does anyone know any ? or ahs anyoen ever been to one, what are they like ?

Do you mean "spelling coach"? If you want a Life Coach then you probably want California not South Yorkshire. A life coach in Yorkshire would just be a bloke that says "pull yourself together you big girls' blouse".

I'll be your life coach.

Sounds like easy money to me...

http://www.pathwayscoaching.co.uk/

come on drag yourself into the modern way of life...anything to get an advantage.

spellng coach - makes me laugh does that im tryign to do a job here at the same tiem (thats just for u)

Originally posted by KookyKoo
http://www.pathwayscoaching.co.uk/

Just goes to show that some people will pay for anything!

I think I may get a premium rate number and advertise as "Yorkshire telephone life coaches". When someone rings I'll just shout "pull yourself together" at them and charge £1.50 a minute.

LOL you got that number Ken ?

someone once said to me dont knock it until you have tried it !!!!! i wont go on and say what he did to me but....... LOL

all of the above is not true

hahaha

I've not used the service, just found it on Google so I can't comment on how good it is or anything!

People will pay for the silliest things though!

My Dad is a qulified life coach. he spent over a year writing reports and doing projects before he got his qualification. Its a serious proffessional business and now hes qualified. He only seems to do it part time he has a real job as well.
Anyway apparently he's very good. and he seems to have helped a lot of people out and hes a nice chap.

-Mr Purple

I can recommend Andy Leigh at pathwayscoaching.co.uk - I'll be honest, I'm the guy who created his site for him, but after creating the site I booked several coaching sessions and they helped me enourmously.

We focussed on things like time management, organisation and handling personal and business relationships - at the end I was a lot more focused and had a solid plan of action to tackle the problems I was having. Thoroughly recommend you take him up on his free trial

Whatever life coach you go for, make sure they are registered members of the UK College of Life Coaching, as there are quite a few people currently setting themselves up who have little or no formal training.

I have life coaches, they are my friends and family. Why does anyone need this kind of service... I'm not taking the ****, seriously why do people need or feel the need for life coaches?

Originally posted by ole1
I have life coaches, they are my friends and family. Why does anyone need this kind of service... I'm not taking the ****, seriously why do people need or feel the need for life coaches?

They are short of something to spend money on.

Originally posted by ole1
I have life coaches, they are my friends and family. Why does anyone need this kind of service... I'm not taking the ****, seriously why do people need or feel the need for life coaches?

Why do people go to financial advisers and business consultants? I'm sure your family/friends could advise you on your finances, but wouldn't you also like to go to an independant person who specialises in giving structured help and guidance in that particular area?

My experiences with a life coach were very positive. I too was also initially sceptical, and probably the only reason I went ahead was because I'd learnt quite a lot about it during my time consulting and building the web site for Pathways and felt it was perhaps just the thing I needed.

Sometimes people need to speak to someone outside their circle of family and friends; they need to talk with someone who can assist them in recognising and isolating problematic aspects of their life and in turn help build a long term plan to solve these issues.

Perhaps not for everyone, but certainly not something to be casually dismissed either (IMO).

Originally posted by Steelcity
Why do people go to financial advisers and business consultants? I'm sure your family/friends could advise you on your finances, but wouldn't you also like to go to an independant person who specialises in giving structured help and guidance in that particular area?


Perhaps not for everyone, but certainly not something to be casually dismissed either (IMO).

Nope, if it was about my life I'd want advice from someone who knows me and my life, people i know can trust.

I am not casually dismissing it, i genuinely do not understand the need for them and you haven't given me any help there from what you have said, perhaps its because i beleive life cannot really be planned or perhaps shouldn't be.

In the past 12 years I have had life coaching and can definitely say coaching has enabled me to determine important meaingingful issues for me.

A good coach does not advise or tell their clients what to do or how to manage their lives. They suggest; it is for you whether or not you go with it. They encourage goals, help establish key priorities and dont waste time on side-issues. Good relationship, openness. honesty are integral to a coach helping the coachee to help themselves.

Everyone has different objectives. They help you identify what you want for yourself and help you to focus on achieving that goal. I expect to do 80-90 per cent of the work with support from my coach to optimise results. Like everything else in life, the more you put in, the more you'll receive.

When I first started coaching in 1993, I didnt believe it would be possible to achieve the results I did. I am far happier with life coaching than counselling methods. It is not to say counselling is unuseful, just I have yet to find a counsellor who hasnt caused me massive pain in one way or another. I have found a good life coach takes the most painful of issues and transforms them in to a really great learning experience with a remarkable speed, sensitivity and insight.

Originally posted by wendygs
In the past 12 years I have had life coaching and can definitely say coaching has enabled me to determine important meaingingful issues for me.

A good coach does not advise or tell their clients what to do or how to manage their lives. They suggest; it is for you whether or not you go with it. They encourage goals, help establish key priorities and dont waste time on side-issues. Good relationship, openness. honesty are integral to a coach helping the coachee to help themselves.

Everyone has different objectives. They help you identify what you want for yourself and help you to focus on achieving that goal. I expect to do 80-90 per cent of the work with support from my coach to optimise results. Like everything else in life, the more you put in, the more you'll receive.

When I first started coaching in 1993, I didnt believe it would be possible to achieve the results I did. I am far happier with life coaching than counselling methods. It is not to say counselling is unuseful, just I have yet to find a counsellor who hasnt caused me massive pain in one way or another. I have found a good life coach takes the most painful of issues and transforms them in to a really great learning experience with a remarkable speed, sensitivity and insight.

Nice comment :)

There's the old saying, when the pupil is ready the teacher will appear. And if it's what you're looking for right now, then it's the right time. So the doubters should duck out of this conv cos they're obviously not in need right now!

:)

Thanks SHsheff. I should also add that just because i think the coachee can reasonably expect to do 80-90 per cent of the work does not mean the coach is earning easy money. It is hard work to intuit the focus, select suitable strategies and help the client find the best method.

When I first started coaching in 1993, I quite distinctly recall being at least as sceptical, if not more so than any of the posts on this thread. After scores of distressing experiences from insensitive counsellors none of whom stacked up, I felt it was high time to give other methods a go.

That is not to say my first coach persuaded me of his credentials and the quality of his work. In fact I was his most sceptical and ultimately most highly committed client. After our first 30-minute session, I realised coaching offered far more than I'd expected. His biggest hurdle was to overcom major obstacles of my sister plugging NLP in every phone call and telling me "we had to speak the same language" :suspect: :gag: .

We still dont and we've got a really long way to go, but at least we can be in the same room even if only for 5 minutes without everyone else knowing we're there or whatever.
:D :D :D :heyhey: :clap: :clap: :clap:

As should be obvious from everything I've written I can only strongly recommend coaching. It has helped me see many things in an entirely different and far more positive light infinitely more quickly than many other methods.

Very powerful set of strategies tools and techniques to be more effective. It can be face to face, over the phone or as in my case, by email because of voice loss problems. Having used all three methods since 1993, I am very pleasantly surprised to say email is the most effective and empowering. I am also glad to say I have helped develop this email facility with my coach.

I'm more than happy to recommend www.yourideallife.co.uk and if you're following it up please say I referred you.

Here's an idea ......

Life coaching buddies.

2 people get together who want to improve their life situations, and take it in turn to coach each other. Spend time on identifying weak areas and planning stratagies for improvement. I think going through the process of helping someone else, is also extremely empowering for yourself.

Originally posted by KenH
A life coach in Yorkshire would just be a bloke that says "pull yourself together you big girls' blouse".

I love that, it's brilliant, I can visualise a big Brian Blessed type shouting it at someone.