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1 | The history of life coaching |
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2 | What is life coaching? |
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3 | How does life coaching work? The coaching process |
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4 | How does life coaching work? The anatomy of a coaching session |
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5 | Is life coaching for me? |
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6 | Is life coaching worth the time and money? |
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7 | Becoming a coaching client |
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8 | Life coaching niche areas |
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9 | Coaching tools and techniques |
The Beginner's Guide to Life Coaching is an in-depth look at how life coaching works, what a life coach does, and how you might be able to bring one into your own life.
You've undoubtedly heard the term life coach bandied about in cocktail chatter and in TV shows such as Starting Over and Scott Baio is 45… and Single. You may even know a few people who have worked with a coach. If you're reading this guide, chances are you are curious enough to want to find out about this 21st-century profession and if you should make space in your life for a coach of your own.
Well, in a nutshell, life coaching is a method of directed conversation that is geared toward developing an action plan to reach your goals. Your life coach will be very solution focused, and treat you as a partner instead of a patient. People partner with life coaches to help them attain greater success in their lives, get past sticking points and stumbling blocks, and start achieving their goals.
Well that's the short version. For the longer version, stick around to find out—