Coaching has been around for centuries used by kings and politicians to local shop owners who hire advisers.  In current times, industrial magnates, as well as small business owners and stay at home moms, use “coaches” although not necessary in that name.

A coach can serve as a mentor, adviser, and confidant – someone who holds your best interests at heart and who will guide you in your decisions, as well as help you, when you are ready, open doors to new or higher perspectives with action steps. A coach is not a consultant who offers a service such as creating a business plan, generating statistics or cranking out reports.  Consultants do jobs.  If someone is taking over aspects of your practice or business, that person is performing a contracted service or acting as a consultant, regardless of whether they label their business as coaching.

If you are doing the work and the other person is working with you to help you change your thinking and see issues in a new light, then you have a coaching relationship.  Coaches tend to specialize in their areas of interest, and expertise so you will see a variety of titles as life coach, business coach, marketing coach, relationship coach and so on.

In short, a life coach is like a sports coach. They will help you rise above your current level of ability and reach new levels of skill. Because of the close relationship, a coach may have an intensely personal stake in you and what you want.  It is up to you how personal you want to be and work with a coach in a way that meets your needs.

Please contact Angela for your free 20 minute consultation. She works with groups, couples, and individuals  - and offers remote coaching. If you can’t get to URBhana, let URBhana come to you.

Call Angela Howard at 865.951.5454 for information and reservations.