A life coach can help you at any point in your life, to assist you with uncertainties. If you have reached a crossroads in your personal life or professional career and are not sure which way to turn and perhaps feel a sense of overwhelm when you try and unravel the options, a life coach is the person to help you. If simply just thinking about those choices is too confusing, then you could benefit from talking to someone who can bring some objectivity while still guiding you to reach your own decisions. Working with a life coach can improve your decision-making abilities and allow you to look at all your options, leading to the right choices for you.

Some life coaches only work with individuals, some work with groups. I enjoy coaching both and they have different needs and approaches. Every coach has their own way of working with their clients and adapts to the specific situation, whether that’s on a one-to-one basis or with groups and teams.

• Individuals – Once you reach the realisation that it’s time to take control of the situation and move on with your future, I work alongside you, listening, asking questions and removing those limiting beliefs and fears. It becomes easier to unlock answers, take small steps to remove confusion and peel away, layer by layer, to bring clarity. Having focus eliminates or decreases procrastination, giving you the confidence to set goals and establish a clear path to reach them.
• Groups – Business teams make perfect life coaching clients. Starting with team leaders, gaining an understanding of what they want to achieve from the coaching and where they think any issues may lie. Modern-day managers support and guide their staff, rather than just giving instructions, almost adopting the role of a coach. It’s vital to have their buy-in - if they understand and appreciate the benefits of coaching, their experience and input will filter down and ultimately improve team cohesion. Once the management team is on board, I then speak to individuals and gain their perspective too, before bringing everyone together in a group.

The group sessions get great results. It’s a useful forum for openness between managers and their teams and a way to break down any barriers. The end result is a stronger and more resilient team with everyone reinvesting in the team as a whole.

There are many possible benefits and outcomes.

• An increase in self-confidence and belief;
• Greater clarity in life and actual achievement of goals;
• Change of mindset and a clearer thought process;
• Enhancing your own skills and natural abilities from within;
• Accountability to get you to your end results;
• Reinvesting in and rebuilding your team;
• Boosting communication within teams;
• Cohesive individual or team goal setting.

Life coaching is more than a series of sessions and calls – it will furnish you with techniques you can use throughout your life and career, tools to get you back on the straight and narrow should you ever need them. Like most things in life, you will only get out of coaching what you put in. You need to be committed to the process to reap the rewards.

It’s vital to find a life coach that you feel comfortable with. Together you will form a partnership. Every clients’ desired outcomes are unique but typical results might include:

• Identifying, refining and create a vision that correlates to desired outcomes;
• Adjust and adapt goals as coaching progresses;
• Newfound confidence, self-belief and growth;
• Encourage strategies and devise a plan of action aligned with personal or professional goals;
• Remember underused skills, such as creativity;
• Consistent support and accountability to enable an increase in productivity.

Ultimately, a life coach will help you and guide you to maximise your potential, personally and /or professionally. You can take back control of and move forward with your life, increase your productivity and learn how to take the time to stop and focus on you.
To talk more about life coaching and how it can work for you or your business, please call me for an initial conversation to see how I can help.