Whenever people ask me what I do as a Life Coach, my first response is to reply, ‘I help people unleash their potential’. More often than not I am met with intrigue, very inquiring looks or the response that, ‘Wow that’s a big job…tell me more’. Then ensues interrogative conversation about how I go about doing that. And, rightly so we would all like to be the best that we can be. People often think that a Life Coach is a posh/new name for a counsellor and comparisons to counsellors or advisors are made. Indeed this is far from the reality of coaching, as we deal with helping clients to set clear and realistic and achievable goals. Coaching does not delve into the client’s past, but works with a formula for dealing with what is going on in the present in order to have a desired future outcome.

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