FAQs

What is Life Coaching?

Life Coaching is a transformative process that helps you unlock your potential and maximise your performance.


Working with a qualified Life Coach helps you achieve specific goals, change habits, gain confidence, find purpose, or simply understand yourself better and make the most out of life.


A Coach guides you toward your own solutions and holds you accountable for taking action, helping you bridge the gap between your current situation and the future you want to see.


Through a structured process, your Coach inspires you to identify what matters to you and why, establish exciting goals, and find the best way to get results. Their role is to facilitate your reflection around a topic, and acquire the skills and mindset required to achieve your ultimate goals and desires.


Coaching is a safe place to gain clarity on who you are and what you want in your life, empowering you to take the necessary steps to achieve your goals and dreams. Qualified Life Coaches are non-judgmental, non-critical, and their services are confidential. It allows you to be 100% honest, open-minded, and ready to raise your awareness level to allow breakthroughs and shifts to happen.


A legitimate Coach will have achieved formal training with a recognised institution and be accredited by a reputable organisation to ensure maximum competence and integrity.


Coaching can be a series of sessions where you work on the stepping stones leading to a long-term goal, or it could be individual sessions that achieve particular outcomes. Regardless of the approach, you will leave each session with an empowering action plan that you have chosen, a task you have given yourself to progress in the direction of your objectives.

Is a Life Coach worth the investment?

Absolutely. According to a recent survey by the International Coaching Federation (ICF), individuals who work with a Life Coach report a median return on investment of 3.44 times their initial investment, with 86% of clients reporting that they have recouped their investment.

99% of individuals and companies who hire a Coach are “satisfied or very satisfied” and 96% say they would repeat the process.

...99%!!

Most clients confirm that the benefits of coaching sessions continue to positively impact one's life indefinitely, providing ongoing value and growth. Working with a Life Coach helps you focus on your goals and objectives, and attract the resources and support you need to achieve success.

A Coach also serves as an accountability partner, providing motivation and support to help you stay on track and achieve your goals. You will gain confidence in your abilities and decision-making skills, leading to greater success and satisfaction in all areas of your life.


Sounds too good to be true? Evidence also shown that coaching can also have a significant impact on brain function and growth. Coaching interactions and the learnings derived from them help individuals develop new neural pathways and strengthen existing ones, leading to improved cognitive function, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities.


It's undeniable, the benefits of working with a Life Coach are numerous. From increased confidence and motivation to improved brain function and greater success in all areas of life, a qualified Life Coach will become your best ally.


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