What is Life Coaching?

You might be wondering, “What exactly is life coaching and how it is different from therapy, counselling, consulting, or mentoring?”

The biggest difference to any of these is the approach that you and I are equal. I don’t have your solutions. I am not better or worse than you. We are peers, partnering together for your benefit, from your creativity and resourcefulness, for your solutions. I am not going to fix your problems, you are.

You see, as a life coach, I believe that you are capable, creative, and intelligent enough to manage your challenges; to learn, and to grow. My job is to help you discover, through curiosity, your way to achieve whatever you are hoping for.  If I just sat down with you and gave you the solutions to your problem, then what happens when your next problem comes? You have to come back to me…and although I would love to help you through whatever circumstances you need, my goal is to rather help you learn the tools for life while you navigate through whatever it is you are facing today. If we can do that well, then you will be all the more prepared and empowered for the challenges you face down the road. It’s kind of the old adage, “If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. If you teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.” My role is to teach you to fish, not feed you a fish.

“My role is to teach your to fish, not to feed you a fish.”

Another difference is that Life Coaching is focused on accepting where you are at today, then looking at where you want to be after our sessions, and then guiding you to define the small steps you need to take today to get a small step closer to your tomorrow. We are not mental health professionals. We do have a whole lot of life experience in walking with people. We ask a lot of questions and we give a lot of room for you to process. In some ways, we are a personal sounding board objectively helping you to explore your challenge.

We aim to be your partner as you navigate through a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires you to reach your highest potential. We want to help you light the fire within yourself, to help you fan it into a flame, and to help you know how to find the fuel to keep that fire going throughout your life. You are the expert in your life. We believe you are creative, resourceful, and whole.

So it is similar in that it is here to help you. It is different that I am not the expert on your life, that special honour is yours. You are the expert in your life! You have the solutions, together we will massage them to the forefront.

“ It is different that I am not the expert on your life, that special honour is yours. You are the expert in your life!”