What in the world is a Christian Life Coach anyway ...

Hi there: Have you ever wondered who would care about your ideas for your future, your goals and your desires out of life? Have you tried to figure out that sad spot in your spirit that just won’t cheer up or that “issue” in your life that you just can’t seem to solve by yourself? Who do you ask “Where do I go from here”? These are the type of questions you would come to a life coach about – a coach can assists you in formulating a plan so that you can reach your goals.

Now to answer the question “What is a Christian Life Coach anyway…?” first I would have to tell you that there are many types of life coaches and they all follow various platforms in their approach to assisting their clients. You should also know that Life Coaches are not Psychotherapists or Mental Health Counselors, although many of us are professionally trained in the field of mental health.  So you don’t have to wonder if you have to have a mental health issue in order to work with us.

Regardless of the various platforms Life Coaches can practice from, their main goal is to assist you in moving forward in your life, and accomplishing the goals you have set for yourself.  Most coaches are, however, either secular or Christian life coaches and the primary difference is that secular coaching is humanistic and is based on the client's self motivated goals, which relies solely on the efforts of the client and coach, without the benefit of divine intervention. Now there is nothing wrong with humanistic coaching. I am, by profession, a human behavior psychologist. Humanistic counseling means that we, as humans, are capable, with some assistance, of identifying our goals and coming up with solutions to those goals - on our own. This also means that we rely on our own strengths and sometimes fall due to our own weaknesses. 

Christian coaching is much more holistic in that we identify goals based on our strengths and weaknesses, but supported by the understanding that Christ is the center of our joy and through Him, our true strengths are realized and our weaknesses are converted into strengths as well. Our life is re-created because there is now a three-way relationship between the client, coach and the Holy Spirit.

The Bible promises that if we seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, all things will be added to us (Matt 6:33), meaning, we will receive many blessing and many of our desires (goals will be met). Whether we realize it or not and whether we declare ourselves as "Christian" or not, when we are searching for help to find meaning in our lives and help to reach our goals, we want to seek out the counsel of the most positive thinking people, those who understand the power of prayer and belief in the promises of God. You can never go wrong when you include God in your decision making process.

My name is Dr. AudreyAnn Moses and I am a Certified Christian Life Coach because I believe in the power of God and divine counsel of the Holy Spirit in decision making. He has never failed me and He will never fail you :-).  If you would like to answer some of your life questions as well as set and accomplish your life goals contact me at Transitional Life Coach 4 U (www.transitionlifecoach4u.com). There will always be helping hands to provide you with T.L.C.

Let us continue to Praise God with our WHOLE heart.