What is a Life & Spiritual Coach, and what do they do?
What is a Life Coach?
A life coach is someone you work with to identify the aspects of your life, internal & external, talents, skills, weaknesses (opportunities of growth), personal connection with yourself, and abilities, that you desire to transform and develop. A coach will work with you to identify the specific change/development that needs to occur, what the change will look/feel like, how to go about this change/development in a practical way, and how to implement self-accountability to stay on track and measure your progress towards the goals of transformation/development to create and live the life that's in alignment for you.
What is a Spiritual Coach?
A Spiritual Coach is someone you work with to identify and develop the aspects of your beliefs, spiritual gifts, skills, and talents that you feel will improve/grow your connection with what you believe in and/or are gifted in. A coach will also help you create a plan that allows you to know what that growth will look/feel like, how to improve/increase your connection, and how to implement self-accountability to ensure the improvement and growth goals set will be reached. This is done through a process of self-realization. The seed point of the aspects of your beliefs will be uncovered and understood so that a goal that you create can be achieved, practiced, and fulfilled. Giving you a stable foundation of your beliefs, gifts, skills, and talents to stand upon.
What do Coaches provide that is unique?
Coaches provide resources, referrals, methods, tools, and a safe, professional, and encouraging space to ensure your goal(s) are accomplished. This is not a one size fits all as each session is customized around you as an individual. Coaches assist in retraining your emotions, mind, spirit, and reactions into responses that will become second nature to you centered around how you wish train yourself into the best version of yourself in your eyes. You are in complete control at all times and the coach is there to guide, support, encourage, and teach when and where needed through your process. Why are you in driver's seat? Because you are the one who has chosen to embark on a courageous journey to improve your life for you. Through the training and unique individual skills and specializations, a coach will assist you in the goals that you set to implement them in ways that come natural to you.
Why is a Coach a Valuable Resource?
A coach is a valuable source because we hold the space for expansion along the path of transformation, growth, development, and connection to the goals you seek to achieve. They are able to practice in more than one location, so they can be accessible to anyone regardless of where you are located around the world. A coach can detect nuances that have been overlooked because sometimes it's difficult to see the bigger picture when you see and experience the obstacles up close and challenging to see the details when you are seeing and experiencing everything around you. We also compassionately hold space for and allow the setbacks, denials, doubts, fears, lack, losses, and worthlessness to be released which results in ample room for authenticity, raw truth, untapped potential, strength, courage, wisdom, self-empowerment, and freedom to be harnessed mentally, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.
What to look for when hiring a Coach
In this day and age there are many ways in which people are unfortunately scammed, taken advantage of, and mistreated resulting in harm. It is important to make sure that your coach is right for you. Ask questions about what they do, where they went to school, and anything else that will ensure your safety and comfortability with respect of course. Safety and comfortability goes both ways. This creates a circle of trust between both parties. Ensure that your coach is certified through an accredited program. Accredited coaching programs and schools have developed regulations and requirements to uphold the integrity of the profession of coaching. The programs test, observe, and train according to specific standards that must be met in order to receive a certification through the program. Entry requirements must also be met to enter into the program and has a strong alumnus of support and recognized organizations coaches can join to back up their good standing. These requirements and regulations protect both the clients and coaches. The integrity of any profession is essential to maintain because this is a profession of assistance and help not harm, gimmicks, and scams.
What a Coach is Not
A Coach is not a replacement for medical and/or psychological treatment. We do not diagnose unless a coach is trained to do so within that field of work. If a coach feels that a client is in need of a medical and/or psychological professional, it is ethically and morally our duty to suggest that you work with that provider for the betterment, welfare, and safety of you. It is always best to treat the whole of who you are to ensure your success. We can work in tangent with these providers to assist you in managing your situations and experiences of the past, present, and future through application. We actively work with you to incorporate plan of action, goals, advice, and recommendations received from your medical provider if you choose to disclose this information with us. A coach will assist you with the process of acknowledging, accepting, and restoring your power over yourself back to you so that you can lead a positive and healthy life. Supporting you, whether you are working a coach or someone else is always the goal. You are the priority.
"You are POWERFUL
You are STRONG
You are WORTHY
You BELONG"
From the Movie: Can You See Us on Netflix
Be The Light Podcast
"Begin expansion within your mansion"
