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Get Ready To Go With Life Coaching

As part of her work with Lancashire College, based in Chorley, near Preston, Michaela is currently teaching a ‘Be Your Own Life-Coach Course’.

The course runs for 12 weeks and includes sessions on all the main aspects of Life Coaching: becoming more self aware, setting challenging but realistic goals, exploring beliefs and increasing motivation.

Turn Dreams into Reality – Become Your Own Life Coach

10 Week Course in Preston, Lancashire

Are you interested in maximising your potential and turning your dreams into reality? Would you like to move forward with your life, but find yourself getting stuck because of problems with confidence or self-belief? Do you struggle to set yourself targets or goals?

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you might be interested in learning how to become your own Life Coach. I will soon be delivering a 10 week Life Coaching course in the Preston area on behalf of Lancashire College.

Am I ready for coaching?

Coaching is a rewarding, but challenging process. The coach is merely the facilitator – it is the client who has to work hard to change their situation.

Ask yourself the following questions to see how ready you are to commence life coaching at this moment in time.

• Can I be relied upon to attend all my appointments, and be on time for my coach?

• Am I willing to keep a coaching logbook which records my progress and helps my coach to understand my situation?

• Am I committed enough to practice the techniques that my coach shows me?

• Am I willing to change any long held beliefs or behaviours which are holding me back?

• Am I willing to question my thinking and be totally honest with myself and my coach?

You should also ask yourself how much you really want to change your situation.

A useful approach is to plot your self on a scale of 1-10 according to your desire to change.

Use the ‘key’ below.

ONE / TWO - I don’t really want to change if I’m honest.
TWO / THREE - I don’t really think change would resolve my problems.
THREE / FOUR – My friends / family / partner want me to change, but I’m not that bothered.
FOUR / FIVE – I can’t see me putting in the effort necessary to change.
FIVE / SIX – I’m not sure I could change, but I’m willing to try
SEVEN / EIGHT – I know my life would be better if I could change, but I’d need help to do it.
EIGHT / NINE – I’m willing to try something new – what I’m doing now is not working!
NINE / TEN – I’ve had enough of my situation and I really want to change. I’ll try anything that helps me.

To commence coaching, you should be at least a 5 or 6 on the scale. Any less, and you may not be ready for coaching at this point in time.

Post a comment or email Aspire if you'd like to discuss.

How Can Life Coaching Help Me?

The problems clients bring to coaching are many and varied. Some people wish to focus on a very specific issue, whilst others have more far reaching concerns.

Here are some examples of issues which clients have successfully addressed via one- to- one coaching:

• Increasing confidence and self esteem
• Becoming more assertive
• Dealing more effectively with conflict
• Adopting a more positive approach to life
• Creating and maintaining a healthy lifestyle
• Increasing motivation levels
• Improving specific relationships
• Giving Confident presentations
• Chairing/Planning meetings effectively
• Managing finances
• Improving Time mangement & organisational skills
• Coping with change
• Planning succesful projects

The list is endless!

What is Life Coaching?

Life Coaching will help you to fulfil your potential - to be the best you can be!

It is basically about identifying exactly what you want and how to achieve it. Coaching can get you from where you are, to where you want to be.

Working with a qualified and experienced coach encourages you to set and maintain challenging but realistic goals, and helps keep you "on track", pre-empting and overcoming any possible obstacles in your way.

A coach can help you to be well-focused and clear thinking. You will become an effective problem-solver and may come to see yourself, your life and your relationships in a completely different way.

A qualified coach will be able to show you some creative and innovative techniques which will be truely life changing.