Coaching is frequently mistaken for other forms of personal support like counseling, therapy, mentoring or consulting. Coaching is similar in some ways to each of these other forms of support in that individuals like you come to a coach with something they want to work on. However in coaching the tools and methodologies used are very different.

Where counseling and therapy involve analysis of past events, coaching is focused on the present and the future. Coaches work with individual people to design an action plan and path forward that will help them meet their specific goals and objectives.

Coaches work with their clients to ensure they have the necessary resources, tools and skills to achieve whatever they are aiming for. By providing an umbrella of support, encouragement and motivation, individuals are able to obtain success more quickly.

People hire coaches for a variety of reasons.

Frequently those reasons are related to their work or professional life such as:

• climbing the career ladder
• choosing a new job or vocation
• or achieving a healthy work-life balance

On other occasions the reasons deal more with their personal life where clients want to focus on:

• maintaining their health
• increasing their fitness and wellbeing
• or improving their relationships with family and friends

No matter what the reason, coaching provides the crucial link between merely wanting something and actually achieving it.

If you feel coaching might help you reach your goals, please contact me to set up a complementary coaching session!