Life Coach. Would love to turn it into my main hustle, but I like doing the work cheap/free so that it actually helps people rather than makes the rich feel good about themselves.
I have a question, if someone sells their ideas, thoughts and experiences to someone who wants them, and bothe people fully understand that no qualifications have been taken, proven or identified, is that a Scam?
I understand that many people may Scam one another in this particular scenario. But coaching for many things don’t require qualifications, for example parenting. If your getting advice counter to what a parent miss guided you with and pay someone without a qualification, who appears to help you. Is that a scam? Or is there a whole party of the internet I missed?
This is definately a problem with an unlicensed sector. Take 30 second with your favourite search engine and see how much snake oil is out there, most of it American.
There are good coaches out there, and a good one will have some form of qualification. However, finding them amongst the snake-oil salespeople can be tough. The number of ‘life coaches’ selling courses for stupid money is bananas. What’s maddening, to me, is people pay it.
There are things you can do to help find a good life coach.
Check out their socials. If they are selling the ‘work harder, get benefit’ model, that are likely snake-oil. Life Coaching is about taking a client where they are, and to help them article their goals, and work towards them. Not everyone’s goal is to be rich
Life Coaches that say they can make your rich. It’s a lie. You can’t ‘coach’ your way out of poverty
They have developed a ‘guranteed course’ that all one-to-one clients follow. That’s not life coaching, that’s reading from a book. Life Coaching is bespoke, and works with where the client is at. You’d be better off buying a self-help book and using what sticks.
They offer a quick fix.
They market themselves as some form of Therapist. Life Coaching is not therapy. Similar skills, different game.
A life coach won’t sell ‘woo-woo’. They won’t suddenly suggest ‘taint sunning’ as a cure for depression.
A good life coach will offer a free first session, and no tie-in. While you can often get discount prices for block booking, they are not required to access the service.
Life coaches in my country mostly operate as part of the mental-health and wellness movement. With clear lines, and clear limitations. They have clear ethical Frameworks, and work within them.
The people above saying a ‘life coach is a therapist that doesn’t listen’ are people who’ve met the bad life coaches. A good life coach is interested in their work, shares their knowledge, and is genuinely working from a place of care.
I believe in what I do. I’ve seen the changes it has made in people. It has not worked for everyone.
I believe so much in what I do, that I offer my services with a minimum cost of minim wage in my country, but with an option to pay as you feel. If you think I’ve made a difference, great. But there’s no pressure too it. I’ve felt the the high cost of life coaching was a barrier to those who need it - those often lacking a way to articulate their goals in life, much less with towards them.
A good life coach is not a scam. Sadly, not all life coaches are good.
Life Coach. Would love to turn it into my main hustle, but I like doing the work cheap/free so that it actually helps people rather than makes the rich feel good about themselves.
Edit: I charge ‘Pay as you feel’.
Is life coach just an unlicensed therapist that doesn’t listen to you
Yes. It’s a complete scam
I have a question, if someone sells their ideas, thoughts and experiences to someone who wants them, and bothe people fully understand that no qualifications have been taken, proven or identified, is that a Scam?
I understand that many people may Scam one another in this particular scenario. But coaching for many things don’t require qualifications, for example parenting. If your getting advice counter to what a parent miss guided you with and pay someone without a qualification, who appears to help you. Is that a scam? Or is there a whole party of the internet I missed?
Genuinely interested.
This is definately a problem with an unlicensed sector. Take 30 second with your favourite search engine and see how much snake oil is out there, most of it American.
There are good coaches out there, and a good one will have some form of qualification. However, finding them amongst the snake-oil salespeople can be tough. The number of ‘life coaches’ selling courses for stupid money is bananas. What’s maddening, to me, is people pay it.
There are things you can do to help find a good life coach.
Life coaches in my country mostly operate as part of the mental-health and wellness movement. With clear lines, and clear limitations. They have clear ethical Frameworks, and work within them.
The people above saying a ‘life coach is a therapist that doesn’t listen’ are people who’ve met the bad life coaches. A good life coach is interested in their work, shares their knowledge, and is genuinely working from a place of care.
I believe in what I do. I’ve seen the changes it has made in people. It has not worked for everyone.
I believe so much in what I do, that I offer my services with a minimum cost of minim wage in my country, but with an option to pay as you feel. If you think I’ve made a difference, great. But there’s no pressure too it. I’ve felt the the high cost of life coaching was a barrier to those who need it - those often lacking a way to articulate their goals in life, much less with towards them.
A good life coach is not a scam. Sadly, not all life coaches are good.
You’re a scammer.