If you’re going to have a successful life coaching business, you’re going to have to walk through some type of fire.Most likely on more than one occasion.  This fire is of course a metaphor, although you could join 3 or 4,000 others at a certain guru’s seminar and walk through actual fire.  The fear alone would stop most people from moving forward, but as a life coach it won’t stop you from achieving what you want to do in your business.  Here are some coaching reminders to make sure nothing stops you from achieving your life’s dreams.

Life Coaching Business Cures As You Step Out Into Your Own Fire

1.  The most important life coaching business cure is to know what you want and surround yourself with others who are committed to going with you.  The power of a peer group can keep you moving forward even when you think you can’t, don’t want to or any other reason that comes up as you are about to step up.

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2.   Build up a relationship of integrity.  When you commit to doing something, follow through.  Even with the small things that don’t seem to matter.  This will make it easier to follow through as you come up to the more challenging commitments.  When you are about to step up to your own “fire walk” you will come up with any one of a number of common excuses not to move forward.  These excuses will seem reasonable, but BEWARE!  These excuses are the voice of your sub-conscious mind trying to keep you from moving too far out of your comfort zone.  The sub-conscious is trying to keep you from “certain death” that will result from moving forward.  It will use any trick possible to protect you.

Get Some Coaching When You Start To Doubt

3.   You can’t see your own blind spots, so you need perspective at these times.  And someone who is willing to hold you accountable to your goals.  Friends and family will most likely not be able to do this for you, when faced with your sub-conscious mind backed into a corner.  Beware that at these times the sub-conscious mind is running off the fight or flight mechanism.  This means you will either fight the person who is trying to hold you accountable or avoid them.  Another way of avoidance is by tears, which may be very effective with friends and family in getting them to back off.  There is no substitute to for a good life coaching business coach to help you navigate through your own challenges, and help you step into the person you want to become.

Colette Seymann
JTS Advisors Bi-Designated Strategy and Accountability Coach