When I became a life coach, no one knew what it meant. Now, eight years later, many of us will have heard of them but it still brings a lot of confusion as to what it really means and what a life coach can offer you.
Life coaches help you with any difficulty in your life – whether it be your mental health, your career or your relationships – and try to get you back on track. As a generalisation, life coaches tend to focus more on your future whereas traditional psychology tends to focus on your past. A psychologist or therapist may ask ‘how do you feel about that?’ whilst a life coach will ask ‘how do you want to feel instead?’.