Life Coaching
Life Coaching
Instant Life Coaching – just add 1 client, 2 coffees and a packet of biscuits
Introduction
Nowadays, as you know, everyone is expecting more from their friends. To be able to hold down any relationship or job, you must also be a doctor, guru, counsellor and life coach.
Everyone wants you to be multi-skilled and especially adept at handling personal problems.
Fear not, Dave Crane – The Life Designer is at hand with some handy tips and techniques to make you look good and help them to feel brilliant too.
Are you ready for your crash course in Life coaching? Whether you have had professional training if this field or a lifetime of chatting and watching Sex in The City, people will want your thoughts and advice.
• What are you going to say?
• How can you guarantee that you can help them without looking silly?
• Do they really want advice or some to listen and give them significance?
All the above are true and if you only have the duration of a coffee to help them, this is how you can do it.
Here are 7 essential secrets to becoming able to successfully life coach anyone anywhere.
1) The client actually has all the answers already – they just can’t find them yet.
Imagine a fish swimming around the sea looking for water when it’s actually all around them. It’s the exact same for all life’s biggest questions and answers. Keep asking ‘So what does that mean to you?’ and eventually they will know. By then so will you.
2) Bypass the drama.
They may be driven to tears or laughing so hard it hurts, but regardless of the drama there is more to every story than first meets the eye. Cut to the chase and don’t let the ‘gossip’ or details go on too long. They are symptoms or examples of the problem NOT the problem. Feel free to stop them going on mid flow and say ‘… and the point is what?’
3) Good reasons for bad habits.
Behind every bad habit is a good reason. it’s called ‘secondary gain’. This can be ‘smoking because you take a break’ or ‘eating because you feel comfort’. Ignore their first answers and question everything again. Like peeling an onion, there will be answers within answers and questions you didn’t even consider. Keep digging deeper until you start getting an emotional change in them. When you feel a ‘eureka’ moment – you have probably got to the heart of the problem. A very good reason for doing something very bad to themselves.
4) Don’t judge.
It’s their world, not yours. Everyone is trying to do the best that they can and in their own world they can justify everything whatever you may feel. There is no right and wrong just useful and not-so useful. Help them choose between these.
5) Rome wasn’t built in a day.
You don’t have to change their life immediately. Sometimes no change at all can be positive just because it isn’t a negative step backwards. This may seem like a frustrating time to you, but a whole world of progressive good stuff to them.
6) Reframe everything.
Sometimes you can end up with a very negative feeling as home truths come out of the woodwork and family or work skeletons fall out of the closet. There is always something positive which can be found within it. This could be losing a job to find a better one, or ending a relationship to find a new you. Be prepared to create a positive spin on everything because then it gives them something that they can use to move forward.
7) Ask what’s the worst thing that can happen?
When you are able to appreciate the absolutely worst possible scenario and deal with it mentally, anything else will become a breeze. Ask them to name that situation and then how they would deal with it. When you do this, you have an instant diffusion of a potential future crisis. Then if, by some remote chance, the worst case scenario does happen, they are now at least pre-warned and ready to deal with it.
What are the general costs of life coaching?
I am interested in life coaching. I would like to find out how much it costs and generally what is included. any information would be appreciated.
Hi there –
I am a life coach and I charge $100 per hour. Sessions are roughly about an hour. I am more committed to the work than the fee. Being able to do this work is a blessing and I am flexible if someone wants to do the work but is experiencing lack around money.
Each client has different needs so I have an open commitment, meaning you may choose how often we work together.
I meet with clients via the phone (or in person if you are in the Seattle area). Some clients like to meet twice a month for an hour and a half. ($150/session) or weekly for an hour ($100).
I offer free consultations if you are interested.
425.647.5314
www.stephaniehardwick.com
Check out the webpage above to learn a bit more about me.
I offer call backs if long distance charges are an issue.
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