This post will introduce you to some the best life coach articles on the Internet. Though there is plenty of junk online, there is also plenty of valuable information – information that can give you new ideas, stimulate you to try something new, educate you on a new trend in the life coaching industry, or provide you with data that can validate what you have already done with clients.

Some of the Best Life Coach Articles

Here are a few selected articles that should be worth a read. As most things are on the Internet, they are quick and easy to read.

Introduction to Life Coaching

Here’s one that appeared on the Huffington Post. It’s mostly just an introduction to life coaching, and would be a good, quick read for someone who is considering becoming a life coach. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-feeley/the-surprising-truth-abou_2_b_5500989.html

It’s lists 5 things that life coaching isn’t. Those 5 things are:

• It’s not therapy
• It’s not consulting
• It’s not mentoring
• It’s not advice
• It’s not professional sports coaching

Skills Needed to be a Life Coach

This life coach article is also from the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-feeley/10-littleknown-skills-of-_b_5371932.html

It’s about some of the lesser known skills that are needed to be successful as a life coach. A sampling of the skills listed in this article include:

• Detached involvement
• Eliminating judgment
• Ability to break up blocks – to destroy the gremlin inside a client which blocks them from achieving goals.
• Stretch yourself – do more than you think you can do.

Starting a Coaching Business

There are many life coach articles on how to start a life coaching business, and here’s one that offers valuable advice for getting your practice off the ground running: https://fizzle.co/sparkline/how-to-coaching-business

Some of the steps mentioned include:

• Have a well-defined target market for your coaching services.
• Make sure your audience is able to afford your services.
• Create a unique sales proposition to appeal to your target market.
• Have confidence in the value your coaching skills provide, and then your rates can increase along with your income.

Selecting a Coaching Niche

Finding a coaching niche often helps you focus on a specific target market, concentrate your expertise on a specific group or subject, and helps you become a big fish in a small pond. There are many life coach articles on this subject, but here’s a short piece that gives you some interesting advice:

http://nathalielussier.com/blog/blogging/cant-pick-niche-theres-another-way

It’s about using your own life story to select a niche. Perhaps you have overcome s specific disease or disorder – you can use this as a basis for a niche within the life coaching industry.

Coaching Training Exercises

For this last of the life coach articles.  I’m going to be a bit narcissistic for a bit. This article was penned by me for Jeffrey Sooey’s Coaches Training Blog and includes 3 effective exercises used in coaching training: https://coachestrainingblog.com/becomeacoach/3-super-coaching-training-activities/12974/

The 3 exercises are:

• Grow – goal, reality, options, way forward.
• Reasons for Poor Performance – analyze reasons or excuses for poor performance
• Instructions – helps coaches clearly and competently give instructions.

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Fred Philips
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