{"id":1906,"date":"2009-08-05T05:09:45","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T05:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/?p=1906"},"modified":"2016-08-12T08:52:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T16:52:43","slug":"become-a-life-coach-becoming-a-coach-who-is-not-afraid-to-be-honest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/become-a-life-coach-becoming-a-coach-who-is-not-afraid-to-be-honest\/","title":{"rendered":"Become a Life Coach: Becoming a Coach Who Is Not Afraid to Be Honest"},"content":{"rendered":"

is all about honesty.\u00a0 Without honesty, nothing is possible.\u00a0 When you become a life coach<\/strong><\/a> who is honest, anything is possible.\u00a0 What becoming a coach<\/strong> is really all about is having the conversations that need to happen; holding nothing back.\u00a0 So how do you become a life coach<\/strong> who does this?<\/p>\n

Becoming a Coach Requires You to Be Honest with Yourself<\/h3>\n

First of all become a life coach<\/strong> who is honest with yourself.\u00a0 Why are you coaching this person?\u00a0 Is this about them or yourself?\u00a0 Until you are ready to put yourself out of the picture and step into their world, you can\u2019t honestly say you are really there for them.\u00a0 Becoming a coach<\/strong> means entering their world, looking at things from their perspective, and leaving your baggage at the door.<\/p>\n

Become a Life Coach Who Holds Their Clients Accountable to Themselves<\/h3>\n

Next you need to become a life coach<\/span> who stands for holding your client to being honest with themselves and with you.\u00a0 Have you ever had a client who can run around in circles with various stories never get to the point?\u00a0 They will if you let them.\u00a0 Becoming a coach<\/span> who helps their clients get past the stories they tell themselves and others allows them to look at their life honestly.\u00a0 Hold them to their highest level.\u00a0 No one is ever going to be motivated enough to change their life until they see it for what it is and feel the pain that continuing to live that way causes.<\/p>\n

When Becoming a Coach, Think About How You Can Help Your Client Move Forward<\/h3>\n

Now you are becoming a coach<\/span> who can go beyond a coffee house conversation.\u00a0 When you support your clients and allow them to get past their fear of saying what really needs to be said, you become a life coach<\/span> who is then able to help transform their lives.\u00a0 Continue to be straight with them, no matter how difficult the conversation.\u00a0 Bring them back to what is at stake by not moving forward, and what is to be gained by stepping out of their comfort zone.<\/p>\n

Put Your Fears Aside and Become A Life Coach Who Takes Risks<\/h3>\n

Becoming a coach who is really able to transform lives, means getting past all your own fears to be there for you client.\u00a0 Even if you fall flat on your face by honestly trying something, it\u2019s better than playing it safe.\u00a0 When you become a life coach who takes risks by being open and honest, you allow your clients the same opportunity.\u00a0 And when that happens, anything becomes possible.<\/p>\n

Colette Seymann<\/p>\n

JTS Advisors Designated Accountability Coach<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

is all about honesty.\u00a0 Without honesty, nothing is possible.\u00a0 When you become a life coach who is honest, anything is possible.\u00a0 What becoming a coach is really all about is having the conversations that need to happen; holding nothing back.\u00a0 So how do you become a life coach who does this? Becoming a Coach Requires […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,133],"tags":[822,927],"class_list":["post-1906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-become-a-life-coach","category-becoming-a-coach","tag-become-a-life-coach","tag-becoming-a-coach","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18493,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1906\/revisions\/18493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coachestrainingblog.com\/becomeacoach\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}