Do You Need a Life Coach? PDF Print E-mail

Feeling overwhelmed and out of touch with yourself? Want to make a change but don't know how to go about it? It might be time to hire a life coach.

Rated a top growth industry by PROFIT magazine, life or personal coaching has leapt from obscurity a decade ago to an accredited new breed of consultant/personal advisor. The reason? It's helping an increasing number of people achieve fulfillment or balance in their lives.

"A personal coach is like a trusted family friend who doesn't have a vested interest in the outcome of your decisions," says Bob Hancox, a Nanaimo-based management consultant who's been coaching for the past three years. Family and friends often like to offer advice -- with a preferred end result in mind, explains.

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Both Gen-X women and men under the age of 41 rank flexibility as one of the top 10 factors affecting their decision to remain with an employer. Even junior associates, recent law school graduates and the youngest Gen Y-ers who may not have entered the workforce yet, are thinking differently about how they want to live their lives. According to a study of high school students conducted by the Families and Work Institute, 59 percent of high school boys say they would want to reduce their work hours when they have children. To promote long-term retention goals, more companies are finding ways to offer part-time and flexible scheduling. - "The Changing Face Of The Legal Industry" in The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel

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What's Coaching?

I provide a structure to help you through the process of deciding whether you truly want to make the transition out of your current profession. If you decide to stay in practice, we will find work-life strategies to help you fit your profession into your life rather than your continuing to try to fit your life into your profession.

 

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Helena's Story

 Between 1979 and 1995, I tried to make the practice of law work for me on three different continents, in different-sized law firms, but I still felt as if I were in jail doing a life sentence. I made a lot of money, but I spent a lot of money too -- to compensate for the fact I never had enough time to relax and catch up with myself. I was burned out and miserable, but I kept going because I didn't know for sure there was another path.

 

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