“Spaceships don’t come equipped with rearview mirrors…” —Andre 3000
What is Coaching?
Coaching is a growing profession and a tool that more and more successful people are using to help them be their best. I’m pursuing my spiritual and life coaching certification through the Life Purpose Institute, which is an International Coach Federation (ICF) accredited institution. The ICF is the most recognized association for coaches worldwide.
What is the difference between life coaching and therapy?
Practitioners at LPI had me first think about the difference between life coaching and therapy as life coaching being “architectural” and therapy as being “archaeological”. Therapy is about digging into the past to understand one’s self and being given the tools to live life better than before. Life coaching is starting with a clean slate and building towards a specific life outcome, creating a life of one’s own design if you will. Sure, coaches check out the foundation to assess what we’re building on, but the focus is less on the past and more on future orientation to achieve a goal.
Life coaching and therapy are both incredible tools to living a much more enjoyable life. Some people have both a therapist and a life coach; someone that safely helps them navigate their past life experiences and someone to help them create a plan of action to move towards a desired state of being. Another way to put it, therapy is about improving mental health, while life coaching is about setting goals and achieving them.
I think of life coaching as a tool to guide people on a self-directed path to deeper insights into their authentic Self and embody what it is to live in alignment with that inner power to experience a new way of being in the world. Some of the things coaching is known for is helping people:
- Have more peace and harmony in their relationships
- Implement their spirituality so they feel happier and more peaceful
- Create more inner peace and joy in their lives
- Get results in their life by operating on a spiritual and practical level.
My speciality is embodiment and spirituality as enablers to discovering and transforming into the YOU at your core. I believe we choose who we want to be and have the power to orient our whole Self towards the embodiment of that being, no matter what we’ve experienced or the stories we hold onto from the past.