10 Ways a Life Coach Can Make Your Life Outstanding

If you feel unmotivated, lost, or stuck in your life, then here are 10 ways your very own life coach can make your life outstanding.

Coaches are wonderful people. They dedicate their lives to helping other people reach their full potential.

1. Find Your True Purpose in Life

Life coaches know that finding one’s purpose isn’t something that requires meditating for a few years on a mountaintop. Rather, they know that an individual’s true purpose comes from a special combination of their hidden talents and passions.

A life coach will help you uncover those talents and passions that will then reveal to you your true purpose in life – the pursuit of which will fill your life with the happiness and contentment you’ve been seeking for so long.

2. Get Crystal Clear on What You Want in Life

Sometimes, we see or hear about other people’s success stories and get envious. Other times, we see our friends on Facebook posting pictures of their exotic vacation, and we get depressed. And yet at other times, we yearn to simply be ourselves. What a mess.

Your life coach will help you to cut through all that chaos, and zero in on what you really, truly want in life. They’ll help you identify those unnecessary wants and desires in your life, so that you can zero in on what’s really important – the goals and dreams that will make you happy, and no one else.

3. Build Your Confidence

Whatever it is you do in life, you’ll do it better and with more enjoyment when you’re confident. The opposite is also true – even the simplest tasks can be outright terrifying when you don’t have the confidence you need. Life coaches understand this better than anyone else.

But more importantly, your life coach will help you solve any self-esteem problems you may have. They will guide you as the days go by, helping you acknowledge and celebrate those little victories along the way, building your courage and confidence to conquer even bigger challenges in life.

4. Get Motivated

Sometimes, when we least expect it, life punches us in the face. We lose our jobs, we lose a loved one, we fall into old bad habits, we sink into depression, and so on. And if left alone, it could take years – if ever – to get back to our old awesome selves again.

That’s where your life coach can help. They’re your #1 fan, and will jump in to motivate you out of your funk.

Let’s get mushy: Your life coach loves you. And they’ll work their tails off to help you get back your winning form.

5. Get the Tools You Need to Reach Your Goals

Life coaches aren’t just about words and motivation. Your life coach actually goes down into the trenches with you. As you continue grinding towards your goals, your life coach will be right next to you, sleeves rolled up and hands dirty.

Life coaches understand this one sacred truth in life: That it’s action, not words, that makes things happen. Your life coach will arm you with the tools and skills you need to accomplish more of your goals in much less time.

6. Grow Spiritually

As happiness and success starts flowing into your life, you may find yourself at a crossroads. It’s like while you’re happy with how awesome your life has become so far, there’s still something missing. This “something missing” is the reason why even the seemingly most successful people in the world still turn to life coaches for guidance.

The magic happens when you find a life coach who’s also on the same spiritual page as you are. Not only will you begin to understand “how” the world works, but also “why” it works the way it does.

My advice? To get the complete package right from the beginning, find a life coach who spiritually mirrors your wavelength.

7. Live the Life You’ve Always Wanted for Yourself

You might already have goals for your life, and you might have already made a plan to reach those goals. Unfortunately, as often happens, the real world gets in the way. If your goals and plans seem more and more unachievable as the years go by, then now’s the perfect time to get a life coach.

Life coaches know better than to heap unrealistic expectations on you. Rather, they help you work with what you already have, and teach you the skills and abilities to finally get that breakthrough you desperately need.

8. Get the Guidance and Support You Need

Have you ever read or heard news of superstar athletes, famous politicians, and influential politicians make careless decisions that ruin their careers? That’s the danger of success – it can take you places where your character can keep up with you.

Your life coach will keep you from going too fast. They will keep you accountable both to your game plan and to your deepest values. That way, as your success grows, your character will grow in stride with it.

9. Find True Happiness

Happiness may not be the most important thing in life, but it definitely helps every important thing in life! Your life coach will teach you how to cultivate happiness throughout your personal journey to success, even in the smallest tasks.

10. Get Coaching Remotely

Best of all, you don’t need to go out to meet a life coach in their office for expensive hourly sessions. You can more easily find your life coach online, saving time, money, and energy.

Getting a life coach is one of the best investments you could ever make. Whether your goal is to get healthier, wealthier or happier – or all of the above – having a life coach like Susan by your side will help you achieve the life you want in much less time. Learn more about what Susan Dunlop offers her life coaching clients by booking your first clarity call today.

By Tom Casano, Huff Post, THE BLOG 02/23/2016 08:28 am ET Updated Feb 23, 2017