The International Coach Federation (ICF) defines life coaching as “partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential.” Coaching is a collaborative relationship between a trained coach and a client looking for self-discovery, self-awareness and a more profound sense of satisfaction and fulfillment. Coaching happens in an environment where clients can freely express their emotions, be profoundly heard, manage their internal blocks, clarify their intentions and desires, and become more self-directed. Coaches are trained in fundamental skills, including listening, empathy, cultivating insightful reflections and asking powerful questions. Coaches use various tools and techniques to help clients brainstorm and think differently. While these are useful, the most essential element is the relationship between the coach and the client. Whether you’re an executive coach, a health coach or a life coach, the relationship itself creates the container which holds the client throughout the process and is the fertile ground from which the client grows.

The client, not the coach, is the expert in their own life. People aren’t broken and don’t need to be fixed. They’re creative, resourceful, and capable of growth and change. The coach’s role is to uphold this belief and support the client as they discover their own answers from within. As such, it’s essential to regard each client as a whole person, considering their body, mind, heart, and spirit.

– RHODES WELLNESS COLLEGE

Life Coaching helps bring focus and awareness into your life on all levels. With the support of a skilled Life Coach, you are supported in looking at your goals, visions, and desires for personal growth through the lens of your inner power, strengths, and empowerments. Life Coaching can help you set practical and realistic action plans and steps and create a better connection to your health and well-being of the mind, body, and spirit.

The palpable results of coaching reflect wellness on many levels of mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being.  You learn how to create clear pathways to guide you through life by claiming your inner resources.  Some skills that can be discovered through life coaching are committing to and completing tasks, becoming proficient in prioritizing and organizing life the way you want to, finding solutions and resolutions, reaching goals, to the profound and self-empowering experience of knowing oneself authentically, which gives you full access to creating deeper connections and meaningful visions for your life, relationships, goals and well-being.

You can expect a safe and skilled environment for self-discovery. The client, not the coach, is the expert in their own life, which means you control where these sessions go and how much you want to bring forward. You will be helped with positive unconditional regard, compassion, dignity, and respect as a healthy relationship between coach and client is prioritized.

A coach is responsible for being committed to their personal development, taking adequate training and growth learning when needed. Skill and education are essential for any coach to provide the space and service the client seeks. A coach is there to help encourage a client’s self-discovery, holding space for the client to self-generate solutions and strategies.