Bill Clinton has one. So does Andre Agassi. More than half a million Americans are devotees and scores of Brits can’t get enough.
The phenomenon is life coaching and it’s about to head Down Under.
Life coaches claim to help people to improve every aspect of their existence – from health and well-being to finances and career, as well as relationships, emotions and spiritual growth.
But they stop short of doing the work of therapists and counsellors.
“Counselling and therapy deals with things in the past,” according to life coach and British Coaching Academy director Gerard O’Donovan.
“Life coaching, however, takes a person from where they are now, into the future. This is a concept that is helping people achieve in every area of life.” Coaches don’t tell clients what to do. They say the clients know the right answers…the coach’s job is to guide them towards their own conclusions. Thousands of Britons who joined the life coaching movement make a weekly call to their coaches.
– Source: Courier Mail September 2000