What is Life Coaching?

Life Coaching is one person coming alongside another for a portion of life’s journey. It involves the practical work of defining values, setting goals, reawakening passion, and achieving dreams. Throughout this practical work coaching will continually provide encouragement, motivation, and accountability.

How does Christian Life Coaching differ from secular life coaching?

Christian Life Coaching embraces a biblical worldview. Christians, while seeking to discover their life purposes, inner strengths, and visions for the future, realize that these things are not self-generated but God-given. We prayerfully pursue discovery of these things knowing that we will find ultimate fulfillment only as we live in accordance with God’s plans and design.

How is coaching different from counseling?

Life Coaching is not counseling. Counseling focuses on the past and overcoming its disruptive and painful influences. Coaching is about the future. It focuses on vision, discovery, and growth.

Who can benefit from coaching?

Coaching is beneficial to anyone who is experiencing a time of transition or wanting to initiate a change. It is for those who feel stuck, unmotivated, unfulfilled, unable to follow through with plans, or those lacking direction. Coaching is for anyone who wants more out of life.

Is telephone coaching as beneficial as face-to-face coaching?

Yes! Telephone coaching has proven over the years to be the most effective, efficient, convenient, private, and least costly method of coaching available. In fact, over 91% of all successful coaching is done over the telephone.

How long does coaching last?

This depends on the nature of your goals. Many clients achieve their coaching goals within three to six months.

How is coaching structured?

A coaching session generally lasts thirty to forty-five minutes and is scheduled weekly. Variations are available depending on the client’s unique needs and schedule.

What are some of the specific benefits of coaching?

Coaching focuses on what is most important to you. Your needs, values, beliefs, goals, visions, and dreams are brought to the forefront of the coaching session and your life.
Coaching can help you…


• Make key decisions for your long-term future
• Become a more powerful and effective leader
• Allow your ministry to be focused and joy-filled
• Enjoy healthier relationships
• Prioritize
• Achieve your lifelong dream
• Find the work you love and start doing it
• Transition from what you are doing to what you truly love to do
• Become more efficient
• Redesign your life for optimum balance
• Integrate health and wellness into your day and your life

Imagine a relationship designed by you that exists solely for you. A relationship that is…

Spiritual: Coaching is a deeply spiritual relationship. As a believer in Christ, you are a beloved child of the King. Our Creator and Father, having designed the entire universe has designed a meaningful and fulfilling life for you. The coaching relationship is a place to reconnect and realign your life with God and with His perfect plan

Encouraging: Coaching is a powerful relationship where the total focus is on you, discovering what God wants for your unique life, and helping you to achieve it.

Focused: A coach listens to you, really listens. She listens to what you say, the meaning behind what you say, and even what you don’t say. She listens to your passion, your emotions, your energy, your dreams, your heart.

Powerful: The coaching relationship is a powerful accountability relationship designed by you and for you to help you live a fulfilling and eternally significant life. You set specific outcomes and consistently work toward them.

Discerning: Your coach is filled with curiosity about who you are, your spiritual gifts, what enlivens you, what you value, what you are passionate about. She will help you discover or rediscover your dreams, your goals, your mission and then provide with you the tools to lead a life you love.

Committed: Your coach is committed to you and your goals, at times, even more than you are. She holds your vision high in front of you, cheers you on, helps you overcome obstacles, and celebrates your victories.

Authentic: The coaching relationship is non-judgmental, accepting, and yet based on truth-telling. Your coach will tell you the truth about your strengths and about areas of growth. She knows that you are strong and wise enough to hear the truth and learn from it.