Christian Life Coaching
What is "Life Coach"?
Professional and personal coaching addresses the whole person and has an emphasis on producing action and uncovering learning that can lead to more fulfillment, more balance, and a more effective process for living.
Essentially, a coach works with people to identify and close the gaps in areas such as relationships, spirituality, career, health, or finances to a place of greater satisfaction and vitality in life..
Areas that Life Coaching will address:
Life Transitions (career changes, job loss, divorce, single parenting, women changing from full time work to being a full time mother, long term illness.
Life Purpose/mission
Relationship Enhancement
Parenting
Spirituality
Leadership skill
Burnout prevention
conflict Resolution
Differences between coaching and counseling:
Counseling focuses on healing and life coaching focuses on growth.
Skills and tools utilized by Life Coaches
Skills to continue:
1. Build caring, on-going, confidential relationship
2. Listen with intent
Focus (where person is headed)
Attitude (view of the world)
Skills and capabilities
Habits (patterns in light of goals)
Energy Level
New Ideas
- Coaching Process Questions
Discover Goals "What does the person want?"
Discover Obstacles "What might need to happen to reach the goal...obstacles and possibilities?"
Create a plan "What are we going to do about it?"
Accountability "How will we stay focused over time?"
Other areas a coach can assist in developing:
1. Values identification and clarification
2. Life Design
3. Life Purpose and Mission statement
4. Boundaries assessment and practice