Life Coaching

Life Coaching is where the "Life Coach" works with their client to help them to live extraordinary lives. The way it works is through weekly coaching sessions where clients identify what is most important to them and align their thoughts, words,and actions accordingly.

As a coach, I work with my clients to identify what they wan't personaly and professionally, and support them in achieveing a life that they really wan't and love.

As a coach I :

Encourage the client to set goals that they truly want
Ask them to do more than they may have done on their own
Help them to focus better in order to produce results more quickly
Provide them with the tools, and structure to accomplish more

No it wasn't dreamt up in Australia this is something people have been doing for years. However Thomas Leonard (US) is thought to be the Master Mind behind the so called Life Coaching Movement. There is also an Aussie fellow by the name of David Rock who was also working on a model for Life Coaching at the same time here in Australia so we can take some credit, however I am a big fan of Thomas and his approach.

Having a background in nursing I find to be ideal in moving towards a professional coaching role.

I am sure there are plenty of Nurses in the US that are looking at coaching as another skill they have to offer. I would love to have some discussion with them here. It is very exciting stuff.

David Richardson

Sorry for the delay in replying. A good place to go for info on Life Coaching is http://www.coachville.com I am also putting together a site specific to nursing coaches however there is nothing there at present http://www.nursingcoaches.com/

I hope this helps.

David

There are a number of companies offering Training for Life Coaches. I became a lifetime member of the coachville community which provides online resources as part of the membership cost. I will be attending their training sessions and become certified through their program.

For more general info and links to various training providers, take a look at http://www.coachfederation.org/

As far as getting clients, it is like any business you have to promote yourself and get referals from previous clients.

One approach I am about to try is to publish the address in nursing journals, of what is basically a one page sales letter at this site http://www.nursingcoach.com/ I will look at placing more info about myself on that site at a later date. I also offer Business Coaching which I will promote through other interests.

I still work in Nursing and have other websites that I hope to produce regular income from, however I see coaching as becoming my fulltime carrer over time. It is something I really enjoy doing and it is very satisfying. I believe nurses make great coaches.

I hope you find this helpful.

Regards,

David