What is Life Coaching.

Dwayne Kruse • August 8, 2023

How do I enhance my relationship? A Certified Life Coach can help.

Three people in a counseling session, seated on a couch and talking with a therapist taking notes.

 

In an excerpt from a recent article on Life coaching you can gain insight as to what to expect from life coaching.

Here at Attainable Family Solutions we have two certified life coaches in addition to a therapist. Our coaches are trained as Master Certified Life coaches from the Certified Life Coach Institute mentioned in the article from Datingnews.com.

 

The full article:

https://www.datingnews.com/industry-trends/certified-life-coach-institute-trains-mentors/

 

“[Certified life coaches] can identify trends in behavior and observe how these trends affect people’s beliefs and decisions. The ideal life coach also engages in healthy self-reflection and personal growth, ensuring they aid their clients from a growth-oriented position. 

Life coaches can help with a variety of struggles and challenges, but they can’t help with everything. Life coaches focus on what lies ahead and how clients can adjust their present to manifest a better future. They guide their clients toward self-discovery and implementing positive change – while the client executes it.

People struggling with relationships will find that coaching puts the ball in their court. A life coach can help them realize how they are limiting themselves and instill the confidence they need to make a change that will improve their dating and relationship prospects.”

 

Be well

Dwayne Kruse MA LMFT

Master Certified Professional Life Coach

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