelerate the rate of change, navigate through new territory, or... just snap out of it!

They can help with proper goal setting, developing strategies, and crack the whip to make sure things get done.

What is a life coach, exactly?

What is a life coach, and what do they do? A life coach, or life skills coach, as they are sometimes called, is essentially a personal trainer for your life. As the name implies, these personal coaches work with individuals to improve various areas of their lives.

They can help you improve your relationships, your business, your motivation levels, and help you get organized. They can give you a much needed, objective perspective on your progress (or lack of it) in any area.

There are certifications for coaches, which can help to ensure that an individual working as a coach has a minimum set of qualifications.

Depending upon your circumstances and how you choose to work with your coach, they can take on a number of roles. These can include motivation coach, personal development coach, executive coach, small business or career coach, or relationship coach.

Below are some successful life coaches and links to detailed pages about them.

Here are some well known life coaches

• David Wood - David Wood is a Professional Certified Coach with the International Coach Federation (ICF). He has coached clients in 13 countries and provides resources online for those wanting to pursue a coaching career.
• Talane Miedaner - Talane Miedaner is an internationally recognized life coach, author, and speaker. She has been mentioned or featured in local and major magazines, television, and newspapers.
• Todd Beeler - Todd Beeler is so good as a motivation coach that two of the most successful marketing consultants in history have sung his praises. Jay Conrad Levinson calls him "second to none." In addition, top ranked business coach Jay Abraham has written him up as a case study.
• Laura Hendershot - Laura Hendershot is a life coach and a student of the Graduate School of Coaching. She was mentored by the founder of Coach U and the ICF (International Coaching Federation), the late Thomas Leonard.
• Jeanie Marshall - For over 20 years, Jeanie Marshall has been showing people the way to personal empowerment. Her guided meditation CD's can be found on Amazon.com.
• Dawn Abraham - Dawn Abraham is a certified life coach with a successful business career behind her. She brings to her clients a number of varied life experiences combined with a passion for helping people achieve more.

  Here's an email interview with certified life coach Dawn Abraham.

Do you need a life coach?

If you feel stuck, or just want to make faster progress and need a kick in the butt, a coach may be just the thing. If you're looking to make a change, but aren't sure where to start, it might be time to get a coach.

Who can be helped by the services of a life coach?

1. Those who know that they can be and do much more.
2. Those ready to make a big change in their lives, or who have just made a big change and need help coping.
3. Those who want to improve their jobs, their businesses, or their relationships.
4. Those who have suffered a loss, such as divorce or a failed business.
5. Anyone wanting to shed old, ineffective habits in favor of new more effective ones.
6. In short, anyone wanting to improve!

Not sure? Curious? Perhaps the best way to answer the question, "what is a life coach?" is to work with one. Dawn Abraham, a certified life coach, makes it easy. You can try it on for size and know for sure. For a sample life coaching session go to Dawn's web site and fill out the sample session form. It's painless!

While some coaches have specialties, and they all have their own style, they typically work with all types of people on several fronts. One word of caution, though... you must be ready for this. Your coach will challenge you to do things that you normally might not do. Why else would you pay them? After all, if you could do it yourself, you wouldn't need a coach!

Need help finding a life coach? Here's more on the various roles a life coach can play and what they can do for you.

Looking to go it alone? There are many books, audio CD's, and video products out there to help you. Here's a list of famous self help authors, a recommended self help CD collection, and self help websites.

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