How to Become a Life Coach

If you are a charismatic and energetic person that wishes to help people, life coaching could be the right career choice for you. A life coach assists their clients in reaching their full potential. Becoming a life coach is a simple process and the field is growing as many people seek out personal and professional advice.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Decide on which area of life coaching that you should specialize in. There are coaches that give people advice on financial matters, relationships, time management, career counseling and honing leadership abilities. Choose the area that you think you will be best suited and set out to get training in that field.

2. Attend a life coaching seminar to get an idea on how life coaching works. Most seminars will give its attendees advice on how to reach their goals and succeed in life. Pay close attention to how the life coach interacts with the crowd.

3. Speak to the life coach following the seminar or class. Ask them for advice on how to break into the field and other tips for succeeding in the career.

4. Sign up for a life coaching course online or at a local college. These classes will give you the tools you need to become a certified life coach.

5. Become accredited once you finish a life coaching course. This step is particularly important since many clients and businesses will not hire a life coach without any credentials.

Tips & Warnings

• Look for a life coaching course that will give you an automatic certification upon completion of the training program.
• Networking is very important in the life coaching field. Find other people in your business that can advise you on how to attract clients.
• Self study programs are available, but many are just scams designed to take your money. Practice caution before you pay a large amount of money for these kits.

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[manuelaganza]

on 8/17/2009 I'm an Athletics coach for at risk youth but can use this info too. Good ideas!

[clotilde]

on 7/24/2009 If you want to find out more about life coaching there is an audio about the day in the life of a coach at:
http://icoachacademy.com/lp/test.html
You can also get an idea of what a coaching teleclass is like and there is a useful design you life worksheet.

[Elizabethknows]

on 7/3/2009 cool you gave me some info to start with. 5*