What is a Life Coach? From a Life Coach in Kamloops.
As a life coach in Kamloops, I’m often asked what it is that I do. In short, a life coach will help you achieve your goals in your personal and professional life. Through a combination of active listening, powerful questioning, and goal-setting, a life coach can guide you toward a more purposeful and fulfilling life.
Have you ever felt like you’re stuck in a rut, unsure of what direction to take in life? Perhaps you’re feeling unfulfilled in your career, or struggling to maintain healthy relationships. If this sounds familiar, you may be interested in exploring the world of life coaching.
If you aren’t sure exactly what a life coach does, and how life coaching can help, you are in the right place.
In this blog post, I’ll explain what a life coach does, explore some of the benefits of a life coach, discuss what working with a life coach is like, and share tips for finding a life coach.
How I Became a Life Coach in Kamloops
During my leadership career, the part of my job that I found most rewarding was helping individuals to get clarity on their goals and have the focus to achieve them. My career was demanding and fulfilling, I experienced the highs of reward and recognition and the lows of exhaustion and burnout.
I had been working with a life coach for several years when I made the decision to tear my life down to the studs and start again. I didn’t initially plan to become a Kamloops life coach, I just knew I needed to stop what I was doing so that I could get clarity on where to go next.
During a period of deep reflection and self-discovery, I completed my Life Coaching Certification and 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training. Through those transformative experiences, I realized my true calling: To lead and inspire others to be the best version of themselves.
I decided to take my years of experience coaching and mentoring successful individuals and make my favourite part of my job my focus. So, I left my marriage and my job and created a new life for myself with Life Untethered Coaching, providing transformational life coaching in Kamloops and across Canada
There have been highs and lows, but the immense satisfaction I get from helping my clients do more and be more than they imagined is invaluable. I am blessed and grateful to have found the inner strength and confidence to create the life of my dreams. It is my mission to help people just like you invest in your future and reach your goals.
What Does a Life Coach Do?
A life coach is a professional who can help you see your world from a different perspective. They are there to listen to you, not just on a surface level, but to really understand what you are going through. They pay attention to not only what you say and don’t say, but also how you say it, and your body language.
Your life coach will act as a mirror, reflecting your thoughts, patterns, and behaviours back to you, asking questions that invite self-reflection, leading to a deeper understanding of yourself and your goals.
A life coach encourages you to stretch yourself and to reach higher. Your coach will help you to focus; keeping you goal-oriented and saying no to distractions. A life coach also provides accountability by following up on your commitments and helping you understand the thoughts that lead you to self-sabotage.
When you work with a life coach, you get to intentionally design your life. Your coach will guide you to explore what aspects of your life you wish to change and they will help you find clarity in what changes will be most impactful for you.
Life coaching is therapeutic, but it is not therapy. Therapy focuses on healing your past, whereas life coaching is focused on creating your future as described in this Oprah Daily article.
Benefits of a Life Coach.
Clarity
Focus
Accountability
Reach Your Goals
Clarity
A life coach can help you gain clarity on what you truly want in life. By exploring your values, beliefs, and desires, you can identify what's most important to you and align your actions accordingly.
Focus
With so many distractions and competing demands, it's easy to lose sight of your goals. A life coach can help you stay focused on what matters most and avoid getting sidetracked by less important tasks.
Accountability
It's one thing to set goals, but another thing entirely to follow through on them. A life coach can help you stay accountable to your commitments and hold you to a higher standard of performance.
Reach Your Goals
Whether you're looking to improve your career, relationships, health, or personal growth, a life coach can help you achieve your goals more quickly and effectively than you could on your own.
When you partner with a certified life coach, you'll gain the support, guidance, and resources you need to thrive in all areas of your life.
Hear some of my coaching clients talk about the benefits of a life coach:
What To Expect in A Life Coaching Session
Life coaching sessions are unique to each coach, but they all provide a safe space to talk openly. During the session, you will do most of the talking, and you may experience a range of emotions, such as crying, laughter, or frustration. It is the coach's responsibility to challenge your counterproductive behavior and thoughts so that you can replace them with patterns that contribute to your success.
Inside a Life Coaching Session with Me
I meet with my clients every week over Zoom for 50 minutes. In between calls, you get access to chat support where you can get coaching, share celebrations, and check in.
Your life coaching session starts with breathwork so that you can arrive and be present—letting go of the day. Once you are grounded, we talk about what went well since our last session. Beginning your session with positivity helps you to feel capable and empowered, and to see the progress you are making on your goals. You learn to analyze what thoughts, and behaviours contributed to your success so that you can focus on doing them more.
Next, you will explore what you would like to coach on.
I take a holistic approach, so no area is off limits; career, relationships, parenting, finances, grief, sex, or anxiety you get to talk about anything in a safe, non-judgmental space.
You will learn tools and strategies that you can implement right away, and you will understand your mindset and how to get your brain to work for you, not against you. My focus is on helping you get clarity on what you want, and creating a plan to get there.
Your coaching session closes with setting your goals and actions for the next week, and how you will celebrate getting them done. I might also assign you homework such as creating a self-love bomb, practicing confident body language, or implementing a daily gratitude practice.
The results you get from life coaching are directly proportionate to the effort you put in. Sometimes it might be uncomfortable, but stepping outside of your comfort zone is where you grow.
How To Find a Life Coach
Using a search engine is a great way to find a life coach. Chances are you typed something like ‘Life Coach Kamloops’ or ‘Life Coach in Canada’ into your search engine and arrived at this post.
Life coaching is an intimate relationship; you need to feel a connection, safety, and trust with your life coach. Do some homework to get a feel for the person you would be working with. Check out their Google business profile, social media, and website. Maybe they have appeared on a TV show you could watch, written a book you could read, or been interviewed on a podcast that you could listen to. You need to like and respect your life coach if you are going to get the most out of your investment.
Don’t just pick the first result that pops up. Take the time to find the perfect life coach for you.
Most life coaches will, like me, offer a free strategy session where you get to know each other. This is an opportunity to ask questions, talk about your goals and challenges, and for the life coach to tell you about their approach and how they will help you.
Before you jump on that call, think about how ready you are to invest time and money in your future. Life coaching is not free and the results you get are directly proportionate to the effort you put in.
Why is now the perfect time to hire a life coach?
Ask yourself what changes will help you achieve your goals.
Think about the reasons you want to hire a life coach.
Is there anything that would stop you from saying yes to life coaching?
How do you make decisions? If there is someone you like to run things past, talk to them beforehand.
Considering these questions will help you to get the most from your life coaching strategy session so that you can confidently make an informed decision about your future so you can reach your goals sooner.
Trust your gut. If something doesn’t feel right about a particular coach or coaching program, it’s okay to keep looking until you find the right fit.
You Are Ready to Invest in Your Future
A certified life coach will ask questions that deepen your self-awareness and help you gain clarity. They will help you create a plan to reach your goals and provide support and accountability along the way. To get the most from life coaching you need to be vulnerable so it’s important you find a life coach you like and trust.
Now you know what it’s like to be a life coach in Kamloops, and you understand the benefits of a life coach, you are ready to hire a life coach and invest in your future to achieve your goals.
I can’t wait to see what you do with your amazing, beautiful life!
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