FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
A life coach is a type of Wellness professional who helps people make progress in their lives in order to attain greater fulfillment. Life coaches aid their clients in improving their relationships, careers and day-to-day lives. Let me try to explain to you using an example. Escape rooms are quite popular these days and you may think of our brain as an escape room which has many rooms with many doors and many keys to open each door. The objective of the game is to open as many doors as possible in as little time as possible. While you may eventually succeed after multiple trials and errors; wouldn’t it be wonderful to have someone who partners with you in thinking and evaluating different options? A life coach is that thinking partner, sitting outside the room and just helping you speed up and bring efficiency to the whole process.
Mind you, we are perfectly capable of finding the keys to the doors. A life coach helps see the obvious or maybe uncover something that we might not otherwise uncover.
Contrary to popular perception that you need a life coach only when struggling or unhappy, life coaching aims to enhance the quality of life. Of course, if you are struggling with issues such as frequent irritability, high levels of stress or anxiety; inability to break bad habits, sense of blocked creativity; you surely must seek a life coach. However let me add that in recent years more and more successful professionals are teaming up with life coaches to attain greater heights in their professional and personal life. Let me quote a few statistics here. the study according to a study done by ICF global coaching study:
- 80% of coaching clients say they improve their self-esteem or self-confidence thanks to coaching
- 99% of individuals and companies who hire a coach are satisfied or very satisfied
- 96% said they would repeat the process
You see, people need to be heard and felt. Life coaching uses a blended approach of behavioral & cognitive science and emotional intelligence studies to help guide the client in the right direction and find their answers.
Unlike Life Coaches, therapists and other mental health professionals focus on healing, treating mental health condition and helping people work through trauma and other issues from their past. While working with a life coach may help you deal with certain unresolved issues, one of the most important benefits of working with a life coach is the ability to gain a fresh informed perspective on problems that you face, in addition to offering new insights into challenges. A life coach can help you to zero in on negative pattern that could be standing in the way of your success. Some positive outcomes that could result from your joining forces with a life coach are:
- better work and life balance
- elimination of long held fears and anxieties
- Enhance creativity
- Improve communication skills
- stronger relationship with friends and family