Week 2

Life Coach Training: A Path to Self-Discovery

Most people may not realize that self-discovery is a term that was not coined to describe a single entity, but the world which includes an individual and many others as well. Self- discovery is a process that life coach Dr. Michael Craig discusses frequently in his books and lectures, where he explains that one can discover him or herself through coming to understand those in his or her surroundings.

As a society, we tend to focus more on ourselves than on others in order to “get ahead” in life. Yet, it is other people who help us to get to where we are going, and without help no one can get to where they want to be. Therefore, focusing on oneself can be a good thing, but not unless we can find a balance between not caring enough and being overly critical of ourselves for not meeting unrealistic expectations. However, finding a balance, let alone finding oneself, can be a near impossible task, that is unless we have the help of an outsider’s perspective, or someone to create a path that helps us to recognize the steps we should take in order to find ourselves.

Life coach training helps people to identify their aspirations in life, and while most of us know that money does not lead to happiness, we also know that a lot of the things that make us happy require us to have money. For example, as someone who is interested in equestrian sports and horses themselves, which are both very expensive, I constantly find myself in a battle between continuing on in the sport I love and controlling the anxiety that comes along with being able to support myself financially. However, this stress over finances is something that prevented me from finding any sort of self-discovery in the past. I am sure that a lot of people avoid doing what they love, and what truly makes them who they are, because they are afraid they will not be successful. Unfortunately, our society tends to measure success in wealth, because without at least some of it, none of us would be able to live comfortably.

Goals are not as easy to reach as we initially hope they will be, and mostly because there are all sorts of roadblocks in our way, many of which we create ourselves. However, whether that roadblock has been put there by you or something out of your control, it’s not something that is easy to move on your own. Therefore, finding a life coach  may be the next step for you. This coach is someone who can help you reach the goals that seem unattainable in your mind because of financial reasons, fear, pessimism from previous negative experiences, or a combination of all of these things. Yet, there is usually only one thing standing between you and self-discovery, and that one thing is typically the version of yourself that tells you that you just can’t do it. Yet, you really can, all you need is someone to help you.



Life Coaching Tips: Find help, find yourself

Whether you are trying to help yourself or help someone else, you need to have a plan for how you are going to accomplish what you intend to. You need to not only set goals, but have a step by step process that leads you closer your aspirations. However, how do you know what your aspirations are?

Maybe you are planning on obtaining your bachelors degree in the future or already graduated from college, and if you have attended or are going to attend a liberal arts college, the curriculum is formed in a way that helps students to figure out what their true aspirations are. In this case, I am saying that aspirations typically have to do with finding a career you love in order to make money and live comfortably. However, what if after four years you still feel like you have not found what you really love? I would suggest getting some life coaching tips. No matter what field you decide to go into, you are ultimately going to be helping other people. So why not help yourself first? Maybe you do not think that you need to help yourself and that everything will work itself out on its own, but in most cases things work out because you are the driving force behind the actions that make things happen.

Dr. Michael Craig of Logical Soul believes that if you are not a successful adult it is because you have decided that you have your own reasons for not being one. This is true! Not knowing what you are going to do with your life causes you to decide that you are not going to be successful. The reason being, you do not know what your future holds, doubt leads to worry, and worry ultimately leads to inaction for fear of failure.

So if you are not sure about what you are going to do with your life, then perhaps you are not sure about who you are as a person. Therefore, you need to take action before your identity crisis leaves you too concerned to move forwards or backwards. When you do not know how to help yourself you should seek advice. Life coaching tips are not just for those who plan on becoming life coaches, the tips are for those who seek the help of a life coach as well. No one can tell you who you are meant to be, and while going to a university gives you exposure to different career paths, it does not give you the answers either. It is never too late to make a plan or switch directions in life. While you may regret what you did not do in life, you should never regret those things in which you tried wholeheartedly to achieve.