What is life coaching?

Life coaching aims to help you achieve the results you deserve and improve the quality of your life. We will work through issues that are stopping you from capturing your potential.  Life coaching is not about making simplistic judgments about someone's life and telling them how they ought to live it. One of the traits of successful people is that they use a coach to keep on top of their game. You only have to look at top sports pro’s to see this in action. They believe that success doesn’t  happen by accident, they go out and make it happen!

I believe that a successful coaching relationship is based on the following key principles:

1. a shared feeling of trust and empathy between client and coach;
2. a relationship of equality between client and coach;
3. a desire on the client's part to focus on the future, while acknowledging the effects of the past;
4. a willingness by the client to work through challenging issues towards empowerment, self-confidence and a happier,
   more productive life; and
5. a belief in people's ability to accept themselves and yet make changes that will improve their lives.